Finding information

Focus on History

Information search

Stage 1. Plan

Think of key concept.

Define key elements, sub-topics.

Identify key words, phrases, people

List associated/alternative words, spellings

Set limits: time, place

Stage 2: Search Library Internet

Lending/Reference books Magazines DVDs Online resources Study space

Search a variety of online resources on the:

•surface web•deep web

Searching the web

Popular search engines Bing http://www.bing.com Google http://www.google.com

The surface web may not present all the results you expect or

require. Often information is hidden deeper and within special

Databases.

The deep web contains information that cannot easily be

found or retrieved by search engines as the information is

stored and contained within databases.

Access identification

Open Athens / MyAthens

http://www.openathens.net

Apply for an account Login to MyAthens Enter Username Enter password Select resources Secure/remote access

Library catalogue Virtual Learning

D2Lhttps://d2l.stevenson.ac.uk

Visit Student Pages Learning Resources Centres Online resources Useful links

Heritage Onlinehttp://www.stevenson.ac.uk/heritage

Find links •Search by author, title, keyword .•Try an Advanced Search

Search term: * Field : All fields Medium: Web site

Databases

Search some of the databases that follow.

(All these databases are listed on the library catalogue).

Electronic BooksEbrary

http://site.ebrary.com/lib/stevenson/home.action

Search over 3000 titles:

eg. democracy, feminism, suffrage

Browse – all subjects

select a subject: eg. History (General)

then select a sub-category: Great Britain

select a title & read text on screen

Language options (for navigating interface only)English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Swedish, Arabic, Turkish, German

Watch the training video: http://www.ebrary.com/corp/collateral/flash/QuickStart/

Ebraryhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/stevenson/home.action

Info Tools copy – remember to select text first, cannot copy the whole text. copy - the copy function only supports text, not images print – maximum of 40 pages, print only one copy of a page per session

Annotations sign in with your Athens username/password first highlight sentence or paragraph Choose annotation type – colour(pink, yellow, blue), with/without notes, www

Bookshelf sign in with your Athens username/password first save the document to your Bookshelf. create folders to organize your documents and annotations

JISC Historic books http://www.jischistoricbooks.ac.uk

Logging in Sign in as “Stevenson College Edinburgh”

Authentication point Enter Athens username and password

JISC Historic books http://www.jischistoricbooks.ac.uk

Beta version - still being developed Search options: date: between 1600-1900 Refine results by: author, library, imprint, cloud, date View: text or image

Try a search eg. Corn Law, Reform Act 1832, Thomas Paine, voting rights

Journals and newspapers

Gale databases

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/stevensc

Articles from newspapers, magazines

Full-text articles available. Search eg. women’s suffrage

Browse subjects eg. democracy

Browse publications:

eg. History Today (1 Nov 1992 – date)

Advanced search:

Pankhurst(keyword) +

History Today(publication title)

Journal archivesArchives give access to older articles - up until about mid 1990s

JISC Journal Archives http://www.jiscjournalarchives.ac.uk

Click Login via institutional name and password “Stevenson College Edinburgh” Type in your Athens username & password

JISC Journal archiveshttp://www.jiscjournalarchives.ac.uk

Quick search eg. women’s suffrage, death penalty, chartism

Results 3 sections of summary panel: search; results; selected document To read selected document – click download full text (PDF)

Periodicals Archives Online http://pao.chadwyck.co.uk

Contains articles from 80 journals including: History Today (1951-1995)

Search for :ballots, Robert peel, William Cobbett, women votes

In: article text or drop down arrow to select another option eg. in article title and text

Filter by: journal, language, date, journal subjectsInterface language: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian

Periodicals Archives Online http://pao.chadwyck.co.uk

View: article image, article image as pdf,

Once in article: download individual pages as TIFF

House of Commons Parliamentary Papers

http://parlipapers.chadwyck.co.uk

Covers: 18th, 19th, 20th century over 200,000 House of Commons sessional papers(1715-2004) Hansard (1803-2005) supplementary material back to 1688. *** Athens username required***

House of Commons Parliamentary Papers

http://parlipapers.chadwyck.co.uk

Browse ( try the 19th century subject catalogue) Search by keyword eg.: chartism, suffragettes

Other search options: paper title, subject, chair, session, collection, document type (select from list, A-Z subject list)

EphemeraThe John Johnson Collectionhttp://johnjohnson.chadwyck.co.uk

“A view of British history through primary, uninterpreted printed

documents which, produced for short-term use, have survived by chance”

18th, 19th and early 20th century printed ephemera Search (eg. try politics and refine by date browse, Lightbox - login to store images

Advertising (sales catalogues) Book trade (book & periodical prospectuses) Crime ( radicalism, rioting)

Responses (essays)

eg. Girls just want to have fun

View Document images in pdf, Citation guide

View image as PDF

http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:jjohnson:&rft_dat=xri:jjohnson:image:20070912122953lb:1

Cartoons

British Cartoon Archivehttp://www.cartoons.ac.uk

Socio-political cartoons Artwork, files, related documents Biographies of cartoonists Special collection for Carl Giles

Read copyright info

Search eg. suffragettes Giles

http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/record/GA3886

Cartoons

British Cartoon Archivehttp://www.cartoons.ac.uk

Search Available groups include:

- Chamberlain and appeasement

- Were the suffragettes taken seriously

- Votes for women

- Early days of League of Nations

- Liberal welfare reforms

- Treaty of Versailles

Sound recordings

BL Archival Sound recordingshttp://sounds.bl.uk

(***Athens login required***)

Browse : oral history

then early spoken word recordings

then A-Z by interviewee

(P = Pankhurst, Christabel for 1908 recording suffrage for women)

Try searching for recordings of other historical figures eg.

Asquith, Henry

Baldwin, Stanley

Lloyd George, David

Macdonald, Ramsay

https://sounds.bl.uk/View.aspx?item=027M-C0323X0018XX-0100V0.xml