HST487Gender, Sex, & Science

in Popular Culture Spring 2013

Michael Unsworth

History Librarianunsworth@msu.edu

OUTLINE• Reference Tools• Searching the Online

Catalog• Finding Articles: America;

History & Life / Historical Abstracts

• 5 Minute Project• Locating Bibliographies• Locating Primary Sources• Other Resources• Questions

Why You Are Here

Research paper = 20%

Presentation = 4%

24% of Total Grade

Reference Sources:Sexology

SEARCHING THE ONLINE CATALOG

Beauty & Women

FINDING ARTICLES

ArticleReach

14 Digit ID Number

ArticleReach

IT’S ACTIVE LEARNING TIME!

5 MINUTE PROJECT• Identify a scholarly book AND a

scholarly article on the scientific aspects of the following historical topics

• Teams:–Row 1: Raising a child–Row 2: Technology and women–Row 3: Gender and mental health

“…the compiler of a BIBLIOGRAPHY acts as a scholarly research assistant, providing a summary of what is available in one easy-to-use guide.”

Meyer, Jack Allen. An annotated bibliography of the Napoleonic era: recent publications, 1945-1985 (New York : Greenwood Press, 1987): xi.

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PRIMARY SOURCES:Definition

“…items that are directly associated with their producer or user and the time period in which they were created. Examples, include diaries, newspapers articles, government documents, photographs, oral interviews, and news broadcasts.”

• Presnell, Jenny L. The information-literate historian : a guide to research for history students (New York : Oxford

University Press, 2007): 93.

CAUTION: MEMOIRS

SOURCES USED IN A WORK (1)

SOURCES USED IN A WORK (2)

SOURCES USED IN A WORK (3)

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PRIMARY SOURCES:Printed Compilation

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