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Putting history at your students’ fingertips
Sources in US History Online Slavery in America
What are Primary Sources & why are they important to Community Colleges?
What are primary sources? Published/Created contemporary with event Books/Monographs, Newspapers, Government Reports, Unpublished
Manuscripts &Private” papers of key individuals Sermons, speeches and public proclamations
Provides the “evidence” to history and culture History in the First Person– as viewed by those who lived it Illuminates under represented populations, themes and events
Captures period, place, community and mindset The un-interpreted past: history the official record, left out A private view of history – tells how people feel, shows multiple points of view
Primary Sources – Perfect for Community Colleges Increases access to rare, restricted materials in user friendly package Ideal for Homework/Curriculum development
– Increased requirement for “research paper”
Sources in U.S. History Online
Available Now!
Slavery in America
Civil War in America
American Revolution
Coming Soon!
Women’s Fight for the VoteDec 08
Immigration in America Dec 08
These “History Topics” are current now!
What is Sources in U.S. History Online?
A new approach to serving students’ high interest areas:
Topically focused, digital primary source collections Designed for public library patrons, Students and faculty in high school, community college, and university For subject matter ‘experts” without access to scholarly resources
Devoted to topics in American Studies History, Religion, Literature, Patriotism, Battles, Civil Rights, Family/Place
Affordable, user-friendly, visually attractive Makes Gale’s most prestigious assets accessible to broader audience Enhances value of library’s reference and periodical investments
Each contains approx 75,000-100,000 pages from 500+ works
Adapted to make research easy for non-researchers: Thematic outlines Contextual Essays Subject Indexing Pre-Configured Searches
Full power – but right-sized for your library
Full text Search Basic Search Advanced Search Proximity Search Fuzzy Search
Browse Authors Titles Subjects
Core features Hit Term highlighting Scale pages Bookmarks E Table of Contents Print & Email Usage Report Help Screens
Improved User Interface
Less like work, more like play!: feels like a web site vs. database
Easy navigation between documents and the information related to that document
Several ways to access documents: through the key subjects, through browse, or through traditional searches
Excellent feedback from high school and undergraduate instructors & students
Screen split into 3 ‘activity focused’ areas
Task Pane
Navigation Pane
Document Pane
Photographs promote ‘instant interest’
Enhanced Context: Spotlight Essays
From visual… …to essay
….to sample searches
Helps teach the research process
Enhanced Context
Table of contents
Created by leading scholars
Links to essays
Essays link to specific documents in collection
Context enhances:
patrons’ understanding
documents relevance
Usage and usefulness
.
Improved Navigation
Subject indexing helps suggest & build ‘automatic’ searches
Visual Navigation bar brings subject to life
The Civil War
More than 500 documents for 90,000 pages
Sources come from Sabin and other Gale Digital archives
Editor: Professor Paul Finkelman, Albany Law School
The Most researched and written-about topic in US History
Monuments and Battlefields in almost every state
Subject of many recent bestsellers & literary classics: Bruce Catton Stephen Hyslop Steven Ambrose Shelby Foote Stephen Crane
Outlines and Essays—Civil War
I Armies and CombatantsConscription
Law
Battles
Armies
Soldiers
Black Troops
Navy and Naval Operations
II Art of WarfareTactics and Military Training
Military Technology
III LeadershipAbraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885)
George B. McClellan (1826-1885)
Philip Sheridan (1831-1888)
George B. McClellan (1826-1885)
William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891
Robert E. Lee (1807-1870)
Thomas ‘Stonewall” Jackson (1824-1863)
IV-Beyond the BattlefieldPrisoners and Jailed Civilians
Medical
Spies
Sanitary Commission
Religion
Soldiers’ Obituaries
V – Government and Foreign PolicyLaw
Foreign Relations
British View of the War
Secession
Emancipation
V - Home FrontElection of 1860
Election of 1864
Civilian Life
Sermons of the War
VII - Literary GenresHistories and Chronologies
Reminiscences Post 1880
Children’s Histories and Biographies
Types of Works—Civil War
Personal narratives and memoirs
Pamphlets and political speeches
Sermons and songs
Regimental histories and photograph albums
Legal treatises and children's books.
Sample Searches—Civil War
Experience of soldiers at the Battle of Gettysburg (1-3 July1863)
Standard searches:
Search: Gettysburg = 119 results
Search: killed at Gettysburg = 14 results
Search: killed n7 Gettysburg = 17 results
2) Diplomatic crisis: The Trent Affair
Search: Trent affair = 18 results
3) Leadership: Confederate field commander Stonewall Jackson
Search "Stownwall Jackson" = 77 results;
Search Stonewall Jackson + Manassas = 51 results
Search Stonewall Jackson + Chancellorsville = 33 results