HISTORY 201 History of Christianity in America
Fall 2011
Michael Unsworth
History Librarian
RADIO PREACHERS:Search “Online Reference Tools”
INTRODUCTION
CHRONOLGY
ABBREVIATIONS
RETRIEVING MATERIAL:MELCAT
MELCAT
MELCAT
MELCAT
MELCAT
MELCAT
14 Digit ID Number
MELCAT
RETRIEVING MATERIAL:WORLDCAT
WORLDCAT
WORLDCAT
ILLIAD
ILLIAD
Author Search: Father Coughlin
Author Search: Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Keyword Search: Great Awakening
RELIGION IN INDIANAPOLIS
TITLE SEARCH:ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INDIANAPOLIS
“…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.
FROM A SCHOLARLY WORK
BIBLIOGRAPHIES ON THE AMERICAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
FINDING BIBLIOGRAPHIES IN THE ONLINE CATALOG
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
Researching LDS/MORMONS
FROM A BOOK
PRIMARY SOURCES:Archival Collection
BILLY SUNDAYBASEBALL EVANGELIST
sources manuscripts
archives notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
archival resources personal narratives, American [Chinese, Finnish]
correspondence personnel records
diaries records and correspondence
FINDING PRIMARY SOURCES IN THE ONLINE CATALOG
History of the American Black Church
Circuit Riders
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