2. Lydia A. Morrow Ruetten, MLIS, MBA Professor of Library Science Head/Serials & Acquisitions Dept. Library Marketing & Public Relations Coordinator Governors State University, University Park, IL Illinois Online Conference February 15, 2007

3. Using Library of Congress Primary Source Materials Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Detroit Publishing Company Collection.

4. Goals of today's presentation: 1.Be able to search the Library of Congress’ primary source materials. 2.Save the URL from the Library of Congress’ item page. 3.Be able to download and save the images found. 4.Use current copyright law and fair-use guidelines. 5.Utilize Library of Congress’ primary source materials to enhance classroom learning.

5. Primary vs. Secondary Sources  Primary “…is a document, sound recording, video recording, original work or other [source] of information that was created at or near the time being studied, often by the people being studied.” “…is a document, sound recording, video recording, original work or other [source] of information that was created at or near the time being studied, often by the people being studied.” (Wikipedia, February 2, 2007)  Secondary “…is a work of history written as a synthetic account, usually based on primary sources and other secondary sources. Most scholarly historical monographs published today are secondary sources.” “…is a work of history written as a synthetic account, usually based on primary sources and other secondary sources. Most scholarly historical monographs published today are secondary sources.” (Wikipedia, February 2, 2007)

7. Search the Library of Congress Go to: http://www.loc.gov/index.html

16. How can the Library of Congress information enhance your classroom learning?

21. Thank you for your attendance today. I invite you to visit my Adventure of the American Mind project at: http://aam.govst.edu/projects/lmorrowruetten/ http://aam.govst.edu/projects/lmorrowruetten/ Lydia A. Morrow Ruetten L-Morrow@govst.edu

22. Resources used:  Adventure of the American Mind Governors State University resource manual  http://aam.govst.edu http://aam.govst.edu  Wikipedia Special thanks to:  Sandi Estep and Luci Sweder for the training  Diane Dates Casey for writing the grant to obtain the program on campus  Senator Richard Durbin (IL) who acquired the necessary funding to bring the program to Illinois