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1 Dr. William McCarthy Ms. Sue Cody codys@uncw.edu

2 Your Current Research Skills? How would you rate your current research skills? Strong Satisfactory Needs improvement Poor What causes you the most anxiety/confusion/frustration? What are your favorite sources for historical research?

3 Where do you go to find... Scholarly articles? Articles written during the time studied? Books? Primary sources?

4 Our plan Review Research Guide for this course. Explore various finding aids. Review search techniques Learn to identify primary sources. Become familiar with special services. Interlibrary Loan Ask a librarian

5 Where to get help Learning Commons Help Desk In person Telephone Email Chat Text By Appointment Contact me directly: codys@uncw.educodys@uncw.edu

6 Finding Articles Home page Article Search (Integrated search) Databases A-Z Individual databases Databases by Subject Quick Search (Integrated search) Individual databases Bibliographies & Notes

7 Database Exploration Library Homepage Article Search Historical Abstracts Jstor Public Affairs Information Service Google Scholar WorldCat SCOPE CONSIDERATIONS Publication type, e.g., articles, books Number of publications/records Dates covered: Publication Historical period Subjects covered Other parameters

8 Search tips And, Or, Not And narrows Or adds synonyms/related Not excludes (use carefully) Search example Manifest destiny OR Imperialism AND Pacific OR Asia OR Philippines AND United States

9 More Search Tips Truncate for word variations Imperialis* = Imperialism, Imperialist, Imperialists Words anywhere or phrase? American imperialism vs. “American imperialism” Field-specific searches Geopolitics in Source

10 Find the full text! Keliher, Macabe. "Anglo-American Rivalry and the Origins of U.S. China Policy." Diplomatic History 31, no. 2 (April 2007): 227-257. Does the library have it? What format or location? What online access (vendor, e.g., Jstor)?

11 Find the full text! Hones, Sheila and Yasuo Endo. “History, Distance and Text: Narratives of the 1853–1854 Perry Expedition to Japan.” Journal of Historical Geography 32, no. 3 (July 2006): 563-578. Does the library have it? What format or location? What online access? (vendor, e.g., Jstor)?

12 Find the full text! Lincoln, A. “Theodore Roosevelt and the First Russian- American Crisis.” Southern California Quarterly 45, no. 4 (December 1963): 323-336. Does the library have it? What format or location? What online access (vendor, e.g., Jstor)?

13 Find the full text! Burnham, Michelle. “Trade, Time and the Calculus of Risk in Early Pacific Travel Writing.” Early American Literature 46, no. 3 (November 2011): 425-447. Does the library have it? What format or location? What online access (vendor, e.g., Jstor)?

14 Find the full text! Guan, Ang Cheng. “United States-Indonesia Relations: The 1965 Coup and After.” War & Society 21, no. 1 (May 2003: 119-136. Does the library have it? What format or location? What online access (vendor, e.g., Jstor)?

15 Finding Books Library Catalog local & UNCP/FSU Ebooks from Ebsco and ABC-Clio, etc. WorldCat 9,000 libraries / @1.2 billion items Google Books ( @ 12 million / @ 7 million full-text) Google Books Project Gutenberg (@ 33,000 books) Project Gutenberg Some databases lead to books Cited directly Book reviews

16 Randall Online Catalog: Keyword vs. Subject Searching What’s the difference? What is a useful Subject Heading for Manifest destiny? Start with a keyword search, then look for subjects in the records retrieved.

17 Keyword/Subject features Keyword Finds words anywhere in record. Look at records to see subject headings. Search lots of terms, word variations Subject Headings Controlled vocabulary May not be “natural language” but may find more Hierarchical arrangement helps narrow topic Searches only the subject field

18 Suggested Subject Headings Check headings in records you find by keyword or other searches Use the Library of Congress Classification Web database. In the catalog, search by any segment of a heading – rotated display, e.g., Foreign relations Same terms are used in WorldCat

19 Searching Personal Names Keyword searches Either order Try name variations, e.g., initials Author/Subject Last name first, e.g. Lodge, Henry Cabot Asian names are a challenge, e.g. Mao

20 Online Catalog Features Subjects for related items Call numbers for related items (usually) Library of Congress outline http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html SuDoc arranges by agency (not as useful for browsing) Cover, summary, reviews Location maps Expanding search to UNCCLC Add to Bag/Add to My Lists Text Message

21 Finding Books – LC Call Nos. Alpha-numeric Single letters before double First number is a whole number Everything after the decimal point is a decimal value.

22 WorldCat 9,000+ libraries Finds items for ILL requests Rare items not lent Rare items may be reprinted & available Websites included – often w/ free access!

23 Interlibrary Loan Create an account/create a new account Username – UNCW domain name Password – UNCW password

24 Secondary - Primary For the next session Find a relevant secondary source (book or article) with a bibliography. Review the bibliography to find a primary source. Copy the page with the primary source citation. Highlight citation for primary source. Complete exercise form; attach copy; bring to class.

25 Next Class Primary Sources What they are How to find them

26 What will you do when you have questions?

27 codys@uncw.edu http://library.uncw.edu

28 Dr. William McCarthy Ms. Sue Cody codys@uncw.edu

29 Primary Sources Dairies, journals, other writings of “players” Eyewitness/Observer accounts Memoirs, autobiographies (written later) Official documents Laws, treaties, reports, orders, transcripts of proceedings, addresses, etc. Images Movies, Novels, etc.? (Depends on context of research)

30 Primary or Secondary? Scholarly article on the U.S. annexation of the Philippines. Text of the 1898 Joint Resolution to provide for annexing the Hawaiian Islands to the U.S. An encyclopedia of American foreign relations. Collection of U.S. soldiers letters from Korea published in a book. New York Times article about Theodore Roosevelt’s Nobel Peace Prize. Biography of Madame Chiang Kai-shek. Anthology of voyage narratives. Chronology of Asian history and culture.

31 Randall Online Catalog & WorldCat Standard Subheadings for Primary Sources Correspondence Diaries Interviews Personal narratives* Sources See guide for others

32 Randall Online Catalog & WorldCat Keyword Search Hawaii and sources Search specific headings or persons Commodore Perry as author (Perry, Matthew Calbraith) Look for items not tagged as primary source Primary documents may be included in secondary sources Eyewitness authors may not be tagged as sources

33 Periodicals and Newspapers New York Times Archive Readers’ Guide Retrospective Palmer’s Index to the Times (London)

34 Official Documents HeinOnline Congressional Record Lexis Nexis Academic - Legal Court Opinions Lexis-Nexis Congressional Hearings (Not all full text) Foreign Relations of the U.S. (FRUS) Presidential Papers

35 Bibliographies—Follow the trail Book-length (Reference Collection) Secondary sources (books and journal articles) Types Classified (easiest to find primary sources) Alphabetical Footnotes/Endnotes What did you find?

36 What will you do when you have questions?

37 codys@uncw.edu http://library.uncwil.edu/askref.html


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