HST 418/558: Fascism & Antifascism Searching for Sources Beth Kaylor

Introduction Course Guide –Find and Research –Subject and Course Guides –History Get Help! –Beth –First column on library home page

Library Search Boxes Big Box Search Library Catalog –Advanced Search

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

Suggested Subject Headings See the Research guide Check headings in records you find by keyword or other searches Use the LCSH database or print volumes. In the catalog, search by any segment of a heading – rotated display Same terms used in WorldCat

Searching Personal Names –Keyword searches Either order Try name variations, e.g., initials –Author/Subject Last name first Consistent use Example: Mussolini, Benito

Online Catalog—Special Features Subject links for related items Call numbers for related items (usually) Library of Congress outline – SuDoc arranges by agency Cover, summary, reviews Location maps Repeating search My Library Account

Search tips And, Or, Not –And narrows –Or adds synonyms/related –Not excludes (use carefully) Truncate for word variations –(fascis* = fascism, fascist, fascisists) Word Proximity: –“Spanish civil war”

Journal Holdings & Access Bibliographies will cite useful publications Follow the citation trail! Search your citation –Does the library have it? –What format or location? –What online access?

Working from a known citation Cabona, Maurizio. " Mussolini and the Jews." Telos 133 (2005): Lukacs, John. " Herbert Hoover meets Adolf Hitler." American Scholar 62, no. 2 (Spring 1993): Fischer, L. “Thirty months of war in Spain.” The Nation 148 (January 7, 1939): Perkins, Dexter. “Was Roosevelt Wrong?” Virginia Quarterly Review 30, no. 3 (January 1954): Landon, Alfred. M. Threat, fear and secrecy [what is fascism ?]. Vital Speeches of the Day v. 9 (September ) p

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. Advertisements

Randall Online Catalog Standard Subheadings –Correspondence –Diaries –Personal narratives –Sources –Treaties –See guide for others

Randall Online Catalog Search specific persons or organizations –Lindbergh, Charles as author Look for items not tagged as primary source –Primary documents may be included in secondary sources –Eyewitness authors may not be tagged as sources.

WorldCat.org

Use the Research Guides! Links to a variety of sources for your researching pleasure. Pre-1970s Popular Periodicals Primary Sources Guide Spanish Civil War Guide

Course Guide ce_history_fascism_and_antifascismhttp://library.uncw.edu/guides/practi ce_history_fascism_and_antifascism

Questions? Beth Kaylor