Dr. Glen Harris

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 with research?

Our plan for the library sessions Review Research Guide for this course.Research Guide Explore various search tools. Learn to identify secondary sources. Learn to identify primary sources. Become familiar with special services. Interlibrary Loan Ask a librarian

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Resource Types Primary vs. Secondary (more next time) Books Articles Scholarly Popular Theses & Dissertations Websites

Finding Books Library Catalog WorldCat Finds items at UNCW and at libraries worldwide Google Books ~ 12 million / ~7 million full-text. Older books may be available in full text. Some databases lead to books Cited directly Book reviews

Keyword vs. Subject Searching 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

Keyword vs. Subject in action What is a useful Subject Heading for Race and film? Start with a keyword search, then look for subjects in the records retrieved. Use subject headings to lead you to other titles Same terms used in WorldCat

Searching Personal Names Keyword searches Either order Try name variations, e.g., initials Author/Subject Last name, first, e.g. King, Martin Luther

Looking at the catalog record Item Info Location (click for map) Call # Availability Online Access Cover, summary, reviews Subjects for related items Library of Congress outline

LC Call Numbers

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.

LC Call Numbers

WorldCat Will find books & articles from UNCW and libraries worldwide Finds items for ILL requests (use the bookmarklet to submit requests) bookmarklet Rare items not lent Rare items may be reprinted & available Websites included – often w/ free access!

Interlibrary Loan Use the library  Services  Interlibrary Loan Create an account/create a new account Username – UNCW domain name Password – UNCW password

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Finding Articles Home page Article Search Databases A-Z Individual databases Databases by Subject Citation Searching

Search tips And, Or, Not And narrows Or adds synonyms/related Not excludes (use carefully) Race in film Race AND Film Film OR “motion picture” OR movie

More Search Tips Truncate for word variations Polit* = politics, political, politician, etc. Words anywhere or phrase? Be all you can be vs. “Be all you can be”

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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 can you find?

Working from a known citation Harris, Glen Anthony, and Robert Brent Toplin Guess who's coming to dinner?: A clash of interpretations regarding stanley kramer's film on the subject of interracial marriage. The Journal of Popular Culture 40, (4): Does the library have it? In what format or location?

Next Class Primary Sources What they are How to find them Government Documents

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Dr. Glen Harris

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Primary Sources Diaries, journals, other writings of “players” Eyewitness/observer accounts Memoirs, autobiographies (written later) Government & other official documents Laws, treaties, reports, orders, transcripts of proceedings, addresses, congressional hearings, census records, etc. Cartoons and Advertisements (of the time) Photographs and images Movies! Interviews

Primary or Secondary? Scholarly article on miscegenation laws. The text of the 19 th amendment on voting rights An encyclopedia on U.S. social movements. Collection of transcripts of interviews with NC civil rights activists published in a book. A News & Observer article about the history of the civil rights movement in NC. New York Times advertisements, found in the New York Times Archive database.

Randall Catalog & WorldCat Search general keywords Suffrage AND interview Search specific headings or persons as author (Stanton, Elizabeth Cady) Look for items not tagged as primary source Primary documents may be included in secondary sources Eyewitness authors may not be tagged as sources

Randall Catalog & WorldCat Standard Subheadings Correspondence Diaries Interviews Personal narratives Sources Catalogs Manuscripts Pictorial Works Portraits Speeches Notebooks/Sketch- books Archives Cartoons Descriptions Description and travel

Periodicals and Newspapers New York Times Archive News & Observer Index Readers’ Guide Retrospective Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective Newspapers on microfilm, e.g. Wilmington Morning Star

Digital Collections Lots of collections Libraries (UNCW Collections)UNCW Collections Library of Congress (e.g. American Memory ) Library of CongressAmerican Memory UNC – Documenting the American SouthDocumenting the American South DPLA (Digital Public Library of America) DPLA

Official Documents - Legal Lexis Nexis Academic Legal research A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation – LOC LOC History of the Federal Judiciary – Federal Judicial Center History of the Federal Judiciary Historical Publications of the United States Commission on Civil Rights – Thurgood Marshall Law Library Historical Publications of the United States Commission on Civil Rights

Government Documents FDLP – Federal Depository Library Program was established by Congress to ensure that the American public has access to its Government’s information anyone can access depository libraries and use its collections Regional and Selective Depositories UNCW is a large selective 75% Classified by publishing agency SuDocs

Government Documents Fdsys – Federal Digital System Fdsys America’s Authentic Government Information FedStats Statistics from more than 100 agencies and sub-agencies of federal and states government HeinOnline Congressional documents, court cases, etc. Congress.gov Congressional Documents

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