1. HST 320 History of Michigan Fall 2011 Michael Unsworth History Librarian unsworth@msu.edu

2. AUSTIN BLAIR

3. ONLINE CATALOG SEARCH

11. INDEXES

13. PRODUCED WITH PUNCH CARDS: Limited Storage Space = Lavish Use of Abbreviations & Codes

14. “United States: Indians, The American”

15. “JOURNAL CODE NUMBERS”

16. “United States 1850-1860”

17. SELECTED TITLES FROM HST 302 “KEY RESOURCES”

18. Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps OriginalDigitized

19. 12 th Census (1900) Download

24. QUESTIONS

25. END

26. Why You Are Here Response papers = xx% Research paper = yy% Research Presentation = zz%

27. OUTLINE Decoding citations Find Text @MSU – Historical Abstracts Retrieving Materials Online Reference Tools Locating Bibliographies Locating Primary Sources Other Indexes Questions

28. OUTLINE Decoding citations Find Text @MSU – Historical Abstracts Retrieving Materials Online Reference Tools Locating Bibliographies Locating Primary Sources Other Indexes Questions

29. Topic Search in America; History & Life Historical Abstracts

30. Article Reach

32. ArticleReach: Verification

33. 14 Digit ID Number

34. ArticleReach: Request Form

35. ArticleReach: Delivery

36. RETRIEVING MATERIAL: WORLDCAT

37. WORLDCAT

41. RETRIEVING MATERIAL: MELCAT

42. MELCAT

48. Topic USE REFERENCE UNIVERSE:

49. “…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.

50. Topic

51. FROM A BOOK OR ARTICLE: (1) FROM THE WORK’S BIBLIOGRAPHY cover & bib

52. FROM A BOOK OR ARTICLE: (2) From a Note

53. Topic

54. FINDING BIBLIOGRAPHIES IN THE ONLINE CATALOG Retrieves works with these headings:

55. 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.

56. CAUTION: MEMOIRS

58. Topic

59. CATALOG SEARCH BY DATE OF PUBLICATION

60. Topic

61. SOURCES USED IN A WORK cover & bib

62. sourcesmanuscripts archivesnotebooks, sketchbooks, etc. archival resourcespersonal narratives, American Chinese, Finnish correspondencepersonnel records diariesrecords and correspondence

63. Topic

64. Opac sources

65. PRIMARY SOURCES: Printed Compilation

66. PRIMARY SOURCES: Personal Narratives