1. HISTORY 201 History of Christianity in America Fall 2010 Michael Unsworth History Librarian unsworth@msu.edu

2. RADIO PREACHERS: Search “Online Reference Tools”

5. INTRODUCTION

6. CHRONOLGY

11. ABBREVIATIONS

12. RETRIEVING MATERIAL: MELCAT

13. MELCAT

18. 14 Digit ID Number

19. MELCAT

20. RETRIEVING MATERIAL: WORLDCAT

21. WORLDCAT

23. ILLIAD

25. Author Search: Father Coughlin

26. Author Search: Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

27. RELIGION IN INDIANAPOLIS

28. TITLE SEARCH: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INDIANAPOLIS

34. Keyword Search: Great Awakening

35. “…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.

36. FROM A SCHOLARLY WORK

39. BIBLIOGRAPHIES ON THE AMERICAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

40. FINDING BIBLIOGRAPHIES IN THE ONLINE CATALOG

48. 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.

49. CAUTION: MEMOIRS

50. Researching LDS/MORMONS

51. FROM A BOOK

53. PRIMARY SOURCES: Archival Collection

54. BILLY SUNDAY BASEBALL EVANGELIST

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

56. FINDING PRIMARY SOURCES IN THE ONLINE CATALOG

77. History of the American Black Church

78. Circuit Riders

79. ArticleReach

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