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1. Al Harris Library

   Library Instruction for Historical Research Frederic Murray MLIS, University of British Columbia BA, Political Science, University of Iowa Instructional Services Librarian frederic.murray@swosu.edu
2. Center for History & New Media Teaching & Learning Providing free access to primary sources, building high-quality online teaching modules, and offering instruction on critical thinking skills.
3. “There are days when the result is so bad that no fewer than five revisions are required. In contrast, when I'm greatly inspired, only four revisions are needed."--John Kenneth Galbraith
4. WRITING is essentially REWRITING… Boyer, Paul S., and Stephen Nissenbaum. Salem Possessed; The Social Origins of Witchcraft. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1974.
5. Research Strategies Process Thesis Search Boolean Keyword Limiters Citation Tracking Works Cited Resources Catalogs Bibliographies Databases Scholarly Journals WWW Primary Sources Secondary Sources Tertiary Sources Today’s Class
6. Today’s Class Register/Create User Accounts Open WorldCat Ebrary EBSCO Host JSTOR

7. Exercise I: Research Puzzle

8. The Research Process GET A TOPIC DEVELOP YOUR SEARCH STRATEGY SEARCH AND READ WRITE YOUR PAPER, SPEECH PRESENTATION ETC. CITE YOUR SOURCES
9. Goal: write a paper that… Asks a good historical question 2. Tells how its interpretation connects to previous work by other historians, and 3. Offers a well-organized and persuasive thesis of its own.
10. Thesis Statements Make an assertion Take a stand Explain what you’re going to write about Are narrow and specific Have one main point Think about questions your research might help you answer. State your topic as a question first, then revise it to be a statement. Create a Thesis Statement
11. Offering a well-organized and persuasive thesis Think of your thesis as answering a question Have your thesis answer a "how" or "why" question, rather than a "what" question “what” leads to mere description “how” & “why” leads to critical analysis
12. Strong Thesis Statement(Exercise II) Is specific 2. Addresses a potential contradiction and is arguable 3. Provides a logical way to structure the argument
13. AND = Narrow OR = Expand Boolean NOT = Exclude
14. Searching for Primary SourcesKEYWORDS - Correspondence - Sources - Diaries - Interviews - “Literary collections” - “Personal narratives” “ - “Pictorial works” - Posters - Songs/Music - Speeches, addresses, etc. - Treaties Tell the Catalog/Database/SE what you seek: Specifically!
15. Keywords & Boolean Civil War and Diaries Civil War and Sources Civil War and Correspondence WORKS FOR CATALOG/DATABASES/SE
16. Class Exercise III: Keywords Civil War and History Civil War and ? Civil War and ?
17. Al Harris Catalog Remember* Catalog defaults to relevance search Remember* Use a Keyword search and Boolean to help limit results Remember* Use Limiters to narrow your search. Remember* Use Subject links to focus on your topic.
18. Open World Cat Meta search engine for online catalogs of libraries all over the world. Search for any book using a geographic location for the closest sources. Over 9000 libraries combined. If you find it in WorldCat, and it's not in our library, we can get it through ILL. CREATE A USER ACCOUNT
19. E-Books: Ebrary/Netbook 24/7 Full Text Searching* Highlight Markup Note Taking Changeable Font Size Multiplicity of Use CREATE A BOOKSHELF
20. Searching for Primary SourcesKEYWORDS - Correspondence - Sources - Diaries - Interviews - “Literary collections” - “Personal narratives” - “Pictorial works” - Posters - Songs/Music - Speeches, addresses, etc. - Treaties Tell the Catalog/Database what you seek: Specifically!
21. Keywords & Boolean Civil War and Diaries Civil War and Sources Civil War and Correspondence In Open WorldCat this is a Gold Mine!

22. Exercise IV: Catalog/WorldCat/Ebrary

    Topic: Russian Revolution Try to find a Primary Source
23. What types of sources will you use for your research? Books/Bibliographies Use Databases to find new Books Journal Articles Primary Documents Print documents and manuscripts First person accounts in newspapers Online digital collections CITATIONS
24. Bibliographies, Indexes & Abstracts Bibliographies Annotated National Subject Indexes An open-end finding guide to the literature of an academic field or discipline. Abstracts A brief, objective representation of the essential content of a book, article, speech, report, dissertation. Traditional Reference Tools used to find sources.
25. Keywords & Boolean “Civil War” and Bibliographies “Civil War” and Indexes “Civil War” and Abstracts WORKS FOR CATALOG/DATABASES/WEB
26. Databases: Social Sciences America: History and Life with Full Text Historical Abstracts with Full Text New York Times, 1851–2004 JSTOR Journal Archive/Project Muse Oklahoma Historical Society OSU Library Electronic Publishing Center Use Advanced Search: Boolean/ Keywords/Limiters
27. Title Author Source Date Abstract Full Text Subject/Keyword Databases can be searched using any combination of the field headings. Limiters: Database Field Headings

28. Ebsco Demonstration(finding New Books)

29. JSTOR JSTOR is a full-text scholarly journal archive. JSTOR specializes in making available the back issues of journals in a wide variety of humanities and social science disciplines.
30. Project Muse Project Muse contains the full text of over 40 Johns Hopkins Press scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences
31. Finding Articles: Citations
32. Citations Shriver Jr., Donald W. “Bosnia in Fear and Hope .” World Policy Journal; Summer2001, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p43, 11p Formats: PDF (Portable Document Format) HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
33. Shriver Jr., Donald W. “Bosnia in Fear and Hope.” World Policy Journal; Summer2001, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p43, 11p PDF / HTML Citations Search the Virtual Stacks Search the Virtual Stacks
34. Tracking Citations Shriver Jr., Donald W. “Bosnia in Fear and Hope .” World Policy Journal; Summer2001, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p43, 11p

35. The Citation Video

36. Exercise V: JSTOR & Citation Search

    Topic: Tulsa Race Riot
37. POPULAR MAGAZINES COME IN MANY FORMATS, BUT USUALLY SOMEWHAT SLICK AND ATTRACTIVE IN APPEARANCE RARELY CITE SOURCES. INFO. IS USUALLY SECONDARY, REPORTED FROM SOURCE ARTICLES SHORT, WRITTEN IN SIMPLE LANGUAGE AND FOR A MINIMAL EDUCATION LEVEL USUALLY LOT OF ADVERTISING AND PICTURES PAGINATION RESTARTS IN EVERY ISSUE SCHOLARLY JOURNALS HAVE A SOBER, SERIOUS LOOK ALWAYS CITE THEIR SOURCES IN FOOTNOTES/BIBLIOGRAPHIES ARTICLES WRITTEN BY A SCHOLAR OR RESEARCHER “HORSE’S MOUTH” PEER-REVIEWED BY SCHOLARS LANGUAGE OF JOURNAL ASSUMES SOME SCHOLARLY BACKGROUND ON THE PART OF READER ADVERTISING IS SPECIALIZED TO THAT DISCIPLINE PAGINATION IS CUMULATIVE Peer-Reviewed Articles
38. Ulrichsweb: Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory Global source for periodicals since 1932. Bibliographic database providing authoritative information on serials published throughout the world. Exercise VI: What Makes a Journal Scholarly?
39. Primary sources are original records created at the time historical events occurred or well after events in the form of memoirs and oral histories. Print documents and manuscripts First person accounts in newspapers Online digital collections National Archives & Records Administration Primary Sources
40. PRIMARY SECONDARY TERTIARY
41. Works Cited Page TWO PARTS Primary Secondary Be sure to divide your sources into primary and secondary.
42. Finding Primary Sources: WWW Library of CongressAn outstanding and invaluable site for American history and general studies. Contains primary and secondary documents, exhibits, map collections, prints and photographs, sound recordings, and motion pictures. The LOC's American Memory Historical Collections, a must-see, contain the bulk of digitalized materials, but the Exhibitions Gallery is enticing and informative as well. National Archives and Records AdministrationThe NARA offers federal archives, exhibits, classroom resources, census records, Hot Topics, and more. The Online Exhibit Hall has features on the New Deal, WWII, and photographs from 1864 to 1921.
43. Finding Primary Sources: WWW American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy Making of America: 19th c. books and magazines
44. Finding Primary Sources on the Web II The Internet History Sourcebooks The Internet History Sourcebooks are collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts. The Sourcebooks include an Ancient History Sourcebook, a Medieval Sourcebook, and a Modern History Sourcebook, as well as assorted other Sourcebooks on topics such as Women's history, Islamic history, and East Asian history.
45. Oklahoma History and Culture Chronicles of Oklahoma The first 40 volumes of the Oklahoma Historical Society's journal, digitized by Oklahoma State University. Eastern Oklahoma County Regional History Center This project of Rose State College was established to preserve the unique history of the communities of Eastern Oklahoma County, including Tinker Air Force Base, and to promote the understanding of the importance of the region to the State of Oklahoma, the southwestern region of states, and the United States. Collections include oral histories and historic photographs of Tinker Air Force Base. Oklahoma Crossroads Oklahoma Crossroads: Documents and Images consists of selected digital collections of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries spanning more than 100 years of rich, vibrant history. These collections include documents, photographs, newspapers, reports, pamphlets, posters, maps, and an author database ranging in date from the late 1800s to present. Western History Digital Collections The Western History Collection is a special collection within the University of Oklahoma Libraries system. Its purpose is to enhance the University Libraries general collection on the history of the American West; to support the research and teaching programs of the University of Oklahoma; and to provide opportunities for research through the acquisition, preservation, and access of materials relating to the development of the Trans-Mississippi West and Native American cultures. OSU Library Electronic Publishing Center
46. Searching for Primary SourcesKEYWORDS - Correspondence - Sources - Diaries - Interviews - “Literary collections” - “Personal narratives” - “Pictorial works” - Posters - Songs/Music - Speeches, addresses, etc. - Treaties Tell the Webpage what you seek: Specifically!
47. Google Scholar Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. Search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.
48. Google Scholar Works best for citations Restrictions to Content Fee-based Often your Library already owns material We’re working on improving access
49. Wikipedia Wiki: A Web application that allows users to add content to a collaborative hypertext Web resource (coauthoring), as in an Internet forum, and permits others to edit that content (open editing).
50. Wikipedia Jimmy Wales January 15, 2001 No Original Research NPOV (Neutral point of view) No owners, multiple anonymous authors Anyone with Internet access can create or edit an entry…Anyone
51. Wikipedia Participation maps popular, not academic concerns It is a working community…but is it a good historical resource? Lack of Critical Analysis Problematic as a sole source of information Like all encyclopedias…ok to start, terrible place to stop. Benefits are to its active participants, not its readers. Anyone can edit a page…..Anyone
52. wikirage A site listing pages in Wikipedia which are receiving the most edits per unique editor over various periods of time. Wikipedia is a disruptive tertiary information source.
53. PRIMARY SECONDARY TERTIARY
54. Open Web/Deep Web Archives and Manuscript Collections - [New Window] - This is a selective guide to finding archives and manuscript collections. It includes catalogs and finding aids at Columbia, as well as national catalogs and databases. It also includes a list of national archives and libraries, college and university collections, and historical society archives. Footnote - [New Window] - Search for original historical documents online. Gateway to Resources and Information on Preservation - GRIP - [New Window] - GRIP is a a fully searchable database of information on preservation of the documentary heritage. It contains selected and annotated references to literature on preservation-related topics, links to websites, projects, organizations and discussion groups. GRIP presents a core of accessible and recent materials selected by experts and provides an introduction to a great many aspects of preservation. The database can be searched by category, keywords (descriptors) and free search. Histor eSearch.com - [New Window] - History research resource links for high school and college students. History Buff - [New Window] - Provides a searchable library of historical information. History Guide - [New Window] - An Internet-based subject gateway to scholarly relevant information in history with a focus on Anglo-American history and the history of Central and Western Europe. Internet Modern History Sourcebook - [New Window] - Directory of modern history resources. Repositories of Primary Sources - [New Window] - A listing of over 5000 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar. All links have been tested for correctness and appropriateness. UNESCO Archives Portal - [New Window] - The UNESCO Archives Portal gives access to websites of archival institutions around the world. It is also a gateway to resources related to records and archives management and to international co-operation in this area. WTJ Portal - [New Window] - Directory of online military resources for researchers, hobbyists, military professionals and all others with an interest in military history, science and defense. The directory is composed entirely of sites relating to the active prosecution of warfare and military issues. WWW Virtual Library: Labour and Business History - [New Window] - Links to organizations, archives, libraries, museums, research institutions and resources around the world in the field of labour and business history.
55. CampusGuides
56. KEY Elements for Your Paper Works Cited Page Divide into Primary/Secondary ! NO ENCYCLOPEDIAS ! 20% of your grade is based on critiquing your fellow classmates
57. KEY Elements for Your Paper Stress analysis: Do not simply parrot your sources i.e. “radical leaders” “Marxist Professors.” Who says they are radical? Marxist? Watch your assumptions. Do your own analysis.
58. Writing Your Paper Writing Center Located in the basement of the library Call for appointment #774-7083 Turabian Style Style Sheets Turabian Handbook at Reference & Circulation Desk
59. Questions? Contact me: Frederic Murray 774-7113 frederic.murray@swosu.edu http://faculty.swosu.edu/frederic.murray/
60. Exercise I: Research Puzzle Exercise II: Thesis Exercise III: Class - Keywords Exercise IV: Catalog/WorldCat Exercise V: JSTOR/Citation Exercise VI: Scholarly Tutorial