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Mastering Research Skills for Historians

Enhance your research competencies with this seminar, covering online catalogs, indexes, retrieving materials, bibliographies, and primary sources. Learn strategies for accessing resources from other libraries and utilizing various databases effectively.

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Mastering Research Skills for Historians

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  1. HST 808 Research Seminar Spring 2012 Michael Unsworthunsworth@msu.edu Michael Rodriguez rodri171@msu.edu

  2. OUTLINE Research Competencies Searching Online Catalogs Using Indexes & Abstracts Retrieving Materials Locating Bibliographies Locating Primary Sources Questions

  3. “Getting Materials from Other Libraries:” Articles Aguirre González, Carmen and Tormo, Leandro. “Algunas Caracteristicas De Los Franciscanos En Nuevo Mexico Durante El Primer Siglo (1535-1635).” Archivo Ibero-Americano. Vol. 46, Issue 181/184 (Feb.1986): 719-749

  4. 14 Digit ID Number

  5. FindText@MSU:When the Stars Are Aligned (1)

  6. FindText@MSU:When the Stars Are Aligned (2)

  7. FindText@MSU:What Often Happens (1)

  8. FindText@MSU:What Often Happens (2)

  9. FindText@MSU:What Often Happens (3)

  10. FindText@MSU:What Often Happens (4)

  11. FindText@MSU:What Often Happens (5)

  12. OH NO! THE MICROFILM IS MISSING!!!

  13. Getting Articles From Other Libraries

  14. RETRIEVING EVERYTHING ELSE

  15. MELCAT

  16. MELCAT

  17. MELCAT

  18. MELCAT

  19. MELCAT

  20. U-borrow

  21. ILLIAD

  22. WORLDCAT

  23. WORLDCAT

  24. WORLDCAT

  25. WORLDCAT

  26. BIBLIOGRAPHIES “…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.

  27. FROM A WORK’SBIBLIOGRAPHY

  28. FINDING BIBLIOGRAPHIES IN THE ONLINE CATALOG OR WORLDCAT

  29. INTRODUCTION (1)

  30. INTRODUCTION (2)

  31. 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.” SOURCE: Presnell, Jenny L. The information-literate historian : a guide to research for history students (New York : Oxford University Press, 2007): 93.

  32. CAUTION: MEMOIRS

  33. CATALOG SEARCH BY DATE OF PUBLICATION

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