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Uncovering Fairfax County's Hidden Histories: A Comprehensive Resource Guide

Discover how to access books, articles, and government resources on Fairfax County's hidden history, transportation, job hunting, food access, faith, and sustainability. Learn search strategies, evaluation techniques, and citation guidelines. Explore databases, catalogs, and online tools to find valuable information.

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Uncovering Fairfax County's Hidden Histories: A Comprehensive Resource Guide

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  1. Library Resources:Online journalism (Comm 361) Joy Suh Government Information and GIS Librarian hsuh1@gmu.edu Feb 26, 2012

  2. Assignments • Writing a report or story on: Hidden History, Neighborhood, Transportation, Job Hunting, Food Access, Faith (Religion), Sustainability, etc. in “Fairfax County”

  3. Goals • How to find Books, Journal Articles, and other government resources (data, maps, pictures, etc) on your topic. • Key Resources • How to search, evaluate, and cite your resources.

  4. Finding Resources Steps taken: • Mason Catalog • WRLC • FX County Public Library Catalog ( Local Government Document Holdings) • Worldcat • Interlibrary Loan Steps taken: • Databases for Newspapers, Legal Cases, Current Events, Data/Statistics, journal articles, etc. • E-Journal Finder Find Books and More Find Journal Articles

  5. Find Books and More (Maps, Videos', etc) Using Catalogs: Mason, WRLC, Fairfax County Public Library Catalog, and Wordcat. • Keyword Search-your topic AND Fairfax County, etc. • Subject Search—Fairfax County • Subject (your topic) AND Keyword (Fairfax County) • See Tutorial-Combining Search Tool Find out how your search results are different with different catalogs/different search strategies.

  6. Journal Articles • Newspaper Articles Lexis/Nexis Academics (Washington post ) Virginian Newspapers • Legal Cases Lexis/Nexis Academics • Journal Articles on your topic: JSTOR, Academic Search Complete, PQ Research Library. • Journal Articles on Online Journalism : Communication Abstracts or Communication Mass Media Complete

  7. Data and More • Census Data: --American FactFinder (2000 & 2010) --Social Explorer Database (Covers all census data and thematic maps): See Data Services page • www.fairfaxounty.gov (Local Data, Maps, Events/News, and more) • Visit FX Public Library (Fairfax City-Virginia Room) • Artstore Database (Pictures)

  8. See Tutorials on • How to Search, • How to Evaluate, • How to Cite, See Infoguide: Library Research Basics See also: Online Tutorials A-Z

  9. More- • Take library workshops (Zotero, Data Services’ Workshops) • Explore “inPrimo”-a new search tool Contact--- Joy Suh (hsuh1@gmu.edu) Jen Stevenson (jsteven7@gmu.edu)

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