JOURNALISM 825 History of Journalism Spring 2014 Michael Unsworth History Librarian

JOURNALISM 825 History of Journalism Spring 2014 Michael Unsworth History Librarian Bobby Smiley Digital Humanities Librarian

OUTLINE Update On Your Textbook Online Reference Tools Getting Materials From Other Libraries o ArticleReach o MelCat o Uborrow o WorldCat Obtaining Dissertations Locating Bibliographies Locating Archives & Primary Sources Q&A

UPDATE P. 90: Comprehensive “Reference Room”--The MSU Library, along with many other academic libraries, have drastically shrunk their Reference Collections by shifting them to the main collection. People now rely on online sources such as Reference Universe and the Gale Virtual Reference Library.

Getting Materials from Other Libraries: Articles Meadows, Michael. “Deals and victories: newspaper coverage of native title in Australia and Canada,” Australian journalism review, 22, no. 1 (2000), p

14 Digit ID Number

When the Stars Are Aligned (1)

When the Stars Are Aligned (2)

What Often Happens (1)

What Often Happens (2)

What Often Happens (3)

What Often Happens (4)

What Often Happens (5)

OH NO! THE MICROFILM IS MISSING!!!

Getting Articles From Other Libraries

RETRIEVING EVERYTHING ELSE

MELCAT

U-borrow

ILLIAD

WORLDCAT

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, (New York : Greenwood Press, 1987): xi.

FINDING BIBLIOGRAPHIES IN THE ONLINE CATALOG

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.

CAUTION: MEMOIRS

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

QUESTIONS

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What was/were the most valuable thing(s) you learned today?

What are you not quite clear about from today’s session; what is muddy in your head?