HST483 Everyday Life in Nazi Germany Spring2012 Michael Unsworth History Librarian
Why You Are Here Paper Proposal = 5% Annotated Bibliography = 5% Paper Draft =15% Research Presentation = 10% Final paper = 25% 60%
OUTLINE Decoding citations Historical Abstracts Retrieving Materials Online Reference Tools Locating Bibliographies Locating Primary Sources Other Indexes Questions
Getting Articles From Other Libraries
14 Digit ID Number
GETTING EVERYTHING ELSE
RETRIEVING MATERIAL
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Homosexuals in The Third Reich USE REFERENCE UNIVERSE
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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
PRIMARY SOURCES: BY PUBLICATION DATE
sourcesmanuscripts archivesnotebooks, sketchbooks, etc. archival resourcespersonal narratives, American Chinese, Finnish correspondencepersonnel records diariesrecords and correspondence
GERMAN CHILDREN DURING WW2
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QUESTIONS
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?
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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
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