Philosophy and Practice of History: Library Orientation September 11, 2019 Vince Graziano History Librarian vince.graziano@Concordia.ca

Workshop Outline Finding background information Finding books Printed encyclopedias Oxford Reference Online Premium Cambridge Histories Online Finding books CLUES, Library Catalogue Finding articles America: History & Life Canada and United States history Historical Abstracts World history from 1450 Finding book reviews

Reference Books Print encyclopedias Historiography and Historians Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing Online encyclopedias, companions, dictionaries: Oxford Reference Online Premium Cambridge Histories Online Bibliographies Study of History: A Bibliographical Guide

Writing and Research Guides The Craft of Research Learning to Do Historical Research Online guide by William Cronon Pocket Guide to Writing in History Many editions The Modern Researcher (Barzun and Graff) The Information-Literate Historian: A Guide to Research for History Students The History Student Writers' Manual

Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing

Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing

Study of History: A Bibliographical Guide

America: History & Life Description: Covers all aspects of USA and Canadian history, culture and current affairs from prehistoric times to the present. Indexes books, journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations 1964 onward. Some coverage from 1954-1962

Historical Abstracts Description: Citations with abstracts to articles in some 2,000 journals and citations to books and dissertations on political, diplomatic, economic, social, cultural, and intellectual history. Covers world history since 1450 except for the USA and Canada. 1955-onward

Book Reviews Print sources Online sources Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Scholarly Journals, 1886-1974 Online sources America: History & Life: 1964-onward Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 JSTOR: most recent 3-5 years not included

Electronic Journals Collections with substantial humanities content: Project MUSE (Recent issues) JSTOR (Older issues) Oxford Journals (recent and archive) Taylor & Francis (Routledge) Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) ProQuest Central British Periodicals I and II (1681-1920) American Periodicals (1741-1940) Periodicals Archive Online (1802-2000) Many other electronic journal collections

Electronic Books Collections with substantial humanities content: Early English Books Online (EEBO) – 1473-1700 Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO) Canadiana Online Oxford Scholarship Online (recent and ongoing) Cambridge University Press e-books (1995-2007) Project MUSE Ebooks (university presses) Palgrave Macmillan (2010-) ACLS Humanities E-books Canadian Publishers Collection EBSCO E-books Many other electronic books

Primary Sources Many primary sources are reprinted in books and listed in the library catalogue Databases for primary sources Listed on the History Subject Guide Also listed on the Databases by Subject page Choose History Choose History Historical Newspapers Choose History Primary Sources

Search Operators AND Marxist AND historians OR women OR feminist “ ” “oral history” * Marx* ( ) (historians OR historiography) AND postcolonial* AND Africa

Subject Searching Thesaurus Subject Headings in CLUES List of terms used in a database Subject Headings in CLUES Created by the Library of Congress Subjects include: People Events Places Topical subject headings

To Find the Full Text Use Search CLUES Check other Montreal libraries Perform a Journal Title search Check other Montreal libraries Use your BCI card Request an Interlibrary Loan (COLOMBO) Online form Allow 1 to 2 weeks for delivery of books Allow 2 to 4 days for delivery of articles by email

RefWorks Discontinued as of May 31, 2020 RefWorks is a Web-based tool that: Facilitates organization of references Is accessible from any Internet connection Simplifies the process of preparing bibliographies Access RefWorks through the Quick Links menu on the Library website Help Tutorials on Library website

Zotero Needs to be downloaded Zotero offers a much better user experience with more functionality Easily migrate your references from RefWorks to Zotero Workshops Migration workshops Zotero workshops Workshop schedule Schedule includes general library workshops

Help is Available At the Ask Us Desk Library website History Subject Guide Ask a Librarian E-mail form Chat with a Librarian Ask Vince: 514-848-2424, ext. 7689 vince.graziano@concordia.ca Office hours: by appointment