 MAME 2010  Lansing, MI  Suzanne Robinson, MeL Databases Training Coordinator, MCLS.

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 MAME 2010  Lansing, MI  Suzanne Robinson, MeL Databases Training Coordinator, MCLS

 MeL is a project of the Library of Michigan, an agency of the state government. The Library of Michigan contracts with MCLS and partners with a number of Michigan organizations and institutions to provide MeL services.  This service is funded in part by the State of Michigan through the Library of Michigan. Additional project support comes from the Federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) via the Institute of Museum and Library Services(IMLS).

 Spice things up  Bring subjects to life  Better understanding

 Engage students  Develop higher level thinking skills  Learn new ways to apply knowledge

 Assume “from the time period”  Firsthand knowledge or reporting  Not retrospective

 Books  Pamphlets  Essays  Diaries  Serials  Gov docs  Maps  Comic books & graphic novels  Manuscripts  Archival materials  Realia

 Tablets  Visual materials  Music, sheet music  Sound recordings  Dissertations  Interviews  s  Tweets  Text messages  Census data

 Original  Microform  Digitized  Scanned or ASCII text

 Secondhand knowledge  After the event with analysis, interpretation,etc.  Conveying experiences and/or opinions of others  One step removed

 I.E., many sources reviewed, analyzed, different viewpoints taken into account, third party accounts, newspaper reports, etc.

 How does the author know?  Was the author at the scene?  Where does the information come from?  Based on single piece of evidence or multiple sources?

 MeL Michigana  Sabin Michigan collection  Academic OneFile  Opposing Viewpoints  Gale Virtual Ref Library  eLibrary, eLib Elem  Culturegrams

 OAIster  MeLCat  Worldcat.org  Library of Congress

 ve/primarysources/primarysources.html ve/primarysources/primarysources.html  y2.html y2.html

 ources/ ources/  esources/pubs/usingprimarysources esources/pubs/usingprimarysources

 ermany-america- map/index.html?hpt=hp_bn2 ermany-america- map/index.html?hpt=hp_bn2  alive_in_a_digital_world.aspx alive_in_a_digital_world.aspx

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