HST 483 Nationalism and National Identity Spring 2013 Michael Unsworth History Librarian

Why You Are Here Prospectus/Bibliography = 15% Research paper = 35%

OUTLINE Decoding citations Retrieving Materials Historical Abstracts Online Reference Tools Locating Bibliographies Locating Primary Sources Other Indexes Questions

RETRIEVING MATERIAL: WORLDCAT

WORLDCAT

RETRIEVING MATERIAL

MELCAT

U-borrow

ILLIAD

Topic: Ethnic Cleansing Search in Historical Abstracts

Getting Articles From Other Libraries

14 Digit ID Number

Basque Nationalism USE Gale Virtual Reference Library:

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.

FROM AN ARTICLE’S BIBLIOGRAPHY

IRISH NATIONALISM: Topic

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

Kosovar Nationalism

INTRODUCTION

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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