HST201 Weimar Germany: Politics, Culture, Modernity Spring 2012 Michael Unsworth History Librarian

OUTLINE Decoding citations Retrieving Materials Online Reference Tools Performing Catalog Searches Locating Bibliographies Locating Primary Sources Journal Indexes Questions

RETRIEVING MATERIAL

MELCAT

14 Digit ID Number

MELCAT

U-borrow

ILLIAD

RETRIEVING MATERIAL: WORLDCAT

WORLDCAT

ILLIAD

MAX REINHARDT’S THE MIRACLE

FREE CORPS

German Caberet

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 A BOOK

FINDING BIBLIOGRAPHIES IN THE ONLINE CATALOG

Introduction

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

FROM A BOOK

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

NAZI IDEOLOGY

PRIMARY SOURCES: An Edited Publication

Introduction

Selection Criteria

FINDING ARTICLES

WAS HITLER GAY?

Getting Articles From Other Libraries

WOMEN IN WEIMAR

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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