1. Library Workshop for HIST 369
Vince Graziano
History Librarian
March 6, 2018

2. Workshop Outline Overview of Library services
Finding background information
New Cambridge History of Islam
Oxford Islamic Studies Online
Finding books
CLUES, the Library catalogue
Finding articles
Historical Abstracts: world history
Gender Studies Database
LGBT Life
ATLA Religion database
Finding primary sources

3. Overview of Library Services
Article Delivery (2 working days)
Via an online form, articles from our printed/microform collection will be scanned into PDF and delivered via
Login with Concordia NetName
Interlibrary Loans – COLOMBO
Click on Create Request (if necessary)
BCI card
Request at Loans & Returns Desk

4. Overview of Library Services
Intercampus delivery
For books at the other campus, you will need to go to the Vanier Library on Loyola Campus or request an intercampus delivery via the request feature in CLUES, the Library catalogue.
Rush catalogue
For books that have arrived but are not yet catalogued or processed, you can request a rush catalogue via the request feature in CLUES
Allow 2-3 working days for delivery

5. Electronic Journals Collections with substantial humanities content:
Project MUSE (Recent issues)
JSTOR (Older issues)
Oxford Journals (recent and archive)
Literature Online (LION)
Literature Resource Center
Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
British Periodicals I and II ( )
American Periodicals ( )
Periodicals Archive Online ( )
Many other electronic journal collections

6. Electronic Books Collections with substantial humanities content:
Literature Online (LION)
Early English Books Online (EEBO) –
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)
Early Canadiana Online (until c. 1925)
Oxford Scholarship Online (recent)
Cambridge University Press e-books ( )
Project MUSE Ebooks (university presses)
Palgrave Macmillan (2010-)
ACLS Humanities E-books
Canadian Publishers Collection
EBSCO E-books
Many other electronic books

7. Search Operators AND gender AND Islam OR Islam OR Muslim
“ ” “Middle East”
* nation*
( ) (“Middle East” OR Islam* OR Muslim*) AND (women OR gender)

8. 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

9. 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

10. RefWorks 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

11. Help is Available At the Ask Us Desk Library website
History Subject Guide
Ask a Librarian
form
Chat with a Librarian
Ask Vince:
, ext. 7689
Office hours: by appointment