1. Library Workshop for HIST 369 Vince Graziano History Librarian Vince
Library Workshop for HIST Vince Graziano History Librarian March 5, 2019

2. Workshop Outline
Finding background information and selected primary sources
Oxford Islamic Studies Online
Finding books
CLUES, the Library catalogue
Finding articles
Historical Abstracts: world history
Academic Search Complete
Gender Studies Database
LGBT Life
ATLA Religion Database
Finding primary sources in the Library catalogue

3. 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)
British Periodicals I and II ( )
American Periodicals ( )
Periodicals Archive Online ( )
Many other electronic journal collections

4. 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)
SpringerLink (2010-)
ACLS Humanities E-books
Canadian Publishers Collection
EBSCO E-books
Many other electronic books

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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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 Log into… menu on the Library website
Help
Tutorials on Library website

9. 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

11. CLUES EXERCISE
Choose a broad topic consistent with course themes for the group
Each student in the group selects a narrower topic within the theme
Use ADVANCED SEARCH, if necessary
Modify search to Webster Print Books, if necessary
Each student chooses TWO books and retrieves ONE of them in the Library and brings it back to class
Choose ONE reporter per group who shall present the broad theme, some narrower themes, and a couple of books to the class