1. LIBRARY
Introduction to Library Resources and Services for History Graduate Students
Friday, September 6, 2019
Vince Graziano
History Librarian

2. Outline Overview of Library Services Electronic Journals
Electronic Books
Article Databases for History
Primary Sources
RefWorks and Zotero
Help is Available

3. Overview of Library Services
Interlibrary Loans – COLOMBO
Click on Create Request to order articles
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Article Delivery (2 working days)
Via an online form, articles from our printed/microform collection will be scanned into PDF and delivered via
BCI card
Request at Loans & Returns Desk
Dissertation Writers Rooms
Graduate students only (ID card entry)
Webster 5th floor – LB-561, LB-562, LB-564
5th floor plan

4. Overview of Library Services
Spain Graduate Student Reading Room – LB-545
5th floor plan
Intercampus delivery
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
Books will be shelved in the back shelf of the Course Reserves Room.

5. 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)
ProQuest Central
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)
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO)
Canadiana Online
Oxford Scholarship Online (recent and ongoing)
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. Article Databases for History
America: History & Life
1964-onward
Covers only Canadian and USA history
Historical Abstracts
1955-onward
Covers world history, excluding Canada and USA
International Medieval Bibliography Online (IMB)
Covers Medieval Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Medieval and Renaissance Europe

8. Article Databases for History
Periodicals Archive Online
Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective
JSTOR (Journal STORage)
Most recent 3-5 years NOT included
JSTOR Ireland Collection
British Periodicals I and II
All European history
American Periodicals

9. Primary Sources
Many primary sources are reprinted in books and listed in the library catalogue
Databases for primary sources
Graduate students can contact me to set up trials of any electronic historical archives and databases
Trials are normally for one month
Select a time period when you will be able to concentrate on researching the database

10. RefWorks Discontinued as of May 31, 2020
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. Zotero Needs to be downloaded
Zotero offers a much better user experience with more functionality
Easily migrate your references from RefWorks to Zotero
Workshops
Migration workshops
Zotero workshops
Workshop schedule
Schedule includes general library workshops

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