1. John Glover - HIST/INFO 221 Spring 2005 Printed Bibliographies and Indexes

2. John Glover - HIST/INFO 221 Spring 2005 Homo Cellphonicosearchicus  Cell phone in pocket  Intent on search  Accurate, fast, doesn’t browse for cool stuff  Probably also carrying an iPod

3. John Glover - HIST/INFO 221 Spring 2005 Homo Browsewithlisticus  Shopping list forgotten in shirt pocket  Just sort of poking around  Sees all the cool stuff  Not battery- operated

4. John Glover - HIST/INFO 221 Spring 2005 Is one better than the other?  Depends on Point of view Personal preference Task at hand Time available for research Period under consideration

5. John Glover - HIST/INFO 221 Spring 2005 Electronic Bibliographies and Indexes  Mostly for databases, Web  Very fast  Very accurate, if literal  Often no subject headings  Often little feedback on search failure  Gives false impression of exhaustivity

6. John Glover - HIST/INFO 221 Spring 2005 Print Bibliographies and Indexes  Indexes, Bibliographies, Piles of Paper, Card Catalogues, etc.  Painstaking, slow  Have to be familiar with concept  Excellent for browsing  Sometimes more complete at time of indexing than electronic versions  Cool in that “library cool” sort of way

7. John Glover - HIST/INFO 221 Spring 2005 Finding Bibliographies and Indexes  Two main strategies Subject headings  “World War 1914 1918 –Bibliography” Keyword searches

8. John Glover - HIST/INFO 221 Spring 2005 Useful Indexes Annual Magazine Subject Index 1907- 1949  Suzzallo Reference AI3.A55 Subject Index to Periodicals 1915-1961  Suzzallo Reference AI3. S78 Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) 1915-1967  Suzzallo Reference Z7163.P9