2.  MAME 2010  Lansing, MI  Suzanne Robinson, MeL Databases Training Coordinator, MCLS

3.  MeL is a project of the Library of Michigan, an agency of the state government. The Library of Michigan contracts with MCLS and partners with a number of Michigan organizations and institutions to provide MeL services.  This service is funded in part by the State of Michigan through the Library of Michigan. Additional project support comes from the Federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) via the Institute of Museum and Library Services(IMLS).

4.  Spice things up  Bring subjects to life  Better understanding

5.  Engage students  Develop higher level thinking skills  Learn new ways to apply knowledge

6.  Assume “from the time period”  Firsthand knowledge or reporting  Not retrospective

7.  Books  Pamphlets  Essays  Diaries  Serials  Gov docs  Maps  Comic books & graphic novels  Manuscripts  Archival materials  Realia

8.  Tablets  Visual materials  Music, sheet music  Sound recordings  Dissertations  Interviews  Emails  Tweets  Text messages  Census data

9.  Original  Microform  Digitized  Scanned or ASCII text

10.  Secondhand knowledge  After the event with analysis, interpretation,etc.  Conveying experiences and/or opinions of others  One step removed

11.  I.E., many sources reviewed, analyzed, different viewpoints taken into account, third party accounts, newspaper reports, etc.

12.  How does the author know?  Was the author at the scene?  Where does the information come from?  Based on single piece of evidence or multiple sources?

13.  MeL Michigana  Sabin Michigan collection  Academic OneFile  Opposing Viewpoints  Gale Virtual Ref Library  eLibrary, eLib Elem  Culturegrams

14.  OAIster  MeLCat  Worldcat.org  Library of Congress

75.  http://www.yale.edu/collections_collaborati ve/primarysources/primarysources.html http://www.yale.edu/collections_collaborati ve/primarysources/primarysources.html  http://www.princeton.edu/~refdesk/primar y2.html http://www.princeton.edu/~refdesk/primar y2.html

76.  http://www.loc.gov/teachers/usingprimarys ources/ http://www.loc.gov/teachers/usingprimarys ources/  http://www.ala.org/rusa/sections/history/r esources/pubs/usingprimarysources http://www.ala.org/rusa/sections/history/r esources/pubs/usingprimarysources

77.  http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/04/world/g ermany-america- map/index.html?hpt=hp_bn2 http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/04/world/g ermany-america- map/index.html?hpt=hp_bn2  http://www.imls.gov/keeping_oral_history_ alive_in_a_digital_world.aspx http://www.imls.gov/keeping_oral_history_ alive_in_a_digital_world.aspx

78.  http://dohistory.org/ http://dohistory.org/  http://guides.library.ucsc.edu/primaryseco ndary http://guides.library.ucsc.edu/primaryseco ndary

79.  robinson@mcls.org robinson@mcls.org