1. HST 483 Nationalism and National Identity Spring 2013 Michael Unsworth History Librarian unsworth@msu.edu

2. Why You Are Here Prospectus/Bibliography = 15% Research paper = 35%

3. OUTLINE Decoding citations Retrieving Materials Historical Abstracts Online Reference Tools Locating Bibliographies Locating Primary Sources Other Indexes Questions

4. RETRIEVING MATERIAL: WORLDCAT

5. WORLDCAT

9. RETRIEVING MATERIAL

11. MELCAT

17. U-borrow

19. ILLIAD

21. Topic: Ethnic Cleansing Search in Historical Abstracts

22. Getting Articles From Other Libraries

23. 14 Digit ID Number

25. Basque Nationalism USE Gale Virtual Reference Library:

26. BIBLIOGRAPHIES “…the compiler of a BIBLIOGRAPHY acts as a scholarly research assistant, providing a summary of what is available in one easy-to-use guide.” Meyer, Jack Allen. An annotated bibliography of the Napoleonic era: recent publications, 1945-1985 (New York : Greenwood Press, 1987): xi.

27. FROM AN ARTICLE’S BIBLIOGRAPHY

28. IRISH NATIONALISM: 1900-1923 Topic

29. FINDING BIBLIOGRAPHIES IN THE ONLINE CATALOG

35. PRIMARY SOURCES: Definition “…items that are directly associated with their producer or user and the time period in which they were created. Examples, include diaries, newspapers articles, government documents, photographs, oral interviews, and news broadcasts.” SOURCE: Presnell, Jenny L. The information-literate historian : a guide to research for history students (New York : Oxford University Press, 2007): 93.

36. CAUTION: MEMOIRS

37. sourcesmanuscripts archivesnotebooks, sketchbooks, etc. archival resourcespersonal narratives, American Chinese, Finnish correspondencepersonnel records diariesrecords and correspondence

38. Kosovar Nationalism

40. INTRODUCTION

42. QUESTIONS

43. What was/were the most valuable thing(s) you learned today?

44. What are you not quite clear about from today’s session; what is muddy in your head?

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