1. JRN 425: Presidential Elections Sept. 9 2012 Michael Unsworth History Librarian unsworth@msu.edu

2. Why You Are Here: 1 st Research paper =

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

4. RETRIEVING MATERIAL: WORLDCAT

5. WORLDCAT

8. RETRIEVING MATERIAL

10. MELCAT

16. U-borrow

18. ILLIAD

20. STRATEGY #1: IDENTIFY A CURRENT ISSUE, THEN CHECK PREVIOUS ELECTIONS Current Issues:  “2012 Election Issues” tab on JRN 425 Guide http://libguides.lib.msu.edu/JRN425 http://libguides.lib.msu.edu/JRN425  “Current Newspaper Databases” tab on Newspaper Guide http://libguides.lib.msu.edu/newspaperguide

30. INDEX

32. KEYWORD: Voter suppression SUBJECTS Contested elections Democracy Elections -- Corrupt practices Political corruption Racism -- Political aspects Representative government & representation Voter registration -- Corrupt practices Voting -- Corrupt practices

33. STRATEGY #2: PICK A PAST ELECTION & SEE WHAT WERE THE ISSUES Online Catalog Subject Searches  “Presidents United States Election [year]”  [Name of President] – look at “base heading” as well as these subdivisions:  Dictionaries  Oratory  Political and social views  Religion  Views on [topic]

34. 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.

35. FROM A MONOGRAPH

36. WARREN HARDING’S 1920 RUN

37. FINDING BIBLIOGRAPHIES IN THE ONLINE CATALOG

41. INDEX

42. 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.

43. CAUTION: MEMOIRS

44. FROM A MONOGRAPH

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

49. PRIMARY SOURCES: Printed Compilation

50. About the Set Entry Information

51. Immigration Reform: The Ongoing Debate

52. We Want to Stop People from Crossing into America Illegally (1)

53. We Want to Stop People from Crossing into America Illegally (2)

54. INDEX

55. Herbert Hoover in the 1928 Election

56. Getting Articles From Other Libraries

57. 14 Digit ID Number

59. QUESTIONS

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

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

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