1. HST201 Vietnamese and Americans at War Spring 2013 Michael Unsworth History Librarian unsworth@msu.edu

2. OUTLINE Decoding citations Retrieving Materials Online Reference Tools Searching the Online Catalog Locating Bibliographies Locating Primary Sources Other Indexes Questions

3. RETRIEVING MATERIAL: MELCAT

4. MELCAT

9. 14 Digit ID Number

10. MELCAT

11. RETRIEVING MATERIAL: WORLDCAT

12. WORLDCAT

14. ILLIAD

16. “…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.

17. FINDING BIBLIOGRAPHIES IN THE ONLINE CATALOG

20. “ADVISORS & MILITARY ASSISTANCE Books & Public Documents’

21. “ADVISORS & MILITARY ASSISTANCE Articles”

22. 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.” Presnell, Jenny L. The information-literate historian : a guide to research for history students (New York : Oxford University Press, 2007): 93.

23. CAUTION: MEMOIRS

24. SOURCES USED IN A WORK

25. CATALOG SEARCH BY DATE OF PUBLICATION

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

30. Chapter 3

32. ArticleReach

34. FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES

35. FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE U.S.

42. QUESTIONS

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