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Seminar in United
States History
American Political Culture
History 391
Finding Books
Using Catalogs to locate books:
1.) Ariadne
- Search by Keyword
- Find and Use Subject Headings
- Browse the shelves by Call
Number
2.)
MeLCat (now includes Western's libraries)
- Search by Keyword
- Find and Use Subject Headings
- About MeLCat
3.)
WestCat - Western Michigan's catalog
Examples of Books available at 'K'
See also: Library
of Congress Classification...
See the History Research
Guide: Finding Books.
Western Michigan's Waldo Library - Hours
and How
to get to Western
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- Don't forget to browse the collections.
- Don't forget to use print and online bibliographies.
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Finding Journal Articles
History
Journals in Kalamazoo College Library Print Collection.
See Also the History Research guide
Finding Articles on History.
Off-Campus Access to
Licensed Resources
Journal Indexes
Online Index
America: History and Life <
about
>
Full Text Databases
JSTOR
< about
> See also Printing
in JSTOR
Project
Muse <
about
>
Note: Don't forget to use Print and Online
Bibliographies!
Do you have access to a journal?
1.) Ariadne
(print)
- Title search on Title of
the Journal to locate print journal
3.)
WestCat - Western Michigan's catalog
4.) Interlibrary
Loan
- Order item through Interlibrary
Loan
- Use *only* when the journal is not available through
Ariadne, Electronic Journals, or WestCat.
Is it Scholarly? Look it up in Ulrich's Online!
Ulrich's
Periodicals Directory Online <
about
>
Look for section called "Document Type"
Document Type MUST say "Academic/Scholarly Publication"
to be considered scholarly!
Finding Primary Sources
Indexes to 19th century and early 20th century periodical
literature:
New York Times Index: "Prior series" 1851-1912
AI21 .N48, Reference, K Library
Nineteenth Century Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature;
1890-1899,
with supplementary indexing, 1900-1922 AI3 .R46x, Reference,
Western's Waldo Library
Poole's Index to Periodical Literature; v.1-6 1802-1906
AI3 .P7, Reference, Western's Waldo Library
Readers'
Guide Retrospective (1890-1982) <
about
> Online Index
Primary Sources on the Web
Kalamazoo
College Library Guide to Primary Sources
New
York Times 1851- 3 years ago (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
< about
> (full text)
Women
and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000
< about
> (Primary and Secondary
documents in full text)
American Memory:
Historical Collections for the National Digital Library From
the Library of Congress.
Topics include History, Political Science and Law, Social
Sciences, and many others.
http://memory.loc.gov/
The
Nineteenth Century in Print from the Library of Congress
This collection presents twenty-three popular periodicals
digitized by Cornell University Library and the Preservation
Reformatting Division of the Library of Congress.
1896 A Website
of Political Cartoons
Created by Rebecca Edwards, Assistant Professor of History
and Sarah DeFeo at Vassar College.
http://projects.vassar.edu/1896/
Making of America
from Cornell University and Making
of America from University of Michigan
a digital library of primary sources in American social history
from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
Includes nineteenth century periodicals at Cornell
site and the U
of M site.
Schomburg
Center for Research in Black Culture
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is a national
research library devoted to collecting, preserving and providing
access to resources documenting the experiences of peoples
of African descent throughout the world.
Documenting the American
South from the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill
http://docsouth.unc.edu/
Seven collections of primary sources for the study of Southern
history, literature, and culture:
The Valley Project:
Two Communities in the American Civil War from the University
of Virginia, Edward L. Ayers
http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/
Digital archive of primary sources documenting the lives of
people in Augusta County, Virginia, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania,
during the era of the American Civil War.
AMDOCS: Documents for
the Study of American History
http://www.vlib.us/amdocs/
Full text of primary source documents in American History,
from 1400 through 2000.
Evaluating Web Sites
Use these points to evaluate the credibility of Websites:
1. Accuracy
How reliable is the information? Are there editors and
fact checkers?
2. Authority
What are the author's qualifications? Is the publisher
reputable?
3. Objectivity
Is the author trying to sway opinion? Is the information
free from bias?
4. Currency
Is the publication date indicated? Is the source up
to date?
5. Coverage
Does the site cover the topic comprehensively, or are
there information gaps?
Sites that provide guidance on evaluating Websites:
Citing Your Sources
in the Chicago Style
Examples of Citations in the Chicago Style:
Book citation:
| Smith-Rosenberg, Carroll. Disorderly
Conduct: Visions of Gender in Victorian America.
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New York: A.A. Knopf, 1985. |
Journal Citation:
| Edwards, Justin D. "Henry James's
'Alien' New York: Gender and Race in the |
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American Scene." American Studies
International 36, no. 1 (1998): 66-80. |
Chapter in a Book:
| Schlereth, Thomas J. "Country Stores,
County Fairs, and Mail-Order Catalogues: |
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Consumption in Rural America." In
Consuming Visions: Accumulation and Display |
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of Goods in America, 1880-1920
edited by Simon J. Bronner, 251-300. |
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New York: Norton, 1989. |
Chicago
Manual of Style
14th ed. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1993.
Reference, Z253 .U69 1993.
Chicago
Style
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center.
See the The
Chicago Manual of Style FAQ web site for citing electronic
resources in the Chicago Style.
See: How
to Cite Sources
See also Citing
Sources for help in citing print and electronic resources
in various bibliographic styles (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.)
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