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Senior History
Seminar
Historical Methods
History 490
Classic Examples of How Subject
Headings may differ from Commonly Used Terminology:
Using Bibliographies
A
Guide to Using Bibliographies
Where to find Bibliographies:
- Books
- Chapters in Books
- Journal Articles
- Reference Handbooks and Guides
- Bibliographies in the Reference Collection
Finding Books
Using Catalogs to locate books:
1.) Ariadne
- Search by Keyword
- Find and Use Subject Headings
- Browse the shelves by Call
Number
3.)
WestCat - Western Michigan's catalog
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
Online Books
Google Books and
Advanced
Search Google Books (allows you to enter publication
dates)
About Google Books -
What is it? What will you find?
If the book is in the "Public Domain" (which
means the copyright has expired), then Google Books will
link you to the full text of the book:
"Full view: If we've determined that a book
is out of copyright, or the publisher or rightsholder has
given us permission, you'll be able to page through the entire book from start
to finish, as many times as you like. If the book is in the public domain,
you'll also be able download, save and print a PDF version to read at your
own pace."
Project
Gutenberg
About Project
Gutenberg and its mission
Project Gutenberg provides
free access to books online, many of them in the Public
Domain.
Project
Gutenberg Advanced Search
You can look for a specific title, and you may browse Library
of Congress Class area
Example: United
States Local History, LOC Class F
Library of Congress Classification Outline
Finding Journal Articles
See Also the Guide to
Finding Articles.
Off-Campus Access to
Licensed Resources
Indexes
and Databases by Subject
Journal Indexes
Online Indexes
America: History and Life <
about
> U.S. and Canadian
History, prehistory to the present *
Historical
Abstracts <
about
> 1450 to the present
*
* You may search both indexes simultaneously as well.
Arts
and Humanities Search <
about
>
Humanities
Abstracts <
about
>
Social
Sciences Abstracts <
about
>
General Indexes
ArticleFirst
< about
>
Periodical
Abstracts <
about
>
Readers'
Guide Abstracts (1983-present) <
about
>
Readers'
Guide Retrospective (1890-1982) <
about
>
Historical Indexes
Godey's
Lady's Book (1830-1845) <
about
>
Harper's
Weekly (1857-1889) <
about
>
Perseus
Digital Library <
about
> Free site on
the Ancient World
ProQuest
Historical Newspapers: The New York Times 1851 - 3 years ago
< about
>
Full Text Databases
JSTOR
< about
> See also Printing
in JSTOR
Project
Muse <
about
>
ProQuest
Research Library <
about
>
Academic
OneFile <
about
>
Expanded
Academic ASAP < about >
Note: Don't forget to use Print and Online
Bibliographies!
Older Popular Magazines
Kalamazoo College LIbrary has some older popular magazines
(links are to Ariadne record)
Kalamazoo Public Library
Hours and
Location/Map
The Kalamazoo Public Library has more popular magazines
in its collection.
Search the KPL
Catalog
Kalamazoo Public Library Magazines and Newspapers List
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.
Image Collections and Databases
ARTstor <
about
> Artwork Image Database
| How
to Access ARTstor from Off Campus
Ad*Access
< about
> Free database of
Advertising Images
French National
Organisation of Art Museums <
about
> Free database of
art images and photographs from French Museums
Library
of Congress Prints and Photographs Catalog <
about
> Free database with
some free images
SILS Art Image
Browser < about
> Free Database of
Images from the University of Michigan
National Portrait
Gallery < about
> Free database
NYPL
Digital Gallery <
about
> Free database of
Images from the New York Public Library
Smithsonial
Institution Online HIstory and Culture Exhibits
Schomburg
Center for Research in Black Culture: Photographs and Prints
Division
Finding Primary Sources -
Using Indexes
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 1851-2001 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
< about
>
OAIster
http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu/o/oaister/
Search engine for archives of digital resources, many primary
sources, including online books and journals, audio files
(e.g., wav, mp3), images (e.g., tiff, gif), movies (e.g.,
mpeg, quicktime), reference texts (e.g., dictionaries, directories),
etc..
UNESCO
Archives Portal Links to primary documents and images;
also includes links to National, Regional, and State Archives
worldwide.
History
Digital Libraries Worldwide from AcademicInfo
http://www.academicinfo.us/histaalibrary.html
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.
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.
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.
Primary Sources in Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo Local History Collections
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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