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HST487 Gender, Sex, & Science in Popular Culture Spring 2013. Michael Unsworth History Librarian unsworth@msu.edu. OUTLINE. Reference Tools Searching the Online Catalog Finding Articles: America; History & Life / Historical Abstracts 5 Minute Project Locating Bibliographies
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HST487Gender, Sex, & Sciencein Popular Culture Spring 2013 Michael Unsworth History Librarian unsworth@msu.edu
OUTLINE Reference Tools Searching the Online Catalog Finding Articles: America; History & Life / Historical Abstracts 5 Minute Project Locating Bibliographies Locating Primary Sources Other Resources Questions
Why You Are Here Research paper = 20% Presentation = 4% 24% of Total Grade
5 MINUTE PROJECT • Identify a scholarly book AND a scholarly article on the scientific aspects of the following historical topics • Teams: • Row 1: Raising a child • Row 2: Technology and women • Row 3: Gender and mental health
“…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.
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.