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HIST 300: Search Strategy

HIST 300: Search Strategy. Tamara Smith, Reference Librarian Langsdale Library tsmith@ubalt.edu 410-837-5072. Plan for Today. Search Strategy Historical Research Getting Articles Activity: Learn a Database Wrap-up 5-minute Evaluation (for library). Traditional Search Strategy.

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HIST 300: Search Strategy

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  1. HIST 300: Search Strategy Tamara Smith, Reference Librarian Langsdale Library tsmith@ubalt.edu 410-837-5072

  2. Plan for Today • Search Strategy • Historical Research • Getting Articles • Activity: Learn a Database • Wrap-up • 5-minute Evaluation (for library)

  3. Traditional Search Strategy Research Question: Has integration resulted in a better education for blackchildren?

  4. Traditional Search Strategy

  5. Search Statement IntegrationANDEducation IntegrationANDEducationANDChild* Desegregation ANDBlack*ANDStudent

  6. Boolean Operators • AND: joins concepts/ideas together (both/all) • OR: combines synonyms or related terms (either/any)

  7. Combining Keywords • Nesting: combine like terms in parentheses; used to combine synonyms • Truncation (*): special symbol used to represent missing letters; used in place of retyping an entire word

  8. Combining Keywords (IntegrationOR Desegregation) AND (EducationORLearn*) AND (Black* ORNegro OR African-American)

  9. Historical Research Research Topic: Write a biographical essay about Linda Brown Thompson and her place in American History.

  10. Historical Research What we know: • American What we need to know: • Where in America? • Known for what? • When in history?

  11. Historical Research Where to start? • Textbook • Encyclopedia • Wikipedia • Search engine • Database

  12. Historical Research Linda Brown Thompson • Born 1943 • Grew up in Topeka, Kansas • Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

  13. Historical Research Not finding what you want? Get creative! +

  14. Historical Research Keywords • Names • Linda Brown Thompson • Oliver Brown (father) • Cheryl Brown Henderson (sister) • Places • Topeka • Kansas • United States

  15. Historical Research Keywords • Events • Brown v. Board of Education (1954) • Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) • Topics • Segregation/desegregation • Civil Rights Movement • Jim Crow or “black code” • Racism

  16. Finding Journal Articles Subject-Specific Databases: • America: History and Life • Humanities International Complete • JSTOR (full text access for part of the database)

  17. Finding Journal Articles General Databases: • Academic Search Premier • Historical Newspapers • Lexis-Nexis Academic

  18. Getting to the Full Text Do we own it? • Find It button • Journal Finder If we don’t own it, use ILL

  19. Questions?

  20. In-Class Exercise: Learning a Database

  21. Wrap-Up • If your topic is too broad, add another concept (AND) • If your topic is too narrow, add synonyms and related terms (OR) • When doing historical research, be creative (related people, topics, places, etc.) • Different databases = different results (try more than one)

  22. Thank You! Reference Help: Phone: 410-837-4274 E-mail: langref@ubalt.edu IM: ublangsdale HIST 300 Course Page: http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/howto/course_websites/fa08/hist300_nix.htm

  23. Photo Credits Young Linda Brown: http://www.policyalmanac.org/culture/archive/7174761-140.jpg (accessed 9/10/08) Cheryl Brown Henderson & Linda Brown Thompson: http://www.canisius.edu/images/userImages/chuckp/Page_5311/browns_300.jpe (accessed 9/10/08)

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