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HIST 206 Library Workshop

History of European women: Information resources Welcome! P lease sign up with your CCID before we start: 1. click on Start button in lower left corner 2. select Authenticate, then type your ID & PW 3. minimize authentication window

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HIST 206 Library Workshop

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  1. History of European women: Information resources Welcome! Please sign up with your CCID before we start: 1. click on Start button in lower left corner 2. select Authenticate, then type your ID & PW 3. minimize authentication window 4. open Internet Explorer and go to http://www.library.ualberta.ca/ HIST 206 Library Workshop

  2. Always start from the Library’s website http://www.library.ualberta.ca/ Why? Authentication for restricted resources limited to university’s IP range our proxy server will assign a temporary IP address when you enter your CCID Google doesn’t search databases Remember:

  3. books and articles that your instructors selected & put on reserve for you Library Reserves

  4. Encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographies, lexicons… Most reference materials are books, available in the Reference collection of the library or online. All of them are listed in the Library’s catalogue. Online collections of reference materials: History Resource Center: World(Reference section) History Reference Online Reference materials: Introductionto a topic

  5. Encyclopedia of feminist theoriesHQ 1190 E63 2000 Encyclopedia of Russian women's movements (2001) Encyclopedia of women social reformersHQ 1236 R29 Historical Dictionary of Feminism HQ 1115 B65 2004 International encyclopedia of women's suffrage Routledge international encyclopedia of women HQ 1115 R69 2000 v. 1-4 Women's studies encyclopediaHQ 1115 W972 1999 Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

  6. A to Z of women in world historyHQ 1123 K84 2002  HT Coutts Reference Ahead of their time: a biographical dictionary of risk-taking women Biographical dictionary of women's movements and feminisms in Central, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe Norton book of women's lives CT 3235 A1 N882 1993 Biographical information

  7. The Library’s Catalogue is a dB that includes everything that our library has: books, maps, journals, videos, music recordings, etc. All titles that I mentioned so far are listed in the library’s catalogue You will also see other library’s holdings, and will be able to borrow from those libraries Searching the Library Catalogue

  8. If you know the book’s Title: Author: Subject:

  9. 1. How many books can you find in the Catalogue written by Florence Nightingale? 2. How many books can you find in the Catalogue written about Emmeline Pankhurst? Excercise

  10. Topic: Russian women in the work force Broad concepts: Women and Russia If you have a topic

  11. CONCEPTS women = Russia = work = KEYWORDS women, females Russia, Soviet Union work, employment, labour/labor Topic: Russian women in the work force

  12. Search the Library catalogue for Books written in English about the topic: Women’s rights in Eastern Europe hints: use advanced search limit by language Exercise

  13. What is a primary source?A record of a first-hand observation of an event, an original work of fiction or art, or a report of scientific research. Examples: Personal narratives, diaries, reminiscences, memoirs, autobiographies, correspondence newspaper & magazine articles Speeches & addresses Primary sources

  14. To search in the catalogue add keyword “sources” to your search terms: Finding Primary Sources

  15. Correspondence of Florence Nightingale Advanced search in the Catalogue

  16. examples: Gerritsen Collection of Women’s History Online British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries Defining Gender, 1450-1910 Early English Books Online Eighteenth Century Collections Online History Resource Center: World(s. Primary documents) The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985 Women, War and Society, 1914-1918 Primary sources: collections

  17. Search the Gender Studies Database articles about: Anti-feminism in Britain hint: both concepts have more than one keyword: anti-feminist, anti-feminism Britain, United Kingdom Excercise

  18. Search the Historical Abstracts database for information about: The Bluestocking Circle Exercise:

  19. Remember: UofA Library subscribes to numerous online resources in your subject area you have access to all from anywhere if: you access through the Library’s website www.library.ualberta.ca when asked, you authenticate with your CCID many resources are not yet online

  20. This presentation is available online with the title HIST 206 from the following Subject pages: Women’s studies http://www.library.ualberta.ca/subject/womenstudies/index.cfm History (General) http://www.library.ualberta.ca/subject/historyall/index.cfm Thank you for coming to the workshop!

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