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Introduction to Library Resources and Services for History Graduate Students

Get acquainted with library services for history grad students - access electronic journals, books, databases, and primary sources. Learn about RefWorks, Zotero, and available help.

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Introduction to Library Resources and Services for History Graduate Students

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  1. LIBRARY Introduction to Library Resources and Services for History Graduate Students Friday, September 6, 2019 Vince Graziano History Librarian vince.graziano@concordia.ca

  2. Outline • Overview of Library Services • Electronic Journals • Electronic Books • Article Databases for History • Primary Sources • RefWorks and Zotero • Help is Available

  3. Overview of Library Services • Interlibrary Loans – COLOMBO • Click on Create Request to order articles • Login with Concordia NetName • Article Delivery (2 working days) • Via an online form, articles from our printed/microform collection will be scanned into PDF and delivered via e-mail • Login with Concordia NetName • BCI card • Request at Loans & Returns Desk • Dissertation Writers Rooms • Graduate students only (ID card entry) • Webster 5th floor – LB-561, LB-562, LB-564 • 5th floor plan

  4. Overview of Library Services • Spain Graduate Student Reading Room – LB-545 • 5th floor plan • Intercampus delivery • Request an intercampus delivery via the request feature in CLUES, the Library catalogue. • Rush catalogue • For books that have arrived but are not yet catalogued or processed, you can request a rush catalogue via the request feature in CLUES • Allow 2-3 working days for delivery • Books will be shelved in the back shelf of the Course Reserves Room.

  5. Electronic Journals • Collections with substantial humanities content: • Project MUSE (Recent issues) • JSTOR (Older issues) • Oxford Journals (recent and archive) • Taylor & Francis (Routledge) • Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) • ProQuest Central • British Periodicals I and II (1681-1920) • American Periodicals (1741-1940) • Periodicals Archive Online (1802-2000) • Many other electronic journal collections

  6. Electronic Books • Collections with substantial humanities content: • Literature Online (LION) • Early English Books Online (EEBO) – 1473-1700 • Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) • Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO) • Canadiana Online • Oxford Scholarship Online (recent and ongoing) • Cambridge University Press e-books (1995-2007) • Project MUSE Ebooks (university presses) • Palgrave Macmillan (2010-) • ACLS Humanities E-books • Canadian Publishers Collection • EBSCO E-books • Many other electronic books

  7. Article Databases for History • America: History & Life • 1964-onward • Covers only Canadian and USA history • Historical Abstracts • 1955-onward • Covers world history, excluding Canada and USA • International Medieval Bibliography Online (IMB) • Covers Medieval Europe, the Middle East, and Africa • ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance • Medieval and Renaissance Europe

  8. Article Databases for History • Periodicals Archive Online • 1802-2000 • Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective • 1907-1984 • JSTOR (Journal STORage) • Most recent 3-5 years NOT included • JSTOR Ireland Collection • 1787-2019 • British Periodicals I and II • 1681-1920 • All European history • American Periodicals • 1741-1940

  9. Primary Sources • Many primary sources are reprinted in books and listed in the library catalogue • Databases for primary sources • Graduate students can contact me to set up trials of any electronic historical archives and databases • Trials are normally for one month • Select a time period when you will be able to concentrate on researching the database

  10. RefWorks • Discontinued as of May 31, 2020 • RefWorks is a Web-based tool that: • Facilitates organization of references • Is accessible from any Internet connection • Simplifies the process of preparing bibliographies • Access RefWorks through the Quick Links menu on the Library website • Help • Tutorials on Library website

  11. Zotero • Needs to be downloaded • Zotero offers a much better user experience with more functionality • Easily migrate your references from RefWorks to Zotero • Workshops • Migration workshops • Zotero workshops • Workshop schedule • Schedule includes general library workshops

  12. Help is Available • At the Reference Desk • Library website • History Subject Guide • Ask a Librarian • E-mail form • Chat with a Librarian • Ask Vince: • 514-848-2424, ext. 7689 • vince.graziano@concordia.ca • Office hours: by appointment

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