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HST 290: Practice of History – Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On – Music That Defined a Decade. Dr. Glen Harris Ms. Sue Cody codys@uncw.edu. Your Current R esearch S kills?. How would you rate your current research skills? Strong Satisfactory Needs improvement Poor
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HST 290: Practice of History – Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On – Music That Defined a Decade Dr. Glen Harris Ms. Sue Cody codys@uncw.edu
Your Current Research Skills? • How would you rate your current research skills? • Strong • Satisfactory • Needs improvement • Poor • What causes you the most anxiety/confusion/frustration? • What are your favorite sources for historical research?
Our plan for the week • Review Research Guide for this course. • Explore various finding aids. • Learn to identify primary sources. • Become familiar with special services. • Interlibrary Loan • Ask a librarian
Where to get help • Learning Commons Help Desk • In person • Telephone • Email • Chat • Text • By Appointment • Contact me directly: codys@uncw.edu
Finding Articles • Home page Article Search (Integrated search) • Databases A-Z • Individual databases • Databases by Subject • Quick Search (Integrated search) • Individual databases • Citation Searching
Search tips • And, Or, Not • And narrows • Or adds synonyms/related • Not excludes (use carefully) Black Music 1960s • Black or? • Music or ? • 1960s or?
More Search Tips • Truncate for word variations • Music* = music or musical or musician or musicians • Words anywhere or phrase? • Black Arts Movement or “Black Arts Movement” • Field-specific searches • “What’s Going On” in title
Database Exploration • Library Homepage Article Search • America: History & Life • Jstor • Music Index • RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
Journal Holdings & Access • Follow the citation trail! • Search your citation • Does the library have it? • What format or location? • What online access?
Working from a known citation • Burke, Patrick. "Rock, Race, and Radicalism in the 1960s: The Rolling Stones, Black Power, and Godard's One Plus One." Journal Of Musicological Research 29, no. 4 (October 2010): 275-294 • Neal, Larry. "The Social Background of the Black Arts Movement. “ Black Scholar 18, no. 1 (Spring 1987): 11-22.
Working from a known citation • Hanson, Michael. "Suppose James Brown Read Fanon: The Black Arts Movement, Cultural Nationalism and the Failure of Popular Musical Praxis." Popular Music 27, no. 3 (October 1, 2008): 341. • Duberman, Martin B. "Black Power in America." Partisan Review 35 (Winter 1968): 34-48.
Finding Books • Library Catalog • local & UNCP/FSU • WorldCat • 9,000 libraries / @1.2 billion items • Google Books (@ 12 million / @ 7 million full-text) • Project Gutenberg (@ 33,000 books) • Some databases lead to books • Cited directly • Book reviews
Randall Online Catalog:Keyword vs. Subject Searching • What’s the difference? • What is a useful Subject Heading for Black music 1960s? • Start with a keyword search, then look for subjects in the records retrieved.
Keyword/Subject features • Keyword • Finds words anywhere in record. • Look at records to see subject headings. • Search lots of terms, word variations • Subject Headings • Controlled vocabulary • May not be “natural language” but may find more • Hierarchical arrangement helps narrow topic • Searches only the subject field
Suggested Subject Headings • Check headings in records you find by keyword or other searches • Use the LCSH database . • In the catalog, search by any segment of a heading – rotated display • Same terms used in WorldCat
Searching Personal Names • Keyword searches • Either order • Try name variations, e.g., initials • Author/Subject • Last name first, e.g. Gaye, Marvin
Online Catalog links • Subjects for related items • Call numbers for related items (usually) • Library of Congress outline • http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html • SuDoc arranges by agency • Cover, summary, reviews • Location maps • Expanding search to UNCCLC • Add to Bag/Add to My Lists
Search the Catalog • Check to see what sources Randall Library has on your topic.
Finding Books – LC Call Nos. • Alpha-numeric • Single letters before double • First number is a whole number • Everything after the decimal point is a decimal value.
WorldCat • May find items at Randall that catalog search didn’t (records enhanced later) • Finds items for ILL requests • Rare items not lent • Rare items may be reprinted & available • Websites included – often w/ free access!
Interlibrary Loan • Create an account/create a new account • Username – UNCW domain name • Password – UNCW password
Search • Search for your topic in WorldCat
Secondary - Primary • For Thursday: • Find a relevant secondary source (book or article) with a bibliography. • Review the bibliography to find a primary source. • Copy the page with the primary source citation. • Highlight citation for primary source. • Complete exercise form; attach copy; bring to class.
Next Class • Primary Sources • What they are • How to find them
Questions? What will you do when you have questions?
Ask for help – it’s what we do! codys@uncw.edu kaylorj@uncw.edu http://library.uncw.edu
HST 290: Practice of History – Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On – Music That Defined a Decade Dr. Glen Harris Ms. Sue Cody codys@uncw.edu
Primary Sources • Dairies, journals, other writings of “players” • Eyewitness/Observer accounts • Memoirs, autobiographies (written later) • Official documents • Laws, treaties, reports, orders, transcripts of proceedings, addresses, etc. • Advertisements • Images • Music
Primary or Secondary? • Scholarly article about the political significance of soul music • James Brown memoir I feel good • An encyclopedia of soul music • 2005 biopic movie Ray • Soundtrack CD from the movie Ray with tracks originally released 1953-1976. • 1963 articles from Ebony about Ray Charles enterprises
Randall Online Catalog & WorldCat • Search general headings, use indexes • African American musicians and interviews • Search specific headings or persons • Gladys Knight as author (Knight, Gladys) • Look for items not tagged as primary source • Primary documents may be included in secondary sources • Eyewitness authors may not be tagged as sources
Randall Online Catalog & WorldCat • Standard Subheadings • Correspondence • Diaries • Interviews • Personal narratives* • Sources • See guide for others
Periodicals and Newspapers • New York Times Archive • Readers’ Guide Retrospective • Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective
Official Documents • Lexis Nexis Academic • Legal • Lexis-Nexis Congressional • HeinOnline • Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
Digital Collections • See the Research Guide for more!
Bibliographies—Follow the trail • Book-length (Reference Collection) • Secondary sources (books and journal articles) • Types • Classified (easiest to find primary sources) • Alphabetical • Footnotes/Endnotes • What did you find?
Questions? What will you do when you have questions?
Ask for help – it’s what we do! codys@uncw.edu http://library.uncwil.edu/askref.html