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HIST 300: Maps

HIST 300: Maps. Tamara Smith, Reference Librarian Langsdale Library tsmith@ubalt.edu 410-837-5072. Review: Search Strategy. If your topic is too broad, add another concept (AND) If your topic is too narrow, add synonyms and related terms (OR)

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HIST 300: Maps

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

  2. Review: Search Strategy • If your topic is too broad, add another concept (AND) • If your topic is too narrow, add synonyms and related terms (OR) • Different databases = different results (try more than one) • Scholarly vs. popular articles

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

  4. Scholarly vs. Popular

  5. Scholarly vs. Popular Scholarly • Quarterly, bi-monthly, semi-annual • Empirical studies/research articles • Longer articles • Written by scholars or researchers • Signed (contact info included) • Writing style is academic & technical (jargon) • Includes references/bibliography/footnotes

  6. Scholarly vs. Popular Popular • Monthly, bi-weekly, weekly, daily • News & current events on a topic • Shorter articles • Written by journalists or freelance writers • May not be signed • Writing at high-school level or lower • Rarely includes references or notes

  7. Scholarly vs. Popular • For college and professional research, scholarly preferred (or required) • Scholarly sources good for research, case studies, and reviews of works (books, articles, etc.) in a particular field • Popular sources good for cultural references, current events, and interviews

  8. Primary vs. Secondary Sources

  9. Primary vs. Secondary Primary Sources Original accounts or records of historical events • Diaries, journals, speeches, interviews, letters • Memoirs and autobiographies • Original documents (e.g. family Bible records) • Photographs, documentaries, sound recordings • Newspaper, magazine and journal articles and books written at the time about a particular event

  10. Primary vs. Secondary Secondary Sources Written later and/or provide historical analysis • Textbooks • Reference sources • Other books and articles

  11. Primary vs. Secondary • Photos, letters, and other original documents are considered primary even if they are reproduced in a book or other source (they are still artifacts) • When in doubt, ask professor or librarian

  12. Primary or Secondary? Dr. Nix witnesses a fire and gives an interview about it in the Baltimore Sun Primary (fire) Reporter writes a book about Baltimore fires that mentions Dr. Nix Secondary (fire, Dr. Nix) Dr. Nix writes a book about Baltimore fires Primary (Dr. Nix’s writings) or Secondary (fire, Baltimore)

  13. Maps

  14. Maps: Intro • Maps – a 2-D representation of an area; navigational aid • Atlas – bound or loose-leaf collection of maps; includes place name index (historical, property, general, etc.) • Gazetteers – indexes of place names in alphabetical order; includes geographical coordinates, and sometimes information on the origin of the place name

  15. Why Maps? • Use maps to give context to your research • Neighborhood • Thematic (income, race, language, etc.) • Historic (map from time being studied) • Use overlays to illustrate change in an area • SnagIt (http://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.asp?CMP=KgoogleStmhome) • Gadwin ScreenCapture (http://www.gadwin.com/printscreen/) • Adobe Photoshop (http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/family) • MS Paint

  16. Example: UB Then & Now • Digital Sanborn Maps (Pro Quest) • Pratt database • Originals in Library of Congress • Fire insurance maps (water lines, building material, etc.) • Maryland maps first drawn in 1914; updated in 1952 • Very popular maps

  17. Example: UB Then & Now Pro Quest Digital Sanborn Maps (1952), vol. 2, plate 196

  18. Example: UB Then & Now Pro Quest Digital Sanborn Maps (1952), vol. 2, plate 196

  19. Atlases at Langsdale • Census Atlas of the United States • The Historical Atlas of American Crime • National Atlas of the United States of America • National Geographic Historical Atlas of the United States • New Historical Atlas of Religion in America

  20. Maps Online • Digital Sanborn Maps – Maryland (ProQuest) • Available at Pratt; need to register barcode • Social Explorer • Free Census population maps 1940-2000 • American Map Collections • Part of LC American Memory Project

  21. Wrap-Up • Scholarly vs. popular: depends on purpose of research, but scholarly usually preferred/required • Primary vs. secondary: some sources can be both • Maps give context to your research • When in doubt, ask professor or librarian

  22. Questions?

  23. 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

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