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HST 201 World War I and the Middle East. Fall 2013

HST 201 World War I and the Middle East. Fall 2013. Michael Unsworth History Librarian unsworth@msu.edu. WHY YOU ARE HERE. Research paper =. OUTLINE. Decoding citations Retrieving Materials Team Project Finding Quick/Background Info Using the Online Catalog Finding Articles

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HST 201 World War I and the Middle East. Fall 2013

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  1. HST 201World War I and the Middle East.Fall 2013 Michael Unsworth History Librarian unsworth@msu.edu

  2. WHY YOU ARE HERE Research paper =

  3. OUTLINE Decoding citations Retrieving Materials Team Project Finding Quick/Background Info Using the Online Catalog Finding Articles Locating Bibliographies Locating Primary Sources Questions

  4. RETRIEVING MATERIAL

  5. MELCAT

  6. MELCAT

  7. MELCAT

  8. MELCAT

  9. 14 Digit ID Number

  10. MELCAT

  11. WORLDCAT

  12. WORLDCAT

  13. ILLIAD

  14. ILLIAD

  15. IT’S ACTIVE LEARNING TIME!!! • YOUR TEAM HAS FIVE (5) MINUTES • YOU CAN USE ANY RESOURCE, INCLUDING WIKIPEDIA (except when specified otherwise)

  16. QUICK/BACKGROUND INFORMATION

  17. A brief description (2 paragraphs to 3 pages) about the Mandate System except Wikipedia

  18. Getting Articles From Other Libraries

  19. ArticleReach Form

  20. Using the Online Catalog

  21. Books about the Siege of Kut

  22. SCHOLARLY ARTICLES • Authors are authorities in their fields. • Articles are written for other researchers or for serious students of the subject. • Individual issues have little or no advertising.  • Articles are usually reports of scholarly research.  • Illustrations usually take the form of charts and graphs.  • Articles use formal language or the jargon of the discipline. • Articles must go through a peer-review or refereed process (review by two or more experts before being approved for publication). • Authors cite their sources in endnotes, footnotes, or bibliographies. 

  23. FINDING SCHOLARLY ARTICLES

  24. INDEXES THAT LIST SCHOLARLY HISTORY ARTICLES: U.S.A. AND CANADA EVERY OTHER PLACE FROM 1450 ONWARDS

  25. A scholarly article about the Arab Revolt

  26. BIBLIOGRAPHIES “…the compiler of a BIBLIOGRAPHY acts as a scholarly research assistant, providing a summary of what is available in one easy-to-use guide.” Meyer, Jack Allen. An annotated bibliography of the Napoleonic era: recent publications, 1945-1985 (New York : Greenwood Press, 1987): xi.

  27. Bibliography on World War One that has resources on the Middle East. It can not deal with a military operation. Get citations for a book and a journal article

  28. FROM A BOOK

  29. TABLE OF CONTENTS

  30. INDEX

  31. PRIMARY SOURCES:Definition “…items that are directly associated with their producer or user and the time period in which they were created. Examples, include diaries, newspapers articles, government documents, photographs, oral interviews, and news broadcasts.” SOURCE: Presnell, Jenny L. The information-literate historian : a guide to research for history students (New York : Oxford University Press, 2007): 93.

  32. CAUTION: MEMOIRS

  33. Books or journals by the British Foreign Office dealing with the First World War. Prefer to have been written before 1920. Bonus: find one dealing with the Middle East.

  34. PRIMARY SOURCE ABOUT THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

  35. SOURCES USED IN A WORK

  36. An article from a newspaper written between 1909 and 1923 about the Young Turks’ reforms

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