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HST 290: Practice of History – Travel Narratives and the study of history

HST 290: Practice of History – Travel Narratives and the study of history. Dr. William McCarthy Ms. Beth Kaylor kaylorj@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 – Travel Narratives and the study of history

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  1. HST 290: Practice of History – Travel Narratives and the study of history Dr. William McCarthy Ms. Beth Kaylor kaylorj@uncw.edu

  2. 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?

  3. Our plan for the library sessions • Review Research Guide for this course. • Explore various finding aids. • Learn to search secondary sources. • Become familiar with special services. • Interlibrary Loan • Ask a librarian

  4. Where to get help • Learning Commons Help Desk • In person • Telephone • Email • Chat • Text • By Appointment • Contact me directly: kaylorj@uncw.edu

  5. Finding Articles • Home page Article Search (Integrated search) • Databases A-Z • Individual databases • Databases by Subject • Quick Search (Integrated search) • Individual databases • Citation Searching

  6. Search tips • And, Or, Not • And narrows • Or adds synonyms/related • Not excludes (use carefully) Medieval travel narratives • Travel or ? • Medieval or?

  7. More Search Tips • Truncate for word variations • histor* = history, histories, historical • Words anywhere or phrase? • Be all you can be vs. “Be all you can be” • Field-specific searches • American Historical Review in Source

  8. Database Exploration • Library Homepage Article Search • Historical Abstracts • Jstor • Reader’s Guide Retrospective

  9. Working from a known citation • Zumthor, Paul and Catherine Peebles. “The Medieval Travel Narrative." New Literary History 25, no. 4 (Autumn 1994): 809-824. • Does the library have it? • What format or location? • What online access?

  10. Does the library have this? • Hones, Sheila and Yasuo Endo. “History, Distance and Text: Narratives of the 1853-1854 Perry Expedition to Japan.” Journal of Historical Geography 32, no. 3 (July 2006): 563-578.

  11. Finding Books • Library Catalog • local & UNCP/FSU • WorldCat • 9,000 libraries / @1.2 billion items • Google Books (@ 12 million / many full-text) • Project Gutenberg (@ 40,000 books) • Some databases lead to books • Cited directly • Book reviews

  12. Randall Online Catalog: Keyword vs. Subject Searching • What’s the difference? • What is a useful Subject Heading for Travel Narratives • Start with a keyword search, then look for subjects in the records retrieved.

  13. 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 • Check headings in records you find by keyword or other searches • Use the LCSH database. • Same terms used in WorldCat

  14. Searching Personal Names • Keyword searches • Either order • Try name variations, e.g., initials • Author/Subject • Last name first, e.g. Blass, Bill

  15. 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

  16. 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.

  17. 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!

  18. Interlibrary Loan • Create an account/create a new account • Username – UNCW domain name • Password – UNCW password

  19. Questions? What will you do when you have questions?

  20. Ask for help – it’s what we do! kaylorj@uncw.edu http://library.uncw.edu

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