HIST 478: Elfenbein

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HIST 478 Elfenbein

• Thomas Arendall-Salvetti
• Langsdale Library
• 410-837-4275
• tarendall-salvetti_at_ubalt.edu

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Getting Started

• Course Website
• http//langsdale.ubalt.edu/howto/
• course_websites/
• hist478_elfenbein_sp06.htm
• Library Barcode
• Renew every semester (in person/online)

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Outline

• Search Strategy
• Finding Information
• Journal Articles
• Books
• Evaluating Sources

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Search Strategy

• Sample Topic
• Working conditions of female factory workers in
  the American Industrial Revolution.

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Find Keywords

• Sample Topic
• Working conditions of female factory workers in
  the American Industrial Revolution.

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Keywords
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Synonyms
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Combining Keywords
Women AND Indust
Women AND Indust AND health
Female AND 19th century AND safety
(Women OR female OR gender) AND (Indust OR 19th
century OR 1800s) AND (health OR safety OR
conditions)
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Finding Journal Articles

• History Databases
• America History and Life (North America)
• Historical Abstracts (Rest of World)
• JSTOR (Older Articles)

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Finding Journal Articles

• Non-History Databases
• Academic Search Premier (General)
• Business Source Premier (Business)
• Humanities Abstracts (Arts Culture)
• Soc Index (Sociology)

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Finding Journal Articles

• Do we own it?
• DatabasesgtList of Full Text Periodicals
• Off-Campus Access
• Research Port

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Finding Books

• UB Catalog Books at U. of Baltimore
• USMAI Catalog Books in Maryland
• WorldCat Books worldwide
• on Databases page

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Finding Books

• Borrowing
• 4 weeks
• Any USMAI Library
• Books from USMAI Libraries
• Takes 3-5 days
• Interlibrary Loan
• Takes 1-2 weeks

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Evaluating Sources (Journals)

• Popular or Scholarly?
• Appearance dynamic or plain?
• Frequency weekly or quarterly?
• Types of Articles news or original research?
• Length short or long?

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Evaluating Sources (Journals)

• Popular or Scholarly?
• Audience general public or academics?
• Sources bibliography?
• Publisher university press?

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Evaluating Sources (Web)

• The Five Ws of Web Evaluation
• Who are the authors?
• What are their credentials (expertise)?
• When was the information published or written?
• Where did they get the information?
• Why is this information being shared?

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Questions?

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