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HST 290: Miscegenation & Race in America
Dr. Glen Harris
Your Current Research Skills?How would you rate your current research
skills?StrongSatisfactoryNeeds improvementPoor
What causes you the most anxiety/confusion/frustration with research?
Our plan for the library sessionsReview Research Guide for this
course.Explore various search tools.Learn to identify secondary sources.
Learn to identify primary sources.Become familiar with special services.Interlibrary LoanAsk a librarian
Where to get helpResearch Help Desk
In personTelephoneEmailChat
By Appointment
Resource TypesPrimary vs. Secondary
(more next time)BooksArticles
ScholarlyPopular
Theses & DissertationsWebsites
Finding BooksLibrary Catalog WorldCat
Finds items at UNCW and at libraries worldwide
Google Books ~12 million / ~7 million full-text. Older
books may be available in full text.
Some databases lead to booksCited directlyBook reviews
Keyword vs. Subject SearchingKeyword
Finds words anywhere in record.
Look at records to see subject headings.
Search lots of terms, word variations
Subject HeadingsControlled
vocabularyMay not be “natural
language” but may find more
Hierarchical arrangement helps narrow topic
Searches only the subject field
Keyword vs. Subject in actionWhat is a useful Subject Heading for
Race and film?Start with a keyword search, then
look for subjects in the records retrieved.
Use subject headings to lead you to other titles
Same terms used in WorldCat
Searching Personal NamesKeyword searches
Either order Try name variations, e.g., initials
Author/Subject Last name, first, e.g. King, Martin Luther
Looking at the catalog recordItem Info
Location (click for map)Call #AvailabilityOnline AccessCover, summary, reviews
Subjects for related itemsLibrary of Congress outline
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html
LC Call Numbers
Finding Books – LC Call Nos.Alpha-numericSingle letters before doubleFirst number is a whole numberEverything after the decimal point is a decimal value.
LC Call Numbers
WorldCatWill find books & articles from
UNCW and libraries worldwideFinds items for ILL requests (use the
bookmarklet to submit requests)Rare items not lentRare items may be reprinted & available
Websites included – often w/ free access!
Interlibrary LoanUse the
libraryServicesInterlibrary LoanCreate an account/create a new
accountUsername – UNCW domain namePassword – UNCW password
Try it yourself!Find Books
Finding ArticlesHome page Article Search Databases A-Z
Individual databasesDatabases by SubjectCitation Searching
Search tipsAnd, Or, Not
And narrowsOr adds synonyms/relatedNot excludes (use carefully)
Race in filmRace AND FilmFilm OR “motion picture” OR movie
More Search TipsTruncate for word variations
Polit* = politics, political, politician, etc.
Words anywhere or phrase? Be all you can be vs. “Be all you can be”
Try it yourself!Find Articles
Bibliographies—Follow the trailBook-length (Reference Collection)Secondary sources (books and journal
articles)Types
Classified (easiest to find primary sources)
AlphabeticalFootnotes/Endnotes
What can you find?
Working from a known citation• Harris, Glen Anthony, and Robert Brent
Toplin. 2007. Guess who's coming to dinner?: A clash of interpretations regarding stanley kramer's film on the subject of interracial marriage. The Journal of Popular Culture 40, (4): 700-713
Does the library have it?In what format or location?
Next ClassPrimary Sources
What they areHow to find them
Government Documents
Questions?What will you do when you have questions?
Ask for help – it’s what we do!
General Library Helphttp://library.uncw.edu
HST 290: Miscegenation & Race in America
Dr. Glen Harris
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Guide
Primary SourcesDiaries, journals, other writings of
“players”Eyewitness/observer accountsMemoirs, autobiographies (written later)Government & other official documents
Laws, treaties, reports, orders, transcripts of proceedings, addresses, congressional hearings, census records, etc.
Cartoons and Advertisements (of the time)
Photographs and imagesMovies!Interviews
Primary or Secondary?Scholarly article on miscegenation laws.The text of the 19th amendment on voting
rightsAn encyclopedia on U.S. social movements.Collection of transcripts of interviews with
NC civil rights activists published in a book.
A News & Observer article about the history of the civil rights movement in NC.
New York Times advertisements, found in the New York Times Archive database.
Randall Catalog & WorldCatSearch general keywords
Suffrage AND interviewSearch specific headings or persons
as author (Stanton, Elizabeth Cady)Look for items not tagged as primary
sourcePrimary documents may be included in secondary sources
Eyewitness authors may not be tagged as sources
Randall Catalog & WorldCatStandard
Subheadings CorrespondenceDiariesInterviewsPersonal
narrativesSourcesCatalogsManuscriptsPictorial Works
PortraitsSpeechesNotebooks/
Sketch-booksArchivesCartoonsDescriptionsDescription and
travel
Periodicals and NewspapersNew York Times Archive
News & Observer Index
Readers’ Guide Retrospective
Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective
Newspapers on microfilm, e.g. Wilmington Morning Star
Digital CollectionsLots of collections
Libraries (UNCW Collections)Library of Congress (e.g. American Memory )
UNC – Documenting the American South
DPLA (Digital Public Library of America)
Official Documents - LegalLexis Nexis Academic
Legal researchA Century of Lawmaking for a New
Nation – LOCHistory of the Federal Judiciary –
Federal Judicial CenterHistorical Publications of the United St
ates Commission on Civil Rights – Thurgood Marshall Law Library
Government DocumentsFDLP – Federal Depository Library Program
was established by Congress to ensure that the American public has access to its Government’s information
anyone can access depository libraries and use its collections
Regional and Selective Depositories UNCW is a large selective at @ 75%
Classified by publishing agencySuDocs
Government DocumentsFdsys – Federal Digital System
America’s Authentic Government InformationFedStats
Statistics from more than 100 agencies and sub-agencies of federal and states government
HeinOnlineCongressional documents, court cases, etc.
Congress.govCongressional Documents
Questions?What will you do when you have questions?