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HST 290: US Advertising and Consumer Culture in the Cold War Era:Searching for Sources
Dr. Tammy Stone-GordonMs. Sue Cody [email protected]
How are your research skills?
• Do you like doing research? – Why or why not?– What confuses/frustrates you
most about doing research?– What questions do you have
about conducting research for this class?
• How would you rate your current research skills?– Strong/Satisfactory/Needs
improvement/Poor (Take a vote.)
Our plan for the week
• Review Research Guide for this course.
• Explore various finding aids.
• Learn to identify primary sources.
• Become familiar with special services.– Interlibrary Loan– Ask a librarian
Where to get help
• Service desks• Virtual• One on one
How much do you know about life in the US during the Cold War?Where do you plan to start?
Which finding aids are most useful?• For books?• For scholarly articles?• For government
documents?• For articles written during
the time studied?• For other primary
sources?
Finding Books
• Library Catalog – local & UNCP/FSU
• WorldCat– 9,000 libraries / @1.2 billion items
• Google Books (@ 12 million / @ 7 million full-text)
• Project Gutenberg (@ 33,000 books)
• Some databases lead to books– Cited directly– Book reviews
Randall Online Catalog: Keyword v. Subject
• What’s the difference?• What are some useful
Subject Heading for 1950s consumers?
– Start with a keyword search, then look for subjects in the records retrieved.
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
Suggested Subject Headings
• See the Research guide• Check headings in records you
find by keyword or other searches
• Use the LCSH database or print volumes.
• In the catalog, search by any segment of a heading – rotated display
• Same terms used in WorldCat
Searching Personal Names
– Keyword searches • Either order • Try name variations, e.g.,
initials
– Author/Subject • Last name first, e.g.
Ogilvy, David
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
Search the Catalog
• Check to see what sources Randall Library has on your topic.
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.
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!
Interlibrary Loan
• Create an account/create a new account
• Username – UNCW domain name• Password – UNCW password
Search
• Search for your topic in WorldCat
Database Exploration
• America: History & Life• Jstor• Business Source Premier• Communication and Mass
Media• Search your topic
• Let’s take a break!
Search tips• And, Or, Not
– And narrows– Or adds synonyms/related– Not excludes (use carefully)
Gender & Military Recruiting• Gender or ?• Military or ?• Recruiting or ?• (Gender or women or female)
AND (Military or Army or Navy) AND (Recruiting or Recruitment)
More Search Tips• Truncate for word
variations – recruit* = recruit or recruits or
recruiting or recruitment
• Words anywhere or phrase? – GI Joe vs. “GI Joe”
• Field-specific searches– “Vogue” in title (look for pull-
down menus)
Journal Holdings & Access
• Follow the citation trail!• Search your citation
– Does the library have it?– What format or location?– What online access?
Working from a known citation• Pennock, Pamela. “Televising Sin:
Efforts to Restrict the Televised Advertisement of Cigarettes and Alcohol in the United States, 1950s to 1980s.” Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television 25 (2005): 619-636. H
• Boyenton, William H.. “Enter the Ladies – 86 Proof: A Study in Advertising Ethics.” Journalism Quarterly 44 (1967): 445-453. H
Working from a known citation• Gros, Robert R. “Fifth
Freedom, Economic Freedom.” Vital Speeches of the Day 29 (1963): 465-468. H
• Buchanan, Nicholas. “The Atomic Meal: The Cold War and Irradiated Foods, 1945-1963.” History & Technology 21 (2005): 221-249. H
Secondary - Primary
• For Thursday:– Find a relevant secondary
source (book or article) with a bibliography.
– Review the bibliography to find a primary source.
– Copy the page with the primary source citation.
– Highlight citation, bring to class.
Next Class
• Article Searches– Database searching– Finding “known” citations
• Primary Sources– What they are– How to find them
Questions?
What will you do when you have questions?
HST 290: US Advertising and Consumer Culture in the Cold War Era:Searching for Sources
Dr. Tammy Stone-GordonMs. Sue Cody [email protected]
Primary Sources
• Dairies, journals, other writings of “players”
• Eyewitness/Observer accounts• Memoirs, autobiographies
(written later)• Official documents
– Laws, treaties, reports, orders, transcripts of proceedings, addresses, etc.
• Ads!
Primary or Secondary?• Scholarly article on the early
development of television advertising
• Text of the 1965 U.S. Supreme Court opinion on FTC v. Colgate-Palmolive.
• An encyclopedia of advertising history.
• Book compilation of cigarette ads.• A 1985 “unauthorized” biography of
Estee Lauder by Lee Israel.• Government publication from the
Surgeon General reviewing the history of tobacco ads and their impact on teen smoking.
Primary or Secondary?• Book by a historian about the history
of G.I. Joe action figures.• Collection of transcripts of interviews
with ad executives published in a book.
• New York Times clothing ads, found in the New York Times Archive database.
• Wall Street Journal article about the long tradition of offensive ads in the U.S.
• Military recruitment ads, circa 1969. Chronology of major advertising history events.
Randall Online Catalog & WorldCat
• Search general headings, use indexes– Advertising and interviews
• Search specific headings or persons– David Ogilvy as author
• Look for items not tagged as primary source– Primary documents may be
included in secondary sources– Eyewitness authors may not be
tagged as sources
Randall Online Catalog & WorldCat
• Standard Subheadings – Correspondence– Diaries– Interviews– Personal narratives*– Sources– See guide for others
Periodicals and Newspapers
• Readers’ Guide Retrospective
• New York Times Archive• Business Source Premier
(1965-date) • PAIS Archive• Business Periodicals Index
(INDEX HB1 .B87, 1958-1995)
Official Documents
• Lexis Nexis Academic– Legal
• Lexis-Nexis Congressional• HeinOnline• Monthly Catalog of U.S.
Government Publications
Digital Collections
• See the Research Guide for more!
Bibliographies—Follow the trail• Book-length (Reference
Collection)• Secondary sources (books
and journal articles)• Types
– Classified (easiest to find primary sources)
– Alphabetical– Footnotes/Endnotes
Internet Finds
• Ad*Access• John W. Hartman Center for
Sales, Advertising and Marketing History
• Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog
• More on the Guide
Questions?
What will you do when you have questions?
