Course: HIST 1302
Professor: Carla Mendiola
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Course: HIST 1302 Professor: Carla Mendiola |
PART 1 - DEFINE TOPIC - locate
background material
Reference tools can assist you in
answering the
background questions Where? When? Who? Why? and How?
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& LC Call No. |
Reference Source Title |
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D20 .H543 Ref D736 -- Ref E49 .R33 Ref E169.1 .A471872 Ref E169.1 .B7825 Ref E169.1 .E624 Ref E169.1 .G7555 Ref E169.12 .A418 Ref E169.12 .A419 Ref E174 .D52 Ref E174 .E53 Ref G1038 .T6 Ref HC102 .A66 Ref HN57 .E59 Ref HQ1090.3 .A453 Ref HQ1410 .E53 Ref PN1992.18 .E53 Ref Z658 .U5 K37 Lib Homepage > Articles & Reference |
History in Dispute (17 v.) browse this section for specific WWII sources Racial and Ethnic Relations in America (3 v.) America in the 20th Century (13 v.) Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell Bottoms: Pop Culture of 20th Century America (5 v.) Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History (3 v.) Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture (4 v.) American Culture After World War II American Decades (10 v.) Dictionary of American History (10 v.) - online in Gale Virtual Reference Library Encyclopedia of American History (11 v.) The Times Atlas of the Second World War The American Economy: a historical encyclopedia (2 v.) Encyclopedia of Social Issues (6 v.) American Masculinities: a historical encyclopedia Women in American History (3 v.) Encyclopedia of Television (3 v.) Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds Gale Virtual Reference Library, History Resource Center, Oxford Reference Online |
PART 2 - DEVISE STRATEGY
Before going online,
create a flexible search plan! What other keywords might be used to
describe your topic? List broader, narrower, and/or related
keywords:
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So...what's the difference between KEYWORD v. SUBJECT searching?
Keyword search = to combine
key words or for more specific search; finds items that contain
your keywords 
Subject search = for broad
search or when you know terminology; finds items that are about
that topicPART 3 - SEARCH SOURCES
A.
Looking for Books and Media?
| Ex. Keyword search | world
war and women |
world war and psycholog* | world war and ration* | world war and mexic* |
| Ex. Subject search | world war 1939-1945 personal narratives american world war 1939-1945 public opinion world war 1939-1945 women united states japanese americans evacuation and relocation 1942-1945 united states social life and customs 1918-1945 |
| Subject Area | Database Name |
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| General | Academic Search Complete, Expanded Academic ASAP, Gen'l Ref Ctr Gold |
| Newspapers |
Historical Newspapers: New York Times, Lexis-Nexis Academic, Newsbank (SA Express-News) |
| Biography
& History |
America: History
& Life, Biography
Resource Center, History Resource
Center, JSTOR,
Project
Muse |
| Reference |
Accunet/AP
Multimedia Archive, American
Nat'l Bio, Gale Virtual
Reference Library FACTS.com, Oxford Reference Online |
1. The SAC Library pays a subscription to many databases via the Web which provide citations, short descriptions, and/or the full-text of newspaper/magazine/journal articles. Off-campus access requires your SSN and PIN.
2. If the full-text of the article isn't available online, see: Journals by Title - just type in the periodical title to see if SAC Library owns a paper copy or if another database offers full-text.