HIST 440: Sawyer Library Instruction

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HIST 440 SawyerLibrary Instruction

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

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Course Website
1. http//langsdale.ubalt.edu/
2. Click on Research Help by Course
3. Select your course
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https//langsdale.ubalt.edu/ info_services/lib_reg
_form.cfm
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Outline

• Getting Started
• Finding Journal Articles
• Finding Books
• Evaluating Sources

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1. Getting Started
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Background Sources

• Can be
• Textbook
• Encyclopedias
• Reference Books
• Websites

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Background Sources

• Learn the basics
• Find new vocabulary
• Use their sources (bibliography)

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Keywords

• Sample Topic
• Understanding the legal status of women under
  common law in the 1700s.

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Keywords

• Sample Topic
• Understanding the legal status of women under
  common law in the 1700s.

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Keywords
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Synonyms
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Combining Keywords
common law AND women
common law AND women AND rights
English law AND females AND status
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2. Finding Journal Articles
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Finding Journal Articles

• Databases
• AmericaHistory and Life (U.S. History)
• LexisNexis Academic (Legal)
• Hein Online (Legal)

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Finding Journal Articles

• Other Databases
• Academic Search Premier (General)
• JSTOR (Older articles)
• Humanities Abstracts (Art History)

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Getting to the Full Text

• Do we own it?
• FindIt button
• Journal Finder

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3. Finding Books
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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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4. Evaluating Sources
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Scholarly or Popular?

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

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Scholarly or Popular? pt.2

• Popular or Scholarly?
• Audience academics or general public?
• Sources works cited or not?
• Publisher university press or mass-market?

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Questions?

• Ask a Librarian!
• Reference Desk Langsdale 2nd floor
• Phone [phone]
• E-mail langref_at_ubalt.edu
• Chat
• http//langsdale.ubalt.edu/info_services/contact.h
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• AIM UBLangsdale