Race, Gender and Empire in the Nuclear Age

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Race, Gender and Empire in the Nuclear Age

• Grace York
• University of Michigan
• graceyor_at_umich.edu
• February 2003

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Todays Agenda

• Secondary Sources
• Journals and journal indexes
• Primary Sources
• Newspapers
• Government Documents

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Resource Web Pages
Race, Gender and Empire in the Nuclear
Age http//www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/nuclear.html
Boolean Protocols in Political Science
Indexes http//www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/training
/ boolean.pdf
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Characteristics of Articles

• Specific Subjects
• More Current Than Books
• Bibliographies

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Scholarly v. Popular Journals

• Popular
• Magazine
• Prof Writer
• Public
• General
• Eye-Catching
• Bibliography Rare
• Time

Scholarly Journal Expert Researchers Jargon Abstra
ct - Methods - Analysis - Conclusion Bibliography
AmPolSciRev
Criteria Name Author Audience Language Structure
References Example
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Scholarly v. Popular Indexes

• Popular
• Article First (mostly)
• ProQuest
• (unlimited search)
• Academic Universe
• (news and magazines)

Scholarly JSTOR ProQuest (Peer
Reviewed) Academic Universe (law reviews)
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Campus Licensed Web Products

• Electronic Journals
• Databases such as
• Article First
• Digital National Security Archive
• JSTOR
• LEXIS Academic Universe
• World News Connection

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Access to Campus Licensed Web Products

• Any campus workstation (141.211-141.214 IP)
• Dial-in to [phone]
• Library web page (outside AA and cable modem)
• electronic newspapers /journals or networked
• electronic resources)
• Requires authentication with kerberos or library
  password
• http//proxy.lib.umich.edu2048/login?url
• preface to URL
• Requires authentication with kerberos or library
  password

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Journal Indexes

• Indexes ONLY
• Index the most journals
• Use the index to find title, issue pages
• Search MIRLYN for library call number
• Examples Articles First, Historical Abstracts
• Index and Full Text
• Selected journals available on-line
• JSTOR, part of PROQUEST

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MIRLYN Keyword Searchinghttp//mirlyn.web.lib.umi
ch.edu

• Uses Boolean Logic

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Keyword Searching
Http//www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/training/boolean.
pdf
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Article First, 1990

• http//firstsearch.oclc.org/dbnameArticle1stFSIP
  
• Indexes Tables of Contents since 1990
• Over 12000 journals in sciences and social
  sciences
• Citations but not full text

Skip Examples
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Article First, 1990http//firstsearch.oclc.org/d
bnameArticle1stFSIP
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Article First, 1990http//firstsearch.oclc.org/d
bnameArticle1stFSIP

• Article does not link to the full text. Write
  down the journal citation. Then search MIRLYN for
  the entire journal.

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Article First, 1990http//firstsearch.oclc.org/d
bnameArticle1stFSIP

• If the University had an electronic copy of this
  journal, the link would appear in the record. You
  could access it directly if you authenticated to
  MIRLYN.

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Strategies When Minimal SearchResults

• Keyword search protocols may be different for
  this data base
• The index doesnt search what you need (e.g.
  Article 1st searches titles but not abstracts or
  full text)
• Subject coverage is better in another index

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Proquesthttp//www.lib.umich.edu/rrs/proquest.htm
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• Indexes 2500 journals (popular and scholarly)
  since the 1980s
• Full text of about half
• Includes peer-reviewed journals
• Some historical newspapers
• ABI-Inform for business and economics
• Skip Examples

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Proquesthttp//www.lib.umich.edu/rrs/proquest.htm
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• You can choose to search journals, newspapers,
  or ABI Inform (Business)

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Proquesthttp//www.lib.umich.edu/rrs/proquest.htm
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• Basic search is by keyword
• Can refine with data, citations, peer-reviewed
  journals

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Proquesthttp//www.lib.umich.edu/rrs/proquest.htm
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• Symbols indicate whether the article has
  abstracts, full-text, or pdf format. You can
  also mark and save searches.

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Proquesthttp//www.lib.umich.edu/rrs/proquest.htm
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• Use your web browser to print or download
  articles
• Use e-mail to send article to yourself

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JSTORhttp//www.jstor.org/

• Indexes scholarly journals--Provides full
  text--1900-last five years
• Political science, public opinion, history,
  economics, population studies, sociology

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JSTOR Tips http//www.jstor.org/

• Use broad keyword headings
• Quotation marks for phrases
• for truncation
• Do NOT string more than two terms on same line
  use separate lines

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JSTORhttp//www.jstor.org/

• Search by keyword, author, title
• Choose journal group or individual titles
• Search

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JSTORhttp//www.jstor.org/

• Click on title for page by page access
• Click on print/download for copying entire
  article in Adobe Acrobat format

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Newspapers

• New York Times, 1857-1999
• (see bottom of Proquest page)
• Academic Universe
• Foreign Broadcast Information Service (Guide)
• World News Connection

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Academic Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/unive
rse/

• Comprehensive source for newspapers, TV
  transcripts, law reviews, court cases, Roper
  surveys. Default is Quick News

Skip examples
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Academic Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/unive
rse/

• Guided Search provides more file options

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Academic Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/unive
rse/

• A Guided Search ALSO lets you search the full
  text of an article.

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Academic Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/unive
rse/

• You can search within results, sort results by
  relevance or date, or switch to expanded list to
  view keywords

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Academic Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/unive
rse/

• Expanded results example. Can be marked for
  printing.

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Academic Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/unive
rse/

• You can email citations.

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Academic Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/unive
rse/

• Use your web browser to download entire article
  text.

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Academic Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/unive
rse/

• Legal area includes federal and state court
  cases, Shepardizing for federal cases, and law
  reviews

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World News Connectionhttp//wncnet.fedworld.gov/

• Translations of foreign radio broadcasts by CIA
• One report for each region for each day
• Full text for past 3 years
• Predecessor was the Foreign Broadcast Information
  Service
• Skip Examples

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World News Connectionhttp//wncnet.fedworld.gov/

• Free text searching is easy region searching for
  daily updates structured searching for precision

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World News Connectionhttp//wncnet.fedworld.gov/

• Structured searching combines Boolean logic with
  name of region and publication date

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World News Connectionhttp//wncnet.fedworld.gov/

• Articles can be viewed individually or as a group

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Government Documents

• National Governments
• United States
• Canada
• Australia
• France
• South Africa
• Fewer from USSR, Russia, North Korea
• International Agencies
• United Nations
• International Atomic Energy Agency
• Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD)

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Types of Government Documents

• Foreign policy memoes - including declassified
• Legislative debates
• Statements of the chief executive
• Scientific research
• Statistics - census data

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MIRLYN Author Searching http//mirlyn.web.lib.umi
ch.edu

• United States may be spelled out or abbreviated
  US
• Department is usually abbreviated dept
• australia dept of foreign affairs
• u s atomic energy commission
• united states dept of state

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MIRLYN Subject Searching http//mirlyn.web.lib.um
ich.edu

• Subject headings are controlled vocabulary
  despite words in title
• Use keyword searching to determine subject
  headings
• atomic bomb--physiological effect
• radiation effects--japan
• uranium mines and mining--congo

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U.S. Executive Branch Web Sites

• Approximately 60 of federal documents issued on
  the web since 1995
• Key Search Engines
• Googles Uncle Sam lthttp//www.google.com/unclesam
  gt
• FirstGov lthttp//www.firstgov.gov/gt
• LSU List of Government Agencies
  lthttp//www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.htmlgt

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Presidential Documents

• Public Papers of the Presidents, 1945
• (J 80 .A25)
• Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents,
  1965
• (J 80 .A1 W38)
• Presidential Library Web Sites
• http//www.ibiblio.org/lia/president/pres-home.ht
  ml

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State Departmenthttp//www.state.gov/

• Foreign Relations of the United States, 1861
• Diplomatic correspondence declassified after 28
  years
• Grad Library JX 233 .A3
• Some volumes on the web beginning 1945
• http//www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/c1716.htm
• Department of State Bulletin, 1939-88
• Graduate Library JX 232 .A435
• Can initiate inter-library loan, Buhr retrieval,
  intra-library transfers, recalls, renewals

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Digital National Security Archivehttp//nsarchive
.chadwyck.com/
Cold War era declassified documents from State,
Defense, CIA and President

• Afghanistan
• Berlin Crisis
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• El Salvador
• Intelligence Community
• Iran-Contra Affair
• Iranian RevolutionSkip Examples

Iraqgate Military Uses of Space Nicaragua Nuclear
Nonproliferation Philippines Presidential
Directives South Africa Soviet Estimate
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Digital National Security Archivehttp//nsarchive
.chadwyck.com/
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Digital National Security Archivehttp//nsarchive
.chadwyck.com/
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Digital National Security Archivehttp//nsarchive
.chadwyck.com/
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Digital National Security Archivehttp//nsarchive
.chadwyck.com/
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Digital National Security Archivehttp//nsarchive
.chadwyck.com/
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Declassified Documentshttp//infotrac.galegroup.c
om/itweb/lom_umichanna?dbDDRS

• Documents declassified under Freedom of
  Information Act
• Includes presidential libraries and Congress
• Sample (uranium or plutonium) and min

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Congress

• Oversight responsibilities for
• Foreign relations
• Defense
• Budget
• Health
• Environment
• Historic Directory
• Official Congressional Directory (JK 1011)

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Congressional Quarterly

• Background on bills and politics in Congress
• Congress and the Nation, 1945-2000
• (JK 1001 .C75)
• Congressional Quarterly Almanac, 1945-
• (JK 1 .C756)
• CQ Weekly Report, JK 1 .C12 and
• http//library.cqpress.com/cqweekly/

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Congressional Committee Publications

• Hearings testimony on bill, oversight,
  investigation, nomination, or appropriation
• Committee prints background reports
• Reports recommendations on bills
• Documents communications from president

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Congressional Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/
congcomp/

• Indexes Congressional hearings, committee prints,
  reports, documents and laws since 1789
• Selected full text testimony since 1988
• Congressional Record, 1985
• Bills, 1989
• Current laws and regulations, Federal Register
  since 1980
• Skip Examples

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Congressional Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/
congcomp/

• Choices on main screen

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Congressional Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/
congcomp/

• Search for publication can be limited by subject,
  speaker, date, bill number

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Congressional Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/
congcomp/

• Results list all hearings, prints, reports and
  documents

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Congressional Universehttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/
congcomp/

• Abstract lists people who testified at hearing.
  Links to selected text on the web provides paper
  and microfiche call numbers for library

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Congressional Record

• Floor debates in House and Senate
• Annual indexes
• Graduate Library J 11. 5

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Statutory and Case Law

• Statutes - at - Large
• Laws as passed
• Doc. Cen. K .U565 and Congressional Universe
• United States Code
• Existing law in force
• Congressional Universe
• Court Decisions
• Academic Universe

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Treaties

• Treaties in Force
• Index of treaties to which the U.S. is a party
• http//www.state.gov/s/l/c3431.htm
• Fletcher Multilateral Treaties
• http//fletcher.tufts.edu/multilaterals.html

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United Nations

• Main Bodies
• General Assembly
• Economic and Social Council
• Security Council
• Trusteeship Council
• Publications
• UN Yearbook (detailed summary of year)
• Official Records (debates, resolutions, votes)
• Mimeos or masthead (working documents)

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Access U.N.http//infoweb.newsbank.com/

• Indexes UN Document since 1946
• All Publications in Documents Center
• Full Text of Resolutions on Web Since 1966
• Full Text of Official Records Since 1993
• Skip Examples

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Access U.N.http//infoweb.newsbank.com/

• You can search country speaking as author choose
  keywords, type of publication, dates

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Political Science Librarian

• Grace York
• 203 Hatcher Library
• graceyor_at_umich.edu
• [phone]