1. Canadian History
2301
Library Assignment

2. Monographs
 Accordingto OED - a detailed written study of a
single specialized topic
 What is it? - A book
 How do you find books?
In the Library’s Online Catalogue
Finding material in the Library

3. Finding books

4. Click on
More
Options
Finding books – edited books

5. You can
search for
terms like
reader,
anthology,
edited,
essays,
collections
Finding books – edited books

6. You can
also add
search
terms like
Canada or
history
Finding books – edited books

7. Example
of edited
book
Finding books – edited books

8. The best place to find journal articles is to
search in an “Article Database”
 What is an article database?
 Anarticle database is a collection of citations
from hundreds and sometimes thousands of
journals. You can search these citations by:
author, title, keyword, and subject
Finding journal articles

9. Where are the Article Databases?
 On the Library home page, under “Find” and then
click on Articles & Databases
 Which database should I search?
 Select the Databases by Subject
Finding journal articles

10. Finding journal articles

11. Click on
Articles &
Databases
by Subject
Finding journal articles

12. Finding journal articles

13. Finding journal articles

14. America: History & Life with Full Text
Bibliography of Native North Americans
European Views of the Americas: 1493 to
1750
JSTOR
Peel’s Prairie Provinces
Project Muse
Web of Science
Canadian History Databases

15.  What are scholarly journal articles?
 signed by the author(s)
 written by an expert or scholar in the field
 cite their sources as a bibliography or list of references
 include the language of the discipline that is being studied and assumes that the
reader will have some background in the subject being studied
 may include an abstract at the beginning of the article
 will provide the author's credentials and affiliations
 are usually peer reviewed or refereed
Scholarly articles

16.  What are peer reviewed articles?
 a formal process undertaken by experts in a field to determine the quality of an
article before it is accepted and published in a journal. written by an expert or
scholar in the field
Peer reviewed articles

17.  What can you tell if a journal is peer reviewed?
 You can determine if a journal is peer reviewed by checking the first few pages of a
journal issue for a list of reviewers or an editorial board and the editorial policy.
 Some of our databases like America: History and Life with Full Text will let you limit
to peer reviewed journals.
 You may also wish to check the Ulrich's Periodicals Directory - vol. 4 for a
comprehensive (although not complete) list of refereed journals. (Ref. Z 6941 U45
Located in Ready Reference Collection behind Reference Desk).
Peer reviewed articles

18.  What are primary sources?
 A document, speech, or other sort of evidence written, created or
otherwise produced during the time under study. Primary sources
offer an inside view of a particular event. Examples include:
original documents: autobiographies, diaries, e-mail,
interviews, letters, minutes, news film footage, official
records, photographs, raw research data, speeches
creative works: art, drama, films, music, novels, poetry
relics or artifacts: buildings, clothing, DNA, furniture,
jewelry, pottery
Primary Sources

19. Primary Sources in the Library

20. Adam Matthew Digital Collection
CIHM
Early Canadiana Online
iPortal – Indigenous Studies Portal
Primary sources in the Library

21. Adam Matthew Digital Collection includes
the following databases:
 China: Trade, Politics and Culture, 1793-1980
 Defining Gender, 1450-1910
 Eighteenth Century Journals I and II
 Empire Online
 Mass Observation Online
 Medieval Travel Writing
 Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice, 1490-2007
Adam Matthew Digital Collection

22. CIHM or the Canadian Institute for
Historical Microreproductions
 CIHM was established in 1978 to locate early
printed Canadian materials (books, annuals, and
periodicals), to preserve their content on
microfilm, and to make the resulting collections
available to libraries and archives in Canada and
abroad.
CIHM

23. iPortal – Indigenous Studies Portal
 The Indigenous Studies Portal is an initiative of the University of
Saskatchewan Library. As of January, 2011, the iPortal has more
than 25,000 records, including the Our Legacy archival records
recently harvested. This includes photos, anthropological field
notes, diaries, correspondence and other textual documents.
 Connects faculty, students, researchers and members of the
community with electronic resources: books, articles, theses,
documents, photographs, archival resources, maps, etc.
iPortal – Indigenous Studies
Portal

24. Microfiche (available on the Ground Floor of the
Library)

25.  In 1997 CIHM began a pilot project to digitize a portion of
their microfiche and provide online access to the titles.
 In 2000 the Institute began to provide access to all recent
additions to the Early Canadiana Research Collection
through this database.
 It features works published from the time of the first
European settlers up to the early 20th Century.
Early Canadiana Online

26. What is a bibliography?
A bibliography is a list of resources used or
referred to by an author.
 Check the Online Catalogue to find bibliographies
on a specific subject
Bibliography

27. Try typing in
the term
bibliography
as a subject
keyword and
then add
another term
like Canada
or History as
a keyword
For example:
Bibliography
and Riel
Bibliography

28. Here are some
results of
bibliographies
about Louis
Riel
Bibliography

29. You could also
check out the
History
Subject Guide
under
Reference
Sources and
then Additional
Reference
Sources for
Bibliographies
Bibliography

30. How can you evaluate a website?
 Currency– when was it last updated?
 Authorship – who created the page?
 Coverage – who is the audience, how comprehensive is
the site?
 Content – is the information accurate?
Internet sources

31. Where can you find websites?
 Check out the History Subject Guide
 Check out other Library subject guides
 Oxford Reference Online
Internet sources

32. Where can you find websites?
 Check out the History Subject Guide
 Check out other Library subject guides
Internet sources

33. Internet sources – History Subject
Guide

34.  University of Ottawa History Websites -
http://uottawa.ca.libguides.com/content.php?
pid=15415&sid=652106
 Carleton University History Websites -
http://www.library.carleton.ca/research/subject-guides/canadian-
history#websites
 Laurier University History Websites -
http://library.wlu.ca/subject/history/websites
Internet sources – Other Library
History Subject Guides

35. Ifyou have any questions, you can
contact us at:
 The Research Help Desk
 Telephone (807) 343-8129
 Email: researchhelp@lakeheadu.ca
 Chat with a Librarian
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