1. Library Research Senior Seminar in History: International Topics Professors Rao, Tiersten, Valenze, and Wennerlind Wednesday, October 7, 2009 Librarian: Jenna Freedman
2. http://www.barnard.edu/library/ This is the portal to all knowledge. Or, if you insist, Library Web http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/
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Notes de l'éditeur
During this class I am going to give you an overview of the library & its services and teach you how to find and utilize resources including books, periodicals, databases, and audiovisuals. Stop me any time to ask a question. Get two things: Different tools for different jobs You can get help at the library
I’m going to teach from both the Barnard and Columbia pages because in writing your final paper, you will need to use other CU libraries in addition to Barnard's. Print exemption Zines ILL/BD
Please ask us for help. That is what we're here for. Tell your friends.
"Never pay for information [e.g. articles] without calling me first. Chances are you're ALREADY PAYING FOR IT." Use Project Muse Diff between scholarly and magazine: peer review, notes & bib, length, currency, audience
Do a Keyword Search for < women pamphlets europe history > (5) wom?n pamphlet? europe? histor? (9) truncation/wildcard SWITCH TO KEYWORD BOOLEAN wom?n AND pamphlet? AND (europe? OR england OR german? OR spain OR italy OR ireland) AND histor? (66) Boolean logic wom?n AND pamphlet? AND (europe? OR &quot;great britain&quot; OR german? OR spain OR italy OR ireland) AND histor? (75) proximity/phrase Archival (2) Limits Sort newest first #4 Women and the pamphlet culture of revolutionary England, 1640-1660 / Marcus Nevitt. Pamphlets –Authorship--. PAMPHLETS Note LEHMAN thing Downloading options
Make sure they have all the concepts
Subscription databases are NOT the same as websites, though there is some overlap. Some non-sub databases, too, as those provided by libraries and other academic institutions. They know what's in each item (that CLIO only knows we have). Connected with e-link. Listings by genre/format A to Z, vs. subject lists Assign four groups/individuals to look at: Find Articles—federated search Google—open web search Historical Abstracts—subject specific ProQuest—multidisciplinary Ten minutes for breakouts/twenty for show and tell And demonstrate/report back: TRUNCATION BOOLEAN LOGIC PROXIMITY CONTROLLED VOCAB/COLLOCATION LIMITS
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Top level domain
Subjects, alert
Google: top level domain searches Also .edu, .gov, .mil