HIST 5910: The Holocaust- Plaks

Hi everyone!

I hope the instruction session was helpful and you are able to better find the resources you need. Below is a break down of what we discussed. As always, if you have any questions, you can contact Dana Jackson in Gov Info at 974-2904 or via e-mail at govdocs@uco.edu. Our very smart Reference Librarians also know what you are looking for and you can contact them here: Ask US!

Good Luck with your research!

Dana

Searching Techniques

Simple Searching:

AND: used to narrow your search

OR: used to find similar terms and to expand your search.

NOT: used to exclude terms

Truncation and Wildcards:

Asterisk (*): used to truncate words in many databases. It provides for all variants on a word stem. Most databases use this, but question marks and exclamation points can also be used. Check the “Search Tips” section in each database for hints. The UCO Catalog uses a question mark for truncation. Place quotation marks around a phrase to search for an entire phrase.

Use a variety of keywords in your searching too. Try Visuwords for helpful hints for keywords. Also, use this handout to keep track of your keywords. You will use them a lot in your research.

For an in-depth description of advanced searching techniques, look at this helpful guide from Duke University.

Library Catalogs and Databases

UCO Library Catalog: Searches materials owned in the UCO Library. We have a lot of sources for Holocaust materials. Be sure to use keywords to look at what we have in Reference and in the main book collection.

World Cat: Searches the contents of 60,000 libraries worldwide including Archival materials, but you will need to contact those Archives directly to obtain that information.

Databases at UCO: This is the subject guide for History and lists all the databases we discussed. For primary sources and contemporary articles, I recommend using New York Times Historical, Christian Science Monitor Historical, Reader’s Guide Retro, and JStor. For secondary sources, use Historical Abstracts and American History and Life.

Sources at Other Libraries and Around the Web

Other libraries subscribe to databases that UCO does not, so be sure to check those libraries’ homepages to see what is available. Many of the large research universities (like OU, OSU, Wisconsin, etc) have subject guides that have a break down of subscription sources and those free on the web. Here is an example from Washington University Libraries.

Selected Online Sources

• Google Books:
• OpenLibrary.org
• British and Irish Sources via the University of Washington
• Sources for Jewish Studies via the University of Washington
• Repositories of Primary Sources via the University of Idaho
• Literature of the Holocaust via the University of Pennsylvania
• British Library Holocaust Recordings
• Yale European History Sources
• The Librarians Index to the Internet: Go to Resources by Subject, Arts and Humanities, and then look at History. Also you can utilize the search function too.
• Yale Fortunoff Video Archive For Holocaust Testimonies
• H-Holocaust Links
• U.S. Holocaust Museum
• USC Shoah Foundation Institute Testimony Catalog (you will need to contact the archive for access)

To find additional digital sources, you can use a Google site search using the following form: your keyword search site:.edu. For example, to look for primary source guides online from various universities, your search will be: primary sources site:.edu.

Remember, use caution when looking at sources on the web. Here is a guide that will help you with evaluating web sites.

HIST 3113- Bachhoffer

Hi everyone!

I hope your research is going well. It was a pleasure meeting with you last week. Below are the links for everything we talked about in the instruction class. The PowerPoint presentation from class and other helpful tools are on the Gov Docs website.

If you have any questions, you can contact Dana Jackson in Gov Docs at 974-2904 or via e-mail at govdocs@uco.edu. Our reference librarians know what you are looking for as well, you can contact them here: Ask US!

Good luck with your research!
Dana

How to Make the Most of Your Searching

Simple Searching:

AND: used to narrow your search

OR: used to find similar terms and to expand your search.

NOT: used to exclude terms

Truncation and Wildcards:

Asterisk (*): used to truncate words in many databases. It provides for all variants on a word stem. Most databases use this, but question marks and exclamation points can also be used. Check the “Search Tips” section in each database for hints. The UCO Catalog uses a question mark for truncation. Place quotation marks around a phrase to search for an entire phrase.

Use a variety of keywords in your searching too. Try Visuwords for helpful hints for keywords. Also, use this handout to keep track of your keywords. You will use them a lot in your research.

For an in-depth description of advanced searching techniques, look at this helpful from guide Duke University.

Finding Sources

Sources at UCO

• UCO Library Catalog : Here you can find materials available in our library. Does NOT include databases.
• WorldCat : This is a world wide library catalog searching over 54,000 libraries world-wide.
• Other Databases: All of the following databases can be accessed from the list of databases here. You can access databases off-campus too with just your UCONNECT user name and password.
  • Readers’ Guide Retro
  • American Periodicals Series
  • New York Times, Historical
  • Christian Science Monitor, Historical
  • Oklahoman Archives
  • PAIS
  • JSTOR

Other libraries subscribe to databases that UCO does not, so be sure to check those libraries’ homepages to see what is available.

Note: DO NOT request archival materials via ILL. You will need to contact the archive directly.

Selected Online Sources

• Google Books:
• OpenLibrary.org
• American Memory
• Frontline Diplomacy (from the Library of Congress)
• Presidential Libraries
• The National Archives Research Tools Also, if you are new to archival research, they have a handy guide and some research tips that will help you along the way.
• Repositories of Primary Sources
• The Librarians Index to the Internet: Go to Resources by Subject, Arts and Humanities, and then look at History. Also you can utilize the search function too.
• The World Wide Web Virtual Library
• Digital Book Index
• Cold War International History Project: Virtual Archive
• Texas Tech Vietnam Archive
• Carl Albert Center Congressional Archives

Remember, use caution when looking for sources on the web. Here is a guide that will help you with evaluating web sites.

Hist 3113-Plaks

Hi Everyone!

It was a pleasure meeting with you today and I hope you found today’s instruction session helpful!  I know we covered a lot of information in a short amount of time, but do not fear, everything we talked about is outlined below.

If you have any questions, you can contact Dana Jackson in Gov Docs at 974-2904 or via e-mail at govdocs@uco.edu. Our reference librarians know what you are looking for as well, you can contact them here: Ask US!

Good luck with your research!

Dana

How to Make the Most of Your Searching

Simple Searching:

AND: used to narrow your search

OR: used to find similar terms and to expand your search.

NOT: used to exclude terms

Truncation and Wildcards:

Asterisk (*): used to truncate words in many databases. It provides for all variants on a word stem. Most databases use this, but question marks and exclamation points can also be used. Check the “Search Tips” section in each database for hints. The UCO Catalog uses a question mark for truncation. Place quotation marks around a phrase to search for an entire phrase.

Use a variety of keywords in your searching too. Try Visuwords for helpful hints for keywords. Also, use this handout to keep track of your keywords. You will use them a lot in your research.

For an in-depth description of advanced searching techniques, look at this helpful from guide Duke University.

Finding Sources

Sources at UCO

• UCO Library Catalog : Here you can find materials available in our library. Does NOT include databases.
• WorldCat : This is a world wide library catalog searching over 54,000 libraries world-wide.
• Other Databases: All of the following databases can be accessed from the list of databases here. You can access databases off-campus too with just your UCONNECT user name and password.
  • Readers’ Guide Retro
  • American Periodicals Series
  • New York Times, Historical
  • Christian Science Monitor, Historical
  • Oklahoman Archives
  • PAIS
  • JSTOR

Other libraries subscribe to databases that UCO does not, so be sure to check those libraries’ homepages to see what is available.

Selected Online Sources

• Google Books:
• OpenLibrary.org
• British and Irish Sources via the University of Washington
• Repositories of Primary Sources via the University of Idaho
• World War I Document Archive (via BYU)
• EuroDocs Online (via BYU)
• Yale European History Sources
• The Librarians Index to the Internet: Go to Resources by Subject, Arts and Humanities, and then look at History. Also you can utilize the search function too.
• The World Wide Web Virtual Library
• Digital Book Index
• Public Records Office (London)

Remember, use caution when looking for sources on the web. Here is a guide that will help you with evaluating web sites.

HIST 1493 History of the U.S. since 1877- Allbright

Hello, hello…

Just a quick overview of what we discussed in class today!

Handouts:

Finding Primary SourcesHistory Subject Guide’s Page—Great place to start when trying to figure out which database to use or what reference sources are available for history.

Databases we covered:

New York Times Historical–Great database to search to find newspaper articles (which can be used as primary sources) about historical events such as September 11^th, World War II, etc.

Our sample search– “Empire State Building” and cost

Remember that you can limit the date ranges on that first search screen. In class, we limited the search to 01/01/1929 to 01/01/1931

America: History and Life–Good database to search to find articles pertaining to the history, culture, customs, and politics of North America (not just the USA!).

Our sample search– (America or United States) and culture

Remember that if you want to limit your results to only results with a full text article attached—Click on the “refine search” tab and check the first box entitled “Linked Full Text”.

JSTOR–Yet another good database that will be beneficial to your research needs. JSTOR provides full text from 117core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

Our sample search– “Gunpowder plot”

I hope this helps and please do not hesitate to ask us for help with any of your research needs. Again, you can visit us on the first floor, call us (405-974-2878), email us, or even chat with us.

Have a great day!
Amanda >^..^<

HIST1103 Early Western Civilization to 1350 – Springer

Hello Students,

I have posted the power point presentation used in class today.