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HIST 150: Memoirs of World War II Germany (Fall 2025)
Why Do We Need So Many Databases?
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HIST 150: Memoirs of World War II Germany (Fall 2025)
Introduction
Session Goals 9/23/25
Navigating Primary Sources
Library Services & Resources (Overview)
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Libraries Undergraduate Library Research Awards
How do we have so many Resources?
Subject Databases
Why Do We Need So Many Databases?
Primary Vs Secondary Sources
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What Is peer review?
Primary OR secondary?
Reference Sources
Searching With Boolean (AND OR NOT)
Finding Books
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Worldcat: Accessing books we don't own
Finding Articles
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How to order articles we don't own?
Primary Sources
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Not sure where to start? Use the main catalog and worldcat
Activity!
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Team 1
Team 2
Team 3
Team 4
Team 5
Team 6
Citation
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Zotero
Annotated Bibliographies
Stuck or need help? No problem!
Wrap Up
Different Databases, Different Purposes
Compare the search results for the exact same search:
"World War II" AND "German women"
Historical Abstracts
America: History and Life
PRIMO
Googlescholar
Same is True for Primary Source Databases
Search for Women in Correspondence from German Concentration Camps and Prisons
Search for Women in Psychological Warfare and Propaganda in World War II
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