HIST 100: Energy & Environment in World History (Spring, 2024)

There are Eight searches your team has to complete.

After you finish each, call over the librarian. If your answer is correct, I'll show you the next question. First team to win gets a prize!

Using the Library Catalog, find a book or ebook about the history of oil production in Germany. Make sure it's published by a University Press within the last 10 years.

HITS

• use the book/ebook filters
• use the publication date filters
• use AND and "" in your searches

Call me over when you're your answer! (There are several right answers)

Using the US History database, find a peer reviewed journal article about lead mining in Virginia (but Not West Virginia)

HITS

• Be sure you're in the specialized database for US History, otherwise you will end up with either too many or too few results
• Be mindful of Subject terms
• Use AND and ""
• You might want to use NOT
• There are several correct answers

Find a popular magazine article from the 1950s about the Atoms for Peace program using the main library catalog.

Hints

• Use quotation marks
• Use the limiters built into the catalog.

Using the library website, determine what times the librarian for Environmental Sustainability is holding office hours on Tues 2/27/2024

Using Historical Statistics of the United States, how many thousands of tons of Coal was used for heat & power in the United States in 1909?

Hints:

• Use the search box in the database and keep the search very simple. 

Finally, have everyone in your group sign up for an ILL account

**Be sure to register as a student, not faculty or staff (for some reason, that is the default setting)**

Using any of the primary source databases or Historic newspapers or Historic Magazines but NOT the main library catalog to find any primary source published between 1800-1899 about the gasoline engine. It must include an image.

Let me know when you're done!

Bonus: The team with the most interesting/amusing primary source wins an extra prize!