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HIST 301: Historian's Craft (Petty, Fall 2024)
The Problem with Primary Sources
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HIST 301: Historian's Craft (Petty, Fall 2024)
Introduction
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What IS a History Librarian?
In This Session 10/4/24
The Problem with Primary Sources
Quick Refresher on Library Services & Resources
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Libraries Undergraduate Library Research Awards
Reference (Tertiary) Sources
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Finding Reviews
Finding Encyclopedias
Historical Statistics
Secondary Sources
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What is peer review?
Types of Sources
What is a "Good" secondary source?
Boolean: AND OR NOT
Finding Books
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Worldcat: Accessing books we don't own
Finding Books via Reviews
Find Articles
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How to order articles we don't own?
Secondary Source: Writing out your topics
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Examples
Annotated Bibliographies
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Analyzing, Summarizing, and Critiquing an Article
Analyzing, Summarizing, and Critiquing a Book
Types of Primary Sources (and why it matters)
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Periodical Articles
Published Diaries
Unpublished Diaries
Memoir
Published letters
Unpublished Letters
Legislation
Broadside
Music
Artwork or photography
Published Books as Primary Sources
Primary Source Databases
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Why So Many Databases?
Using the Catalog to find Primary Sources
Using WorldCat to find Primary Sources
Microfilm and You
Using Indexes to find Primary Sources
Primary Sources: Where to start?
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primary source examples
Citation
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