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HIST 283: Early Modern African History (Fall 2025)
Why Do We Need So Many Databases?
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HIST 283: Early Modern African History (Fall 2025)
Introduction
Session Goals (9/15/25)
Activity: Learning through [my] Mistakes
Reminder of Library Services
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How do we have so many Resources?
Libraries Undergraduate Library Research Awards
Highlighted Databases
Why Do We Need So Many Databases?
Reminder: Primary and Secondary Sources
Advanced Boolean: And OR NOT
Finding Books (Secondary Sources)
Finding Articles
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Sample article searches
Primary Sources
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Web Archives
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Citation
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Zotero
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Wrap Up
Different Databases, Different Purposes
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searches for Portuguese AND "West Africa"
Search in Historical Abstracts
search in Academic Search Complete
search in PRIMO
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