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HIST 490C: Conquest Dynasties in East Asia (Fall 2025)
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HIST 490C: Conquest Dynasties in East Asia (Fall 2025)
Introduction
Session Goals 9/22/25
Library Services & Resources (Overview)
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Libraries Undergraduate Library Research Awards
Subject Databases (and why we have them)
Same Topic, Different Disciplines
Why so many Databases?
Boolean (AND OR NOT)
Secondary Sources
Finding Books
Finding Articles
Finding Reference Sources (Index, Encyclopedia, Directories)
Primary Sources
Primary Sources in the Catalog
Citation
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Zotero
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Compare the results of these databases
Subject Database
sex* AND Qing AND law* in BAS
sex* AND Qing AND law* in HA
sex* AND Qing AND law* in HIC
General Databases
sex* AND Qing AND law* in PRIMO
sex* AND Qing AND law* in GoogleScholar
sex* AND Qing AND law* in JSTOR
Consider
How do the results of each differ?
What is the strength/weakness of each?
How do the results reflect the disciplinary focus of the database?
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