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HIST 333: Modern Chinese History (Fall 2025)
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HIST 333: Modern Chinese History (Fall 2025)
Guide to HIST 333
Introduction
Session Goals 10/17/25
Library Services & Resources (Reminder)
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Libraries Undergraduate Library Research Awards
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Subject Databases (Curated List)
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Why so many databases?
Searching With Boolean (AND OR NOT)
Secondary Sources
Finding Books and Chapters
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Worldcat: Accessing books we don't own
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Finding Articles
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Ordering Articles we don't own (at no charge!)
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Finding Reference Sources (Index, Encyclopedia, Directories)
Primary Sources Databases
Not Sure where to start? Primary Sources in the Catalog
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Examples
Annotated Bibliographies
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Analyzing, Summarizing, and Critiquing an Article
Analyzing, Summarizing, and Critiquing a Book
Citation
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Zotero
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Wrap Up
What did I do wrong?
I want books about the opium war. Why are there so many results? What did I do wrong with the search?
I *still* want books about the Opium War, so now why are there so few?
OKAY I'm using the correct search this time. Why are there so many results for "great leap forward"?
I think(?) this is a primary source, but it's published in 1998. Since it is a primary source, I won't use it.
This memoir about the Cultural Revolution looks interesting, but it isn't in our collection. Guess I can't use it.
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