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Find Primary and Secondary Sources and Historical Timeline in U.S. History in Context:

Find Primary and Secondary Sources and Historical Timeline in U.S. History in Context: A Hands-on Library Workshop. Dr. Jun Wang Professor of Library and Information Studies SJDC Library.

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Find Primary and Secondary Sources and Historical Timeline in U.S. History in Context:

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  1. Find Primary and Secondary Sources and Historical Timeline in U.S. History in Context: A Hands-on Library Workshop Dr. Jun Wang Professor of Library and Information Studies SJDC Library

  2. Click here to conduct a database search to find e-books, peer-reviewed research articles, multimedia materials, country studies, and much more. Click here to conduct a catalog search to find books and AV materials Library’s Home Page: http://library.deltacollege.edu

  3. Conduct a Search in U.S. History in Context • Instruction: • Click on Databases from the library’s Webpage • Scroll down the Databases page to find U.S. History in Context • Click on the title to conduct your search • If you are off-campus, you will be prompted to enter your user name (your Delta e-mail ID) and password (your birthday) at this point before proceeding with your search.

  4. Basic Search in U.S. History in Context Enter your topic in here

  5. Search within Results Click here to enter another search term, such as Timeline, within the results

  6. Find Timeline of Events • Click on a title from the updated search results and scroll down to find timelines. • If you can not find any timeline from the search within results, go to GoElectronicmeta-database to conduct a search by entering your topic and the word, Timeline.

  7. Cite the Retrieved Source • Use the Tools to download or email or print the source • Click on Citation Tools to find elements for the citation • Use Turabian Citation Guide from the library’s webpage at http://www.deltacollege.edu/dept/library/IC/citation.html to tweak your citation

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