HST 290: Practice of History – The U.S . in the Pacific

1. HST 290: Practice of History – The U.S. in the Pacific Dr. William McCarthy Ms. Sue Cody codys@uncw.edu

2. Your Current Research Skills? • How would you rate your current research skills? • Strong • Satisfactory • Needs improvement • Poor • What causes you the most anxiety/confusion/frustration? • What are your favorite sources for historical research?

3. Where do you go to find. . . • Scholarly articles? • Articles written during the time studied? • Books? • Primary sources?

4. Our plan • Review Research Guide for this course. • Explore various finding aids. • Review search techniques • Learn to identify primary sources. • Become familiar with special services. • Interlibrary Loan • Ask a librarian

5. Where to get help • Learning Commons Help Desk • In person • Telephone • Email • Chat • Text • By Appointment • Contact me directly: codys@uncw.edu

6. Finding Articles • Home page Article Search (Integrated search) • Databases A-Z • Individual databases • Databases by Subject • Quick Search (Integrated search) • Individual databases • Bibliographies & Notes

7. Database Exploration • Library Homepage Article Search • Historical Abstracts • Jstor • Public Affairs Information Service • Google Scholar • WorldCat SCOPE CONSIDERATIONS • Publication type, e.g., articles, books • Number of publications/records • Dates covered: • Publication • Historical period • Subjects covered • Other parameters

8. Search tips • And, Or, Not • And narrows • Or adds synonyms/related • Not excludes (use carefully) Search example • Manifest destiny OR Imperialism • AND • Pacific OR Asia OR Philippines • AND • United States

9. More Search Tips • Truncate for word variations • Imperialis* = Imperialism, Imperialist, Imperialists • Words anywhere or phrase? • American imperialism vs. “American imperialism” • Field-specific searches • Geopolitics in Source

10. Find the full text! Keliher, Macabe. "Anglo-American Rivalry and the Origins of U.S. China Policy." Diplomatic History 31, no. 2 (April 2007): 227-257. • Does the library have it? • What format or location? • What online access (vendor, e.g., Jstor)?

11. Find the full text! Hones, Sheila and YasuoEndo. “History, Distance and Text: Narratives of the 1853–1854 Perry Expedition to Japan.” Journal of Historical Geography32, no. 3 (July 2006): 563-578. • Does the library have it? • What format or location? • What online access? (vendor, e.g., Jstor)?

12. Find the full text! Lincoln, A. “Theodore Roosevelt and the First Russian-American Crisis.” Southern California Quarterly 45, no. 4 (December 1963): 323-336. • Does the library have it? • What format or location? • What online access (vendor, e.g., Jstor)?

13. Find the full text! Burnham, Michelle. “Trade, Time and the Calculus of Risk in Early Pacific Travel Writing.” Early American Literature 46, no. 3 (November 2011): 425-447. • Does the library have it? • What format or location? • What online access (vendor, e.g., Jstor)?

14. Find the full text! Guan, Ang Cheng. “United States-Indonesia Relations: The 1965 Coup and After.” War & Society 21, no. 1 (May 2003: 119-136. • Does the library have it? • What format or location? • What online access (vendor, e.g., Jstor)?

15. Finding Books • Library Catalog • local & UNCP/FSU • Ebooks from Ebsco and ABC-Clio, etc. • WorldCat • 9,000 libraries / @1.2 billion items • Google Books (@ 12 million / @ 7 million full-text) • Project Gutenberg (@ 33,000 books) • Some databases lead to books • Cited directly • Book reviews

16. Randall Online Catalog:Keyword vs. Subject Searching • What’s the difference? • What is a useful Subject Heading for Manifest destiny? • Start with a keyword search, then look for subjects in the records retrieved.

17. Keyword/Subject features • Keyword • Finds words anywhere in record. • Look at records to see subject headings. • Search lots of terms, word variations • Subject Headings • Controlled vocabulary • May not be “natural language” but may find more • Hierarchical arrangement helps narrow topic • Searches only the subject field

18. Suggested Subject Headings • Check headings in records you find by keyword or other searches • Use the Library of Congress Classification Web database. • In the catalog, search by any segment of a heading – rotated display, e.g., Foreign relations • Same terms are used in WorldCat

19. Searching Personal Names • Keyword searches • Either order • Try name variations, e.g., initials • Author/Subject • Last name first, e.g. Lodge, Henry Cabot • Asian names are a challenge, e.g. Mao

20. Online Catalog Features • Subjects for related items • Call numbers for related items (usually) • Library of Congress outline • http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html • SuDoc arranges by agency (not as useful for browsing) • Cover, summary, reviews • Location maps • Expanding search to UNCCLC • Add to Bag/Add to My Lists • Text Message

21. Finding Books – LC Call Nos. • Alpha-numeric • Single letters before double • First number is a whole number • Everything after the decimal point is a decimal value.

22. WorldCat • 9,000+ libraries • Finds items for ILL requests • Rare items not lent • Rare items may be reprinted & available • Websites included – often w/ free access!

23. Interlibrary Loan • Create an account/create a new account • Username – UNCW domain name • Password – UNCW password

24. Secondary - Primary • For the next session • Find a relevant secondary source (book or article) with a bibliography. • Review the bibliography to find a primary source. • Copy the page with the primary source citation. • Highlight citation for primary source. • Complete exercise form; attach copy; bring to class.

25. Next Class • Primary Sources • What they are • How to find them

26. Questions? What will you do when you have questions?

27. Ask for help – it’s what we do! codys@uncw.edu http://library.uncw.edu

28. HST 290: Practice of History – The U.S. in the Pacific Dr. William McCarthy Ms. Sue Cody codys@uncw.edu

29. Primary Sources • Dairies, journals, other writings of “players” • Eyewitness/Observer accounts • Memoirs, autobiographies (written later) • Official documents • Laws, treaties, reports, orders, transcripts of proceedings, addresses, etc. • Images • Movies, Novels, etc.? (Depends on context of research)

30. Primary or Secondary? • Scholarly article on the U.S. annexation of the Philippines. • Text of the 1898 Joint Resolution to provide for annexing the Hawaiian Islands to the U.S. • An encyclopedia of American foreign relations. • Collection of U.S. soldiers letters from Korea published in a book. • New York Times article about Theodore Roosevelt’s Nobel Peace Prize. • Biography of Madame Chiang Kai-shek. • Anthology of voyage narratives. • Chronology of Asian history and culture.

31. Randall Online Catalog & WorldCat • Standard Subheadings for Primary Sources • Correspondence • Diaries • Interviews • Personal narratives* • Sources • See guide for others

32. Randall Online Catalog & WorldCat • Keyword Search • Hawaii and sources • Search specific headings or persons • Commodore Perry as author (Perry, Matthew Calbraith) • Look for items not tagged as primary source • Primary documents may be included in secondary sources • Eyewitness authors may not be tagged as sources

33. Periodicals and Newspapers • New York Times Archive • Readers’ Guide Retrospective • Palmer’s Index to the Times (London)

34. Official Documents • HeinOnline • Congressional Record • Lexis Nexis Academic - Legal • Court Opinions • Lexis-Nexis Congressional • Hearings (Not all full text) • Foreign Relations of the U.S. (FRUS) • Presidential Papers

35. Bibliographies—Follow the trail • Book-length (Reference Collection) • Secondary sources (books and journal articles) • Types • Classified (easiest to find primary sources) • Alphabetical • Footnotes/Endnotes • What did you find?

36. Questions? What will you do when you have questions?

37. Ask for help – it’s what we do! codys@uncw.edu http://library.uncwil.edu/askref.html