hst483 everyday life in nazi germany spring2012

HST483Everyday Life in Nazi Germany

Spring2012

Michael UnsworthHistory Librarian

unsworth@msu.edu

Why You Are Here

Paper Proposal = 5%Annotated Bibliography = 5% Paper Draft =15%

Research Presentation = 10%

Final paper = 25% 60%

OUTLINE• Decoding citations• Historical Abstracts• Retrieving Materials• Online Reference Tools• Locating Bibliographies• Locating Primary

Sources• Other Indexes• Questions

Getting Articles From Other Libraries

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GETTING EVERYTHING ELSE

RETRIEVING MATERIAL

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Homosexuals in The Third ReichUSE REFERENCE UNIVERSE

Page 127: “CIVIL SOCIETY”

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

“…the compiler of a BIBLIOGRAPHY acts as a scholarly research assistant, providing a summary of what is available in one easy-to-use guide.”Meyer, Jack Allen. An annotated bibliography of the Napoleonic era: recent publications, 1945-1985 (New York : Greenwood Press, 1987): xi.

FINDING BIBLIOGRAPHIES IN THE ONLINE CATALOG

PRIMARY SOURCES:Definition

“…items that are directly associated with their producer or user and the time period in which they were created. Examples, include diaries, newspapers articles, government documents, photographs, oral interviews, and news broadcasts.”

SOURCE: Presnell, Jenny L. The information-literate historian : a guide to research for history students (New York : Oxford University Press, 2007): 93.

CAUTION: MEMOIRS

PRIMARY SOURCES:BY PUBLICATION DATE

sources manuscripts

archives notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.

archival resources personal narratives, American Chinese, Finnish

correspondence personnel records

diaries records and correspondence

GERMAN CHILDREN DURING WW2

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QUESTIONS

What was/were the most valuable thing(s) you learned

today?

What are you not quite clear about from today’s session; what is muddy in your head?

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PRIMARY SOURCES:Definition

“…items that are directly associated with their producer or user and the time period in which they were created. Examples, include diaries, newspapers articles, government documents, photographs, oral interviews, and news broadcasts.”

SOURCE: Presnell, Jenny L. The information-literate historian : a guide to research for history students (New York : Oxford University Press, 2007): 93.

CAUTION: MEMOIRS

CAUTION: MEMOIRS

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CATALOG SEARCH BY DATE OF PUBLICATION

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