cheyenne and arapaho history: library resources
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Cheyenne and Arapaho History: Library Resources. Frederic Murray Assistant Professor MLIS, University of British Columbia BA, Political Science, University of Iowa Instructional Services Librarian Al Harris Library [email protected]. Native American Genealogy: Oklahoma. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Cheyenne and Arapaho History:Library Resources
Frederic Murray Frederic Murray Assistant ProfessorAssistant ProfessorMLIS, University of British ColumbiaMLIS, University of British ColumbiaBA, Political Science, University of IowaBA, Political Science, University of Iowa
Instructional Services LibrarianInstructional Services LibrarianAl Harris Library Al Harris Library [email protected]
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Native American Genealogy: Oklahoma
• Index of Native American Genealogy Resources on the Internet
– http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/indices/NAgenealogy.html
• DMOZ Open Directory Project– http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Society_and_Culture/Gene
alogy/Native_Americans/
• Ethnic-Native: OK-NATIVEAMERICAN Mailing List– http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Ethnic-Native/OK-NATIVEAMERICAN.html
• The Twin Territories ~ OK/ITGenWeb (Oklahoma/Indian Territory)
– http://www.okgenweb.org/~itgenweb/
• Ancestry.com– http://www.ancestry.com/
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Catalogs, Databases, & Search Engines
• A comprehensive list of the books, periodicals, maps, and other materials in a given collection.
• A large, regularly updated file of digitized information related to a specific subject or field.
• Computer software designed to help the user locate information available at sites on the World Wide Web by selecting categories from a hierarchical directory of subjects (example: Yahoo!) or by entering appropriate keywords or phrases (Google).
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Search Techniques
• Keyword • Basic Boolean
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Boolean
• AND = Narrow
• OR = Expand
• NOT = Exclude
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Boolean Operators
• Connect keywords only• Must be placed between keywords• AND
– Narrows your search
• OR– Expands your search with synonymous
terms
• NOT– Excludes words from your search– If used too much, it can work against you!
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Catalog: Finding books
• Relevance
• Keyword searching with Boolean operators
• Limiters/Filters
• Subject searching (hyperlinks)
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SWOSU Catalog
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Dewey
• All of human knowledge is broken into Ten Major Categories
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Open WorldCat
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Ebrary
• Ebrary provides more than 44,000 digital books in a broad range of subject areas, including business, technology, health and medicine, literature and the humanities, physical sciences, social sciences, and interdisciplinary studies. Ebrary digital books contain the full-text and illustrations of their print counterparts
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Exercise
• Catalog worksheet– SWOSU– WorldCat
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Databases
• A large, regularly updated file of digitized information related to a specific subject or field.
• This is where we find Journal Articles
• This is where most of your research will take place
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Searching in Databases
• Keywords with Boolean • Subject terms from thesaurus• Limiters: date, peer reviewed,
geography, and full text
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Article Sources
General Article and subject databases
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Article Databases
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EBSCO Account: Sign Up Now• Free• Save Articles• Create Alerts• Journals sent
straight to your Email Account
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Journals
• American Indian Higher Educational Experiences: Cultural Visions & Personal Journeys
• American Indian Quarterly• Tribal College : Journal of American
Indian Higher Education *• Health Needs of American Indian
Women
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Exercise
• Academic Search Complete Worksheet
• Topic: Cheyenne and tribal college
• Topic: Native American
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Thanks!