dance210: dance history
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PowerPoint for library instruction session, Dance 210: Dance History I (Williams), Fall 2008.TRANSCRIPT
Start.
Goal:
Better researchers.
Find the resources most
relevant to your topic.
Regardless of where those
resources may be located.
Strategy.
(1)
Time.
Strategy.
(2)
Advanced search.
Advanced search.
1. Know what you are searching…
…citation, full text, something else
Advanced search.
1. Know what you are searching…
…citation, full text, something else
2. Use limits…
…document types, languages
Advanced search.
1. Know what you are searching…
…citation, full text, something else
2. Use limits…
…document types, languages
3. Look for other advanced features…
…peer review, date ranges, subject
areas
Strategy.
(3)
Ask yourself:
What resources do I have
access to?
What are the best resources
to use for my topic?
Given what resources I can
access, what information
exists that is relevant to my
topic?
Time
SearchExistence
of Information
Filters.
My Topic
Web sites
Articles
Books
What am I looking for?
Information
Books
Reference
Works
Encyclopedias
Monographs
Articles
Essays Reviews
Book ReviewsReviews of
Performances
Graphic or Image
Your assignment:
Your assignment:
(1) Encyclopedia citation.
International Encyclopedia
of Dance
Ref GV1585 .I586 1998
(6 volumes)
Your assignment:
(2) Essays (articles) from
academic journals or
publications.
Full Text Citation
Only
Partial
Full Text
Full text.
Full text.
A resource that provides the
complete text (book, article,
etc.) seamlessly and on demand.
Citation.
Citation.
Hittman, Michael. "The 1890 Ghost Dance in
Nevada." American Indian Culture & Research
Journal 16.4 (1992): 123-166.
How do I know what
resource to use?
Consider aspects of your
topic.
Consider aspects of your
topic.
Example:
The Ghost Dance in nineteenth-
century United States.
The Ghost Dance in nineteenth-
century United States.
Dance•Sun Dance
•Ghost Dance
History
•United States
•19th C. (1870 / 1890)
•Wounded Knee
Religion•shamanism
•ritual & ceremony
Tribes •Paiute
•Sioux
Image: Sun Dancer (The North American Indian; v.03). Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian: Photographic Images. American Memory Project.
Determine what library
resources match these
aspects.
JSTOR
Dance
(Interdisciplinary, Performing arts)
America: History & Life
Historical treatment
(United States)
Humanities Full Text
Dance
(Religious aspects)
Time.
Ask.
Search.
Ask.
Sara Greenleaf
ext. 3007
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