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

A Hands-on Library Workshop

Dr. Jun WangProfessor of Library and Information Studies

SJDC Library

2Library’s Home Page: http://library.deltacollege.edu

Click here to conduct a catalog search to find books and AV materialsClick here to conduct a database search to find e-books, peer-reviewed research articles, multimedia materials, country studies, and much more.

Conduct a Search in U.S. History in ContextInstruction:• 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.

Basic Search in U.S. History in Context

Enter your topic in here

Search within Results

Click here to enter another search term, such as Timeline, within the results

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 GoElectronic meta-database to conduct a search by entering your topic and the word, Timeline.

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