history346 presentation 9.1.2011
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COOL LIBRARY RESOURCES:Library ins and outs designed
specifically forHistory Students
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Who am I?
Laura Slavin, MLS, MBA
Librarian Extraordinaire
I am available to
help you with
research and citing your work.
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Decide on a topic. What do you want to write about? What is your thesis?
Look up background information. This will help you develop and refine your thesis.
Search for appropriate sources Evaluate the sources as you find them Manage, Cite and properly integrate your
sources as support for your thesis3
The Research Process
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Library Home Pagehttp://library.lmunet.edu
• Search the library catalog
• Search databases
• Get an interlibrary loan
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History Specific Database Page
• Dig into your research topic
• Geared toward history course work
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Library Proxy Login
This gets you access to ALL databases available at LMU
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Gale Virtual Reference
Library America History and Life Historical Abstracts Ebsco’s E-Book Collection Humanities E-Book Project
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History Databases
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Gale Virtual Reference Library
Under Basic Search, click on History to see a hyperlinked list of History related reference books.
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Gale Virtual Reference LibraryAn excellent database to use when you’re looking for a research topic. Or
if you are just beginning your research.
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The same interface, different content Set limits to Peer Reviewed or Full Text only Create a My Ebsco account, save your
citations.
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Ebsco Databases
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JSTOR
JSTOR is perfect for historical research. It
contains older issues of important journals.
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Advanced Search
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Narrowing your search to History
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Library Catalog• Search the
library catalog• Look up what
books are currently on our shelves (eBooks too!)
• View from anywhere you have internet access
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WorldCat
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Order books
and articles that LMU Library does not have!
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ILLiad
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Create precise citations Avoid Plagiarism Handbook at library Here is a helpful url:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
MLA Citations
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Questions?