Library resources for module HY2259: The Craft of History

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Resource librarians

Tim Yap Fuan (timyf@nus.edu.sg )Magali Briquet (magali.briquet@nus.edu.sg )Herman Felani Md. Yunos (herman@nus.edu.sg )Winnifred Wong (winnifred@nus.edu.sg )Han Ming Guang ( hanmingguang@nus.edu.sg )

Online library guides

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http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/history

http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/sgprimarysources

Content

1. Overview2. Finding secondary sources (books, articles &

theses)3. Finding primary sources4. Others

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1. Overview

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Primary sources vs. secondary sources

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Primary Secondary• First-hand

testimony, direct evidence of event

• Examples: diaries, interview, letters

• Created later by someone who didn’t experience the event

• Examples: scholarly books, articles, theses, dissertations

Primary sources available in NUS Libraries

Singapore China South Asia U.K. & U.S.A. Others

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Secondary sources available in NUS Libraries

Books Journals Theses &

dissertations

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Finding Library resources LINC, Databases, FindMore,

ScholarBank@NUS, RBR, Exam Papers

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LINC Library catalogue Lists items in the library collection, including

books, e-books, journals, e-journals, databases, multimedia items, etc

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FindMore(Over 330 million records, Jan. 14)

Books, journals,

multi-media items, theses, etc in library

collection

LINC - Library catalogue(1.7 million records)

Articles from academic journals,

magazines, newspapers

DatabasesContent

from some specialised databases

isnot

searchable by FindMore

FindMore Guide FindMore FAQs

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Demo “Rules for Rulers: Obscure Texts, Authority,

and Policing in Two Malay States”, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 32, 2 (2001), pp. 211-25.

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2. Finding secondary sources (books, articles &

theses)

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Starting points for Singapore studies

Singapore : the encyclopediaSingapore : Editions Didier Millet, 2006.http://linc.nus.edu.sg:2084/record=b2509793*eng

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Singapore, National Library Board.Infopediahttp://infopedia.nl.sg/

Starting points for Singapore studies

A history of modern Singapore, 1819-2005 / C.M. Turnbull.

Singapore : NUS Press, c2009.

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http://linc.nus.edu.sg/record=b2665942

FindMore Use the

keywords found: SIT Singapore

Improvement Trust

HDB Housing and

Development Board

Limit by subject terms “History”16

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Databases Indexes and Abstracts

Search across hundreds to thousands of journals Provides abstracts Peer-reviewed journal

E-book databases

Which database to search?

http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/history

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Databases Full-text:

JSTOR : contains only back issues (start from the first issue up to 3 to 5 years before the present)

Project Muse ACLS Humanities E-Book

History-specific indexes Historical Abstracts

Excludes United States and Canada A Sense of History (Bibliography - Singapore)

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Databases Asian studies-specific indexes:

Bibliography of Asian Studies(BAS) PERIND

Other indexes: International Bibliography of the Social Science

(IBSS) Web of Science (SSCI, AHCI) Scopus Humanities Index

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Databases Singapore studies:

PERIND (Periodical index re. Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei , ASEAN)

A Sense of History (Bibliography - Singapore) : select bibliography produced by NUS Libraries, lists primary and secondary sources on the history of Singapore.

Finding theses & dissertations

• Masters (by research)& PhD theses

Non-NUS (Foreign)

Before Sep 2003 (Print)After Sep 2003 (e-theses)

FindMore

Purchased theses (Print, CD-ROM)Theses databases

Repositories of universities

LINC- Proquest dissertations& theses- Index to theses

How do I find theses?

NUS • Academic

Exercises (HTs)

LINCLINC

ScholarBank@NUS

History Dept. HTs Selected HTs only Conduct a call no. search in library catalogue Call no. for History Dept. HTs: D6 Browse records

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ScholarBank@NUS

Collections: Electronic

theses & dissertations

Scholarly outputs of NUS community including articles, conference papers, etc

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Hands-on Go to the library catalogue, FindMore

(www.lib.nus.edu.sg) Find as many resources as possible on Cinema

in Singapore in 1950s. Present your results to the class. Duration: 10 min

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Search tips : subject headings Subjects heading :

Established terms Chosen by librarian To ensure consistency in organizing library

materials

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3. Finding primary sources

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Timeline of newspapers collection available in NUS Libraries1600 1700 1800 1900 2000

Press clippings

Singapore pre-war newspapers

Microform collection

Singapore newspapers (in Chinese Library)

Legend:ElectronicMicrofilm or microfichePrintElectronic, print, microform

Eighteenth Century Journals

Recent

Singapore

Others

Guide - NewspapersMicroform collection

Proquest Historical Newspapers

Newspapers online

news articles from major national and international newspapers, trade journals, and wires.

Includes Straits Times, Business Times, Financial Times, etc…

Straits Times : coverage:1 July 1989 – to date. excludes stories from news agencies and contributors.

l Provides full text of hundreds of news sources including

newspapers, magazines, and newsletters. It is updated daily. Straits Times:

coverage: 1 May 1992 – to date 31

Historical newspapers online Proquest Historical Newspapers:

Chicago Defender (1910-1975) Chicago Tribune (1849-1989) The Guardian (1821-2003) and The Observer

(1791-2003) Los Angeles Times (1881-1989) The New York Times (1851-2009) The Times of India (1838-2003) The Wall Street Journal (1889-1995) The Washington Post (1877-1996)

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Historical newspapers online Gale NewsVault:

The Economist historical archive, 1843-2009 The Financial Times historical archive, 1888-2009 The Sunday times digital archive, 1822-2006 The Times Digital Archive, 1785-1985 Times Literary Supplement historical archive,

1902-2008

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Hands-on: Newspaper database Subject: British Labour party & military

withdrawal from Singapore, 1964-1967 Point of view of British Government Why did this decision was made?

1. Read extracts from Infopedia & History of Modern Singapore.

2. Find relevant keywords in those extracts3. Select one newspapers database4. Find primary sources in this database 15 min

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Hands-on: Newspaper database

Source: Singapore, National Library Board. “British Withdrawal from Singapore.” Accessed January 17, 2014, http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_1001_2009-02-10.html .35

Hands-on: Newspaper database

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Source: Turnbull, C. M. , A History of Modern Singapore, 1819-2005. Singapore: NUS Press, 2009, p. 305

Timeline of sources for Singapore history available in NUS Libraries

…. and local, foreign newspapers

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1800 1850 1900 1950 2000

CO* files, etc…

House of Commons Parliamentary Papers

Hansard (Parliamentary debates)

IOR* , SSR*

Sg Parliamentary Debates

Papers of Lew Kuan Yew

Annual reports

Abbreviations:*IOR: India Office records*SSR: Straits Settlements records*CO: Colonial Office

ElectronicLegend:

Electronic, print, microform

Microfilm or microfichePrint

Guide – Sg Primary Sources

Government records : CO records

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Series No.

Series Title & Content Years Where? Finding Aid

CO 273 Straits Settlements Original Correspondence

1838-1946 NUSL Electronic Resource

Kratoska’s Index

CO 275 Straits Settlements Sessional Papers

1855-1940 NUSL Electronic Resource

Index

Incl. correspondence between the Governor and the Colonial Office.

Legislative & Executive Council Proceedings (minutes of meetings), annual departmental reports

Government records : Colonial Office

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Series No.

Series Title & Content Years Where? Finding Aid

CO 276 Government Gazette 1867- 1942

NUSL Electroni

c Resource

Index at the beginning of each file

CO 277 Straits Settlements Miscellanea

Straits Settlements Blue Books.Blue Book of Statistics.

1867-1939

NUSL Electroni

c Resource

Index at the beginning of each file

Official newspaper produced by the government . Content incl. proclamations by the governor, notice of appointments, texts of ordinances.

Subject: Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT)* Which keywords would you use to search the

Kratoska's index and find the relevant Colonial Office records (CO 273) about SIT?

Find at least 3 keywords Get help from Singapore: the Encyclopedia

Hands-on: Finding the relevant keywords

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* It was set up in 1927

Hands-on: Finding the relevant keywords

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Source: Koh, Tommy T. B., Timothy Auger, Jimmy Yap, Wei Chian Ng, Siok Ai Sng, Singapore. National Heritage Board., and Singapore. Ministry of Information Communications and the Arts. Singapore : The Encyclopedia. Singapore: Editions Didier Millet, 2006.

Singapore primary sources

The Papers of Lee Kuan Yew: Speeches, Interviews and Dialogues Lib has 1st series (1950-1990) 2nd series (1990-2011) – Not

published yet

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Timeline of Sources for Chinese History available in NUS Libraries

…. and newspapers …. Chinese Library’s

resources

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Electronic

China : culture and society (The Wason Pamphlet Collection, c1750-1929)

China : trade, politics & culture, 1793-1980

FO files*NCCO*

FBIS*

Abbreviations:*FBIS: Daily report. Foreign Broadcast Information Service, 1974-1996 *FO: Foreign Office files for China, 1949-1980 (U.K. archives)*NCCO: Nineteenth Century collections online, (e.g. Dispatches from U.S. Consuls in Shanghai, China, 1847-1906)

Legend:

Electronic, print, microform

Microfilm or microfichePrint

1800 1850 1900 1950 2000

Others

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National Archives of Singapore http://archivesonline.nas.sg/

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Guide to sources in NAS

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Guide to the sources of history in Singapore / [editor, Ong Choo Suat]. Singapore : National Archives , [1989]

Call no. Z3268 Gui

http://linc.nus.edu.sg/record=b1515184

National Archives of Singapore : Oral History Center

“Steps to Conducting Your Own Oral History Project”:http://www.nhb.gov.sg/nas/conductohc.htm Oral History Centre, (Singapore). Memories & Reflections : The Singapore

Experience : Documenting a Nation's History through Oral History. 2nd ed. Singapore: Oral History Centre, National Archives of Singapore, 2007.

http://linc.nus.edu.sg:2084/record=b2539715*eng

• Library Portal, http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg • NUS Libraries subject guides, http://

libguides.nus.edu.sg/libraryhelp • History subject guide,

http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/history • Singapore primary sources subject guide, http://

libguides.nus.edu.sg/sgprimarysources • Library FAQs, http://libfaq.nus.edu.sg/ • ScholarBank@NUS, http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/ • How to search for theses?,

http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/findthesis • Library proxy bookmarklet, http://

libguides.nus.edu.sg/proxy_bookmarklet • FindMore guide, http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/findmore • E-Books guide, http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/ebooks

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