Public History

Marsha Hamilton
HY 495
Spring 2007

Locating Books On Your Topic:

USA Libraries Catalog (SOUTHcat) provides an inventory of what we own. Includes e-books, videos, dvds, government documents and reference books and periodical titles and the volumes and issues of the periodicals we own.

Below are some suggested terms to use when searching the SOUTHcat Catalog or journal indexes. Search techniques may vary with each database so look at help screens for suggestions on quotation marks and truncations symbols.

Subject Headings

public history
archives
public history–united states
archives–social aspects
memory–social aspects
history–psychological aspects
cultural property–protection
architecture–conservation and restoration
local history
popular culture–united states
memorials–united states
historical museums
historic buildings–conservation and restoration
united states–cultural property
historic sites–interpretive programs
united states–history, local
united states–popular culture–historiography
united states–antiquities–collection and preservation
historic preservation

Keywords--skip the "and" if you use Keyword (AND with Relevance) search.
This search automatically puts "and" between words and phrases.
Do use the "quotation marks" for phrases.

"public history"
"popular culture" and preservation
"cultural resources"
"local history"
antiquities and preservation
archives and public
exhibit? and design
records and "public interest"
"oral history"
memory and history
"historic sites" and restoration
archaelology and "social aspects"

also use specific exhibit or museum names:

"enola gay" and smithsonian

ACLS Humanities E-book Project--over 1400 books which are considered to be of major importance to historical studies.

NetLibrary -11,000+ electronic books. Included in the Catalog, but may also be searched separately.

Reference Books-- Reference Area, 2nd floor North

WorldCat.org. Put in your ZIP Code to link to the closest library nearby that has the item.

Free Books Online--a list of websites whch provide links to electronic books.


Interlibrary Loan (ILL) -- order books or articles from other libraries; free if in Alabama. Register once; order, check activity, renew online after that.


Locating Journal Articles On Your Topic:

JSTOR Most entries are full-text; all PDF, slightly (3-5 years) older.

AnthroSource [in the alphabetical list of databases] An archive of American Anthropological Association journals. Also links to JSTOR.

Expanded Academic ASAP [Under Gale/InfoTrac] Some full-text. Use this for the most current articles in a variety of journals.

Academic OneFile [Under Gale/InfoTrac] Some full-text. Use for current articles in a variety of journals.

Academic Search Premier [Under Ebsco] Some full-text Use this for the most current articles in a variety of journals.

History Reference Center [Under Ebsco] encyclopedias, reference books, biographies and primary source documents.

Periodicals Archive Online. An archive of backfiles of peridicals in the humanities and social aciences. Latest date available is 1995.

LexisNexis [General News>Magazines and Journals] Use for current articles.

SocINDEX with Full Text [under EBSCO] some full text. Use for current articles.

If you have the information about an article, but need to find the journal issue with the article in it?

Our Journals List --USA Subscribed, Full-Text, Electronic Journals and Print Holdings

Relevant Listservs

http://www.h-net.org/lists/

Selected Web Sites:

Some Library Guides to other sources of information:

Mobile History: Selected Resources

History A thorough list of resources used for research in history and available in our library. Selected by Kathy Jones, Reference Librarian. http://www.southalabama.edu/univlib/guides/history.htm

Citation Style:

Bedford St. Martins: Research and Documentation Online by Diana Hacker http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/

Chicago Manual of Style Quick Guide--http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html.

KnightCite--http://webapps.calvin.edu/knightcite/index.php

Smart "Public" Internet Searching

Use well-regarded and recommended Internet sites

Use an "advanced" search engine like Google Advanced Search and limit to "more trustworthy" domains (e.g. .edu, .gov).

Evaluate what you find through a search engine extremely carefully. Criteria for Evaluating webpages

Google Scholar

Plagiarism & Turnitin

plagiarism for students

Turnitin

Selected Book Titles in the University Library:

Area Libraries and Archives

Mobile Public Library (Local History and Genealogy)
Mobile Municipal Archives
Spring Hill College Archives [in the Library]
University of Mobile
USA University Archives [Spring Hill Ave. Campus]

Kathy Jones 460-7025
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