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- 1. Historians find stuff Debbie Phillips October 2017
- 2. Today’s session Quick refresher on finding books What’s a keyword? Search strategies & techniques Putting it all together
- 4. 5 easy steps to find the book you want 1. Head to the Library website or search online for ‘RHUL Library’ 2. Look for the book using the author’s name and a word or two from the title 3. Note whether the book is in the High Use or General collection 4. Also note the call number of the book – this is the subject number 5. Head to the shelves to pick up the book
- 5. Gartner, L.P., 2001. History of the Jews in modern times, Oxford ; NewYork: Oxford University Press. Cesarani, D., 2012.The war on terror that failed: British counter- insurgency in Palestine 1945–1947 and the ‘FarranAffair’ Small Wars & Insurgencies, 23(4-5), pp.648–670. Author Author Date Date ArticleTitle JournalTitle Publisher BookTitle Issue Page numbersVolume Place of publication
- 6. Finding research on your own
- 7. Why use search strategies? Save you time Save you effort Increase your marks by reading more widely!
- 8. Break down your essay topic into components
- 9. Example essay title: How did American diplomacy influence President Nasser during the Suez Crisis? Or use your own essay topic
- 10. AND / OR / NOT The way you combine keywords will give you different results
- 14. Try a database
- 17. Saving results
- 18. Any Questions?
- 19. Thank you! Subject guide: http://libguides.rhul.ac.uk/history Email me: deborah.phillips@rhul.ac.uk
Editor's Notes
- Open Mentimeter & Prezi, get ready to go Hello & welcome
- Head to mentimeter – Question 1. Discuss results
- SPQR Beard is a good search
- Second mentimeter Question. Using results, head to next slide.
- Add a book/journal reference here
- Add a book/journal reference here
- At a certain point, you’re going to want to look for information on your own
- Example search: great famine Ireland - 15,660 results on Library Search “great famine” OR “potato famine” AND Ireland – 3370
- Go to padlet
- Go to padlet
- Explain concept of databases Never too early to start Academic information At the right level for your studies Properly referenced Often accessible online
- Demo search page Resources to show: Credo; Jstor; MLA, BoB
- Point out links to refworks on subject guide