History access to langs research
- 1. Finding information Focus on History
- 3. Stage 1. Plan Think of key concept. Define key elements, sub-topics. Identify key words, phrases, people List associated/alternative words, spellings Set limits: time, place
- 4. Stage 2: Search Library Internet Lending/Reference books Magazines DVDs Online resources Study space Search a variety of online resources on the: surface web deep web
- 5. Searching the web Popular search engines Bing http://www.bing.com Google http://www.google.com The surface web may not present all the results you expect or require. Often information is hidden deeper and within special Databases. The deep web contains information that cannot easily be found or retrieved by search engines as the information is stored and contained within databases.
- 6. Access identification Open Athens / MyAthens http://www.openathens.net Apply for an account Login to MyAthens Enter Username Enter password Select resources Secure/remote access
- 7. Library catalogue Virtual Learning D2L https://d2l.stevenson.ac.uk Visit Student Pages Learning Resources Centres Online resources Useful links Heritage Online http://www.stevenson.ac.uk/heritage Find links Search by author, title, keyword . Try an Advanced Search Search term: * Field : All fields Medium: Web site
- 8. Databases Search some of the databases that follow. (All these databases are listed on the library catalogue) .
- 9. Electronic Books Ebrary http://site.ebrary.com/lib/stevenson/home.action Search over 3000 titles : eg . democracy, feminism, suffrage Browse – all subjects select a subject: eg. History (General) then select a sub-category: Great Britain select a title & read text on screen Language options (for navigating interface only) English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Swedish, Arabic, Turkish, German Watch the training video: http://www.ebrary.com/corp/collateral/flash/QuickStart/
- 11. Ebrary http://site.ebrary.com/lib/stevenson/home.action Info Tools copy – remember to select text first, cannot copy the whole text. copy - the copy function only supports text, not images print – maximum of 40 pages, print only one copy of a page per session Annotations sign in with your Athens username/password first highlight sentence or paragraph Choose annotation type – colour( pink, yellow, blue ), with/without notes, www Bookshelf sign in with your Athens username/password first save the document to your Bookshelf. create folders to organize your documents and annotations
- 12. JISC Historic books http://www.jischistoricbooks.ac.uk Logging in Sign in as “Stevenson College Edinburgh” Authentication point Enter Athens username and password
- 13. JISC Historic books http://www.jischistoricbooks.ac.uk Beta version - still being developed Search options: date: between 1600-1900 Refine results by : author, library, imprint, cloud, date View : text or image Try a search eg. Corn Law, Reform Act 1832, Thomas Paine, voting rights
- 15. Journals and newspapers Gale databases http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/stevensc Articles from newspapers, magazines Full-text articles available. Search eg. women’s suffrage Browse subjects eg. democracy Browse publications: eg. History Today (1 Nov 1992 – date) Advanced search : Pankhurst (keyword) + History Today(publication title)
- 16. Journal archives Archives give access to older articles - up until about mid 1990s JISC Journal Archives http://www.jiscjournalarchives.ac.uk Click Login via institutional name and password “ Stevenson College Edinburgh” Type in your Athens username & password
- 17. JISC Journal archives http://www.jiscjournalarchives.ac.uk Quick search eg. women’s suffrage, death penalty, chartism Results 3 sections of summary panel: search; results; selected document To read selected document – click download full text (PDF)
- 18. Periodicals Archives Online http://pao.chadwyck.co.uk Contains articles from 80 journals including: History Today (1951-1995) Search for :ballots, Robert peel, William Cobbett, women votes In : article text or drop down arrow to select another option eg. in article title and text Filter by : journal, language, date, journal subjects Interface language : English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian
- 19. Periodicals Archives Online http://pao.chadwyck.co.uk View : article image, article image as pdf, Once in article : download individual pages as TIFF
- 20. House of Commons Parliamentary Papers http://parlipapers.chadwyck.co.uk Covers: 18 th , 19 th , 20 th century over 200,000 House of Commons sessional papers(1715-2004) Hansard (1803-2005) supplementary material back to 1688. *** Athens username required***
- 21. House of Commons Parliamentary Papers http://parlipapers.chadwyck.co.uk Browse ( try the 19 th century subject catalogue) Search by keyword eg.: chartism, suffragettes Other search options: paper title, subject, chair, session, collection, document type (select from list, A-Z subject list)
- 22. Ephemera The John Johnson Collection http://johnjohnson.chadwyck.co.uk “ A view of British history through primary, uninterpreted printed documents which, produced for short-term use, have survived by chance” 18th, 19th and early 20 th century printed ephemera Search (eg. try politics and refine by date browse, Lightbox - login to store images Advertising (sales catalogues) Book trade (book & periodical prospectuses) Crime ( radicalism, rioting) Responses (essays) eg. Girls just want to have fun View Document images in pdf, Citation guide
- 23. View image as PDF http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:jjohnson:&rft_dat=xri:jjohnson:image:20070912122953lb:1
- 24. Cartoons British Cartoon Archive http://www.cartoons.ac.uk Socio-political cartoons Artwork, files, related documents Biographies of cartoonists Special collection for Carl Giles Read copyright info Search eg. suffragettes Giles http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/record/GA3886
- 25. Cartoons British Cartoon Archive http://www.cartoons.ac.uk Search Available groups include: - Chamberlain and appeasement - Were the suffragettes taken seriously - Votes for women - Early days of League of Nations - Liberal welfare reforms - Treaty of Versailles
- 26. Sound recordings BL Archival Sound recordings http://sounds.bl.uk (***Athens login required***) Browse : oral history then early spoken word recordings then A-Z by interviewee (P = Pankhurst, Christabel for 1908 recording suffrage for women) Try searching for recordings of other historical figures eg. Asquith, Henry Baldwin, Stanley Lloyd George, David Macdonald, Ramsay https://sounds.bl.uk/View.aspx?item=027M-C0323X0018XX-0100V0.xml