FE175/SW175 The Southwest: An Introduction

Library Research Guide

Library instruction provided for Prof. Anne Hyde’s Block 1, 2008 class.

How to Find Primary Sources

Today’s technique to practice: Use the bibliography from a good secondary source. A secondary source can be a book or a journal article.

Other techniques for finding primary sources.

How Would You Find These Sources?

“The best such studies are ..West, _Way to the West, 72-83.”

“For the environmental factors that contributed to the diminution of the bison…

“Slaughter of Buffaloes,” _Harper’s Weekly, 16 (24 February 1872), 165-166.”

“Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior, 1873, 43rd Cong., 1st Sess. (Serial 1601), ix.”

“The Slaughter of the Piegans,” New York Times (24 February 1870), 4.”

Finding Books

• Search the Tiger Catalog for books available in Tutt Library.

Search TIGER for Keyword Title Author Subject Journal Title Go

Try searching “bison or buffalo*” and “histor*”.

• Search Prospector for books available from academic and public libraries in Colorado. Materials can come in as few as 3 days.

• Search Google Books to identify books by words in the text.

Finding Journal Articles

Google Scholar

Academic Search Premier

Coverage: 1988 - current

Provides access to basic journal index and some full text resources. Subject coverage is general and broad. Shows CC holdings.

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America, History & Life

Coverage: 1967 - current

Covers American history.

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JSTOR

Coverage: late 1800's - most recent 5 years

Archival access to many scholarly periodicals. Jstor does not cover the most recent three years of most journals.

Finding Journal Articles in Subject Specific Databases

Try searching a subject specific database from Databases by Subject for more articles from individual disciplines.

For example, try searching Los Angeles Times (Historical) listed under Databases for History, for the topic “climate change”.

Finding Full Text Versions of Articles

When searching article indexing databases, sometimes the full text of the article you need is not provided to you by the database. Or you have identified a citation in a bibliography or footnote and need to find the full text. There are two ways of finding the full text of any article that you need.

1. Check Find Journals to see if Tutt Library subscribes to an electronic version of your journal or magazine or if we own databases which may have your article in full text. Find Journals a.k.a Tutt Link is available next to the citations in most of our databases.

1. Request an ILLiad/Interlibrary Loan of your article directly from your database (use button or hotlink) or log into ILLiad and fill out an Interlibrary Loan Request Form. (Articles can come in as few as 24-48 hours.) You must be registered with ILLiad for either method to work – see First Time User Registration for Interlibrary Loan.

Citing Your Sources

How to Cite Sources?

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA handbook for writers of research papers: New York : MLA, 2003.
PE1478 .M57 2003 (1st Floor North-Ref Desk, 1st Floor North-Reference, Permanent Reserves – Circ, Tutt North Basement)

Managing Your Bibliography

RefWorks training every Wed. 1 p.m. @Tutt Library.

Additional Assistance

Contact Reference Desk, 9 a.m. – 10 p.m., x6662, IM=tuttlibrarian

Contact Krystyna Mrozek, Interdisciplinary Programs Librarian, x6669, Tutt Library 201, kmrozek@coloradocollege.edu, IM=tuttkrystyna

Last revised, 9-9-08, km.