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Finding information
Focus on History
Information search
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
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
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.
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
Library catalogue Virtual Learning
D2Lhttps://d2l.stevenson.ac.uk
Visit Student Pages Learning Resources Centres Online resources Useful links
Heritage Onlinehttp://www.stevenson.ac.uk/heritage
Find links •Search by author, title, keyword .•Try an Advanced Search
Search term: * Field : All fields Medium: Web site
Databases
Search some of the databases that follow.
(All these databases are listed on the library catalogue).
Electronic BooksEbrary
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/
Ebraryhttp://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
JISC Historic books http://www.jischistoricbooks.ac.uk
Logging in Sign in as “Stevenson College Edinburgh”
Authentication point Enter Athens username and password
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
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)
Journal archivesArchives 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
JISC Journal archiveshttp://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)
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 subjectsInterface language: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian
Periodicals Archives Online http://pao.chadwyck.co.uk
View: article image, article image as pdf,
Once in article: download individual pages as TIFF
House of Commons Parliamentary Papers
http://parlipapers.chadwyck.co.uk
Covers: 18th, 19th, 20th century over 200,000 House of Commons sessional papers(1715-2004) Hansard (1803-2005) supplementary material back to 1688. *** Athens username required***
House of Commons Parliamentary Papers
http://parlipapers.chadwyck.co.uk
Browse ( try the 19th 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)
EphemeraThe John Johnson Collectionhttp://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 20th 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
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
Cartoons
British Cartoon Archivehttp://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
Cartoons
British Cartoon Archivehttp://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
Sound recordings
BL Archival Sound recordingshttp://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