This Website is designed as a resource for students taking HTY 290 - Historical Methods.  The site has links to resource guides, handouts, and online tutorials that relate to the assignments in the course. 

Book Reviews:

Book Review Resources:  A list of resources available at the Mantor Library.

Finding Book Reviews  (online tutorial)

Publications with Book Reviews:  A list of some of the scholarly journals and non-scholarly magazines and newspapers that include book reviews.

Using Print Indexes to Find Book Reviews  (instruction sheet)

Using Print Indexes to Find Books Reviews  (worksheet)

Finding Books Reviews Online  (worksheet)

Resource Guides:

• History Resources
• Consider the Source  (Web version of PowerPoint Presentation)
• Primary Sources  (list of general links)
• Primary Sources - Images  (links to digitized image collections and resources)
• Primary Sources - The Great Depression  (Fall 2003)
• Primary Sources - Immigration and Ethnicity  (Spring 2004)
• Primary Sources - Women's History  (Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006)
• Primary Sources - 1900-1929  (Fall 2004)
• Primary Sources - Nazi Germany (Spring 2005)
• Primary Sources - Confederate States of America (Fall 2005)

Choosing Your Topic:

The Research Process:  A worksheet that helps you narrow or broaden a topic, choose the major concepts or themes of a topic, and develop a search statement.

Searching for Information:

Search Basics: A Web page of tips and techniques for searching online catalogs and databases.

Searching URSUS and MaineCat: A tutorial on how to locate books, government documents, manuscripts, and other materials in Maine libraries.

Newspaper Resources: A list of resources available to UMF students for locating newspaper articles and the newspaper holdings available at the Mantor Library.

Finding Articles Using Print Indexes A worksheet exercise to help you locate articles using two key print resources, the Reader's Guide and New York Times Index.

Research Checklist:  A worksheet to help you keep track of the resources used for your research.

 

Evaluating Sources of Information:

• Evaluating Web Resources  (PDF document)
• Evaluating Primary Sources on the Web

Requesting Information from Other Libraries

How Can I Find?...Books/Journal Articles: An outline of steps to locate a book or a full-text copy of a journal article and when to use Interlibrary Loan.  (PDF document)

Primary Sources and Interlibrary Loan

Interlibrary Loan Form  (online form)

Citing Your Sources:   

Writing Center/Mantor Library Anti-Plagiarism Website  (online tutorial)

A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (Turabian, 6th ed.), Ref. LB 2369 T8 1996

           History Writing Guidelines (Web Page)

Library Links:

• Mantor Library Homepage

• Indexes and Databases (available at UMF)

If you need help getting started, using any of the library's resources, or finding information, please ask one of the HTY 290 liaison librarians for assistance:

Laurie MacWhinnie, Head of Reference Services

macwhinn@maine.edu

IM:  laurieumf (MSN, Yahoo, AOL)

x7219 

 

Janet Brackett, Head of Access Services

janetb@maine.edu

IM:  janetumf (MSN, Yahoo, AOL)

x7211

Credits:  Eagle image courtesy of History Images (http://www.historyimages.com/patriotic/clipart.html), retrieved June 29, 2004.

Last updated: 1/19/07 (lm)