Library Research Session for PESM Oct 12, 2011 To be Covered: The Googlezon Effect: Are libraries necessary? Is our library necessary? Background/Reference resources (see other side of this handout) Summit: getting books delivered to you (fast) from UW, WSU, UO, OSU, etc. Interlibrary Loan (ILL): getting digital articles from other libraries (fast, usually) The Bibliography: Using one book or article to find other older books and articles Finding articles in general: Library subscription databases vs. the free Web Hybrid: Google Scholar Library Website Full Text Free Web Full Text The poverty of the ‘topic’ / The value of research questions and hypotheses. And if time allows: Google Books / Amazon Search Inside the Book Finding Book Reviews and Review Essays Using one book or article to find newer books and articles (including book reviews) Peer review, scholarship, objectivity(?): or, how to stop worrying and love a good academic debate. Interesting things we might not cover today (but ask your librarian about them later) Subject Headings and Subject Searching ILL for books not in Summit Setting up Google Scholar Preferences at home Zotero Journal/Article Databases of Interest to this Program: Social Sciences Full Text SocIndex with Full Text America: History and Life Historical Abstracts Left Index Academic Search Complete JSTOR GenderWatch / Ethnic NewsWatch / Alt-PressWatch The Nation Digital Archive Newsstand Newspaper Source Complete Google Scholar Google News To get to a few key Census-related sites: http://library.evergreen.edu/government.html (on that page, look under “Statistics”) More to come on the forthcoming Library Workshop webpage for this program Some Online Reference Resources of Interest: (these can be accessed remotely via the library’s online catalog) CQ Researcher (ongoing, policy focus) Encyclopedia of the industrial revolution in America The international encyclopedia of revolution and protest 1500 to the present The encyclopedia of strikes in American history The Oxford encyclopedia of women in world history Encyclopedia of the Mexican American civil rights movement Encyclopedia of political economy Routledge encyclopedia of international political economy Some Print Reference Resources of Interest: (Evergreen Library locations can be found via the online catalog) Encyclopedia Latina : history, culture, and society in the United States Encyclopedia of women in American history. Encyclopedia of racism in the United States The Greenwood encyclopedia of African American civil rights : from emancipation to the twenty-first century Encyclopedia of international development Protest, power, and change : an encyclopedia of nonviolent action from ACTUP to women's suffrage Encyclopedia of the American left Encyclopedia of American economic history : studies of the principal movements and ideas Encyclopedia of white power : a sourcebook on the radical racist right The encyclopedia of Native American economic history Gale encyclopedia of U.S. economic history The Oxford encyclopedia of economic history Encyclopedia of international relations and global politics Encyclopedia of U.S. labor and working-class history Encyclopedia of Gender and Society (2008) Paul McMillin Faculty Reference Librarian Email at mcmillip