Assignment
Start Library Assignment # 1 from your canvas course. Using library research tools listed in the course Research Guide, identify and locate sources of the types listed below that address your research topic. On the Research Log Google document, list the full, Chicago Style Citation for each source and write a brief description of what you could use this source for in history research.
- Secondary sources
- 1 scholarly monographs (books written by a single author) that the library has available through our own collection
- 1 scholarly monograph that the library does not have available in our own collection
- 1 scholarly journal article
- Primary sources
- 1 government document relating to the topic
- 1 news or magazine article written during the time period in question
- 1 piece of media (oral history, video, pictures, artwork, or other relevant source material)
Database Demo
SCHOLARLY MATERIAL DATABASES
- GLOCAT (Advanced Search)Search SUNY Geneseo's Library holdings, and holdings of libraries from around the world (including all SUNY libraries), plus hundreds of databases for print and online content.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowContains almost 1,000 full-text journals spanning multiple disciplines. Some journals go to back to the mid-1800's. There is a gap, typically from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issues and the issues available in JSTOR.
PRIMARY SOURCE DATABASES
- HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers This link opens in a new window
- New York TimesThis site gives us access to the entire historical archive via our subscription.
