AMER STD 101: Harlem Renaissance

Library Prize

clee@library.berkeley.edu (Corliss Lee) — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 22:26:18 -0700

The UCB Library sponsors the Library Prize for Undergraduate Research. Win $1000 (upper division students) or $750 (lower division students) for your research paper!

Quick Links

clee@library.berkeley.edu (Corliss Lee) — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 11:51:54 -0700

Read an introduction to the campus libraries for undergraduates.

Set up your computer for off campus access to library databases.

Need a map of the campus libraries?

Each library has its own hours. Click on the calendar for each library to view a month at a time.

Background Information - Reference Sources

clee@library.berkeley.edu (Corliss Lee) — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:22:01 -0700

For background information about your topic, or to look up facts, dates, terminology, or biographical information, look for reference sources.

Online: Library home > Electronic Resources > Electronic Resources: Types A-Z > select a type (atlases, biographical information, dictionaries, encyclopedias, image databases, etc.)

Printed reference sources:

Search OskiCat:

african american* encyclopedias
harlem renaissance encyclopedias
harlem renaissance dictionaries
jazz encyclopedias

or ask for research assistance.

Guide to Finding Primary Sources

clee@library.berkeley.edu (Corliss Lee) — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:20:44 -0700

UCB Library Guide to Finding Primary Sources

Think about:

what types of primary sources do you want to find? books? mainstream magazine and newspaper articles? memoirs and autorbiographies? African American newspapers and journals? photographs? sound recordings? film? other?
what information can you find out about your topic? especially useful would be:
- names of individuals
- names of organizations
- titles of journals/newspapers/books
- place names (ex: Small's Paradise)
- dates or date ranges

Primary source databases for American History

Searching OskiCat

clee@library.berkeley.edu (Corliss Lee) — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:58:06 -0700

Sample searches in OskiCat or MELVYL (primary and secondary sources)

harlem renaissance
harlem renaissance women
cotton club
jazz new york
duke ellington
african american* newspapers new york (limit format to journals/newspapers/magazines)
angelina weld grimke

* = truncation or wildcard symbol; child* - child, childs, children, childish, childhood...

you can also search by author: grimke, angelina weld

in MELVYL:

you may limit your results to Berkeley
to borrow materials owned by other campuses, use the Request button

in most library catalogs you may:

modify your searches or use Advanced searching to limit results to English, specify years of publication, limit to a library location, limit to a format (videos, manuscripts, etc.)
save items to a list and e-mail the list to yourself

Catalogs

clee@library.berkeley.edu (Corliss Lee) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:39:03 -0800

To find books, DVDs, maps, sound recordings, manuscripts, and much more - everything except articles - use a library catalog.

OskiCat = most UC Berkeley libraries

MELVYL = all UC campus libraries, including all UC Berkeley libraries

What's the difference? more details here

For each item make sure you know the name of the physical library, call number, and whether or not it's checked out, library use only, etc.

Call numbers are on the spine of the book; l earn how to read them so you can find what you need on the shelves.

SMS and QR Codes in OskiCat

clee@library.berkeley.edu (Corliss Lee) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:39:46 -0800

You can now text yourself a call number or use a QR code reader to find the location of an item in the UCB Library. Just click on a title in your OskiCat search results, and both options will be displayed on the right.

Search Results

clee@library.berkeley.edu (Corliss Lee) — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:23:31 -0700

click on the title to see full record (including abstracts and descriptors)
to limit by publication type (peer-reviewed journals, conferences, books, etc.) click on the appropriate tab or link
if necessary,look for other limits (latest update, journal articles only, english only) and more advanced searches
select records to save to your personalized list; lists may be e-mailed, downloaded, printed

Sample Searches

clee@library.berkeley.edu (Corliss Lee) — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:26:15 -0700

Black Studies Center (primary and secondary sources)

"james vanderzee"
"james van der zee"
negrotarian*
"small's paradise"

in some databases, quotation marks are required to search for two or more terms together

Black Studies Center: The Movie!

Historical Newspapers (ProQuest) (mostly primary sources)

cotton club (citation and document text)

from: 1/1/1910 to 12/31/1940

to focus your search on results that are really about the Cotton Club, and don't just mention the club, try:

cotton club (document title)

from: 1/1/1910 to 12/31/1940

another example: an in-between search, more results than searching by title, fewer than searching all text:

a'lelia walker (citation and abstract)

from: 1/1/1910 to 12/31/1940

Watch the movie version!

America: History and Life (secondary sources)

harlem renaissance (select a field - optional)
white* (select a field - optional)

time period: 1900 to 1940

The America: History and Life Movie

UC-eLinks - Find Article Text/Location

clee@library.berkeley.edu (Corliss Lee) — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:45:40 -0700

Once you've searched a database to find articles, you may need to use to link to a PDF or html file if the full text is not immediately available. Each database is a bit different, but a good rule of thumb is this: when you see the Uc-eLinks icon click on it to view your article access options, which can range from full text to a call number to an Interlibrary Loan request:

For more information, here's a tutorial on using UC-eLinks.

Article Databases

clee@library.berkeley.edu (Corliss Lee) — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:37:16 -0700

Search an article database to find citations (title, author, title of journal, date, page numbers) for articles on a particular topic. The Library gives you access to over 200 article databases covering different disciplines.

1. Think about which academic disciplines might write about your topic. Examples: literature, film, anthropology, history...

2. Find the appropriate article database by subject (academic discipline or department). Look for "Recommended" databases.

Library home > Articles > Article Databases by Subject

Citation Management Tools

clee@library.berkeley.edu (Corliss Lee) — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 12:21:33 -0800

Citation management tools help you manage your research, collect and cite sources, and create bibliographies in a variety of citation styles. Each one has its strengths and weaknesses, but any are easier than doing it by hand!

Zotero: A free plug-in that works exclusively with the Firefox browser: keeps copies of what you find on the web, permits tagging, notation, full text searching of your library of resources, works with Word, and has a free web backup service.

RefWorks - free for UC Berkeley users. It allows you to create your own database by importing references and using them for footnotes and bibliographies. Use the RefWorks New User Form to sign up. Refworks Help is pretty good.

How to link from the Refworks record to a pdf on your hard drive

Exporting from OskiCat to Refworks

EndNote: may be purchased from UC Berkeley's Software Central. The Library's Guide to EndNote. And more Tips from EndNote.

It's always good to double check the formatting -- sometimes the software doesn't get it quite right.

Google Research Tools

clee@library.berkeley.edu (Corliss Lee) — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:00:50 -0700

Google Scholar is an easy way to do interdisciplinary research, and with some settings changes can become even more useful. You may need a Google account to use some of these features.

Set up Google Scholar to display links to full text of articles that Berkeley subscribes to:

Open Scholar. Click on scholar preferences [upper right corner]. Under Library Links, enter the word Berkeley. Choose UC Berkeley eLinks and Open WorldCat - Library Search and Save your preferences. UC e-links will now appear in Google Scholar search results.

Set up a Google Scholar Alert to be automatically notified when new articles are added to Google on topics of interest:

Do your search in Google Scholar. Look in the green toolbar for the envelope icon, and click it. New items will be sent to your email account as they are found by Google.

Ever wanted to trace an article’s impact? Google now permits searching within citing articles.

Do a Google Scholar search. Click on the "Cited by" link under a citation and select the "Search within articles citing..." checkbox.

Corliss Wants Your Feedback!

clee@library.berkeley.edu (Corliss Lee) — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:15:20 -0800

Please take a few minutes to give me some feedback about the library workshop and this course page! Anonymously, of course.

Research Advisory Service

clee@library.berkeley.edu (Corliss Lee) — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:34:47 -0700

Research Advisory Service for Cal Undergraduates

Book a 30-minute appointment with a librarian who will help refine and focus research inquiries, identify useful online and print sources, and develop search strategies for humanities and social sciences topics (examples of research topics).

Schedule, view, edit or cancel your appointment online (CalNetID required)

This service is for Cal undergraduates only. Graduate students and faculty should contact the library liaison to their department or program for specialized reference consultations.

Ask a Librarian 24/7 Chat

clee@library.berkeley.edu (Corliss Lee) — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:03:23 -0700

Getting Help

clee@library.berkeley.edu (Corliss Lee) — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:44:57 -0800

Other ways to get help: in person, by e-mail, using specialized chat services

And of course: e-mail Corliss or email Theresa (Bancroft Library)

AMER STD 101: Harlem Renaissance

Library Prize

Quick Links

Background Information - Reference Sources

Guide to Finding Primary Sources

Other useful links

Searching OskiCat

Catalogs

SMS and QR Codes in OskiCat

Search Results

Sample Searches

UC-eLinks - Find Article Text/Location

Article Databases

Citation Management Tools

Google Research Tools

Corliss Wants Your Feedback!

Research Advisory Service

Ask a Librarian 24/7 Chat

Getting Help