LS101 - In class exercise

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Work in teams on this in -class project.  Help each other out and ask questions!

1. Use the online catalog to find a Primary Source -  Use the guided Search mode as above.  Look at page 55 of your textbook to understand primary sources

Go to the SMC Online Catalog
Choose Guided Search in the Search by box

Find a primary source dealing with the World War II.

For Example

Try keyword searches such as   ---  

"world war" and document?

president? and speech?

civil war and diar?

Print out the citation and bring to me.

2. To get a complete list of feature films the library carries do the following search below-   Use a Guided keyword search like below.

Basic Search          Guided Search          Course Reserve               Search for: any of these all of these as a phrase    Search in: Keyword Anywhere Title Author Name ISSN Subject ISBN Series Publisher: Name Call Number       AND   OR   NOT  Search for: any of these all of these as a phrase    Search in: Keyword Anywhere Title Author Name ISSN Subject ISBN Series Publisher: Name Call Number       AND   OR   NOT  Search for: any of these all of these as a phrase    Search in: Keyword Anywhere Title Author Name ISSN Subject ISBN Series Publisher: Name Call Number

10 records per page 20 records per page 25 records per page 50 records per page

Give title and call # of a film you like - where are the videos//DVD's located?

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3. Go to the  periodical index Reader's Guide to Periodicals.  [REF AI3 .R44]  Using this index find a primary source journal article on World War II published in the 1940's.

Give the Source, title,  page number.

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Does Saint Michael's Library carry this source. 

4. Go to the periodical index Poole's index to periodical literature [REF AI3 .P66]

Find a primary source article on the American Civil War published in the 1800's

Give the title, author and source

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5. Find a New York Times article on the Stock Market Crash of 1929.  Use the New York Times Index located near the Microforms Readers.

Give the month, day and page number of the article.  You do not have to get the microfilm and print the article out.

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When you finished stop by and hand in your homework

And I will give you the homework due next class  - Electronic Reference