LIBRARY Introduction to Library Resources and Services for

LIBRARY Introduction to Library Resources and Services for History Graduate Students Friday, September 6, 2019 Vince Graziano History Librarian vince. graziano@concordia. ca

Outline § § § § Overview of Library Services Electronic Journals Electronic Books Article Databases for History Primary Sources Ref. Works and Zotero Help is Available

Overview of Library Services § Interlibrary Loans – COLOMBO § Click on Create Request to order articles § Login with Concordia Net. Name § Article Delivery (2 working days) § Via an online form, articles from our printed/microform collection will be scanned into PDF and delivered via e-mail § Login with Concordia Net. Name § BCI card § Request at Loans & Returns Desk § Dissertation Writers Rooms § Graduate students only (ID card entry) § Webster 5 th floor – LB-561, LB-562, LB-564 § 5 th floor plan

Overview of Library Services § Spain Graduate Student Reading Room – LB-545 § 5 th floor plan § Intercampus delivery § Request an intercampus delivery via the request feature in CLUES, the Library catalogue. § Rush catalogue § For books that have arrived but are not yet catalogued or processed, you can request a rush catalogue via the request feature in CLUES § Allow 2 -3 working days for delivery § Books will be shelved in the back shelf of the Course Reserves Room.

Electronic Journals § Collections with substantial humanities content: § § § § § Project MUSE (Recent issues) JSTOR (Older issues) Oxford Journals (recent and archive) Taylor & Francis (Routledge) Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) Pro. Quest Central British Periodicals I and II (1681 -1920) American Periodicals (1741 -1940) Periodicals Archive Online (1802 -2000) Many other electronic journal collections

Electronic Books § Collections with substantial humanities content: § § § § Literature Online (LION) Early English Books Online (EEBO) – 1473 -1700 Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO) Canadiana Online Oxford Scholarship Online (recent and ongoing) Cambridge University Press e-books (1995 -2007) Project MUSE Ebooks (university presses) Palgrave Macmillan (2010 -) ACLS Humanities E-books Canadian Publishers Collection EBSCO E-books Many other electronic books

Article Databases for History § America: History & Life § 1964 -onward § Covers only Canadian and USA history § Historical Abstracts § 1955 -onward § Covers world history, excluding Canada and USA § International Medieval Bibliography Online (IMB) § Covers Medieval Europe, the Middle East, and Africa § ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance § Medieval and Renaissance Europe

Article Databases for History § Periodicals Archive Online § 1802 -2000 § Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective § 1907 -1984 § JSTOR (Journal STORage) § Most recent 3 -5 years NOT included § JSTOR Ireland Collection § 1787 -2019 § British Periodicals I and II § 1681 -1920 § All European history § American Periodicals § 1741 -1940

Primary Sources § Many primary sources are reprinted in books and listed in the library catalogue § Databases for primary sources § Graduate students can contact me to set up trials of any electronic historical archives and databases § Trials are normally for one month § Select a time period when you will be able to concentrate on researching the database

Ref. Works § Discontinued as of May 31, 2020 § Ref. Works is a Web-based tool that: § Facilitates organization of references § Is accessible from any Internet connection § Simplifies the process of preparing bibliographies § Access Ref. Works through the Quick Links menu on the Library website § Help § Tutorials on Library website

Zotero § Needs to be downloaded § Zotero offers a much better user experience with more functionality § Easily migrate your references from Ref. Works to Zotero § Workshops § Migration workshops § Zotero workshops § Workshop schedule § Schedule includes general library workshops

Help is Available § § At the Reference Desk Library website History Subject Guide Ask a Librarian § E-mail form § Chat with a Librarian § Ask Vince: § 514 -848 -2424, ext. 7689 § vince. graziano@concordia. ca § Office hours: by appointment