1. Library ins and outs designed
specifically for
History Students
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2. I am available
to help you
with research
and citing your
work.
Laura Slavin, MLS,
MBA
Librarian
Extraordinaire
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3. The Research Process
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 Decide on a topic. What do you want to write about?
What is your thesis?
 Look up background information. This will help
you develop and refine your thesis.
 Search for appropriate sources
 Evaluate the sources as you find them
 Manage, Cite and properly integrate your sources as
support for your thesis
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4. Library Home Page
http://library.lmunet.edu
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• Search the library
catalog
• Search databases
• Get an interlibrary
loan
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5. History Specific Database
Page
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• Dig into your
research topic
• Geared toward
history course
work
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6. Library Proxy Login
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7. History Databases
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Gale Virtual Reference Library
America History and Life
Historical Abstracts
Ebsco’s E-Book Collection
Humanities E-Book Project
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8. Gale Virtual
Reference
Library
Under Basic Search, click on
History to see a hyperlinked list of
History related reference books.
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9. Gale Virtual Reference Library
An excellent database to use when you’re looking for a research topic. Or if you are
just beginning your research.
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11. Ebsco Databases
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 The same interface, different content
 Set limits to Peer Reviewed or Full Text only
 Create a My Ebsco account, save your citations.
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13. JSTOR is perfect for
historical research. It
contains older issues of
important journals.
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14. Advanced Search 14

15. Narrowing your search to History
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16. Library Catalog
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• Search the library
catalog
• Look up what books
are currently on our
shelves (eBooks too!)
• View from
anywhere you have
internet access
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17. WorldCat
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18. ILLiad
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 Order books
and articles that
LMU Library
does not have!
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19. MLA Citations
 Create precise citations
 Avoid Plagiarism
 Handbook at library
 Here is a helpful url:
http://owl.english.purdue.ed
u/owl/resource/747/01/
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20. Questions?
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