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Name: Lauren Rorabaugh SLU Library Scavenger Hunt HIST 1120-06: Origins of the Modern World Fall 2019 Library Basics First, learn more about the libraries at Saint Louis University by going to http://lib.slu.edu/. Explore the information under “Research” (including “Research Guides”) and “Services.” Second, you need to physically explore the library! Go walk around Pius—find the check out desk, locate photocopiers and scanners, discover what call numbers are located on each floor, etc. Demonstrate you knowledge about the basic format and services of the libraries by answering the questions below. What are the three main libraries at SLU? They are Pius XII Memorial Library, Medical Center Library, and Vincent C. Immel Law Library. How many SLU books can you borrow at a time? How many MOBIUS or MERLIN books? It’s unlimited for the regular library, but the limit is 20 for MOBIUS and MERLIN. Can you access the library’s electronic resources while you are off campus? Some can be accessed, but many can’t. What is ILL? MOBIUS?Mobius is for the state of Missouri and True or false: You can text with a librarian to get help with research. Not true, but email is allowed. Where can you find research guides that might be useful in understanding the material of HIST 1120? Who is one author of these research guides? Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Debra Cashion. Which call numbers are on the second floor of Pius Library? The call numbers are E 1- HX 9999. Which call numbers are in the Lewis Annex? Where is the Lewis Annex physically located? The Lewis Annex can be entered from Level 2 of Pius. The call numbers are A 1- DX 9999. How can you reserve a study room? You can go online to fill out information and then reserve it. On what floor(s) would you find a book entitled Rousseau’s Daughters? Who is its author? What

is its call number? It is Level , North, written by Dr. Popeil, and HQ759 .P642 2008. Name one way to find reference materials in Pius Library. You can use SLUth. Name two things that you can do, besides find library books, in the Academic Technology Commons. You can use the Innovation Studio for 3D printers and other items, and you can also reserve an idea lab to work in. What are two ways to get help in person at Pius Library? There is the circulation desk and the ASKSLU desk. Who is the research librarian who helps with historical topics? Jamie Emery helps with historical topics. Finding a Book First, read the library resource page on how to locate books in the online catalogue and on the shelf: http://lib.slu.edu/research/guide/location.php. If you find the Library of Congress call number system confusing check out this tutorial: https://www.library.kent.edu/library-congresstutorial-call-number-and-shelving. This page of SLU-specific tutorials may be helpful as well: http://lib.slu.edu/research/tutorials.php, including this: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=kKVJLBFq-cM Now, practice locating books in the library… Look up Reframing 1968: American Politics, Protest, and Identity edited by Martin Halliwell and Nick Witham in the online catalogue. Identify the call number for this book and the year it was published: It was published in 2018, and the call number is E846 .R42 2018. Physically find this book on the shelf. Identify the title and call number of the book immediately to the right of Reframing 1968. Title: True Stories Of New England Captives Call number: E85 .B25 1990 Scholars must cite all sources that they quote, paraphrase, or summarize. These citations offer proof of where an author found specific pieces of evidence to support their arguments. Accurate citations are important (for your work and theirs) because it allows readers to go back to the primary and secondary sources to verify the cited information. Bibliographies, footnotes, and endnotes in published writings are also very valuable for you as a researcher because they point to specific books, articles, etc. on related topics. Look through the bibliography or endnotes/footnotes of the book you initially found (or one of its neighbors) to locate a book that you think would help you learn more about this topic. Use the online catalogue to make sure this book is available here in a SLU library. If it is not available, keep going until you find a book

from the bibliography or notes that is available. Provide the information below on this new book you could read to further explore this topic. Book title (from bibliography): The Long Death Call number: E78.W5 A593 1969 Not all books you want to find will be located in the main stacks of Pius Library: many books are placed in special reference or oversized book collections. (These are on the same floors as the main shelves, though their shelves include an additional label, such as OVERSIZE.) Others might be in Rare Books or held off campus at Locust Street storage. When you look up a book in the online catalogue pay attention to both the building/collection as well as the call number to help you determine the exact location. Practice finding books not on the regular shelves… Look up the location and call number for Automobile Design Graphics: A Visual History from the Golden Age to the Gas Crisis 1900-1973 (edited by Jim Heimann) in the online catalogue. Then physically find the book on the shelf. The stacks in Pius library make it easier to find books, even oversized ones, by displaying on the end of the shelves the range of books you will find in that row. Oversized books What is the range of call numbers in the row where you will find Automobile Design Graphics? TL240 .A98 2016 Look up the location and call number for Library of Universal History (by Israel Smith Clare. How many volumes does this title comprise? Where is it located? There are 15 volumes and it can be found at Locust Street. Look up the Bulfinch Guide to Art History (1st ed., 1996). Where is it located? Go to the physical location. What is the range of call numbers for the row where you will find this book? It is on Pius floor 4 and the call number is N64 .H412 – N2999 .Z. Finding an Article View the SLUth search plus tutorial here: https://youtu.be/3tpM4ucQMMw. Find the link to SLUth Search plus. Practice finding an article with the SLUth Search Plus function on the library main page. Search for “human rights.” Notice how many different types of sources come up in your search results—dissertations, books, articles, book reviews, etc. Experiment with narrowing the search by publication date, by type of material, or adding keywords. Locate “When Patriots Protest: The Anti-Suffrage Discursive Transformation of 1917” by Kristy Maddux. Find a digital copy of this article. Notice which databases (that Pius library subscribes to) have a digital copy of this article. Name two of them: JSTOR and Project Muse have them. There will be a clickable link that reads “PDF Full text” or “Find Full text at [name of

database].” Click on one of these links to open the article in one of these databases. Locate the PDF file of the article and download it to your computer. What are the last two words on the bottom of page 292 of the article? And Accused. Navigate to Databases on the home page of the SLU library. Find History in the drop-down menu and choose a type of material. Name the material type and two of the databases that you found that would be useful for doing research in HIST 1120. Biographies and primary sources, JSTOR, and Project Muse Go to the “Research Guides” tab under “Research” on the library webpage. Enter “history” into search bar. Look through the research guides until you find the one for databases related to history. Open this research guide and name two (different) databases that may look helpful for doing research related to our class: Gale Virtual Reference Library and Oxford Reference Locate and navigate to the JSTOR database. Search for articles – not book reviews – about the Atlantic Slave Trade. Locate an article that you might read if I asked you to do a research paper on this topic. Provide the name of the author and the title of the article: Author: David Richardson Title: Cultures of Exchange: Atlantic Africa in the Era of the Slave Trade

Finding Primary Sources Use the database guide linked off the home library page to find databases that will provide primary sources for history. How many links to primary source databases appear on this page? There are 53. Name one of the sub-collections in Nineteenth Century Collections Online. Children’s Literature. Name a black newspaper available through the Black Studies Center database. Chicago Defender Name at least two of the databases related to world history that you can access digitally. Women’s Studies International and World DataBank Which database that would be helpful for doing research for this class interests you? Why? European Views of the Americas: 1493-175 This obviously would cover some of what we learn in class, which would be helpful.

Where can you get help for Chicago-style citation on the library website? There is a link under Tutorials you can use....