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Albany Movement Research Workshop

June 20, 2023

https://guides.libraries.emory.edu/c.php?g=1328786&p=9783576

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Introductions

Please introduce yourself!

Name

Year

Major

Experience Doing Bibliographic Research

Favorite Database

Erica Bruchko

Librarian at Emory since 2010

PhD in History from Emory, Dissertation: “The Informal Economy, the Law, and the Social Order of South Carolina Cotton Country, 1791-1861.

Experience doing research? A lot!

Favorite database: History Makers

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Agenda

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  1. Discussion of Key Workshop Concepts
  2. Zotero and Organizing Your Research
  3. Libguide Introduction
  4. Bibliographic Strategies (Reference materials, searching catalogs, mining footnotes)
  5. Exercise 1: Encyclopedias, Bibliographies, Handbooks, Companions
  6. Exercise 2: Library Search & WorldCat
  7. Exercise 3: JSTOR and Google Scholar
  8. Exercise 4: Advanced Google Books Searching

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Today’s Links

Research Guide: https://guides.libraries.emory.edu/Albany

Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1etrmp8Tuk4JBCEGLhtIm1I3N437ooa8CS0UUPzSXXAg/edit#slide=id.p

Exercise: https://guides.libraries.emory.edu/c.php?g=1328786&p=9783592

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Collecting Citations

Zotero.org → Library Zotero specialist, Keeza Hameed, https://libraries.emory.edu/contact/staff-directory/keeza-hameed

Helpful Videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq7V2X5x2Pk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQqJoBYelkM

Database Citation Generators

  • Library Search
  • Google Scholar

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Libraries.emory.edu→ research guides→ US History→ Albany Movement

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Curated Conversations

Tools to get your started:

Handbooks & Companions: Ex. Oxford Bibliography of African American Studies

Encyclopedias: Ex. Oxford African American Studies Center

Literature Review Essays: Ex. Social Science Abstracts

Citations & Bibliographies

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Your turn to find curated conversations!

  1. Go to https://guides.libraries.emory.edu/Albany
  2. Click on Background Information
  3. Select Oxford African American Studies Center
  4. Search for “Albany Movement”
  5. What sources come up? How might you use them?

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Library Catalogs

  1. Think about your search terms before you search. Use reference source to add keywords!
    1. Who
    2. What
    3. When
    4. Where
  2. Read catalog records to identify additional search terms; click on subject headings when helpful.
  3. Do Advanced Searches and use boolean search logic:
    • AND
    • OR
    • NOT

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https://search.libraries.emory.edu/

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https://www.worldcat.org/

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Your turn to search library catalogs!

  • Go to https://guides.libraries.emory.edu/Albany
  • Click on Library Search or WorldCat
  • Search for “Albany Movement.”
  • Look carefully at the library record. Try to identify additional subjects or keywords that might be useful.
  • Save the work’s citation.

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Searching for Sources in the Journal Databases, Google Scholar & Google Books

  • Think about your search terms before you search.
    • Who
    • What
    • When
    • Where
  • Read catalog records to identify additional search terms; click on subject headings when helpful.
  • Do Advanced Searches and use boolean search logic:
    • Use Quotation Marks around “Albany Movement”
    • AND
    • OR
    • NOT
    • *, ?

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Your turn to search journal databases & google books!

  • Go to https://guides.libraries.emory.edu/Albany
  • Click on JSTOR or America History and Life.
  • Search for “Albany Movement.”
  • Look carefully at the article record. Try to identify additional subjects or keywords that might be useful.
  • Save the work’s citation.

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