World War II Research for Professor Laba

Professor LabaWorld War II (in a nutshell)

Interactive History of World War IIClick HERE.

Decide your topic and narrow it.

• Encyclopedias• Your textbook• Wikipedia (You cannot use this as a resource in your paper,

but Professor Laba will accept your using Wikipedia to narrow your topic and the list of sources used in Wikipedia.)

• Gale Virtual Reference Library (See next slide for how to locate this database.)

and…• Click here for an interactive wall chart on the history and key

figures of WWII.

Finding Gale Virtual Reference Library

Here you can start to narrow your search to a manageable topic.

Books…and Interlibrary Loan

You can also try a Word(s) Anywhere search,

or Subject search.

The key thing with the library online catalog is to keep your search simple.

Less is better.

The “Call Number” is your road map through the library. This is how you locate books. Jot down the Call Number and go to the

Circulating Collection on the top floor. Ask for help if you need it!

We have over 80,000 ebooks! They are simple to use, can be accessed simultaneously, and provide print and

download options.

Scroll down to button that says “First Time

Users Click Here.”

Complete registration.

The screen automatically populates with the information on the book (or

article) you are requesting. Hit submit.

Finding Journal ArticlesJSTOR , Military & Government Collection and Academic Search Complete

Use the Advanced Search ( in drop down window).

If you leave Full Text unchecked, you will still get full text articles. You will ALSO (1) have the option to interlibrary loan an article that is not available at

HVCC, and (2) link to another HVCC database where the article is full text.

An ABSTRACT is an brief description of the article written by the author.

A word of caution…

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Many of these research databases provide citation tools and these are certainly more helpful than nothing at all. However, I recommend you check your format with a Faculty Writing Specialist (in the Writing and Research Center of the Marvin Library

Learning Commons) OR the Cite Your Sources page on the Library website.

When in doubt, keep calm and Ask a

Librarian!

Val WaldinLibrarian, 518.629.7319 v.waldin@hvcc.edu