Womens History in Baltimore

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Womens History in Baltimore

• September 16 18, 2002
• Langsdale Library

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Points to Consider

• As you begin your research, consider the
  following to help determine the most appropriate
  resources
• For a person
• What time period was she influential?
• What profession/field/area of influence was she
  involved?
• Was she of local or national renown?
• For institutions/organizations
• When was it founded?
• Who founded it?
• What was its heyday?

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Reference Resources

• 19th Century Readers Guide XAI3 .R47
• America History and Life XZ1236 .A48 1964-1983
• Black Women in America XE185.96.F2 1997
• Biography Index XZ5301 .B5 1949-1995
• Current Biography XCT100.W74 1940-1996
• Dictionary of American Biography XE176 .D56.1
• Encyclopedia of African-American XE185.E54 1996
• Culture and History
• International Index to Periodicals XAI3
  .R49 1907-1965
• Social Sciences Humanities XAI3
  .R49 1965-1974
• Social Science Index XAI3 .S62 1974-1993
• Humanities Index XAI3 .H85 1974-1993

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Reference Resources

• National Cyclopedia of XE176.N2812
• American Biography
• Negro Almanac XE185.N385 1989
• Notable Black Women XE185.96.N68 1992
• Personal Name Index to the XZ5301 .F28 1851-1974
• New York Times
• Readers Guide to XAI3 .R48 1900-1997
• Periodical Literature
• Who was Who in America XE663.W63
• Who's Who of American Women XE663.W6 1958-1984
• Covers literature from 1954
• Irregular coverage

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Resources Elsewhere

• America History Life online (UMBC, TSU, Pratt)
• Biography Genealogy Master Index (UMBC, Pratt -
  Biobase)
• Biography Index online (UMBC)
• Biography Resource Center (Pratt)

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Catalog/Site Searches

• Smithsonian Institution
• http//www.si.edu/
• Library of Congress
• http//www.loc.gov/
• Enoch Pratt Free Library
• http//www.epfl.net/
• Maryland Historical Society
• http//www.mdhs.org/
• UBs Special Collections
• http//archives.ubalt.edu/

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Database Searches

• Academic Search http//langsdale.ubalt.edu/databas
  es/database_by_subject_general.htm
• Lexis-Nexis Academic (Academic Universe http//lan
  gsdale.ubalt.edu/databases/database_by_subject_gen
  eral.htm
• Humanities Abstracts http//langsdale.ubalt.edu/da
  tabases/database_by_subject_art_humanities.htm

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Web Searches

• Individual Search engines
• Google www.google.com
• Altavista www.altavista.com
• Teoma www.teoma.com
• Metasearch engines
• Metacrawler www.metacrawler.com
• Vivisimo www.vivisimo.com

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Additional Websites

• Womens History sites
• http//langsdale.ubalt.edu/research_aids/web_resou
  rces/women_studies.htm
• Internet sites by subject
• home.ubalt.edu/ntaslucy/internetresources/
• sites.htm
• Evaluation of web sites
• http//langsdale.ubalt.edu/research_aids/helpserie
  s/helpseries_03.htm

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Citation Websites

• Turabian citation style
• www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/
• workshop/cittur.htm
• Links to other citation style guides
• http//langsdale.ubalt.edu/research_aids/helpserie
  s/helpseries_67.htm

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Questions???

• Lucy Holman [phone]
• email lholman_at_ubalt.edu
• Reference Desk [phone]
• email langref_at_ubalt.edu
• Langsdale Library Website http//langsdale.ub
  alt.edu/
• index.htm

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Good luck with your assignment!!
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