Each Map should have eight points/locations accompanied by an image, narrative text and a primary source (image/quote). Each Point should have:
An image
A narrative text that identifies the location and explains why the site is important to the overall theme of the map (100 words).
A primary source with analysis: This should be an image of the location from the time period or a quote from a primary source (newspaper article, book, or other writings). At least one of your sources MUST be from a historic newspaper article. Each source must be cited and be accompanied by a 100 word analysis
When writing these narratives and selecting resources, remember that the vast majority should be scholarly, peer reviewed journal articles and books acquired through the library's database. If you are struggling to find materials that can help support your topic please set up a research appointment (link to the left).
When parsing material that you enter into a search, databases do not know what words need to stay together, it just searches them all individually. For example, when I type in political art it searches political and art separately.
In order to keep these words together I need to use quotation marks around the phrase "political art" to make sure it only brings back political art in the search results.
Databases do not understand full phrases, like "list of astronomical objects named after roman mythology." Instead, use your keywords with boolean phrases (AND, OR, NOT) to help the databases understand what you are looking for.
AND - both sets of keywords must appear in the search results
OR - one keyword or both keywords can appear in your search results
NOT - the keyword(s) that follow will not appear in the search results
When searching library databases using limiters can help narrow and refine your search. While a 'basic search' may have two to three limiters, an 'advanced search' has a database's full range of limiters.
In the example below from PsycArticles limiters can be more generalized, like narrowing by year, full text, or peer reviewed, which are more common across databases. They can also be specific to the database being used. Since PsycArticles is a psychology database, the limiters tend to lean towards information and tools commonly used by psychologists, such as age range and population, research methodology, psychological test or measurement, classification, and more.
Keep in mind that the more limiters you add, the narrower your search will be, so begin with a few and add more as needed.
Our discovery layer searches across most of the library's resources in all formats, both physical and digital. You may apply filters such as content type, date, discipline, language, and more. Feel free to use the one on the library home page, or try completing a search below.
While searching everything seems like it would be effective, sometimes it can be overwhelming and inefficient. If your results seem limited try searching individual databases instead.
The library has over 250 databases in their collection, both general and specific. You can use the Database Types dropdown to limit your databases to primary resources, maps, images, newspapers, reference resources, or magazines.
The library subject guides help direct you to the databases and resources that are most helpful within that discipline. The American Studies libguide should be helpful for anyone in this class, but be sure to look at additional disciplines related to your research question.
Journals by Title searches across our print and electronic publication holdings. It will tell you what years of coverage we have for a particular journal and what databases they are located in. You can search a specific publication or try typing a keyword to see what journal results pop up. You may also sort by peer-reviewed journals.