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History 192W Jerusalem:  Religion and Conflict in  Middle Eastern History Professor D. Schroeter Spring Quarter 2004 Library Research Guide

Librarian contacts:

Joan Ariel  Research Librarian for History  386 Langson  Library  824-4970  jariel@uci.edu

Kay Collins U.S. Government Information Librarian 108 Langson Library  824-7290  kcollins@uci.edu

Bill Landis   Special Collections/Manuscripts Librarian 500 Langson  Library   824-3113   blandis@uci.edu

Daniel Tsang Research Librarian for Political Science 394 Langson Library 824-4978 dtsang@uci.edu

Note: This guide is also available from the  Libraries web site / Services / How to Use the Library / Library Instruction for UCI Classes /  Web pages & handouts  [http://course.lib.uci.edu/]

This guide is designed as an introduction to print and online resources for accessing materials on Middle Eastern History located in the UCI Libraries and beyond.  The guide is quite selective, both in terms of the sources cited and the strategies recommended.  All reference and "finding" sources listed are available at UCI; however, a number of these point to materials located at libraries, both real and virtual, beyond the borders of UCI.

The guide covers the following areas:

1. Sources for Historical Research
2. Topic Selection and Analysis
3. Good Research Skills
4. Sources for Background and Topic Analysis
• Guides to the Literature, Encyclopedias and Other Reference Works
5. Monographs and Other Research Materials: Library Catalogs
• Library of Congress Subject Headings
• ANTPAC (Anteaters Public Access Catalog)
• UC MELVY Catalog and California Digital Library (CDL)
• WorldCat
6. Articles: Periodical Indexing/Abstracting Services
7. Full-Text Journals on the Web
8. Specialized Internet Resources
9. Selected Primary Sources and Special Collections and Archives
10. Creating and Managing Bibliographies with Ease and Power: EndNote

Primary sources are firsthand testimony or direct evidence concerning a topic under investigation.  The nature and value of a source cannot be determined without reference to the topic and questions it is meant to answer.  The same document, or other piece of evidence, may be a primary source in one investigation and secondary in another.  The search for primary sources does not, therefore, automatically include or exclude any format of research materials or type of records, documents, or publications.

Primary sources typically can include archives and manuscript material, photographs, letters and diaries, scrapbooks, newspapers and clippings, government publications, oral histories, magazines, published books, printed ephemera, and video and audio recordings.

Secondary sources are those that analyze, assess, or interpret a topic under investigation, typically utilizing primary sources to do so.

Tertiary sources identify and locate primary and secondary sources; these include bibliographies, indexes, abstracts, encyclopedias, and other reference resources.

IMPORTANT:  Note that these categories are not mutually exclusive.  A secondary, or even tertiary, source for one topic might be a primary source for another.  It depends on the research topic and the use of the source in question.
 

2. Topic Selection and Analysis

A little advance preparation and analysis of your topic/project will go a long way toward making your research more effective and efficient, thus minimizing the time required and the possible frustrations encountered. Before you begin searching for sources, consider the topic carefully and analyze it in order to focus your search strategy and retrieve useful and manageable results.

The following steps may prove helpful in analyzing your topic and in constructing a useful search strategy.  Note: It is often very helpful to make an actual list of these elements.

1. Survey the topic and clarify any unfamiliar terms or concepts.

2. Consider subtopics or component parts of the topic as well as the particular perspective(s) you want to take or argument(s) you will make

3. Diagram your topic: what? who? when? where? even why?

4. Identify types and/or formats of material that are most promising/relevant for your topic:

• Categories of research resources: Primary, secondary, and tertiary sources
• Format types: books, journal articles, newspaper reports, government publications, videos and other media, case studies, research reports, statistics, interviews, etc.

6. Keep track of your research process in research notes/notebook

• Research is an iterative process and the best researchers learn as they go.
• What resources and research tools have you used?
• What terms have/have not worked?
• What new names/terms have you encountered in your searches?

• Books: Author, title, place of publication, publisher, and date.
• Articles: Author, article title, journal title, volume, number, date, and pages

Most searching skills will transfer to multiple tools and resources.

Start with a basic familiarity with the research tool you are using (online catalog, print index, database, internet, etc. )

• What is its topical, format and chronological coverage?  Pay close attention to dates.
• What search options are available?  Can you combine terms? limit searches (to date, language, format, etc.)? What are the output options, e.g., email? download? print?
• How trustworthy is the information to which it provides access

Search Types and Features:

In doing library-based research, there are three key approaches to identifying information and materials on a subject or topic: known item; keyword; and subject heading.  All are based on the "bibliographic record" for the book, article, or other item.

1.  Known Item
A book you already have can provide leads to additional research sources.

• Use the bibliography and footnotes to identify promising secondary and primary resources.
• Search the title or author in ANTPAC or MELVYL, then link from the subject headings in the "bibliographic record" to expand your retrieval to related items.

• Books: title, series title, and/or subject heading words.
• Articles: article title, subject heading, abstract if available.

Cautionary Note:

• In some databases (ANTPAC included), you must use a single word, an exact phrase, or and between multiple words.

Example: archeology and jerusalem
• In other databases (MELVYL included), the database automatically inserts an implicit and between multiple words and  you do not have to type these.

Example:  archeology jerusalem

3. Subject Heading

A subject heading is a word or term that describes, often quite broadly, the contents of an information resource.  "Authorized"
headings for U.S. libraries are generally determined by the Library of Congress (LCSH).  In addition to usage in catalog
records for books, videotapes, and other library resources, many abstracting and indexing databases of articles use LCSH as
the basis for their subject indexing.

Searches for subject heading(s) assigned by the Library of Congress or descriptors assigned by the index/database producer
use a "controlled vocabulary."  The best way to identify subject heading(s) for your topic is to do a keyword search first, then
note and link from subject headings of the most promising items.

Note:
A subject heading search in ANTPAC is an exact subject heading search.
For example, Subject Heading search results:
    history of jerusalem                    =        0
    jerusalem history                        =        51
    jerusalem history 20th century    =        2
    jerusalem history twentieth century =    0

Remember: There are many different subject headings that deal with the history of jerusalem; use key word searches to identify the best ones for your topic.

4. Truncation: In using either approach, carefully consider the power and usefulness of truncation to expand your retrieval.  Truncation builds upon the root of a word to retrieve all variations based on it.

Truncation symbols vary across catalogs and databases; most often * or # are used.

For example:

• occup*            = occupy, occupation, occupational, etc.
• economic#      =  economic, economics, economical, etc.
• religio*           =  religion, religious, religiosity

• rac#   = race and racism but also raccoon, racer, rack, racketeer, etc.

5. Combining Search Terms: Using AND between terms will give you a smaller set of retrievals, while using OR will get you more retrievals.

6. Limit Features:  Use available limit features in the catalog or database to refine your search results.  You can usually limit by language and/or date, often by material/document type, etc.  Limiting result sets by dates can be a good approach when you are focusing on primary sources for a narrow time period like the 1940s; however, if you limit to publication date 1940-1944, you will miss primary sources that may be reprinted in later years.

7. Output/Sending Results:  Most catalogs and databases allow you to email, print, and/or download your search results.  If necessary, use any available help screens/features for instructions.

Guides, encyclopedias, and other reference works often provide the researcher with a basic introduction to a topic.  They may be  a useful first step in beginning research, helpful both in acquainting the researcher with key terminology, concepts and  critical sources in the field.  The lists below are just a sampling of titles available in the Reference Collection, Langson Library, first floor.  Browse in these call number areas and/or search ANTPAC to identify other useful reference works for your topic.

Guides to the Literature and Bibliographies

• The American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature. New York: Oxford, 1995. 2 vols. Ref. Z6201 .A55 1995
• International Bibliography of Jewish History and Thought.  Jonathan Kaplan, ed.  Magnes Press, 1984.  Ref. Z6366 K36 1984

• Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land. Avraham Negev and Shimon Gibson, eds.  Continuum, 2001.  Ref.  DS111.A2 A73 2001
• Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust.  3 vols. Shmuel Spector, ed.  New York University Press, 2001. Ref. DS135 E8 E45
• Encyclopedia of the Palestine Problem. Issa Nakhleh.  New York, N.Y. : Intercontinental Books, c1991.  Ref. DS119.7 .N2928 1991
• Encyclopedia of the Palestinians. Philip Mattar, ed.  Facts on File, 2000.  Ref.  DS113.6 .E53 2000
• Encyclopedia of Zionism and Israel. 2 vols. Raphael Patai, ed.  New York, Herzl Press, 1971-  Ref. DS149 .E597
• Historical Dictionary of Ancient Israel. Niels Peter Lemche.  Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2004.  Ref. DS 102.8 L38 2004
• Historical Encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli Conflict.  Greenwood, 1996.  Ref. DS119.9 H544 1996
• Keesing's Guide to the Mid-East Peace Process. Lawrence Joffe. London : Catermill, 1996.  Ref. DS119.7 .J53 1996
• The New Encyclopedia of Judaism. Geoffrey Wigoder, ed.  New York University Press, c2002.  Ref. BM50 .E63 2002
• Origins and Development of the Arab-Israeli Conflict.  Ann M. Lesch and Dan Tschirgi.  Greenwood Press, 1998. Ref. DS119.7 .L4665 1998
• Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World.  Oxford, 1995. Ref. DS35.53 O95 1995
• Political Dictionary of Israel. Bernard Reich and David H. Goldberg.  Scarecrow Press, 2000.  Ref. DS126.5 .R385 2000

• An Atlas of Palestine: the West Bank and Gaza, January 2000.  Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem, 2000.  Ref.  G2242 W4 A8 2000
• Atlas of the Middle East. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 2003.  Ref. G 2205 A853 2003
• The Illustrated Atlas of Jerusalem.  Dan Bahat.  Simon & Schuster, 1990.  Ref. G2239 J4 B34 1990
• Israel: The Historical Atlas from Ancient Times to the Modern Nation.  Macmillan, 1997.  Ref. G2236 S1 I8 1997
• The Routledge Atlas of Jewish History.  Martin Gilbert. New York: Routledge, 2003.  Ref. G 1030 G46 2003

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) are a controlled vocabulary of words and phrases determined by the Library of Congress. A subject heading is a word or term that describes, often quite broadly, the contents of an information resource.   In addition to usage in catalog records for books, videotapes, and other library resources, many (but by no means all) abstracting and indexing databases of articles use LCSH as the basis for their subject indexing.

Reminders:

• Subject headings are often difficult to determine; use the results of keyword searches to identify promising subject headings for your topic.
• Subject headings, like all language and most everything in life (!), are socially and historically constructed; consider terminology for your topic broadly and deeply.

Finding the subheading terms "Sources" or "Archival resources" appended to any of the subject headings below on a record in an online catalog is an indication that the item you've found is substantially composed of primary source material.

• Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1993-
• Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1993- -- Peace
• Christians -- Jerusalem -- History
• Excavations (Archaeology) -- Jerusalem
• Islam -- 20th century
• Islamic fundamentalism -- Israel
• Israel -- Ethnic relations
• Israel -- Politics and government -- 1967-1993
• Israel -- Historical geography -- Maps
• Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949 -- Diplomatic history
• Israel-Arab War, 1967
• Jerusalem -- Antiquities
• Jerusalem -- Description And Travel -- Early Works To 1800
• Jerusalem -- Ethnic relations
• Jerusalem -- History
• Jerusalem -- History -- Latin Kingdom, 1099-1244
• Jerusalem -- History -- 19th Century
• Jerusalem -- History -- Siege, 701 B.C
• Jerusalem -- History -- Sources
• Jerusalem -- International status
• Jerusalem -- Politics and government -- 20th century
• Jerusalem In Christianity
• Jerusalem In Islam
• Jewish-Arab relations -- Religious aspects -- Islam
• Jews -- Jerusalem -- History
• Judaism
• Mandates -- Palestine -- Archival resources
• Middle East -- History -- To 622
• Muslims -- Jerusalem -- History
• Palestine -- History -- 1929-1948
• Palestine -- History -- Partition, 1947
• Palestine -- Politics and government -- 1917-1948
• Terrorism -- Israel
• Terrorism -- Palestine
• Zionism -- History -- Archival resources

Proper names, e.g., people and places, can also be subject headings.  For example:

• Balfour Declaration
• Balfour, Arthur James Balfour, Earl of, 1848-1930 -- Views on foreign relations
• Meir, Golda, 1898-1978
• Peres, Shimon, -- 1923- -- Interviews

The most comprehensive and current catalog to all holdings in the UCI Libraries.  Useful features include:

• Interlibrary Loan-- ANTPAC has a special feature that allows you to place a request electronically for materials not held at UCI.
• Searching by collection: e.g., Entire; Government Information; Journals and Serials; Film and Video
• Limiting searches by: Language; Material Type; (Library) Location; Publisher; Year (of Publication).
• Direct submission of Recalls (when item is checked out)  and Interlibrary Loan* and Document Delivery Requests
• MY ANTPAC including:

Preferred Searches and Automatic Updates - you can search the catalog in MY ANTPAC to save searches to a special file in your Patron Record. You can then request email alerts on "Preferred Searches." You can also request a hold on a title without having to retype your name and ID number.

Guide to Call Number & Subject Locations
 

UC MELVYL® CATALOG and California Digital Library (CDL)

If your ANTPAC search does not produce the desired results or you want to expand your retrieval of materials, you will want to search the holdings of other libraries, particularly other UC libraries. The California Digital Library (CDL) MELVYL® Catalog opens doors to worlds beyond UCI .

Melvyl is a web-based gateway to the library holdings of the University of California Libraries and to those of the California Academy of Sciences, California Historical Society, California State Library, Center for Research Libraries, Graduate Theological Union, Hastings College of Law, and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

The database contains over 23,000,000 records, including books, periodicals or journal titles, videos, maps, sound recordings and much more. Melvyl allows you to browse records, save and mail items to your email account, set up a profile and Workspace so that you can save records and searches across sessions, and have email Updates automatically sent to you.

Request: You may also request  materials identified in a MELVYL® search through via the Request option (as long as they are not currently available at UCI). Keep in mind, however, that Document Access and Delivery /Inter-Library Loan (DA&D) can occasionally be a slow process, best undertaken at the beginning of your research.

Introduction and guides to latest version of Melvyl Catalog

Highly Recommended:  Establish your profile and "Workspace" in new Melvyl  in order to:

• Save and view searches so they are available to you after you log out of your session
• Save and view items after you log out of your session
• Use the Update Service, an automated process that will perform searches defined by you at chosen intervals. The emailed results contain records that have been added to the Melvyl system during the previous interval
• Customize certain display preferences and save them across sessions, including the format of search results and the number of records displayed per page
• Set your Email address for use with Updates and Request, the interlibrary loan service.

The California Digital Library
Mission: "Harnessing technology and innovation, and leveraging the intellectual and cultural resources of the UC, the CDL supports the assembly and creative use of the world's scholarship and knowledge for the UC libraries and the communities they serve. Established in 1997 as a UC  library, the CDL has become one the largest digital libraries in the world."

CDL Collections & Services:

• CDL Collections in History Available to UCI Irvine: Browse
  Listing of links to resources by historical field, e.g., Asian  History, California History, Modern European History, etc.
• CDL Collections in History Available to UCI Irvine: Search Results
  Includes over 1200 Electronic Journals, Databases, Archival Finding Aids and Reference Texts; Use the drop-down menu to limit by these categories.

Records from the worldwide OCLC Online Union Catalog for books, computer files, audiovisual materials, periodicals, maps, manuscripts, musical scores, etc., in a variety of languages.  (Also provides links to other databases of possible interest, e.g., ArticlesFirst, etc.)

You can use WCAT to identify materials not held in the UC system, then request these via ILL using the ILL feature on ANTPAC.

Tip: It is often very useful to use WCAT to identify chapters/articles in anthologies and collections.  A great deal of scholarship is published in this manner and it is often difficult to identify and access it.  In the Advanced Search function, do a notes field search in WCAT with your key words and useful combinations of words.  You can also specify the format of material desired, e.g., books, visual materials, etc.  Also, look for UNIV OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE  which indicates that UCI owns the item.
 

6.  Articles: Periodical Indexing and Abstracting Services

Direct access to periodical indexes and abstracts is provided through the UCI Libraries Website:  Article Databases.
Here you will find an alphabetical listing of all indexes and abstracts available through CDL or licensed directly by the UCI Libraries.

The following is a selective listing of indexes most useful for Middle East History topics.

Note: Pay attention to the type and chronological scope of the database you are using as you select your search terms.
 

Web-Based Indexes

History:

Historical Abstracts  (HA)  1955-
The "world's leading historical bibliography" covers the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding North America).  Includes English-language journals (1,700+), books, and dissertations.

Search Tips:

• Use Advanced Search
• Use Keyword Search to begin, then if desired:
•             Limit by language
•             Indicate Time Period: For example,  1900H. Click on magnifying glass icon to right of time period to browse options.
•             Select document type: article
•             Note subject headings (not LCSH, often quite general terms) and link to expand results if desired
•             Note documentation, i.e. sources used
•             Watch for and links to full-text in JSTOR collection of online journals.
• Email results to yourself from Output Options  change to full format and note your search strategy in subject line
• Once you have a productive search strategy(s), consider establishing a Clio Alert Profile. CLIO Alert allows a researcher to set up a research profile and then e-mails the researcher when items matching his or her profile are added to the database of choice. The screens for setting up a new profile or modifying an existing one can be  reached via the link on the search screen. To ensure success with a profile, use search criteria that have proven effective for searches of the current database.

America: History and Life  (AHL) 1964-
The most authoritative listing of periodical literature, book and media reviews, and dissertations in United States and Canadian history.  Covers over 1,700 journals published worldwide.

Search Tips: Same as HA above.
 

Multidisciplinary:

CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online  1991-
Publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 on that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences.

Expanded Academic Index ASAP  1980 - present
Provides multi-disciplinary coverage from arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology; inlcudes scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images.

FRANCIS   1984 - present
Over 862,000 records covering a wide range of multilingual, multidisciplinary information in the humanities, sciences, and economics. International in scope, it is strong in religion, the history of art, and literature.

Left Index.  1982- present
Provides access to "the diversity of literature on the left, with a primary emphasis on politically and culturally engaged scholarship inside and outside the academy and a secondary emphasis on significant but little known sources of news and ideas. Topics covered include politics, economics, the labor movement, ecology and environment, women's studies, race and ethnicity, social and cultural theory, sociology, art and aesthetics, philosophy, history, education, law, and globalization."

Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe
Nearly 5,000 publications span news, financial, medical, and legal information, the vast majority available in full text, with a limited number available in abstract form. Covers newspapers, magazines, wire services, federal and state court opinions, federal and state statutes, federal regulations, etc. News information is updated daily and wire services several times daily.

PAIS International: Public Affairs Information Service.  1972 - present.
Index, with abstracts since 1985,  to articles, books, conference proceedings, and government documents on social and political policy, political science, public administration and current affairs.

PCI: Periodical Contents Index  1770-1995.
An electronic index to the contents of 3,000+ periodicals in the humanities and social sciences , from their first issues to 1995.

Reader's Guide Retrospective   1890-1982
Provides citations (but not full text)  the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America. Coverage: 1890 -1982

Women’s Studies International    (WRI) 1972 - present
Includes over 232,000 records drawn from a variety of essential women's studies databases including Women Studies Abstracts (1984- ; approx. 35,000 records) and the Women’s Studies Database (1972- ; approx. 70,300 records drawn from 125 journals worldwide).

Newspapers: Historical

Proquest Historical Newspapers Online:

• Los Angeles Times Historical    1881-1937 (subsequent  years currently being loaded)
• New York Times Historical  1851-1999
• Wall Street Journal Historical   1889-1985

• Palmer's Index to the Times which covers the period from 1790 to 1905 in The Times (London)
• Palmer's Full Text Online, 1785-1870, providing access to the full articles referenced in Palmer's Index to the Times

See extensive listing on Libraries web site: News & Newspapers
    Includes domestic and international news sources.

Note:  For other web databases relevant to history research, see CDL History Databases Available to UC Irvine
 

Selected Print Indexes

Print Indexes to Primary Sources

Especially as historians, you must also consider use of  indexes still available only in print form.

Magazines and Journals:

The Middle East: Abstacts and Index   1978 -present Ref. DS41 M44

International Index to Periodicals.  1907-1965/65 Ref. AI3 I58
    subsequently:  Humanities and Social Sciences Index. 1965/66-1973/74
                           then separately: Humanities Index; Social Sciences Index 1973/74-
    Index to academic journals in Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences.
 

7. Full-Text Journals on the Web

Convenient access from:
    CDL: United States and North American History,  Electronic Journals available to UC Irvine
    or
    UCI Libraries Homepage: Full-Text Journals

Specific Collections:

JSTOR   (Retrospective archive)
Provides searching and browsing access to the full text of back files of over 100 scholarly publications in dozens of academic disciplines, including History. Articles can be printed off using an Adobe PDF reader plug in to your Web browser (available on all public terminals in the UCI Libraries).
Note: for many journals, does not include the latest 2-5 years, but often includes back issues from several decades past.

Project Muse (Current)
Full text of over 40 journals in the humanities and social sciences published by Johns Hopkins University Press. Full text coverage varies by journal title but ranges from 1993 to the present. Links to the full text of many articles available in CDL-hosted databases.

8. Specialized Internet Resources

Although the Internet provides access to information resources that are often of dubious quality or authority, for historians there are a growing number of sites worth visiting.  Among the most useful are collections of primary documents, visual resources, and listservs where you can chat with colleagues around the world.

Google (http://www.google.com/), if you haven't used it, is an excellent internet search engine for finding resources.  Use it or your other favorite engines to expand the lists below.

Try the URLs listed below for a sampling of interesting and perhaps informative Web sites.

CAUTION: Use website carefully and critically.  Always pay close attention to who produced the site (person, organization, etc.), currency of the information, date created/revised, content and tone of the information provided, inherent bias (political, religious, etc.) of the information, etc.
 
 

Selected History Websites

NOTE: These sites are accessible either by clicking on the link below or linking from the UCI Libraries History  Subject Guide @ http://www.lib.uci.edu/online/subject/history.html

The Jewish History Resource Center
"The Jewish History Resource Center is a project of the Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History. Over 6000 links to websites in more than 30 categories dealing with Jewish History were visited by our team and have been found to be of value to those interested in Jewish History."

Avalon Project at the Yale Law School: 20th Century Documents

EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe

H-Net Humanities and Social Sciences Online

Internet Modern History Sourcebook
 

Arab Israeli Conflict   historyteacher.net
Includes many primary source documents.

Jerusalem Website
The official website of Jerusalem municipality.

Jerusalem - Capital of Israel
Israel Ministery of Foreign Affairs

The Jerusalem Mosaic
A celebration of Jerusalem: "You can find here a short summary of the history of the city, you can tour its most remarkable sites, and get acquainted with its most prominent characters. Explore the way people used to dress here, the way they obtained their scarce drinking-water, and if you get hungry as you go along, have a taste of the local dishes in the various periods." Includes information on Jersalem in the Crusader and Ayyubid Period (1099-1250 CE)

Jerusalem 3000: Three Millenia of History
A web exhibition that "presents a selection of maps and views to illustrate the history of Jerusalem as it celebrates the 3000th anniversary of its establishment as the capital of King David's unified Kingdom of Israel."

Jerusalem History: Israel Palestine Peace Building Program
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
"The status of Jerusalem is a major source of Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The following pages, sorted by topic, are the text of the Jerusalem packet created by the Middle East Peacebuilding Program in the late 90s."

Jerusalem City: Capital of Palestine
Palestinian perspectives on Jerusalem.

Jerusalem in Old Maps and Views
"The Land of Israel and its capital city, Jerusalem, boast the longest unbroken succession of maps of any country in the world. Through a choice selection of maps, this exhibition presents the cartographic history of the city  which King David established as his capital 3000 years ago. The exhibition comprises maps and views of both the city itself and the land of which it constitutes the heart and soul."

The Arab Israel Conflict in Maps  Department for Jewish Zionist Education

Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (WRMEA)
Jews for Justice in the Middle East; includes The 1967 War and the Israeli Occupation of the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem

The Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem: Significant Dates and Events
 

9. Selected Primary Sources and Special Collections and Archives

Primary sources for History of Jerusalem  include books, letters, speeches, and documentary films.

Reminder:  Try ANTPAC and/or MELVYL searches adding "sources" to your keywords.

You may also wish to consult a general guide Identifying and Locating Primary Sources.

Special Collections: 5th floor, Langson Library

Hours:     Monday to Friday 8-5; Saturday 1-5

This "rare books and manuscripts" department includes numerous collections of books, newspapers, maps, photographs, pamphlets, and manuscript materials documenting many topics, including some  related to Jerusalem, Israel, and the Middle East.

Tip: Do an ANTPAC search on your topic and limit location to Langson - Special Collections.

Selected Microform Sets: First floor, Langson Library: ask for assistance at the Reference Desk

UCI Libraries has a fairly collection of primary source material on microform.

One example:

National Security Council Documents, 1947-1977
Documents of the National Security Council, 1947-1977 [microform] Washington : University Publications of America, 1980
Contents: National Security Council (U.S.) -- Archives and the United States with  Foreign relations during 1945-1989.
Langson-Microforms 1st Floor   Microfilm M 000372

Note: Do an ANTPAC search(s) and limit to location Langson MEDIA to identify possible media resources at UCI on your topic.

Israel : A Nation is Born. 5 parts. produced by Israel Heritage in association with Thirteen/WNET ; series producer/director, Neville Meyer ; writer, John Lord. Danbury, CT. : Moreshet Israel, Inc. : Distributed by Neville Meyer Distribution, c1992 MRC DS126.5 .I775 1992

Palestine : 1890s-1990s. a co-production by France 3, Point du Jour, INA Enterprise ; producer, Kamil Taha ; writer/narrator, David Tereshchuk. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, c2000.  MRC DS125 .P292 2000
 

10. Creating & Managing Bibliographies with Ease and Power: EndNote

EndNote is a bibliographic management software program used to develop, organize and manipulate bibliographic citations and facilitate the production of bibliographies and the publication process.  EndNote allows the user to create a "library" to store and manage citations, similar to a set of index cards but with much more organizational power and flexibility.  Additionally, EndNote allows the user to export citations from many (but not yet all) catalogs and databases (including Historical Abstracts) directly into your "library" bibliography and from your "library" into a word processor.  You can thus produce a bibliography or manuscript automatically incorporating citations in a variety of publication styles (e.g., Chicago, APA, or journal-specific).

EndNote has been installed in open-access library computer labs including Science Library Interactive Learning Center (ILC) Room 164 and Langson Library TEC, Room 228.