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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)
• CDL MELVYL: UC Systemwide Catalog
• WorldCat
6. Articles: Periodical Indexing/Abstracting Services
• Web-based Indexes
• Print Indexes
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 without Pain: 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.
 
 

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.

Keyword is the most flexible approach which usually produces the largest retrieval.

Cautionary Note:

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

Example: crusades 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: crusades 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:
    history of jerusalem                    =        0
    jerusalem history                        =        50
    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, Main 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 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.
• 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.

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-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.
• To identify additional subject headings for your topic, do keyword search the display result(s) in long format, note subject headings for the most promising items, click on subject heading to execute subject search.

ANTPAC provides quick and efficient access to the holdings of the UCI Libraries.  ANTPAC should be your first stop for accessing books, periodicals, media, and other research materials.

ANTPAC is available via a Web interface in the UCI Libraries as well as from home or office.  You can access ANTPAC via the UCI Libraries homepage (http://www.lib.uci.edu/) or directly (http://antpac.lib.uci.edu/).

 ANTPAC offers the following unique features:

• Circulation status of material -- ANTPAC tells you whether a book is available (on the shelf), checked out (and date it's due back), or missing;
• Acquisitions status -- ANTPAC lets you know whether a book is under consideration for purchase, on order or in process.
• Serials information -- serials (journals, newspapers, magazines, etc.) are integrated into a single file with other types of material.
• Personal circulation data -- ANTPAC's allows you to keep track online of materials you have checked out of the Library. You will need to get a "PIN number" at the Loan Desk.
• Interlibrary Loan -- ANTPAC has a special feature that allows you to place a request electronically for materials not held at UCI.

• Information about holdings at other campuses;
• Indexes to periodical literature and periodical articles.

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 .

To research a topic, select Subject or Power search.  Subject searches require word(s) from authorized LC subject headings.  Power searches allow you to combine search types (including title words, subject, or exact subject) and, if desired, to limit your retrieval by library location, date, language, form, and/or date added to the database.

Save: Use the Save feature to create your own topic bibliography within a single database or across several databases.  Once you have saved the items for your bibliography, click on Saved Lists to view, print, mail or download.  Make sure you give your list a relevant subject, indicating topic and date.  You may also want to add an annotation for your list indicating which databases you covered.

Output options: You may mail, print, or download your search results.

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. The ten-week quarter makes few allowances for DA&D, although the increased use of FAX and other electronic delivery systems does at least make acquiring journal articles from afar faster and easier.
 

WORLDCAT (WCAT)

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 Hints:

• Use the Advanced Search option for more flexibility and precision.
• Use Keyword Search to begin, then if desired
• Indicate Time Period: For example,  1940D. Click on magnifying glass icon to right of time period to browse options.

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 Hints:

• Use the Advanced Search option for more flexibility and precision.
• Use Keyword Search to begin.
• Then if desired:
• Indicate Time Period: For example,  1600H, 1700H or 1800H. Click on magnifying glass icon to right of time period to browse options.
• Select document type: article

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.

National Newspaper Index.  1977 - presnt
Provides quick access to the indexing of America's top five newspapers in one seamless search: The New York Times, The
Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post.

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.

Women’s Resources 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).

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.

Readers Guide to Periodical Literature.  1900- present Ref. AI 3 R4

Newspapers:

New York Times Index.  1851- present   Ref. AI21 N4
    The full run of the New York Times is available on microfirm in Current Periodicals Room and will soon be available online.
 

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 resources page @http://www.lib.uci.edu/online/subject/history.html

American Historical Association
http://www.theaha.org

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

Voice of the Shuttle: History Page

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 Identify and Locating Primary Sources.
 

Special Collections: 5th floor, Main 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.

You may also do an ANTPAC search on your topic and limit location to Special Collections.
 

Selected Microform Sets: First floor, Main 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.
MAIN-Microforms 1st Floor   Microfilm M 000372

In addition, there are also many guides in the UCI Libraries collection to microform collections housed at other libraries and available through interlibrary loan.
 

Selected Newspapers and Journals: Check ANTPAC for locations.

Le Monde.  (Paris) 1944-
New York Times.  1851-
Times (London).     1788-

Note: Check CDL/Periodicals database and/or WorldCat for other possible periodical titles.
 

Selected Videos: Located in the Multimedia Resource Center (MRC), first floor Main Library

Note: Do an ANTPAC search(s) and limit to location MAIN 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 recently been installed in open-access library computer labs including Science Library Interactive Learning Center (ILC) Room 164 and Main Library TEC, Room 228 (open in the evenings).

Recommended: Upcoming Library EndNote Workshops

• February 11: 10:00 - 12:00 in Science Library ILC Room 160
• March 13: 12:00 - 2:00 in Science Library ILC Room 164