Introduction

• Kay Collins and Judy Hammett
• Langson Library
• Library Web Page (http://www.lib.uci.edu/)

General information about searching

• Different browsers (here and at other places)
• Speed
• Plug-ins like Acrobat

Resources guide page with many history resources

• Guide to primary sources, visual and textual  on the web  (http://course.lib.uci.edu/hu/history/fa2004/CSSHP-BL20041015-18.html)

Primary resources as opposed to secondary

Different ways to locate material via the web

• Gateways
• Best of History Web Sites  (http://www.besthistorysites.net/about.shtml)
• Search Engines
• Google (www.google.com) Basic
• Google Advanced Search
• Google Scholar
• Google Images
• Yahoo (http://www.yahoo.com/)   Directory.  World History
• Librarian Created resources
• INFOMINE (http://infomine.ucr.edu)
• UCI Library Subject Guides
• History  (http://www.lib.uci.edu/online/subject/subpage.php?subject=history)
• U.S. Government History (http://www.lib.uci.edu/online/subject/subpage.php?subject=ushistory)
• University of California Gateway to Government Information Databases by subject.  Most are free. Some lead directly to full text resources, some provide citations.  (http://www.library.ucla.edu/ucgils/dbin.htm)
  

How to evaluate the validity and quality of resources found

• One that is easy to use and has links to many other resources if needed (http://sun3.lib.uci.edu/~sclancy/search/page3.htm)
• Learn about domain names value and more  (http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/lesson5.shtml)
• Who created this page? 
  
• Who hosts the site
• Evaluate the content
• Look for bias
• Any awards?  Real ones?
• Ranking or not of results of a search?

Compare and evaluate methods and content of different web sites

• Ease or difficulty of use
• Quality of resources found
• What is unique about one site over the other
• What may or may not be included.  Why?
• Are there overlaps between some of the web sites
• Different bias or slant or purpose

Class exercises to help search and evaluate web resources/sites

• Break into groups
• Search web sites as a teacher and then from the viewpoint of a student  (INFOMINE, Google, Best of History Web sites).  Note, these are different types of web resources:  Librarian created, search engine, gateway)
• Report and discuss and demo

Finding books

• ANTPAC (UCI)  (http://antpac.lib.uci.edu/)  to see if UCI has a book or maybe a link to a free government document (primary resources)
• MELVYL  All of UC catalogs.  May also have additional links to free government resources.  (http://melvyl.cdlib.org/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b)
  
• Other local Library catalogs (http://www.lib.uci.edu/online/catalog.html)

Locating the resourcs identified via databases or other bibliographies

• At UCI, use ANTPAC
• Note location, building, call number, circulation status
• Interlibrary loan--UCI students
  
• For non-UCI, use your library or Interlibrary loan service
• Services available to community users (non-UCI students)  (http://www.lib.uci.edu/services/community.html)
• Cards at UCI--Nicole

Library Contacts:

Kay Collins                                                                 
U.S. Government Info. and History Librarian          
(949)824-7290                                                            
kcollins@lib.uci.edu  

                                                  
Judy Hammett
Education and Outreach Librarian
(949)824-9889
jhammett@lib.uci.edu