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.Clifton, NJ: J.T.White, 1893–1984.63 vol.(Ref E 176 N27).An excellent historical biographical dictionary.Unsigned sketches and nobibliographies.Not arranged in alphabetical sequence.An index volume isavailable.The New York Times Obituary Index.New York: New York Times, 1970–1980, 2 vols.(Ref CT 213 N47 v.1).The print resource indexes the New York Times obituaries for the years 1858–1968.The full-text New York Times: Historical is available online in ResearchDatabases.It is possible to limit your search to obituaries.A R E F E R E N C E L I B R A R I A N ’ S G U I D E153Slocum, Robert B., ed.Biographical Dictionaries and Related Works: An International Bibliography of More Than 16,000 Collective Biographies.2nd ed.Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co., 1986.2 vol.(Ref CT 104 S55 1986).A comprehensive source of ca.16,000 sources.International with coverageof all time periods.Divided into the three sections of international, nationaland area, and vocational.Brief annotations.Stephen, Leslie and Sidney Lee, eds.Dictionary of National Biography.London: Oxford University Press, 1908–1990.28 vol.plus supplements.(Carrier Lib Storage DA 28 D4).Covers deceased people of British ancestry.There is a ‘‘missing persons’’ vol-ume.Supplements bring coverage up through 1990.See Oxford Dictionary ofNational Biography below.Who Was Who in America: A Companion Volume to Who’s Who in America.Chicago:Marquis, Who’s Who, 1897–.(Ref E 176 W46).Historical volume covering 1607–1896.K.A N N U A L S / Y E A R B O O K SBritannica Book of the Year.Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, 1939–.(Ref AE 5 E364).An encyclopedia yearbook.With The New International Year Book (see below).Congressional Quarterly Almanac.Annual.Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly, 1961–.(Ref JK 1 C66).An outstanding source for United States government information, especiallyuseful to determine Congress’s activities during a given year.Data includes allrecorded votes in Congress.Editorials on File.New York: Facts on File, 1974–.(Ref D 839 E3).Editorials from throughout the United States, topically arranged.Each topichas a brief background essay to set the stage for the editorials.Facts on File Yearbook.New York: Facts on File, 1943–.(Ref D 410 F3).A weekly news updating service.Published in the United States.Keesing’s Record of World Events.London: Longman, 1931–.(Ref D 410 K4).A weekly news updating service.Published in Great Britain.The New International Year Book.New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1908–31; New York,London: Funk & Wagnalls Co., 1965.(Ref AE 5 N5532).An annual having reference material for the years covered.154A P P E N D I X AThe World Almanac and Book of Facts.New York: Newspaper Enterprise Association,1923–.(Ref AY 67 N5 W7).L.P R I M A R Y S O U R C E SFinding Primary Sources in Library CatalogsWhen using most library catalogs, the best way to find primary sources is to doan advanced search.Change ‘‘Any Word’’ in the pull-down menu to ‘‘SubjectWord’’ and type ‘‘sources’’ in the search box.Combine this with a keyword orsubject word in the next search box.For example, the following search willretrieve primary source material related to the history of the ByzantineEmpire.Advanced Word SearchSubject Word:sourcesandAny Word:history and byzantineAlthough ‘‘sources’’ is the standard subdivision for primary sources, it doesnot always appear in the subject heading.These are other words you may tryinstead of ‘‘sources’’ to find primary documents:Press conferencesInterviewsCorrespondenceRegistersPersonal narrativesDiariesIn WorldCat, choose ‘‘Subject’’ from the drop-down box, combining key-words with one of the above subdivisions (sources, interviews, etc.).For example,to find primary sources on Winston Churchill, you might try a Subject search for:winston churchill sources.WorldCat will look for all three words; e.g., ‘‘Winstonand Churchill and sources’’ in the Subject field of a record.Note: In a perfect world, all primary sources will show one of the designatorsabove in the subject headings for the item described.However, since this is notalways the case, you may wish to try searching for keywords or phrases such as‘‘documents,’’ ‘‘diary,’’ ‘‘letters,’’ or ‘‘documentary history’’ if you are not findingwhat you need by limiting your search to subject words.The following three sections highlight databases and tangible collections ofprimary sources.Public Access Databases (freely available to all)American Memory.(From the Library of Congress at http://memory.loc.gov/).This rich and well-organized site gives the researcher access to an ever-growing set of digitized primary source collections from the Library ofA R E F E R E N C E L I B R A R I A N ’ S G U I D E155Congress and other scholarly institutions.Collections available here includethe following:■Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936–1938.■‘‘California as I Saw It’’: First-Person Narratives from California’s Early Years, 1949–1900.■The Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850–1920 [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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