WSP 200 - History of the Woman Suffrage Movement
Bonnie Ryan
Rm. 210 Bird Library
bcryan@syr.edu
315-443-4674
Critical Thinking Skills - How to Critically Analyze Information Sources
* Who is the author?
* What are the author's credentials?
* With which institution(s) are they affiliated?
* Is the publication scholarly or popular? Are there footnotes?A bibliography?
* Who is the audience?
* What is the purpose of this site?
* Does the author state the goals for this web page?
* Does the site inform, educate, persuade or act as a soapbox?
* If the author is affiliated with an institution, does this affiliation bias the information presented?
* Is the web site well organized?
* Has the author used good grammar?
Are there spelling errors?
* Are the graphics appropriate for the content?
* Is the information complete and accurate?
Currency
*When was the web site created? If it has been updated, is there a revision date?
* Do the links work?
* Is the page maintained regularly?
Evaluating Internet Sources
Here are some criteria you should consider when reviewing any website.
Definitions of Primary and Secondary Sources
How do you tell the difference bewteen primary and secondary materials?
Here are some web sites from some universities and research institutions that might help you to make that distinction:Primary, Secondary, Tertiary Sources - Univ. of North Carolina, Randall Library
How to Distinguish between Primary and Secondary Sources . University of California, Santa Cruz
The Learning Page. The Library of Congress
Catalog- Use this to find books, journals, videos or other type of media the Library owns. You can search by keyword, author (last name first), title, Boolean or subject heading. Remember to use subject headings (located under “Detailed Record”) to find more relevant resources on a topic.Recommended subject headings:
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women history |
women united states history |
suffragists united states |
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women suffrage |
women's rights united states history |
feminism history |
Or use other library's catalogs to see their collections.
Schlesinger Library
Smith College - Sophia Smith CollectionFor additional suggestions, see Women in LC's terms : a thesaurus of Library of Congress subject headings by Ruth Dickstein & Vicki Mills. REF 1st floor - HQ1111 D53 1988
Core reference print resources
(all books available in the Reference collection, 1st floor, E.S. Bird Library)
ABC-CLIO companion to women's progress in America HQ1410 .F76 1994
Chronology of Women's History HQ1121.O47 1994
Encyclopedia of Women in American history HQ1410 .E53 2002 vols. 1-3
Women's Periodicals and Newspapers HQ1180.H3 1982
American Women's History HQ1115.W4 1994
Women in American History:a bibliography HQ1410.H37
Great Lives From History - American Women Series HQ1412.G74 1995
Famous American Women HQ1412.F35 1993
Locating Journal & Newspaper Articles
Databases Main Menu - Search the databases to find articles and information in journals, newspapers, magazines, and news wire services. The databases also include encyclopedias, biographies, and sources of visual images. Some of the databases includes full text, online access to newspaper and magazine articles; others only provide citations.
1. Choose an appropriate database. If the database provides full text access, you can simply print the article or read it online.
2. If the database does not provide full text access, go to the Library's catalog to see if the Library owns the journal, magazine or newspaper that you are searching for.
3. With this information go to the Full Text Journal Locator (you can access this through the E-Journals link on the Library web page) to see if we have the article available full text through another database. If we do, use an advanced search in the database to locate the article.
4. If the library does not have access to a journal, ILLiad (Interlibrary Loan) allows you to request a journal article, book or thesis/dissertation to borrow from another library. General turn-around time is 10-14 days. This is a free service to SU students and faculty
****ACCESSING THE DATABASES FROM OFF-CAMPUS: Most databases are accessible only to current SU students, faculty, and staff. In order to access the databases and electronic journals from off-campus, you need to enter a username(TEN digit ID #) and password(last name in LOWERCASE letters). If you have any problems or questions, please refer to the Instructions for Remote Access to Databases
Recommended databases:
America: History & Life - Index and abstracts providing historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Includes information abstracted from over 2,000 journals published worldwide.
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 - Brings together books, images, documents, scholarly essays, commentaries, and bibliographies, documenting the multiplicity of women’s reform activities.
JSTOR - Full text archive of scholarly publications in mathematics, science, and the social sciences.
Readers' Guide Retrospective - Index to the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States. Coverage is 1890 through 1982.
Empire Online - Over 60,000 images of original manuscripts and printed material from 1492 to 1969. Includes historical essays and biographies.
In the First Person - Index to over 3,000 collections of letters, diaries, oral histories, and other personal narratives.
Godey's Lady's Book - In addition to extensive fashion descriptions and plates, the early issues included biographical sketches, articles about mineralogy, handcrafts, female costume, the dance, equestrienne procedures, health & hygiene, recipes & remedies, etc.
Digital Collections
Women in American History, 1600-2004
American Memory Project
Citing your work
Remember to give credit where credit is due! Go to the Reference Shelf to learn how to cite the materials that you've used for your projects.
