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Jeff's Handy Guide to Research:
First Research Steps for Present Indiana Project
Step One
Brainstorm with a buddy for 30+ minutes on theme
Foci ? Audiences ? Locations & People
Consider limits
Step Two
Identify 5-7 locations/people to visit/interview
Indicate name, rationale, address, phone number, web site, hours available, and appointments
Step Three
Identify 2-3 interesting quotes (so far)
Explain context of quote and rationale for inclusion
Step Four
Take excellent notes throughout these steps
Organize your notes for a 5-10 minute semi-formal oral presentation
Submit four printed copies
Present Indiana Project Resources
“Generic” Resources
· EBSCO Academic Search Premier—thousands of full text journals
· JSTOR—history, economic, cultural journals full text
· Library Catalogs—Wabash, IU, Purdue, etc.
· WorldCat—catalog to libraries around the world
· Lexis-Nexis and America’s Newspapers—includes Indiana Newspapers
Indiana Resources
· Across Indiana site http://www.wfyi.org/acrossIndiana.asp
Across Indiana #1406.4 ("HM: Cannelton") History of an early cotton mill
· Crawfordsville District Public Library—esp catalog and local history and online images
http://www.cdpl.lib.in.us/
· Local historical societies in Indiana
http://www.indianahistory.org/lhs/societylist.html
· Indiana Historical Society
Main site: http://www.indianahistory.org/
Catalog: http://opac.indianahistory.org/
Digital Images: http://images.indianahistory.org/cdm4/search.php
· Indiana State Library
http://www.in.gov/library/
· Call numbers: F 526-534 Indiana History
End Product
· PowerPoint, Web Site, Oral Presentation or combination
Consider raw material needs--Images, Music, Quotations, Videos, etc.
· See Present Indiana web site for more examples
http://www.wabash.edu/indiana/present
To copy and paste stuff from the web:
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