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Welcome! This site has been created to assist you in finding and using library resources for your research on immigration. Our library, one of the largest university libraries in the U.S., can be a bit overwhelming at first, but it is truly a treasure trove for scholars. All of the UIUC Library's resources are available to you as you do your research, so explore, have fun, and don't hesitate to ask questions!
Use our Ask-A-Librarian Service to IM, chat, email, phone or find a reference librarian. You can also type in the box to the right to instant message us.
For individual help with your research, don't hesitate to contact me:
Annie Paprocki
Office hours: Thursdays at 4 pm or by appointment.
Office: Education and Social Science Library, 100 Main Library
Email:
acpaproc@illinois.edu
Or fill out an Individual Research Consultation Form to sign up for a one-on-one appointment with a librarian to learn about the best databases, search strategies and information sources for your upcoming project or paper.
We have over 40 departmental libraries on our campus. The libraries you will likely find to be the most useful for this class are the Education and Social Science Library, the History Library, the Main Stacks, and the Undergraduate Library. The first three are located in the Main Library building. You might also hear it referred to as the "Graduate Library," but don't let that stop you from coming in here and taking advantage of the resources we can provide. It's your library, too!
Education and Social Science Library, 100 Main Library, Spring Semester 2008:
M-Th: 8:30 am-11:00 pm
Fr: 8:30 am-6:00 pm
Sa: 11:00 am-5:00 pm
Sun: 1:00 pm-11:00 pm
Hours and contact information for all UIUC Libraries.
Journal articles are one of the primary means of communicating research and ideas in academia. They can be an important component of your research paper and give you some insight into ongoing debates and conversations about your topic.
Finding articles is a two-step process:
Location - in which library the item is kept (or libraries, if we have multiple copies)Hint: Catalogs are used for two purposes: (1) If you know exactly what you are looking for - an exact title or author - you can use the catalog to locate your material (this works for book titles and journal titles); (2) You can also use catalogs to discover material that might be helpful to you by doing subject and keyword searching.
Call Number - this number is essential for finding the item on the shelf
Status - is it available for you to check out?
1960's - varius aspects
Art and Fashion
Civil Rights
Counterculture and Drugs
International Relations
Political Assassinations
Politics
Pop Culture and Rock 'n' Roll
Social Change
Space Exploration / Technology
War on Poverty
Hint: Trying combining the subject searches above with other keywords to focus the search, e.g. "hairstyles" or "music" or "Vietnam" or "social conditions"
American Cultural History, 1960-1969 From the Kingwood College Library
Chicago '68: An Introduction
Dean Blobaum's Website on the Chicago 1968 Democratic National Convention. Includes links to
full-text excerpts.
Going Back to Chicago
Retrospective on the 1968 Democratic Convention from PBS NewsHour Online. Includes link to
Terry Southern's report & photos "
Grooving in Chi."
Kent State University Department of Special Collections & Archives. May 4 [1970] Collection
Lisa's Nostalgia Cafe: The 1960's
Provides images and information about the fads, fashions, music and lifestyle of the 1960's.
Similar pages are available for other decades.
Mandela Speaks - Speeches and Writings of Nelson Mandela, 1960s
The quality of information available on the Web varies tremendously. Evaluating Internet Sites 101 gives some valuable pointers on evaluating web-based information. Actually, these tips can be applied to print as well as online sources.
Style and Writing Guides - How to format citations, write papers, and do research in the the social sciences.
Refworks - A great tool for writing papers, Refworks helps you export bibliographic records from databases, change the citation styles as needed and import the citation directly into a Word document so you can create bibliographies on the fly. For help using this utility, see Refworks Help.
Library Research Guide for Sociology - A guide to sociology-related sources in the Education and Social Science Library.
How Do I...? - A series of brief tutorials about library services.
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Last modified by: Megean Osuchowski on 11/16/09