HIST 1302 @ NLC Library 

HANDOUTS

    Library Essentials (MS Word) (PDF)

    Using Online Databases (MS Word) (PDF)

ACTIVITIES 

Guess the Google

Start your research today (MS Word ) (PDF)

SEARCH STRATEGIES

• Boolean - AND, OR, NOT
• Field searching - Subject, Author, Title
• Quotation marks for exact phrase
• Truncation - root + variants (*) 
• Database Limiters: date, publication type, type, peer-reviewed, etc.

WANT BOOKS? 

ALAMO LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOG 

WANT E-BOOKS?

NEED BACKGROUND INFORMATION?

• Encyclopedia Britannica
• History Resource Center - Use the Reference Tab

WANT ARTICLES?

ELECTRONIC DATABASES

• Biography Resource Center
• History Resource Center - Use the Periodicals Tab
• Academic Search Complete
• JSTOR
• Academic OneFile
• American History in Video
• World History Collection

OPTIONS FOR FULL-TEXT - Where is the actual article???

• PDF or HTML in database
• A to Z Online Journal Locator
• IDB & ILL

SELECTED WEB SITES

• Social and Behavioral Science Hot Links
• Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century
• Best of History Web Sites

CITATIONS       

 Citation Guide

NEED HELP? Contact Us!

Call: (210) 486-5388

Email: nlc-reference@alamo.edu

Library Instructor(s):  Julie Nichols, Linda Plevak