Assignment: Local History Research & Reading

Class Name: Freshman Humanities Local History
Teacher: B. Lasher

North Library Resource List

Print materials in the North Library

What?

Task Definition
1. What is my research question?
2. What do I already know?
3. What information do I need?

Where?

Search Plan
1. What type of information do I need? For example: general, in depth, current, historical, biographical, issue oriented, other?
2. Review suggested resources, circle ones that fit, prioritize your list.
3. Evaluate resources for significance, accuracy, currency, authority.

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Sample Book List
970.004 Ban People of the Totem
970.004 Bru Indians of the Northwest Coast
970.004 Rub Indians of the Pacific Northwest

 

How?

Location & Access
1. Jot down rich words that relate to your topic.
2. Check your words, change your words if your search fails.
3. Focus your search by looking for relationships between elements in your research question.

Words to try for keyword or SUBJECT searching in the North Library catalog.

INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--NORTHWEST
Medicine
Healing
Shamans

 

 

 

Online materials

Library Catalog
Find books fast!

North Library Online Databases
Easy access to current information from reliable , authoritative sources.
Home access passwords available from Mrs. Leeson

Cyberography
Selected Web sites

Oregon Encyclopedia

Native Americans of Oregon Display Research

Pocahontas Sites

Oregon Blue Book

Nez Perce

Oregon State Archives

Political Cartoons

Oregon Trademarks

Oregon Historical Society

  • Oregon My Oregon
    Seven Oregon History Focus links to major aspects of Oregon history

Black History

Child Labor

Oregon and World War II

Oregon Initatives

Prohibition

Oregon Legislature Bill Tracking System

University of Oregon Museum Tour

  • Museum of Natural and Cultural History
    To look at a collection of baskets and make observations:
    Click Collections > Sample collections > Klamath Basket collection
  • To learn more about the exibits at the museum:
    Click General Information > Exibits

First Amendment Issues

 

Citation Maker
Helps you state exactly from where you got your ideas and information.

Cyberography made available by Mrs. Leeson, Librarian
Consultant Tad Shannon - Social Studies

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