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Research Guide for
English/Women's Studies 105.06: Women and the Holocaust

Developing a Search Strategy Finding Background Information Finding Books Finding Bibliographies Finding Periodical Articles
Finding Networked Resources Finding Internet Resources Citing Sources

Research Help Online Reference Help in Person

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DEVELOPING A SEARCH STRATEGY

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Search strategy is a library term for the process of finding information in a logical, step-by-step manner. Using a search strategy insures that you will find the information or material you need as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Research Steps:

1. Choose your topic
2. Find background information
3. Find books on your topic
4. Find bibliographies on your topic
5. Find periodical articles
6. Find networked resources or relevant Web sites
7. Cite your sources

For online help using on library research strategy and using library resources, try using Library Research, a Hypertext Guide - online, hypertext-based tutorial on library research.

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FINDING BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

Encyclopedias and Guides

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The materials listed below are a selection of reference resources for finding background information and context for topics you will be covering in this class. Note the call numbers and library locations for these materials and check the reference collections for additional sources of background information.

The authors of articles in reference books often provide bibliographies of selected books and articles for further study.

Guides

• Searing, Susan E. Introduction to Library Research in Women's Studies. Boulder: Westview, 1985.
  (Olin Ref Z 7961 S43)

  One of the most important research resources for women's studies. Includes information on selecting topics and constructing research strategies. Lists and annotations of key reference sources are provided, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, indexes and abstracts, and sources for book reviews and theses. Especially useful are the inclusion of many subject specific bibliographies. Arranged in geographical and topical subject categories, such as Asia and the Pacific, and literature and science; subdivided by type of resource needed, such as indexes or journals. Subject index provided.

Encyclopedias

• Abraham J. Edelheit and Hershel Edelheit. History of the Holocaust: a Handbook and Dictionary. Boulder: Westview Press, 1994.
  (Olin Stacks D 804 .3 .E33x 1994+)

  The first section of this reference source provides a general overview of Jewish history during the Nazi era in nine concise chapters which also contain selective bibliographies Part two contains definitions of numerous terms related to the Holocaust, including "...all data on the Holoccaust that can possibly be reduced to tabular or graphic form." This work is enhanced by numerous illustrations and subject, name and place indexes.

• Gutman, Israel, ed. Encyclopedia of the Holocaust. 4 vols. New York: Macmillan, 1990.
  (Uris Ref D804.3 .E56; also Olin Stacks D804.3 E56+)

  Written by leading scholars and experts in Holocaust studies, this encyclopedia provides information on all aspects of the Holocaust, ranging from background information on the period leading up to the Holocaust to its impact. Experts from many countries and disciplines were consulted, thus entries provide a variety of viewpoints. Bibliographies of primarily English language material accompany each entry. Includes a lengthy section on survivors of the Holocaust.

There are also a number of networked reference resources including online encyclopedias and dictionaries available via the Cornell Library Gateway at General Interest and Reference.

Britannica Online

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FINDING BOOKS

Cornell Library Catalog Plus, Olin Library Card Catalog

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Help Using the Cornell Library Catalog

Search Commands, Subject Searching, Keyword Searching, and other functions of the online catalog are explained on these pages.

Connect to the Cornell Library Catalog

The Cornell Library Catalog currently includes all items from all Cornell libraries cataloged since 1973, some pre-1973 items, and items on order or in process. Included in the Cornell Library Catalog are books, periodicals and government documents, as well as some other materials located in the libraries at Cornell. The catalog provides the call number, the name of the library, and the circulation status for most materials.

When to Check the Card Catalog

When the book you want was published before 1973 and it's not in the Cornell Library Catalog, check the card catalog located in the John M. Olin Library. This card catalog contains cards for authors, subjects and titles filed in an alphabetical, word-by-word arrangement for books cataloged through December 1972. Whenever you cannot locate the material you need, ask at a reference desk for assistance.

Useful Subject Headings for Women in the Holocaust:

• jewish women in the holocaust
  
• holocaust survivors
  --psychology
  --united states--biography
  
• holocaust, jewish
  --bibliography
  --biography (includes autobiography)
  --correspondence
  --diaries
  --interviews
  --personal narratives
  

Understanding Library of Congress Call Numbers

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FINDING BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Bibliographies

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• Bibliography on Holocaust Literature. Edited by Abraham J. Edelheit and Hershel Edelheit. Boulder: Westview Press, 1986; supplement 1990-1993.
  (Olin Stacks Z6374.H6 B58; and supplement, 2 vols.)

  A comprehensive and thorough resource containing over 20,000 references to material pertaining to the Holocaust from the 1930's onward. Includes scholarly studies, contemporary news reports, eyewitness testimonies, memoirs and documentaries. Formats included are books, pamphlets, periodicals and dissertations. The focus is broad enough to provide access to material on Jewish life in pre-war Europe, antisemitism, fascism and nazism, and the aftermath of the Holocaust. The subject index includes many references under the topic of "survivors."

• Cline, Cheryl. Women's Diaries, Journals, and Letters: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Garland, 1989.
  (Olin Ref Z7963 B6 C64)

  An extensive bibliography of nearly 3,000 entries listing published private writings, including those published as articles or extracts in larger works. Includes selected foreign language material. This valuable resource is enhanced by three indexes: authors by profession or significant characteristic, narratives by subject, and narratives by location. Useful references appear under the heading "World War II--concentration camps."

• The Holocaust: an Annotated Bibliography. Edited by Harry James Cargas. Chicago: American Library Association, 1985. Second ed.
  (Olin Stacks Z6374.H6 C27 1985)

  Much more selective than Edelheit's bibliography, this resource lists approximately 500 titles of books in English, published in the United States. Detailed annotations are provided for each one. The author's goal was to provide guidance for developing library and resource center collections.

• The Holocaust: an Annotated Bibliography and Resource Guide. Edited by David M. Szonyi. Hoboken, NJ: Ktav Pub. House for the National Jewish Resource Center, New York, c1985.
  (Olin Stacks Z6374.H6 H75)

  The author's goal in producing this reference source was to provide lists of resources for those interested in Holocaust education and commemoration. The bibliography is divided into 13 sections, the largest of which is on scholarship, memoirs and other nonfiction of the Holocaust. Headings within this section include anthologies of first-person accounts, documents and other writings as well as Holocaust survivors and children of survivors. Section 11 is on oral histories of Holocaust survivors. Other sections provide information directories on such diverse topics as memorials and landmarks, audio-visual materials, and teaching resources.

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FINDING PERIODICAL ARTICLES

Periodical Indexes and Abstracts

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Articles

Periodical articles are an excellent source for detailed analysis or up-to-date information on a topic. These articles are from materials that are published "periodically" or in daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual or even irregular intervals. They are found in newspapers, magazines, journals, yearbooks, and other sources.

Periodicals are available in several formats: bound paper volumes (like books), microfiche or microfilm, and increasingly as electronic text.

Indexes and Abstracts

Periodical indexes and abstracts are reference resources that identify and locate articles in periodical publications. They are often subject-oriented and list author, title, name of periodical, volume, pages and date of publication in entries called bibliographic citations. For information about bibliographic format and how to cite resources that you use in your research, go to Citing Sources.

Abstracts are specialized indexes that also include summaries of the content of the articles with their citations.

Periodical Indexes and Abstracts also come in several formats: traditional and historical bound paper volumes, stand alone CD-ROM computer workstations, and more recently as networked databases available via the Internet.

Networked indexes and abstracts come in a variety of versions and interfaces: telnet, Web, InfoShare (linked to the Catalog), and full-text, to name a few. For more information about finding Networked Resources available through the Cornell University Library, go to Finding Networked Resources.

Linked Indexes

InfoShare indexes are directly linked to holdings in the library catalog. This means your search will yield two kinds of information: 1) It identifies articles on your topic. And 2) It tells you where that source is in the Cornell Library system.

When using indexes and abstracts linked to the catalog, look for the message: Held by library--type HOL for holdings information. This note will appear in the lower lefthand corner of the screen in records where the Cornell Library has the journal or magazine listed as the source of the article. Typing HOL will take you to the Holdings information detailing what libraries on campus have the journal, what volumes they have, call numbers and special locations, and the circulation status of the material.

When using unlinked indexes (essentially all non-InfoShare indexes), search the Cornell Library Catalog (CU) by the title of the periodical (e.g. t=time, t=scientific american, etc.). If you have questions, ask at the Reference Desk.

Full-text Articles

An ever growing number of periodical indexes offer access to the full-text of articles electronically. Use the Library Gateway to find full-text resources.

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Selected Periodical Indexes and Abstracts

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• Historical Abstracts. Santa Barbara: Clio, 1955 - .
  (Olin Z6205 H67+; also on CD-ROM in Olin Ref)

  Indexes and abstracts national, regional, and international journals, book and media reviews, dissertations, and books covering all branches of world history from 1450 to the present. Includes materials from archival, library, and historical society collections. The volumes published prior to 1964 cover the world's periodicals on history in a classified arrangement with annual author, biographical, geographical, and subject indexes. Since 1964 the U.S. and Canada are no longer included (see America: History and Life). Now it selectively indexes approximately 2200 periodicals including transactions and proceedings. CD-ROM coverage begins with 1982. Olin has print volumes retrospectively to 1955.

• Index to Jewish Periodicals. Edited by Lenore Pfeffer Koppel. Cleveland Heights, Ohio: The Index..., 1963- .
  (Olin Stacks Z 6367 I38+; last volume in Reference)

  A comprehensive alphabetical subject and author listing of articles in 140 English language journals of interest to researchers in Jewish studies. Includes subject headings for "Holocaust survivors" and "Holocause survivors' children."

• Periodical Abstracts. ProQuest Direct Web: 1986- .
  (Bear Access -- Library Gateway)

  Available as part of the ProQuest Direct system, Periodical Abstracts indexes and abstracts over 1500 periodicals, covering general interest magazines, newspapers and key scholarly journals in the social sciences, humanities and sciences. Also included are citations and abstracts to selected television and radio programs. The ProQuest Direct Web interface provides the full-text, in several formats, of many articles contained in the database. Earlier coverage is provided in interdisciplinary print indexes such as the Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature or the International Index.

• PCI: Periodicals Contents Index. Chadwyck-Healey, -1990/1991.
  (Bear Access -- Library Gateway)

  This World Wide Web based index provides comprehensive indexing to the contents of thousands of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences, from their first issues (some as far back as the 18th and 19th centuries) to 1990/91. The scope is international, including journals in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and other Western languages. Provides unique retrospective coverage for journals such as Woman's Work, Women's International Quarterly, and Women's Studies International Forum.

• PsycINFO. Washington: American Psychological Association, 1967- .
  (Bear Access -- Library Gateway)

  This is the leading index for the field -- providing citations and abstracts from over 1300 leading international journals in psychology and related behavioral disciplines including psychiatry, sociology, anthropology, education, and pharmacology. Also lists dissertations and discussion papers. The print version, Psychological Abstracts, is available at Olin Ref (Section 15 +Z 7203 P973) from 1927 onward. All versions of this abstracting service use the vocabulary and index terms from the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms in Olin Ref (+Z 7203 P9731 1994).

• Sociological Abstracts. New York: Sociological Abstracts, Inc., 1963 - .
  (Bear Access -- Library Gateway)

  Indexes and abstracts the world's leading journals in sociology, covering over 3,000 titles, in some foreign languages as well as English. Includes coverage of journals in social work and other related social sciences. The original print index has been published since 1952. (Olin Ref +Z7163.S67).

• Studies on Women Abstracts. Abingdon, England: Carfax, 1983- .
  (Olin Ref Z 7962 S93+)

  Now published six times per year, Studies on Women Abstracts began as a quarterly publication in 1983. There are author and keyword indexes at the end of each issue, providing access to the numerically arranged abstracts taken from approximately 60 journals. The last issue of each year contains the cumulative indexes for the year. Note that more than half of the journals indexed are published in the United Kingdom.

• Women Studies Abstracts. Rush: Rush, 1972- . Monthly.
  (Olin Ref Z 7962 .W87; also ILR)

  A quarterly indexing and abstracting publication for women's studies. Article citations with abstracts are organized into these subject groupings: education and socialization; sex roles; employment; sexuality; family; society and government; mental and physical health; family planning, childbirth and abortion; media; interpersonal relations, and women's liberation movement. In addition to the subject arrangement, each issue is indexed. Annual indexes are published as well.

• Women's Studies Index. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall & Co. 1989- . Annual.
  (Olin Reference Z 7962 .W91)

  Attempts to provide a single resource that creates access to scholarly, professional and popular journals focussing on issues of concern to women. Indexes articles from 65 periodicals -- predominantly, but not exclusively, American. Two year time lag in publication schedule. May soon be updated and replaced by CD-ROM.

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FINDING NETWORKED RESOURCES

Cornell Library Gateway

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The Cornell Library Gateway is a new web site which provides a unified approach to finding information about the Cornell University Library and to selecting and connecting to our diverse and growing constellation of networked electronic resources and services.

Buttons on the left side of the screen will always be available to help you navigate among a variety of choices. The Cornell University Library Catalog is at the top of the array to make it easy for you to connect and search for books, journal titles and many other types of materials at Cornell. Networked Resources, the default display on the right side of the screen, enables you to identify and connect to networked electronic resources, such as periodical indexes, full text documents or numeric data files. About CU Library leads you to a wealth of information about the Library, including individual library web sites. Services provides information about library services such as circulation, instruction and reference, and enables you to make a variety of requests, electronically, for services such as book renewals and interlibrary borrowing. Help provides information on a wide variety of general and technical topics that will help you understand and use the CU Library as well as the Library Gateway. And if you need personal help you can click on "Ask a Librarian" at the bottom of each page. Last, but not least, the CUInfo button enables you to connect easily to the Cornell University information system.

Networked Resources contains titles, descriptive information, and links to over 1,200 networked electronic resources, including periodical indexes, numeric and spatial data files, catalogs, audio-visual materials, and full text documents such as electronic journals and reference sources. It is a "database of databases." There are two main ways to search for databases in your areas of interest: searching and browsing.

Searching for Databases

Click on the top search box to select the type of resource you are interested in, such as indexes or full text, or all types, then type a keyword or keywords in the second search box. The Networked Resources database will then generate a list of resources (databases) that match your search request.

Browsing for Databases

Below the Search boxes you will find a menu of subject categories. Click on a subject category to browse lists of resources available in that subject area. Or, you can browse the lists of New Resources, "Greatest Hits" (frequently used databases), or the Alphabetical List of titles contained in the Networked Resources database (over 1,200 titles and growing).

Once you have identified the networked resource you are interested in, you can then connect to it directly to gather the information you need to perform a search on your specific topic in the file or database you have selected.

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FINDING INTERNET RESOURCES

SEARCH ENGINES AND SUBJECT GUIDES

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Use search engines or Internet subject guides to find resources or sites on the World Wide Web on your topic. Search Engines are software that allow you to search the contents of web pages and Subject Guides are web pages that use menus and lists to sort and classify web sites.

Question Authority! The Internet is a very democratic tool, in that anyone can write or say virtually anything they wish to on it. As you would do with books and journal articles, look to see who is responsible for producing the web page or site that you are accessing. Does the individual or institution have a particular bias or concern or agenda in presenting their information. How objective is the information? How accurate or truthful? How authoritative?

• Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Sources

• Search the Internet

• Internet Subject Guides

• Library Web Servers World-Wide

• Library Catalogs World-Wide

• Listserv and Discussion List Directories

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SELECTED INTERNET RESOURCES

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• Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

  A collection of over 3,800 videotaped interviews with witnesses and survivors of the Holocaust, in the Manuscripts and Archives Division of Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University. Text, audio, and video excerpts from survivor and witness testimonies are available on the world wide web site. A printed guide to the collection is also available: Guide to Yale University Library Holocaust Video Testimonies: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Second edition. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Library, 1994 (Olin Stacks D804.3 F67x 1994).

• Holocaust Resources

  A directory of resources with links to many Holocaust related sites.

• Holocaust Survivors

  Provides links to many stories from Holocaust survivors.

• Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation

  Established by Steven Spielberg in 1994, Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to videotaping and archiving interviews of Holocaust survivors all over the world.

• United States Holocuast Memorial Museum

  Homepage of the national museum in Washington D.C.

• Women of the Holocaust

  Provides access to personal reflections from Holocaust survivors, selected text and references to scholarly articles on women in the Holocaust.

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CITING SOURCES

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• MLA Style (MLA's web site)

• How to Cite Information From the Internet and the World Wide Web (APA's web site)

• APA and MLA Style sheets for print sources (U. of Illinois web site)

• How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography

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RESEARCH HELP ONLINE

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• Library Gateway Help

• The Reference Home Page at O*K*U Libraries

• Library Research at Cornell: A Hypertext Guide

• Library Vocabulary: Definitions of Library Terms

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REFERENCE HELP

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You can ask your questions at our reference and information desks, over the phone, or by e-mail.

• Reference Desk Schedules in Olin and Uris Libraries

• Olin Library Reference phone number: 255-4144

• Uris Library Reference phone number: 255-2339

• Olin Kroch Uris Reference e-mail address: okuref@cornell.edu

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Reference Home Page

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October 18, 1998
Nancy Skipper, nss3@cornell.edu
Reference Services Division, Olin Kroch Uris Libraries
Cornell University Library
URL: http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/eng10506.htm

Olin and Uris Libraries, Cornell University, Ithaca NY 14853
Information and reference: 607-255-4144, okuref@cornell.edu
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