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HIST/URB 971: Seminar on the History of American Urban Problems

This guide is designed to support research for Amanda Seligman's History of American Urban Problems which is cross-listed with Urban Studies

Article Search Tutorials

Recommended databases for finding scholarly history sources

Use Citations to Find More Sources

This video demonstrate how to use foot notes and reference lists to find additional sources related to your topic.

Using the "cited by" feature in Google Scholar

Although Google scholar isn't a good search tool for finding scholarly history sources, it does allow you to find sources that cite the same books, articles, and primary sources as you. This video demonstrates how to Use the "Cited By" feature to find additional sources.

Is it a Book Review or an Article?

Writing reviews of books for scholarly journals is a common for historians to get published. Unfortunately, databases and search tools don't accurately label or filter these results. You'll need to review a source's length and cited sources to be sure you're looking at a full length article.

Connecting from Off Campus

1. Sign in to your library account

How:

  • Click on 'My Library Account' on the library homepage or click the 'Sign In' link in the upper right corner of your Search@UW search results.
  • Follow the prompts to log-in and authenticate using your ePanther ID and password. This process is similar to logging in to PAWS or Canvas.

Why:

  • Signing to your library account before linking to library content makes it easier for publishers and databases to verify that
    1. you are affiliated with UWM and
    2. you are authorized to access materials that the library pays for

2. Use 'Get It' Links in databases to access full-text sources

Accessing online sources through library databases can be complex. It is common to find articles in database search results that are summarized but incomplete. Clicking on a 'Get It' link will connect you to a different Library database that provides access to a full-text version of a source that you can read or download.  

3. Set up the LibKey Nomad browser extension to connect to full-text outside of library search tools