HIST 7B: Mark Twain Papers - McIntosh

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clee@library.berkeley.edu (Corliss Lee) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:01:06 -0700

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clee@library.berkeley.edu (Corliss Lee) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:07:27 -0700

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clee@library.berkeley.edu (Corliss Lee) — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:10:21 -0700

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Background Sources - Library databases

clee@library.berkeley.edu (Corliss Lee) — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:46:31 -0800

These are just a few examples of Library databases that can provide useful background information for your topic. To see a more complete list, start with the Library home page > Electronic Resources > Electronic Resources, Types A-Z

Background Sources

clee@library.berkeley.edu (Corliss Lee) — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:20:30 -0800

These are just a few examples of reference sources available in the UCB Libraries. Click on the title to see the OskiCat record for each title and note the library location and call number of the item. Many reference sources must be used in the library.

*The Oxford companion to Mark Twain

*The Mark Twain encyclopedia

*Critical Companion to Mark Twain

*Mark Twain's Letters (Paine) (selections only but try the index)

Dictionary of American history

Encyclopedia of American social history

* = on reserve at Moffitt; bring the call number and ask for it at the Moffitt Circulation desk

Items listed as being in the "Doe Reference Hall" are on the 2nd floor of Doe Library, in the same hall as the reference desk.

Items listed as being in "Doe Reference" are on the 2nd floor of Doe Library, in the North Reading Room.

The Mark Twain Project is of course a good source of basic information, and the Mark Twain Project Online site has more information including brief biographies of many of the people whose names appear in Twain's letters and writings.

How to get to and register to use the Mark Twain Papers

The Mark Twain Museum provides a chronology of Twain's life that may be useful.

Primary Source Databases

clee@library.berkeley.edu (Corliss Lee) — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:43:43 -0800

These are just a sampling of the Library databases available for primary sources. For a more extensive list of American primary source databases go here

Primary Sources - Mark Twain

clee@library.berkeley.edu (Corliss Lee) — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:28:05 -0800

There are MANY ways to find primary source material by or directly relating to Mark Twain.

Mark Twain Project Online allows searchable online access to Letters written to and from Mark Twain from 1853-1880.

Also online: annotated texts of the Autobiography (volume 1), Adventures of Huckleberry Fin, and Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer Among the Indians

with a handy User's Guide!

Search OskiCat for author: twain, mark for published writings, published correspondence, etc.

To find published selections of his correspondence, search:

mark twain correspondence selections

or, mark twain letters and pull down the "Entire Collection" menu to "Main (Gardner) Stacks"

The list includes published selections: Love Letters, Letters in the Muscatine Journal, Letters to his publishers, etc.

For all those miscellaneous little pieces, try The Complete Essays of Mark Twain (though sometimes you can find them by searching Oskicat too)

Search online. Many of Mark Twain's works are freely available online:

Internet Archive (advanced search: search by creator)

Project Gutenberg (go to the Online Catalog)

Google Books

To find Twain's writings in the newspapers/journals in which they were originally published, search OskiCat for the title of the journal/newspaper (NOT the essay), for example:

title: north american review (and pull down the "Entire Collection" menu to "journals/magazines/newspapers")

Don't feel shy about asking for help!

Primary Sources

clee@library.berkeley.edu (Corliss Lee) — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:49:33 -0800

Primary sources can be found in a variety of library tools:

Catalogs: OskiCat and Melvyl
Online book and text collections
Primary Source databases provided by the Library
includes databases for finding newspaper articles, such as Historical Newspapers (ProQuest) or magazine articles, such as Reader's Guide
Vetted sites on the web:

For specific search strategies, see the Library's Guide to Finding Historical Primary Source s

Learn more about your topic in advance:

names of relevant individuals and organizations
dates of events
places
what terminology was used at the time by participants and observers? (ex: negro or colored instead of african american)

Use the bibliographies of secondary sources and reference sources to find citations to specific primary sources; search OskiCat to locate them on campus, or ask for assistance at the Library.

Citation Management Tools

clee@library.berkeley.edu (Corliss Lee) — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 12:21:33 -0800

Citation management tools help you manage your research, collect and cite sources, and create bibliographies in a variety of citation styles. Each one has its strengths and weaknesses, but any are easier than doing it by hand!

Zotero: A free plug-in that works exclusively with the Firefox browser: keeps copies of what you find on the web, permits tagging, notation, full text searching of your library of resources, works with Word, and has a free web backup service.

RefWorks - free for UC Berkeley users. It allows you to create your own database by importing references and using them for footnotes and bibliographies. Use the RefWorks New User Form to sign up. Refworks Help is pretty good.

How to link from the Refworks record to a pdf on your hard drive

Exporting from OskiCat to Refworks

EndNote: may be purchased from UC Berkeley's Software Central. The Library's Guide to EndNote. And more Tips from EndNote.

It's always good to double check the formatting -- sometimes the software doesn't get it quite right.

Citing from the Mark Twain Project

clee@library.berkeley.edu (Corliss Lee) — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:57:16 -0800

The Mark Twain Project Online generates citations for you!

Citing Your Sources

clee@library.berkeley.edu (Corliss Lee) — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 12:59:25 -0700

The UCB Library Guide to Citing Your Sources discusses why you should cite your sources and links to campus resources about plagiarism. It also includes links to guides for frequently used citation styles. Also:

MLA handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th edition. New York : Modern Language Association of America, 2009.
Doe Reference Reference Hall LB2369 .G53 2009
Main Gardner Stacks LB2369 .G53 2009
Many older editions available throughout the UCB libraries.
The Chicago Manual of Style (UCB-only access)
15th ed. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2003. Searchable, online version of the Chicago Manual of Style (15th edition).
Many print editions available throughout the UCB Libraries.
Cite Right: A Quick Guide to Citation Styles--MLA, APA, Chicago, the Sciences, Professions, and More (UCB-only access) Charles Lipson. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2006.
Many print editions throughout the libraries.
Columbia Guide to Online Style (UCB-only access)
Janice R. Walker and Todd Taylor. 2nd ed. NY: Columbia Univ. Press. 2006.
Many print editions throughout the UCB libraries.

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clee@library.berkeley.edu (Corliss Lee) — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:34:47 -0700

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