<%@LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1252"%> HCC Discovery Task Three

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Read this paragraph which describes the content of Historical Abstracts and then answer the questions which follow.

• What kinds of materials are covered by Historical Abstracts?

• What topics does the Historical Abstracts cover?

• Why are you using Historical Abstracts to find information about the French Revolution?

 

Scroll through the list of entries and try to answer these questions.
• How many citations did your search find?

• What topics do these citations cover?

• What are the titles of some of the journals that are indexed?

 

In some cases, Historical Abstracts will link you to electronic copies of journal articles. Write the title of one article that is available electronically.

 

Choose a citation that looks like it might help you understand more about the French Revolution and fill out the information requested below. Which of these pieces of information are required for the bibliographic citation?

Article Author:___________________________________________________
Article Title:_____________________________________________________
Name of Journal:__________________________________________________
Volume Number:__________________________________________________
Issue Number:____________________________________________________
Date of Issue:____________________________________________________

Page Numbers:___________________________________________________

Use the information in the following paragraph to answer the questions.
Produced by the Modern Language Association of America, the MLA International Bibliography indexes critical scholarship on literature, language, linguistics and folklore. Coverage includes journal articles, series, monographs, dissertations, bibliographies, proceedings and other materials. The database includes all records indexed from 1963 to the present, approximately 1,400,000 records.

• What kinds of materials (books, journal articles, dissertations, etc.) are included in the MLA?

• What topics does the MLA cover?

 

Click on Display and try to answer these questions.

• How many citations did your search find?

• What topics do these citations cover?

• What are the titles of some of the journals that are indexed?

Find a reference to an article that you think will help you to understand more about the French Revolution and fill out the information requested below. Which pieces of information are required for the bibliographic citation?

Article Author:___________________________________________________
Article Title:_____________________________________________________
Name of Journal:__________________________________________________
Volume Number:__________________________________________________
Issue Number:____________________________________________________
Date of Issue:____________________________________________________

Page Numbers:___________________________________________________

 

Finally, write one or two short paragraphs that compare and contrast Historical Abstracts and MLA International Bibliography periodical indexes. Summarize what you discovered about each index and highlight the differences and similarities between these two finding tools.