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Outline of this guide:
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Notable guides:
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Questions? Contact Susanna Boylston (704-894-2494) or Sara Swanson (704-894-2157).
- Research help
- Consultations
- Drop in consultations
No appointment needed! Just stop by the Information Desk during the following time periods:
- Monday: 1:00-5:00 pm
- Tuesday: 1:00-5:00 pm
- Wednesday: 1:00-3:00 pm
- Thursday: 1:00-3:00 pm
The librarian on duty will have a large green flag outside her/his office.
- Scheduled consultations
- Questions
- Stop by the information desk
- Librarians on duty:
- Monday-Thursday: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm, 7:00-10:00 pm
- Friday: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
- Sunday: 7:00-10:00 pm
- Information Assistants on duty:
- Monday-Thursday: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm, 7:00-11:00 pm
- Friday: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
- Sunday: 7:00-11:00 pm
- Text a Librarian
Login with a davidson\username and password to view the instructions.
- Email us (referencedesk@davidson.edu)
- Extended loans
- Request at check out
- Due date: Thursday, 15 December 2011 (Reading Day)
- Subject to recall if others need them
- Only for books needed for your thesis
- Does not apply to books borrowed from other libraries (ILL)
- Interlibrary Loan
- A system to track and store information
- Pearl growing
- Basic reference tools (don't overlook the obvious!)
- Style manuals
See also our guide to citing sources.
- Chicago Manual of Style. 16th ed. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2010.
Little Library Reference Desk: REF Z253 .U69 2010
Note: up to ten people can search the online version at any one time.
See also the Chicago Citation Quick Guide.
- A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers. Kate Turabian; rev. Wayne C. Booth et al. 7th ed. Chicago, IL: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2007.
Reference Desk 808.02 T929m7
- A Pocket Guide to Writing in History. Mary Lynn Rampolla. 6th ed. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2010.
Reference Desk: REF D13 .R295 2010
- You can also use RefWorks to generate in-text citations and reference lists in Chicago format.
Tips
- Secondary Sources
- Primary Sources
Choose the right tool/technique!
- Catalogs
- Davidson Library WorldCat
- WorldCat Classic
- Other Library Catalogs
- Tips
You can use one or more of the following subject terms to find primary sources in these catalogs.
- Archives [for people and organizations only]
- Correspondence
- Diaries
- Facsimiles
- Interviews
- Pamphlets
- Personal narratives [for eyewitness accounts of events and wars]
- Pictorial works [photographs; at least 1/2 the book will contain individual photographs]
- Sources
- History indexes and databases page
- Tools for finding special materials (including archival resources)
- WorldCat Classic
- Catalogs of Special Materials
Archival resources, online collections, manuscripts, and more.
- Directories
- Gale Directory Library
Includes:
- Subject Collections: A Guide to Special Book Collections and Subject Emphases. Comp. Lee Ash and William G. Miller. 7th ed. New Providence, RI: Bowker, 1993.
Reference R 026 A81s7
The library also has directories of libraries and archives in other countries. See, for example,
- Archives of Russia. Ed. Patricia Kennedy Grimsted. 2 vols. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2000.
Reference R 027 A673
- British Archives. Ed. Janet Foster and Julia Sheppard. 4th ed. New York: Palgrave, 2002.
Reference R 027 F755b
- Directory of Irish Archives. Ed. Seamus Helferty and Raymond Refaussé. 4th ed. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2003.
Reference R 027 D598
- The Europa World of Learning. 59th ed. [2009]. 2 vols. New York: Routledge, 2008.
Reference Desk REF AS2 .W6
- ... and more
- Specific types of sources
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