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Access to primary sources for the History of the Middle East (HIST 448) Anaïs Salamon Head Librarian – Islamic Studies Library [email protected]
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Access to primary sources for the History of the Middle East
(HIST 448)
Anaïs SalamonHead Librarian – Islamic Studies [email protected]
Purpose of today’ session:
Define what we’re looking for
Methodology to find materials
Primary sources available at McGill
Hands-on training
Primary Sources – HIST 448
Primary Sources – HIST 448
Presentation
Searches in group
Search Results
Questions
30min.
15min.
30min.
45min.
What are
primary sources?
Primary Sources – HIST 448
Original documentary
evidence,
First-hand accounts of
something happening
Primary Sources – HIST 448
Which means…
Created at the time of the
event, or very soon after
event has happened
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Which also means…
May not have been
published
nor widely diffused
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Examples?
Primary Sources – HIST 448
Archives Newspaper articles
Travel literature biographies
autobiographies testimonies Diaries
personal correspondence Inventories
records maps atlases Paintings
drawings posters Photographs
Primary Sources – HIST 448
Which formats
can
primary sources
take?
Primary Sources – HIST 448
Main formats:
• Digital (PDF, JPEG, …)
• Microform / Microfilm
• Audio / Video
Primary Sources – HIST 448
Primary Sources – HIST 448
What about our
subject?
Primary Sources – HIST 448
History of the Middle East
Late 19th – 20th Century
Gender / Women question
Limitation #1
specific corpus
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Limitation #2not widely available
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Limitation #3Language of
materials
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Western sources
Versus
Eastern sources
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Let’s start to search!
Primary Sources – HIST 448
Research tool Type of resource Resource location
Library Catalogues:- Classic Catalogue- WorldCat Local
Print materialsMicrofilms & MicrofichesAudio & Video materials
McGill Library
WorldCat Local Print materials Other North-American University Libraries
WorldCat Local Digital materialsDatabases
Microfilms & MicrofichesAudio & Video materials
Available at McGill
COLOMBO (ILL) Print materials North-American & European University Libraries
Google Digital materials Internet
Primary Sources – HIST 448
A few tips: Always use the database’s language
Start with a broad subject search
Narrow the search using subheadings
Primary Sources – HIST 448
Possible headings:CountriesRegionsEvents
Women, Palestinian ArabsWomen’s rightsMuslim Women
FeminismWomen authors
Women political prisonersWomen in conflict zones
Women and WarMarriage
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Possible subheadings:Archives
BiographyCorrespondence
Description and travelDiaries
DocumentsHistory sources
InterviewsMaps
NotebooksPersonal narratives
PostersSpeechesSources
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Evaluate your sources!
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① New York Times coverage of « the woman question » during the U.S. invasion of Iraq
② Palestinian Women’s Movements in the Mandate period and their links with Palestinian Nationalism
③ Western Women Travelers in Syria in the second half of the 19th century-early 20th century and their writings
④ Women’s rights and Feminist Movements in Egypt in the 20th century
⑤ Representations of Palestinian Women in pictorial materials (1850 – 1950)
⑥ Representations of Middle Eastern Women in European Travelers Literature (1820 - 1920)
Primary Sources – HIST 448
Thank you!
Questions?
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