SELF-GUIDED LIBRARY TOUR (main library)

Course specific stuff:

-Online computer catalogs:

-Search UICCAT for “Lenin” (try keyword and subject searches)

-Which two titles seem the most interesting, promising, serious?

-Check one out

-Are there any memoirs?

-Search Illinet

-How many more books do you find on Lenin?

-Figure out how to order books on-line; report back on the procedure

-Search WorldCat

-Still more books?

-Ask an attendant at Inter-library loan about how to get books from WorldCat

-Search ArticleFirst

-Are there any relevant articles?

-Can you find any at the UIC main library?

-If so, xerox the title page of a relevant article

-Search Historical Abstracts

-Are there any relevant articles on Lenin?

-If so, print out the relevant abstracts

-Can you find one relevant article at UIC main library?

-If so, xerox first page of one

-Figure out how to search for dissertations

-If you find any relevant dissertations, bring the bibliographical data to class

-Are there any relevant materials in Special Collections?

-If so, name one or two

-Which reference materials would yield the most valuable information about the revoluion?

-Xerox the first page of a relevant text

-Find a map of St. Petersburg, preferably showing the street layout in 1917

-Xerox the central area centered on the admiralty (Admiral;tejstvo)

General stuff:

-What is the headline in the New York Times on the day your mother was born?

-In what two main divisions are journals stored?

-How do you obtain a journal for check-out? Bring a copy of the form used for this purpose