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History 6900 Introduction to Historical Research: Syllabus

Instruction in the basic tools and techniques of historical research

Class Syllabus for Introduction to Historical Research

 

    

Fall 2016 (History 6900

Instructor: Dr. David Simonelli

 

E-mail: dsimonelli@ysu.edu

 

 

Library Visit Instructions

You are encouraged to visit the History Librarian's office to discuss your proposal.  He will help you find appropriate scholarly materials from the Maag collection and can assist you in your selection of your topic. . Please call 330-941-1719 or email him at rdault@ysu.edu to arrange your meeting.  

Mr. Ault  is usually in the library from 9 to 4 Monday through Friday.    A whiteboard on his office door indicates his schedule changes and his phone has voice mail.

He looks forward to discussing your assignments with you.   

 

 

Class Readings

Many students have found  that this Maag Library database,  Opposing Viewpoints in Context is a good place to start finding subjects and as the name implies, views from both sides of an issue. 

Opposing Viewpoints in Context helps students research, analyze and organize a broad variety of data for conducting research, completing writing assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations and more.

Resources are divided into topics which contains numerous full text pieces further categorized by the nature of their material: viewpoints (essays), reference, statistics, magazines and newspapers, images, primary documents and web sites.  Give it a try!

Subject Guide

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Contact:
Christine Adams, MLS
Co-Director & Head of Research and Academic Support
William F. Maag Jr. Library
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Phone: 330.941.3681
Email: cmadams02@ysu.edu
330.941.3681

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History Pages

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It Doesn't Take a Genius... but

A True Greek Tragedy: The Holocaust in Salonika

A YSU Documentary That Aired on PBS Western Reserve

Ash and Smoke cast photos

Now Available at Maag Library!
A joint effort of YSU’s Maag Library, History Department and the Department of Media & Academic Computing, this one hour documentary was broadcast by Public Television’s Western Reserve Public Media  during the 2011-12 season and was rebroadcast in 2013. Here is a preview.

This Jambar article discussed the creation of the program. It was featured at the Youngstown Area 2012 Jewish Film Festival. Dr. Saul Friedman taught at YSU from 1969 to 2006 and was founder of our Holocaust Studies program. In addition to a dozen books, he created 13 documentaries of which 5 received regional Emmy Awards.

He died March 31, 2013.  

According to the records of the Greek government, 56,500 Jewish citizens lived in the city of Salonika on the eve of the Holocaust. By December 1944 only three remained. This is their story–and by extension–it is the story of the Jews of Greece.

The DVD Ash and /Smoke  may be borrowed from the Maag Library AudioVisual Collection,

Call number DVD 0432. Ask at the Circulation Desk. 

https://www.worldcat.org/title/ash-and-smoke-the-holocaust-in-salonika/oclc/752326798 

It will appear online in the Maag archives in the future.