History of the Middle East
 History 251
Middle East Civilization
Library Assignment

 

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This assignment must be completed in your campus library.   If you need assistance, ask the reference Librarian for help.  From the Library Home Page, click on the Catalog to find books.  Look for three book on the modern period of Middle East History.   Examine these listing with the thought that you are hunting for a topic for your Research Paper or Book Review.
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Subject Heading(s: Afghanistan-History--Early Empire, Weapons
Subject Heading(s: Turkey--History--Ottoman Military
Key Words:   Afghanistan, History, Early Period 
 
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ARTICLES, MAGAZINES, JOURNALS, NEWSPAPERS

From the library Homepage, click on Magazines, Newspapers & Reference Databases.   From the next screen, pick one of the following indexes such as One File, Expanded Academic, or ProQuest.  Find two articles on Modern Turkey (Iraq, Iran, Syria, Egypt, etc.
Scroll down to the part of the page with a list of subject-specific areas, than click on history to view a list of databases of  more specialized history sources, i.e. JSTOR and more database choices.
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  INTERNET  
From the Libraries Homepage click on Internet.  You will see a list of search engines and subject directories from which you can search the web.
You may start your search in Yahoo or Google (a really big search engine), or in a much more selective subject directory such as the Librarians' Index to the Internet.
Please, also take a look at Vivisimo, which calls itself a "document clustering technology."  If you do a search, then click on cluster, and look on the left side of the page, you will find a sorted list of topics.
Find four WEB sites that have information on the Middle East.  List their URLS (WEB addresses that start with http) and describe the content of the WEB site and who produced it.
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Evaluate the Web site.  See http://www.nvcc.edu/library/evaluate.htm
How can this site be used for your future topic?
 
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Evaluate the website.  
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Evaluate the website.
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