General Tips on Searching in CLIO
- Reference works or statistical publications -- in print or electronic
- Combine name of country or language or ethnic group as “Subject” -AND- another term as a “Subject”….such as:
bibliography | handbooks | statistics | atlas -or- maps
biography | congresses | dictionaries | grammar
- Historical sources—published
- Use “Subject” keywords like: “description and travel” | “personal narratives” | sources
- Colonial government publications
Search [name of the colonial territory], Great Britain Colonial Office, France, etc. as “Author” or “All Fields”
- Literary works
- Search by author or title …or combine [name of individual language] as “Subject” with:
literature | drama | fiction | poetry | criticism
- Exceptions….African literature (English) ; African literature (French)
- NOTE: For materials before 1982: you may still need to use the Card Catalog, 310 Butler Library
Primary Sources?
- Autobiographies and memoirs
- Historical newspapers
- Unpublished government records & published government reports
- Ethnographic surveys & case studies
- Travellers’ accounts & descriptions
- International organization & national NGO reports based on field investigations
- RECOMMENDATION: Routinely search & read articles in the back issues of two journals: