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Federal Government Resources for National History Day research

Carrie Brunsberg, LibrarianBusiness, Science and Government Documents

Hennepin County Library, Central LibraryOctober 2009

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About National History Day

The goal of National History Day is to promote the study of history by engaging students and teachers in the excitement of

historical inquiry and creative presentation

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More than 700,000 students

nationwide participated in

2008Last year over 25,000 students in Minnesota participated in National History Day

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52 Minnesota students participated in the national competition

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2006 a simple pathfinder introduced students to

government information

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Website handout referred to MPL’s Government Documents Web page, sort of…

Unique Collections!

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In 2007/08 Minneapolis Public Library partnered with MNHS to target students in Minneapolis Public Schools for History Day

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Three Saturdays in early 2008 offered a unique opportunity for

students

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Students met with History Day staff, mentors, and librarians for help with their research

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A wiki was used to emulate future HCL subject guides

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Presented at MELSA/MINITEX

conference History Day @ Your

Library

Created a webinar for all library staff to learn

about resources available to History

Day students

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Powerpoint slideshow offered suggested sites to use

Unique Resources atMinneapolis Central Librarycan also be found in the

• Government documents collection• Located on the 2nd floor of the library

• Special Collections• Located on the 4th floor of the library

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Explained who we are and what we have to offer

Government Documents Minneapolis Central Library has been collecting agency publications, congressional hearings and laws and regulations since the library became a Federal Depository Library in 1893

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Government documents indexes

LexisNexis Congressional

is an online database that indexes government

publications back to 1789

This database

is available in all HCL libraries,

but is not available remotely

Included specific resources

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The Government Printing Office provides persistent links to online

documents in catalog records

Explained

features

of

resources

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Government documents that are older than 1976 are indexed in the print edition of the

Monthly Catalog

This is the

Cumulative Subject Index

for

1900 to 1971

Included

older

resources

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Also suggested easy-to-access resources such as

NARA and American Memory

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2008, after the merger

Our own subject guide!

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Offered suggestions for Teen librarians to add to

HCL’s Homework Subject Guide

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History Day 2010

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Thank you!

Carrie Brunsberg, Librarian

Business, Science and Government Documents

Hennepin County Library, Central Library

cbrunsberg@hclib.org

612-630-6126

October 2009