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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
612-630-6126
October 2009