HIST 300: Intro to the History Major

Example Journal Article Citation:
Simon, Rita J., and Jean M. Landis. 1989. “Women’s and Men’s Attitudes about a Woman’s Place and Role.” Public Opinion Quarterly 53 (2): 265–76.

How to interpret the journal article citation:

• Simon, Rita J., and Jean M. Landis are the authors of the article. 
• The publication date is 1989.
• Women’s and Men’s Attitudes about a Woman’s Place and Role is the article title. 
• This article was published in volume 53, issue 2 of the journal titled Public Opinion Quarterly on pages 265-76. 

How to get the journal article from the citation:

• The quick way is from the library homepage, enter the article title in Find It @ UofSC.
• If Find It @ UofSC does not work, go to Journals from the library’s homepage. Enter the title of the journal. 
• If available online, click on the journal title to view the online availability.
• If online access is available for the date you need, drill down to the year, volume, and issue. 
• You may be able to search for your article title: look for something that reads “Search within this publication or similar. 
• Online access not available? From the library’s home page click Find Library Services. Click Request an Interlibrary Loan and follow the prompts. 

Example Book Chapter Citation:
Sharon Harley. "Black Women and Black Power: The Case of Ruby Doris Smith Robinson and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee." In Sisters in the Struggle: African American Women in the Civil Rights-Black Power Movement. New York University Press, 2001.

How to interpret the book chapter citation:

• Sharon Harley. is the chapter author.
• Black Women and Black Power: The Case of Ruby Doris Smith Robinson and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee is the chapter title.
• New York University Press publisher, and the publication date is 2001.

How to get the book chapter from the citation: 

• Enter the chapter title in Find It @ UofSC.  If the chapter is not located, enter the title of the book.
• If the library holds the book but an e-book option is not available, you have three options:
• Request the print copy be pulled and held for you by clicking Sign-in. Or find the book in the library and take to the Circulation Desk to check-out.
• Change the drop-down to PASCAL Deliver. If the book is available from another academic library in the state, you can request the book.  Turnaround time is 2-3 business days.  
• Prefer a PDF copy of the chapter? If the library has the book, from the library’s homepage, click Find Library Services. Click Scan and Deliver and follow the prompts to request that the chapter be scanned as a PDF.  If the library does not have the book, from Find Library Services go to Interlibrary Loan.
   

Example of Book Citation:
Clendinen, Dudley, and Adam Nagourney, Out for Good: The Struggle to Build a Gay Rights Movement in America. Simon & Schuster, 1999.

How to interpret the book citation:

• Clendinen, Dudley, and Adam Nagourney are the book authors.
• Out for Good: The Struggle to Build a Gay Rights Movement in America is the book title. 
• Simon & Schuster is the publisher.
• The publication date is 1999.

How to get the book from the citation:

• Search Find It @ UofSC by book title. If want to be sure, once you conduct your search change the dropdown from Articles, Books, and More to UofSC Libraries. 
• If the library does not have the book, search Find It @ UofSC using PASCAL Delivers option from the dropdown. 
• If the book is not available via PASCAL Delivers, from the library’s homepage click Find Library Services and then Request an Interlibrary Loan.