User:Researcherguy

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This user is a librarian.

Hello: I am an academic librarian. I'm looking forward to this course; although I may be unable to attend all sessions live.Researcherguy (talk) 16:35, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

Entered during class.Researcherguy (talk)

Profession[edit]

Academic librarian.

Intellectual Interests[edit]

I am interested in American social and cultural history and the evolution of reference sources. At present, as the books and courses listed below indicate, I am immersed in antebellum America. I am also interested in the way in which fiction enables readers, viewers, and listeners to experience the past. And I am committed to all legitimate ways in which learning can be offered freely -- with both style, ease, and refinement -- to everyone -- throughout the course of their lives.

Books Read Recently[edit]

  1. Northup, Solomon. Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup: A Citizen of New York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841 and Rescued in 1853. Originally published in 1853. Wikipedia entries: Solomon Northup and Twelve Years a Slave.
  2. Jacobs, Harriet A., edited by Lydia Maria Child. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written by Herself. Originally published in 1860. Wikipedia entries: Harriet Ann Jacobs and Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.
  3. Brown, William Wells. Clotel: or, The President's Daughter. Originally published in 1853. Wikipedia entries: William Wells Brown and Clotel: or, the President's Daughter.
  4. Horwitz, Tony. Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War. Vintage, 1999. Wikipedia entries: Tony Horwitz and Confederates in the Attic.
  5. Howe, Katherine. Physick Book of Deliverance Dane. Voice, 2010. Wikipedia entries: Katherine Howe and Physick Book of Deliverance Dane.
  6. Keane, Mary Beth. Fever: A Novel. Scribner, 2013. Wikipedia entries: Mary Beth Keane and Typhoid Fever.
  7. Alison, Jane. The Love-Artist. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001. Wikipedia entries: Jane Alison and Virgil.

MOOCs: Completed or Enrolled[edit]

  1. Coursera: Age of Jefferson. Peter S. Onuf. University of Virginia and Monticello.
  2. Coursera: History of the Slave South. Stephanie McCurry. University of Pennsylvania.
  3. Coursera: Plagues, Witches and War: The Worlds of Historical Fiction. Bruce Holsinger. University of Virginia.

Other Relevant Online Courses[edit]

  1. Google: Power Searching. Dan Russell. Google.

Wikipedia Articles Valuable for Teaching[edit]

Wikipedia Entries as Teaching Example[edit]

Learning to Use and Build Wikipedia[edit]

Written Commentary on Wikipedia[edit]

Video Commentary on Wikipedia[edit]

Declaration independence

Articles Worked On[edit]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/User:Researcherguy

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