History 288: Environmental China: Nature, History, and Crisis

Library Session Activities

Exploring JSTOR Interactive Research Tool

Step 1: Individually write down what you thought the important takeaways from Sanft's "Environment and Law in Early Imperial China"

Step 2: Pull up "Enviornment and Law in Early Imperial China" in JSTOR. 

Step 3: Log-in to JSTOR 

To log-in to JSTOR, click the red "log-in" box in upper-right of the page

Step 4: With a partner explore JSTOR's chatbot: 

• Compare the summary of the article from JSTOR's chatbot to you and your partner's important takeaways from the article
• Come up with 2-3 questions to ask the chatbot and review the chatbot's answers

Primary Source Collection Exploration

Step 1: In groups of four, explore your group's assigned primary source collection

Step 2: Discuss and be prepared to report out on these questions:

• What was in the primary source collection?
• What options were available for searching and browsing?
• What sort of topics might it be helpful for?
• What tips from earlier were effective when exploring the database?