Davidson College Library Research Guide for English 101W

Possible Selves Professor Churchill Fall 2005 Reference Works Primary Sources Books Diaries Government Documents International Conflicts Periodicals Other Examples Secondary Sources Books Articles RefWorks Tips & Further Help Questions? Please contact Susanna Boylston (704.894.2494). Reference Works General Works | Biographical Works General Works Dictionary of American History. Ed. Stanley I. Kutler. 10 vols. New York: Scribner's, 2003. Reference R 973 D554 2003 Dictionary of Art. Ed Jane. Turner 34 vols. New York: Grove’s Dictionaries, 1996. Reference R 703 D554 Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy. Ed. Alexander DeConde et al. 2nd ed. 3 vols. New York: Scribner, 2002. Reference R 327.73 E56 2002 The Encyclopedia of New York City. Ed. Kenneth T. Jackson. New Haven, CT: Yale Univ. Press, 1995. Reference R 974.71 E56 Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century. Ed. Stanley I. Kutler. 4 vols. New York: Scribner's, 1996. Reference R 973.03 E562 Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations. Ed. Bruce W. Jentleson and Thomas G. Paterson. 4 vols. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1997. Reference R 327.73 E561 Europa World Year Book. London: Europa, 1959- . Reference R 341.1 E89 The current edition is available online. Gale Virtual Reference Library A collection of full text, electronic reference books published by Gale. Biographical Works American National Biography. Ed. John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. 24 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999-2002. Reference R 920.073 A512 Biography Reference Bank. H.W. Wilson, 2003- . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. ed. H.C.G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2004. Reference R 920 N2111 Primary Sources Books | Advertisements | Diaries | Government Documents | International Conflicts | Periodicals | Other Examples Books Library Catalogue To locate primary sources, do a keyword search and add one or more of the following words: sources correspondence diaries personal narratives. For more details, see below. WorldCat To locate primary sources, do a keyword search and add one or more of the following words: sources correspondence diaries personal narratives. Note: Rare and archival materials cannot be borrowed on interlibrary loan. You can sometimes locate microfilm or microfiche copies of these documents in WorldCat; try doing an advanced search, enter your keywords or subject terms, and then apply a "subtype limit," choosing "Microform" as the format. For more details, see below. Advertisements Consult the magazines and newspapers listed below as well as the following sources: Ad*Access, from the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University An online archive of advertisements published between 1911 and 1955. Life Library has: vols. 1-73 (1936-1972) Location: Little Library Bound Periodicals New York Times Magazine Library has: 1896 to present (microfilm); 1896-2001 (online) Location: Microfilm cabinet C20-C26; Historical Newspapers: The New York Times To find advertisements: Microfilm: the Magazine is filmed as part of the Sunday New York Times and usually appears after the main sequence of the paper. Online: on the "advanced search" page, type "section(magazine)" and then limit by date. Finally, click on the "more search options" tab at the bottom of the advanced search screen and from the "Document Type" drop-down menu, choose "Display ad." Diaries, Letters, & Personal Narratives American Women's Diaries [microfilm] Microfilm cabinet C-2 This collection includes handwritten diaries from the colonial period through the beginning of the twentieth century. It is in three parts: New England Women (8 diaries), Southern Women (32 diaries), and Western Women (600 diaries). Guide: Segment 1, New England Women: Reference R 016.973 A5121n Guide: Segment 2, Southern Women: Reference R 016.973 A5121s North American Women's Letters & Diaries This collection provides the full text of letters, diaries, and excerpts of diaries from the colonial era to the mid twentieth century. The texts were written contemporaneously; memoirs are not included. U.S. Government Documents Foreign Relations of the United States. Washington, DC: U.S.G.P.O., 1861- . Government Information Stacks S1.1 (Some volumes are online) United States Government Documents on Women, 1800-1990: A Comprehensive Bibliography. Mary Ellen Huls. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1993. Reference R 016.305 H917u International Conflicts (1993-2005) See also U.S. Government Documents, above. FBIS Publications: Foreign Broadcast Information Service (1978 to present) Provides English-language translations of selected foreign newspaper articles, broadcasts, and wire reports as well as government documents, technical reports, and conference proceedings from around the world. 1995 to present: available online through World News Connection. 1978-1996: consult Government Documents Microfiche (call number PrEX 7.10:FBIS- 1996-2001: also available on Government Documents CD-ROMS (located in the top drawer of the cabinet behind the Reference Office) LexisNexis Academic (Approx. 1980 to present) Includes the full text of articles from local, national, and international newspapers, magazines, and trade journals as well as the text of newswires, patents, legal documents, and transcripts of radio and television broadcasts. To find international news: do a "Guided News Search." In the first drop down menu, "News Category," choose "World News." In the second drop-down menu, "News Sources," select the appropriate region of the world. Enter key words and then adjust the date range as appropriate. You can also select "Non-English Language News" as the news category to find international news. Search Syntax Truncation: use an exclamation point !. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Wildcard: use an asterisk *. PAIS International (1937 to present) Indexes journal articles, books, government documents, and conference papers in political science, public affairs, and economics. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: automatic. Wildcard: use a question mark ?. Periodicals Magazines | Newspapers Magazines & Contemporary Journals The Library has many magazines, including: The Nation Little Library Bound Periodicals: 1880 to present New Republic Little Library Bound Periodicals: 1916 to present New York Library has: 1968 to present Location: Little Library Bound Periodicals New Yorker Little Library Bound Periodicals: 1939 to present Newsweek Little Library Bound Periodicals: 1936 to present Microfilm cabinet C-27: 1933 to present Time Little Library Bound Periodicals: 1924 to present Microfiche cabinet A-2: 1923 to present U.S. News & World Report Little Library Bound Periodicals: 1950 to present Microfilm cabinet C-40: 1933 to present ...and many others Academic Search Elite (1984 to present) Indexes popular and scholarly articles in a broad range of subject areas; also includes citations to book reviews and citations to articles in several national newspapers. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Wildcard: use a question mark ?. InfoTrac OneFile (1980 to present) Indexes popular and scholarly articles in a broad range of subject areas; also included citations to book reviews and citations to articles in several national newspapers. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Wildcard: use an exclamation point !. PCI: Periodical Contents Index (c. 1770-1995 [publication date of articles indexed]) Indexes journal and magazine articles as well as book reviews in a broad array of humanities, social sciences, and science subjects. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: automatic. Readers' Guide Abstracts (1890 to present) Indexes articles in popular periodicals; also includes citations to book and film reviews. Search Syntax Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?. Newspapers To locate newspapers on microfilm in the E.H. Little Library, do a keyword search in the Library Catalogue for the word "newspapers" and then limit by date and by material type "newspapers." The Christian Science Monitor (1954 to present) [microfilm] Microfilm cabinet C-11 Index (1954-1992): Reference Index Area R 070 C555 New York Times Online (1851-2001): Historical Newspapers: The New York Times Microfilm (1851 to present): Microfilm cabinets C-20 through C-26 Index (1851 to present): Reference Index Area R 071 N53 Personal Name Index: Reference Index Area 071 N53p LexisNexis Academic (Approx. 1980 to present) Includes the full text of articles from local, national, and international newspapers, magazines, and trade journals as well as the text of newswires, patents, legal documents, and transcripts of radio and television broadcasts. Search Tips: Use the "Guided News" search option. Try several types of searches: For "News Category," choose "General News"; from the "News Source" drop-down menu, choose "Major Papers." Enter relevant keywords and choose an appropriate date range. For "News Category," choose "Arts & Sports News"; from the "News Source" drop-down menu, choose "Book, Movie, Music, & Play Reviews" or "Entertainment News." Enter relevant keywords and choose an appropriate date range. Search Syntax Truncation: use an exclamation point. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Wildcard: use an asterisk *. The [London] Times (1785 to present) [microfilm] Index: Reference Index Area R 070 T58 The Wall St. Journal (1961 to present) [microfilm] Microfilm cabinet C-42 Index (1961-2003): Reference Index Area R 071 W187 The Washington Post (1877 to present) [microfilm] Microfilm cabinets C-43 through C-47 Other Examples American Memory, from the Library of Congress Contains a wealth of primary source material for American history, including: American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920 The Life of a City: Early Films of New York, 1898-1906 Map Collections: 1500-2004 Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920 American Poetry A collection of over 40,000 American poems dating from 1600 to 1900. ARTstor A collection of over 300,000 images covering art, architecture, and archaeology from a wide range of cultures and time periods as well as tools to manipulate and analyze those images. For technical requirements, see the Quick Start Guide. The Gallup Brain 1935 to present) Contains the Gallup Poll Public Opinion surveys, including more than 125,000 questions and responses from over 3.5 million people. Twentieth-Century American Poetry A collection of over 52,000 twentieth-century American poems. Secondary Sources Books | Articles Books Library Catalogue Includes information about books, government documents, and journals, magazines, and newspapers in the Library. Note: To locate appropriate Library of Congress Subject Headings, start with a keyword search and then browse records. Relevant subject headings include: To locate works about a person, do a subject search for the person's name (last name first). To locate bibliographies on a person or topic, do a keyword search and add the following: su bibliography. Search Syntax Truncation: use a dollar sign $. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Wildcard: use a question mark ?. WorldCat Indexes books, periodicals, and other materials held by libraries around the world. Search WorldCat to identify additional books on your topic and then order the books on interlibrary loan. Note: It can be helpful to identify relevant Library of Congress Subject Headings in the Library Catalogue first; you can then do a subject search in WorldCat to find additional items with these subject headings. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: insert a "w" between the words in a phrase (for example, "cold w war"). Wildcard: use a question mark ?. Articles Starting Points | Subject-Specific Databases Starting Points Academic Search Elite (1984 to present) Indexes popular and scholarly articles in a broad range of subject areas; also includes citations to book reviews and citations to articles in several national newspapers. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Wildcard: use a question mark ?. InfoTrac OneFile (1980 to present) Indexes popular and scholarly articles in a broad range of subject areas; also included citations to book reviews and citations to articles in several national newspapers. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Wildcard: use an exclamation point !. LexisNexis Academic (Approx. 1980 to present) Includes the full text of articles from local, national, and international newspapers, magazines, and trade journals as well as the text of newswires, patents, legal documents, and transcripts of radio and television broadcasts. Search Tips: Use the "Guided News" search option. Try several types of searches: For "News Category," choose "General News"; from the "News Source" drop-down menu, choose "Major Papers." Enter relevant keywords and choose an appropriate date range. For "News Category," choose "Arts & Sports News"; from the "News Source" drop-down menu, choose "Book, Movie, Music, & Play Reviews" or "Entertainment News." Enter relevant keywords and choose an appropriate date range. Search Syntax Truncation: use an exclamation point. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Wildcard: use an asterisk *. OmniFile Full Text Mega (1982 to present) Indexes articles from over 3,000 scholarly and popular periodicals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences; also includes the full text of selected articles from over 1,650 of these periodicals. Search Syntax Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?. Readers' Guide Abstracts (1890 to present) Indexes articles in popular periodicals; also includes citations to book and film reviews. Search Syntax Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?. Subject-Specific Databases America: History and Life (Prehistory to present [historical time period covered]; 1964 to present [publication date of articles and books indexed]) Indexes scholarly articles, review of scholarly books, and doctoral dissertations on U.S. and Canadian history. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Wildcard: use a question mark ?. Time period searches: search by decade or century only. To search for a decade, use the format xxxxD (example: 1940D). To search for a range of decades, use the format xxxxD xxxxD or the format xxxxD OR xxxxD. Note: For more than five decades, search by century (see below). To search for a century, use the format xxxxH (example: 1900H). To search for a range of centuries, use the format xxxxH xxxxH. Humanities Abstracts (1907 to present [publication date of articles indexed]) Indexes journal articles and some book reviews on all humanities subjects, including history, classics, art, archeology, literature, philosophy, and religion. Search Syntax Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?. JSTOR Includes pdf copies of scholarly articles from a core collection of journals; also includes book reviews. Note: JSTOR does not contain articles from the most recent 3-5 years. Search Syntax Truncation: use a plus sign +. Phrase searching: automatic. PAIS International (1937 to present) Indexes journal articles, books, government documents, and conference papers in political science, public affairs, and economics. To locate articles from previous years, consult Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin, 1915-1972, shelved in the Reference Index Area at call number R 050 P976. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: automatic. Wildcard: use a question mark ?. PCI: Periodical Contents Index (c. 1770-1995 [publication date of articles indexed]) Indexes journal and magazine articles as well as book reviews in a broad array of humanities, social sciences, and science subjects. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: automatic. Project Muse Includes pdf and HTML copies of journal articles published by university and scholarly presses. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Social Sciences Abstracts (1907 to present [publication date of articles indexed]) Indexes journal articles and some book reviews on all social sciences subjects, including history, political science, international relations, law, economics, area studies, gender studies, anthropology, psychology, and sociology. Search Syntax Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?. Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (1975 to present) Indexes articles on a broad array of political science and international relations topics; international in scope. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: automatic. Wildcard: use a question mark ?. Using RefWorks Need help managing the citations that you are finding in databases? Try RefWorks! You can use it to organize your citations, keep track of your notes on books and articles, and generate bibliographies. Find out more; consult our guide on Using RefWorks. Connect to RefWorks Tips & Further Help How to Narrow or Broaden your Search How to Identify a Scholarly Article How to Find Book Reviews How to Search the Web: Tools & Tips How to Evaluate Web Resources Research Planner (pdf document) Research Log (pdf document)

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