Jane Nichols
- Librarian: Jane Nichols
- Office Location: 121 The Valley Library, 4th floor
- Office Hours: by appt
- Contact: vlibjane (aim, meebo, yahoo)
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Current Newspaper Articles
Lexis Nexis Academic full-text national and international
Oregon Index index to Oregon papers
Oregonian full-text, 1988 - present
PressDisplay International Newspapers
Sources for Background Information
American Men and Women of Science: the social and behavioral sciences Q141 .C21
Note: some years are shelved in compact and some in storage.
American National Biography Authoritative print biographical dictionary. Call number is CT213 .A68 1999 and shelved on the main floor at Valley Library.
Dictionary of American History Online dictionary that puts events in historical context, includes bibliographies and photos.
Dictionary of Scientific Biography The source for biographical information about scientists. Newly available online.
The Oxford Companion to United States History Online database of university level dictionaries, encyclopedias and more. Look under History and Politics and Social Sciences.
There are many print reference sources dedicated to the History of Science listed here .
Find Books
Journal Articles
Academic Search Premier secondary source articles for all fields.
America: History & Life secondary source articles for the History field.
JSTOR primary and secondary sources articles for many fields.
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Primary Source Newspapers & Periodicals
American Periodicals Series, 1740-1900 Online database of magazines and newspapers.
America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1876 Online database of magazines and newspapers.
National and Oregon Newspapers
This web page lists call numbers and years of publication. The newspapers are on microfilm and are located on the library's 3rd floor. Here is a list of historical Oregon newspapers and a list of historical national newspapers.
The New York Times: some archival articles are freely available from their site (present-1987; and public domain 1851-1922). Helpful for finding obituaries.
Index to The Oregonian 1851-1987. Use this to find a citation; use the microfilm to get the article.
More Primary Sources
American Memory Project Online collection of primary sources from Library of Congress.
History of Science, Technology and Medicine Links
National Archives: ARC is the online catalog to our nation's archvial collections. Some digitized materials included.
OSU Libraries Special Collections: featuring original papers by: Linus Pauling, Milton Harris, Paul Emmett, etc
Early American Imprints Series I: The Evans Collection, 1639-1800 Micro-fiche of virtually every book, pamphlet and broadside published in America. Get the call number by searching the Valley Library catalog. Example keyword search: evans science limit publication year to 1600 & 1800.
You can also use secondary sources (books & journal articles) to find primary sources by trolling the bibliography.
Writing & Citing Resources
OSU's Writing Center Tutors will meet with you for free to review your paper.
Cite U Like: manage your citations
Slate Citation Machine: style information
Plagiarism? It's Your Call: website with examples of how to cite correctly. From Western Michigan University's online tutorial SearchPath, "learn to find and critically evaluate information sources."
OSU's Office of Student Conduct page on Plagiarism
Last Update: July 02, 2008 16:25
