Subject Librarian
- Loretta Rielly
- Office Hours:
4th Floor, Valley Library. By appointment - Contact Info:
541-737-2642
Images on the Web
Please be aware of legal restrictions on the use of images. Boston University Libraries has put together a very useful webpage on image copyright
Finding copyright free (legal) images
Wikimedia CommonsScroll down and look at the content under "By License" to find images in the public domain or licensed for free use.Flickr - Advanced Search Screen
Here you can limit to images that have been licensed by their creators with a Creative Commons license - telling you what you can legally and ethically do with these photos. Show meCreative Commons search
Search for audio and image files with Creative Commons' licenses.
Labeling and citing images
Even when the images you use are copyright free, you should acknowledge the creator and indicate the source.
- See the photograph on this page for an example of attribution.
- For examples using MLA style, click here: citing images
This module adapted from one created by Anne-Marie Deitering, OSU Libraries.
Catalogs
OSU Libraries Catalog
A catalog of the holdings of the OSU Libraries, including Guin Library in Newport and Cascades/COCC in Newport.
Summit (Orbis Cascades) Catalog
A catalog of the holdings of academic libraries in Oregon and Washington. Request books not at OSU (or checked out) and have them sent here in 3-4 working days.
OCLC WorldCat
A catalog of the holdings of libraries worldwide. Use to identify books not at OSU or in Summit and request through InterLibrary Loan.
Suggest books you'd like the library to purchase.
Borrowing from other libraries
Books:
First see if a book is available through Summit. If it's not, request it through InterLibrary Loan
Articles in journals:
Request through InterLibrary Loan . Articles are delivered electronically, so the turnaround time is frequently very short.
Mother Jones RSS Feed
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Style Guides & Writing Resources
Writing resources at OSU
Style Guides
Research and Documentation Online
Citation Builders
Online Citation Builder (Univ of N. Carolina Libraries)
Managing Your Research
Ingenta Register and receive notifications of new issues and their content. You can also create "search alerts" and receive notifications if articles match searches you've registered.
Bibliographic managment software : EndNote & more
Search Alerts Many databases let you save and return to searches and receive updates when new information is published on your topic(s)
Keeping Current with Research . Information about RSS feeds, social bookmarking, and more.
Course Instructor
- Sara Jameson
- Office Hours:
Moreland 360. - Contact Info:
Instructor's Website
Your instructor recommends
Textbook: Donald Bartholomae, Ways of Reading. 7th edition.
Jeffrey Goldberg, "Unforgiven," Atlantic Monthly , May 2008.
Nicholas Carr," Is Google Making Us Stoopid"? Atlantic Monthly . July/August 2008
News and Opinion Magazines
The Library has print and online subscriptions to the magazines you will read for this course. Use the call number (the AP number) to find the print copies of the magazine.
Some articles are available on the magazine's websites.
- Nov 1857 - present: AP2.7 (6th floor Valley Library)
- Nov 1993 - present online
- Sept 1976 - present: AP2.H2 (6th floor Valley Library)
- Jan 1992 - May 31, 2007 online
- April 1990 to present online
- 1984 - present: AP2.M79193 (6th floor Valley Library)
- Jan 1975 - 1 month ago online
- 1865 - present: AP2.N2 (6th floor Valley Library)
- Jan 1960 - present: AP2.N27 (6th floor Valley Library)
- Jan 1975 - present online
- 1914 - present AP2.N4 (6th floor Valley Library)
- May 1990 - present online
- 1836 - 1841 in American Periodicals Series
- Feb 1936 - present: AP2.N45 (6th floor Valley Library)
- Dec 1999 - present online
See Harvard College Library's "Popular Magazines and Scholarly Journals " for a list of public intellectual magazines.
Searching Magazine Contents
There are several ways to search for topics in a specific magazine.
- Via the E-journals list on the library's homepage. Tutorial
Academic Search Premier - ArticleFirst
- Because you can only search titles and subjects, you will get fewer results than in Academic Search Premier, though they may be more relevant.
Tutorial for searching ASP and Article First
For search tips, select:
Researching magazines
Selected books about magazines in Valley Library:
Lora and Longton, The conservative press in twentieth-century America PN4888.C598 C664 1999
Abrahamson, Magazine-made America: the cultural transformation of the postwar periodical PN4877 .A27 1996
Douglas, The smart magazine: 50 years of literary revelry and high jinks at Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Life, Esquire, and The Smart Set. PN4877 .D67 1991
Zuckerman, A history of popular women's magazines in the United States, 1792-1995. PN4879 .Z83 1998
Nourie and Nourie, American mass-market magazines PN4877 .A48 1990
Janello and Jones, The American magazine PN4877 .A46 1991
Tebbel, The magazine in America, 1741-1990 PN4832 .T43 1991
Selected articles about magazines:
Henry James, "The Founding of The Nation," The Nation 101 (July 8, 1915): 44-45.
Diana Trilling, "The Nation Years." The Nation 257 (Nov 1, 1993): 502-04.
Selected websites:
"A history of The Atlantic Monthly" http://www.theatlantic.com/about/atlhistf.htm
Last Update: June 19, 2008 14:09
