Find Books
Use these catalogs to find books at OSU & elsewhere.
OSU Library Catalog: search for books located at Valley library and OSU's other libraries.
Finding Scholarly Journal Articles
In general, start your searching with just one or two keywords. Add more as needed.
Be sure to try your topic in more than one database.
Read citations and abstracts to get ideas of different keywords that represent your topic.-
Academic Search Premier
A multi-disciplinary database of citations and full text scholarly and non-scholarly. Click Scholarly (Peer-Reviewed) Journals to limit your search. Type islam* to find the words islam or islamic. Use quotes, "A'isha Bint", so the terms are searched as a phrase.
Coverage Dates: 1975 - present -
ArticleFirst
Citations from journals in all disciplines. Use quotes, "Abu Muslim", so the terms are searched as a phrase.
Coverage Dates: 1990 - present -
Historical Abstracts
Scholarly citations and articles covering world history. Type islam* to find the words islam or islamic. Use quotes, "A'isha Bint", so the terms are searched as a phrase. Can limit by language (recommended). Can limit by Historical Period. You may find a few articles here, but don't be surprised if there aren't very many.
Coverage Dates: 1955 -
JSTOR
A multi-disciplinary archival collection of scholarly journal articles. Type islam* to find the words islam or islamic. Use quotes, "A'isha Bint", so the terms are searched as a phrase. Under the advanced search, check mark articles to limit to scholarly articles. Again, you may find a few articles here, but don't be surprised if there aren't very many.
Coverage Dates: Varies by Journal -
Project Muse
Interdisciplinary collection of full-text, peer reviewed journals. Type islam* to find the words islam or islamic. Use quotes, "A'isha Bint", so the terms are searched as a phrase. Use parentheses to search for multiple concepts ("muslim" or islam*) and history. Use the limit to articles on the Advanced Article Search page.
Coverage Dates: Varies by journal -
Google Scholar
Google Scholar searches a variety of academic publishers. Some articles are available in full-text; others you can link to and get through OSU's print or electronic journal subscriptions. If the article is not available through OSU, you can request it from InterLibrary Loan. Use quotes, "A'isha Bint", so the terms are searched as a phrase. Use parentheses to search for multiple concepts ("muslim" or islam*) and history.
Coverage Dates: Unknown
Writing & Citing Resources
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."
Course Instructor Finley
- Prof. Carmel Finley
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Current Newspaper Articles
Alternative Press Index Citations to 200+ alternative, radical and left periodicals, 1991-present.
Lexis Nexis Academic Full-text to hundreds of national and international newspapers, some from 1980's-present. For the full-text of The Oregonian, 1987-present, choose News and checkmark The Oregonian as a Source. Tutorial.
Oregon Index Citations to Oregon newspapers,1975-present.
PressDisplay Full-text to international and some U.S. newspapers, last 60 days.
Historical Newspapers
Here is a list of historical Oregon newspapers and a list of historical national newspapers, including The New York Times in microfilm on the 3rd floor of The Valley Library.
You can also search for some archival articles from The New York Times at their site. Create your free personal account first. For fun, check out the TimesMachine, digitized copies of some of the NYTimes from 1850-1920.
More archival newspapers are available here:
America's Historical Newspapers 1690-1876.
American Periodical Series 1740-1900
Archival Research Tutorial
Primary Sources
Primary sources can be found in many places:
Digitized books can be found here:
- Google Book Search: use the advanced search to limit to full view (out of copyright) to see the complete full text
- OSU Libraries Special Collections: featuring original papers by: Linus Pauling, Milton Harris, Paul Emmett, etc
- History of Science, Technology and Medicine Links
The Nineteenth Century in Print: The Making of America in Books and Periodicals (American Memory, Library of Congress)
Search, browse and display books and periodicals published in the United States during the nineteenth century, primarily during the second half of the century.
American Memory Project: browse by timeline and then browse or search.
NWDA: Northwest Digital Archives: search listings of archives. Some results available online, for others visit the archives in person.
OSU Archives & Special Collections: OSU's digitized collections.
More Primary Sources
OSU Archives: in addition to the digitized collections you can visit the archives and an archivist will help you find items related to your topic. Search descriptions of their holdings to inform your visit.
Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature: a print index to magazine articles published since 1900. Call number is AI 3 .R4. Tells you which magazine published the article and when.
The Valley Library 6th Floor: browse the AP call number area for magazines published during the 20th C. Examples include: Time, Mother Jones, Nation, National Review, New Republic, The New York Times Magazine, etc.
The National Archives ARC Catalog: use the Digital Copies to search.
UofDelaware Subject Guide to Internet Resources for History of Science & Technology.
The History of Computing Project: great timeline, biographies, hardwar and software information. All information should be corroborated with other materials.
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Last Update: October 08, 2009 17:30 | Tagged with: History of Science History technology
