Use the Library at home: All Library databases can be searched at home by CSUF students
       If you have any difficulties, get technical assistance from the Titan Help Desk... 714 278 7777     
What to do if library does not own what you need:
        Interlibrary Loan...Books and Articles from other libraries, 5-10 day turnaround, free
        Your CSUF card is valid at al CSU libraries, local community colleges and some private.    

How locate books on your topic:
Library Catalog http://opac.fullerton.edu
            Online database of books, journals, newspapers, recordings, atlases and more
            sample: Keyword: men united states...Leads to Subject: Masculinity -- United States
                        Title: Manliness & civilization: a cultural history of gender and race in the United States

How to find an article when you have the citation: 1. Library Home Page > Find Journals 2. Enter the journal
Lane, Carrie, “Like Exporting Baseball to Japan: US Tech Workers Respond to Offshoring,” Anthropology of Work Review 25.3-4 (September 2004): 18-26 

Historical Newspaper Databases
Los Angeles Times Historical Proquest	1881-1986 sample search: Joe Waddell
New York Times Historical Proquest	1851-2004 sample search: Giants or Gothams (citation and abstract)                         baseball  or base ball (full text)                         photo_standalone (document type)
America's Historical Newspapers Readex	1690 - 1922 accumulation of many newspapers Each newspaper title will have different dates sample search: manly men (Full Text) Return: Best Matches first Dates: 1880-1917,  Article Types: Advertisement
Times of London Historical	1785-1985
Readers Guide Retrospective Wilson	1890-1982 Magazines only, not all full text A percentage of the articles will be available online Some articles will be on microfilm, some may be requested Sample search: boys and Juvenile delinquents and delinquency (subject)

Resources for American Studies	All databases
Academic Search Premier EBSCO	General topics: magazines, newspapers and journals
America History and Life EBSCO	Amer history, source for cultural issues, material culture & cars
MLA International Bibliography EBSCO	Literary criticism in journal articles and books
ERIC EBSCO	All aspect of education research
Ethnic NewsWatch  Proquest	newspapers, magazines, journals from ethnic, minority, and native presses
WorldCAT OCLC	Catalog of 50,000+ libraries; books, manuscripts, archives, recordings, more
Art Full Text - 1984-present Wilson	Art research
Music and Performing Arts Online	Music, Dance, Theatre research
PAIS International  CSA	Political Science, Public Administration, Criminal Justice
Women's Studies International NICS	women's studies and feminist-related journals, newspapers, newsletters, books and reports
JSTOR	digital archive of 1,000+ journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Includes nothing published within past 3-5 years. list of titles
OMNI File Full Test Wilson	9 databases, (Social Sciences, Humanities, Business, Art,

Digitized Archives	All databases
North American Indian Thought and Culture	biographies, autobiographies, oral histories. photographs, and reference works covering historical and contemporary Native Americans
Women and Social Movements	primary and secondary sources for the study of women’s activism and social movements in the US
African American Song	Sound recordings
American Civil War Letters and Diaries	Diaries, letters and memoirs from the Civil War period
Black Thought and Culture	non-fiction writings of over 1,000 major African American leaders
American Song	sound recordings of all types of American songs
African American Song	Audio files of African American music
North American Theatre Online	theatre research materials from books, digitized collections, and web sites
Music Online	Worldwide audio files (includes American Song, Jazz Music, and African American Song)

Online Reference Sources	Used for quick look-up, bibliographies, research ideas, explanations on theory
Gale Virtual Reference Library	1,250+ volumes of college-level encyclopedias, full-text sample search: American Exceptionalism
Literature Resource Center  Gale	Literature. sample search: Mark Twain
Oxford Art Online	Online encyclopedia of music, sample search Andy Warhol
Oxford Music Online	Online encyclopedia of music, sample search: Henry Cowell

Student Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism   The Campus statement on the avoidance of plagiarism
How do I Cite Sources  All sources of information must be cited for any work you turn in on campus.     
Pollak Library Quick Guide to the Chicago/Turabian Style
Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, 2003
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses and Dissertations by Turabian, 7th ed., 2007
      a  copy of these books are kept at the Reference Desk 

American Studies 350, Seminar in Theory and Method of American Studies

assignment:  Title: Manliness & civilization: a cultural history of gender and race in the United States