Library Research in American Studies (AMST350)

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Information Competence Survey
Library Research in American Studies (New Version)

General Reference Sources

Bio-bibliographical Information               Book Reviews
Biography Index Book Review Digest
Biography and Genealogy Master Index America: History and Life
Britannica Online Reader's Guide Abstracts
Gale's Literary Index Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe
Literature Resource Center Dow Jones Interactive --
American National Biography  Ref  CT213 .A68 1999 Book Review Digest 1905- (Ref   Z1219 .C96)
Current Biography  Ref  CT1000 C8 Book Review Index  1966-  (Ref   Z1035.A1 B7)
Index to Book Reviews in the Humanities 1961-
(Ref   Z1035.A1 I6)
New York Times Index 1913- (Ref   AI21 .N44)
Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature 1900-1994
(Ref  AI3 .R4)

Books

To locate books on American Studies research topics, use the following catalogs:
CSUF OPAC -- Books, journals, and other materials in the CSUF Library
LINK+ (Formerly CSU Link) -- Books, journals, and other materials in 11+ CSU libraries and the Claremont Colleges Libraries
Melvyl -- Books, journals, etc. in UC and other libraries in California; periodical holdings for all 23 CSUs
WorldCat -- Books and other materials from libraries worldwide (via OCLC FirstSearch)

To locate books on cultural diversity, try the following subject headings in the catalogs:
Pluralism                                      Multiculturalism                              Acculturation
United States--Ethnic relations      United States--Race relations         Sex role -- United States
Minorities -- United States            Ethnicity -- United States               Feminism -- United States
Asian Americans                           Afro-Americans                             Mexican Americans
Hispanic Americans                       Native Americans  

Journal Articles

To locate journal articles on American Studies research topics, use the following electronic journals and indexes/abstracts/full-text databases.  They are available via the Library's home page under Electronic Information Resources.  To learn about these databases, see All Databases Described or go to the database sites.

Electronic Journal Collections
JSTOR
Project Muse

Indexes/Abstracts Databases
America: History and Life
Arts & Humanities Search
Humanities Abstracts
MLA Bibliography
Social Sciences Abstracts
Women's Resource International

Full-text (or selected full-text) Databases
Expanded Academic ASAP
Dow Jones Interactive -- Select Publications Library
Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe --Select General News Topics, Biographical Information, Law Reviews, etc.

Web Resources

Notable Web Resources on American Studies
Links to American Studies Resources on the Web   An excellent collection of web resources selected and maintained by the American Studies Department, CSUF.

Multidisciplinary Resources This guide proivdes resource links to American Studies, Afro-Ethnic Studies, Asian-American Studies, Chicano Studies, Women's Studies, Latin-American Studies, and other disciplines.  This guide resides on the CSUF Library homepage.

How can I tell the good, the beautiful, and the truthful from the bad, false, and ugly?
Learn to evaluate Internet resources!   Consider the following criteria:

Authority
Content
Accuracy
Currency
Objectivity
Usability & Aesthetics

To learn more about how to evaluate web resources, please visit Evaluating Web Resources.

Referencing Electronic Information

When citing electronic and Internet references, consult your professor for the appropriate style manual required.  For citing references in MLA style, please refer to the official MLA web site.  Xia Li and Nancy Crane created one of the first reference works for citing electronic information: Bibliographic Formats for Citing Electronic Information.  The Library of Congress provides a guide, Citing Electronic Resources, for its digitized collections.  Pollak Library also has a web page, CyberCitations, linking to style guides such as MLA, APA, Turabian, and Chicago.

06 Feb 2001 12:41 PM