CC115 Research Seminar Help Page: Artifacts in American
History: Material Culture Workshop; Spring 2008
America
History & Life Historical coverage of the United States and
Canada from prehistory to the present [more...]
Making of America
(UMichigan site) A digital library of primary sources in American
social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction [more...]
New
York Times Index Ref. AI21 .N45 (1854 - date)
Reader's
Guide to Periodical Literature Ref. AI3 .R48 (1900 - date)
Art
Abstracts compiled by specialists with expertise in all fields
of art to provide an international perspective on many art subjects
[more...]
Academic
Search Premier A great database for articles on just about any
subject [more...]
JSTOR
(Journal Storage) Full-text online database providing access to
scholarly journal articles more than five years old [more...]
MLA
Bibliography The definitive database for scholarly English literature
resources [more...]
Project
Muse Full-text access to high quality humanities, arts, and social
sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers [more...]
Social Sciences article
resources ...
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article resources ... More Art
article resources ...
Already have a journal title? Use JournaLocator
to determine if VU has a subscription.
GALILEO - VU Libraries Catalog
resources available at VU libraries [more...]
Subject headings (general; contextual)
Material culture
Material culture -- United States
United States -- Social life and customs
Popular culture -- United States
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- Sources
Popular culture -- United States -- Bibliography
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
United States -- Civilization -- 1945-
United States -- History -- 1945-1953
United States -- History -- 1953-1961
United States -- History -- 1961-1969
Nineteen name of decade : for example Nineteen
twenties
WorldCat
resources available for loan from other libraries worldwide [more...]
| Reference, Background, & Primary
Source Resources [tips]
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Online -- See the Christopher Center Guides: E-Resources:
History Art
Print -- Christopher Center Reference,
2nd floor
Object Resources
Guide to United States popular culture Ref. E169.1
.D399 2001
American folklore : an encyclopedia Ref. GR101 .A54 1996
Penguin dictionary of American folklore Ref. GR105.34 .A94
2000
Encyclopedia of clothing and fashion Ref. GT507 .E53 2005
Encyclopedia of food and culture Ref. GT2850 .E53 2003
Encyclopedia of recreation and leisure in America Ref. GV53
.E53 2004
Cultural encyclopedia of baseball Ref. GV862.3 .L54 1997
New Grove dictionary of music and musicians Ref. ML100 .N48
2001
New Grove dictionary of musical instruments Ref. ML102.I5
N48 1984
World's writing systems Ref. P211 .W714 1996
Newspapers, a reference guide Ref. PN4855 .S358 1987
Wiley encyclopedia of electrical and electronics engineering Ref.
TK9 .W55 1999
Oxford encyclopedia of food and drink in America Ref. TX349
.E45 2004
Context Resources
New dictionary of the history of ideas Ref. CB9 .N49 2005
Great inventions Ref. T15 .G74 2004
American decades primary sources Ref. E169.1 .A471977 2004
Guide to United States popular culture Ref. E169.1 .D399
2001
Greenwood Guide to American popular culture Ref. E169.1 .H2643
2002
St. James encyclopedia of popular culture Ref. E169.1 .S764
2000
Encyclopedia of American studies Ref. E169.1 .E625 2001
Dictionary of American history Ref. E174 .D52 2003
Encyclopedia of American history Ref. E174 .E53 2003
Encyclopedia of the United States in the nineteenth century
Ref. E169.1 .E626 2001
Encyclopedia of the United States in the twentieth century
Ref. E740.7 .E53 1996
Encyclopedia of contemporary American culture Ref. E169.12
.E49 2001
The fifties in America Ref. E169.12 .F498 2005
The sixties in America Ref. E841 .S55 1999
Encyclopedia of rural America : the land and people Ref.
E169.12 .E5 1997
Encyclopedia of urban America : the cities and suburbs Ref.
HT123 .E5 1998
Encyclopedia of American cultural & intellectual history
Ref. E169.1 .E624 2001
| Recommended Internet Resources
[tips]
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WWW-VL: History: United States
http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/
Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/index.html
American Studies Crossroads Project
http://crossroads.georgetown.edu/
American Studies Crossroads Project: Material Culture Web
http://lamp.georgetown.edu/asw/tags/Material%20Culture
Popular Culture: Resources for Critical Analysis
http://www.wsu.edu/~amerstu/pop/
American Pop Culture Magazine
http://www.americanpopularculture.com/home.htm
Famous Inventions: A - Z
http://inventors.about.com/od/astartinventions/a/FamousInvention.htm
The Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at
the Smithsonian National Museum of American History
http://invention.smithsonian.org/resources/default_index.aspx
Inventor of the Week
http://web.mit.edu/invent/i-main.html
Mary Phelps Jacob
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/jacob.html
Ted McCarty
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/mccarty.html
Charles Darrow
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/monopoly.html
The History of Pantyhose?
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blpantyhose.htm
Baseball Hall of Fame
http://web.baseballhalloffame.org/index.jsp
Eyewitness to History: The Baseball Glove
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/baseball.htm
Classic Typewriter Page
http://staff.xu.edu/~polt/typewriters/index.html
A Short History of the Trombone
http://www.trombone.org/articles/library/viewarticles.asp?ArtID=254
Computer History Museum
http://www.computerhistory.org/
Encyclopedia Britannica: History of the Shoe
http://search.eb.com/eb/article-6626
Encyclopedia Britannica: History of Coffee and Tea Service
http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9071502
History of Bumper Stickers
http://www.stickergiant.com/mountain-bumper-stickers_bm_pg1
History of the Political Bumper Sticker
http://bumpertobumper.squarespace.com/
| Citing & Evaluating Sources |
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
--found in Reference, Reserve, and on 3rd floor
LB2369 .G53 2003
Citing Resources: MLA style:
http://www.valpo.edu/library/citing.html
VU Writing Center: http://www.valpo.edu/writingcenter/
Craft of research 4th floor Q180.55.M4 B66 2003
Critical Evaluation of Resources
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/instruct/guides/evaluation.html
Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html
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