ENGL 120 - Library Instruction Session I

What is My Topic? (1969 - 1989)

• Nov. 21 1979 - 400 Found Dead in Mass Suicide by Cult (Jim Jones - Guyana).
• March 27, 1979 - Egypt and Israel Sign Formal Treaty.
• Jan. 21, 1981 - Hostages held in Iran through last 14 months of Jimmy Carter's Presidency and are freed as Reagan takes oath of office.

How can I browse a topic?

• Facts on File Yearbook 3^rd Floor REF D 410 .F3
• The New York Public Library Book of Chronologies
  3^rd Floor REF D 11. W57 1990
• Page One : Major Events, 1920-1986, as presented in the New York Times
  3^rd Floor folio D 411 .P25 1986
• Page One : Major Events, 1920-1995, as presented in the New York Times
  3^rd Floor folio D 44 .P25 1995
• Timelines 3^rd Floor REF E 741 .D53 1990

How do I find out about a topic?

• Iranian Relations w/ United States ca. 1979 - 1980
• Jimmy Carter's Presidency 1976 - 1980
• United States Foreign Relations ca. 1979
• Failed Hostage Rescue 1979

What sources are available at Libraries that support my idea?

Print and Microform (Primary Sources)

• The Christian Science Monitor 1^st Floor Microfilm (1908 - 1999)
• Index of the Christian Science Monitor 1^st Floor Index Tables (years vary)

• London Times (Times of London) 1^st Floor Microfilm (1788 - 1999)
• The Times Index 1^st Floor Index Table 5b AI 21 .T46 (1973 - 1998)
• British Humanities Index 2^nd Floor Index Table 2a AI 3 .B7 (1962 - 1997)

• The New York Times 1^st Floor Microfilm (1857 - 1998)
• The New York Times Index 1^st Floor Index Tables AI 21 .N45 (1913 - 1993)
• Personal Name Index to "The New York Times Index" 1^st Floor Index Tables
  CT 104 .F28 1998 (1851 - 1996)
• The New York Times Film Reviews 2^nd Floor REF folio PN 1995 .N4
  (1913 - 1990)

• The Wall Street Journal 1^st Floor Microfilm (1889 - 1999)
• The Wall Street Journal Index 1^st Floor (1955 - 1992)

II.  National Newspapers

• Chicago Tribune 1^st Floor Microfilm (1972 - 1998)
• Chicago Tribune Index 1^st Floor Index Tables AI 21 .C5 (1972 - 1993)

• Los Angeles Times 1^st Floor Microfilm (1969 - 1998)
• Los Angeles Times Index 1^st Floor Index Tables
  AI 21 .L62 (1976 - 1978)(1979)(1980)(1985)(1986 - 1993)

• Washington Post 1^st Floor Microfilm (1877 - 1999)
• Washington Post Index 1^st Floor Index Tables AI 21 .W33 O3 (1979 - 1988)

III.  Regional Newspapers

• The Birmingham News 1^st Floor Microfilm (1888 - 1999)
• Birmingham News Index 1^st Floor (1978 - 1993)

• The Charlotte Observer 1^st Floor Microfilm (1958 - 1993)

• Underground Microfilm Collection - Cross section of underground newspapers for the United States and Canada (Could be used with an index from another paper to look for other coverage of national and international events).

• Applied Science & Technology Index 4^th Floor REF Z 913 .I7 (1958 - 1992)
• Book Review Index  2^nd Floor REF  folio Z 1035 .A1 B6 (1965 - 1999)
• Humanities Index 2^nd Floor REF Index Tables (1974 - 1992)
• Popular Periodical Index 2^nd Floor REF AI 3 .P76 (1973 - 1988)
• Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature 2^nd Floor REF Index Tables
  (1900 - 1993)
• Social Sciences Index 3^rd Floor REF AI 3 .S6 (1974 - 1992)

VI.  Citation Indices (1969 - 1989)

• Arts & Humanities Citation Index 2^nd Floor REF Index Tables
  AI 3 .A63 (1976 - 1992)
• Science Citation Index 4^th Floor REF folio Z 7401 .S365 (1961 - 1995)
• Social Sciences Citation Index 3^rd Floor REF Index Tables
  Z 7161 .S65 (1969 - 1995)

• Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory 2^nd Floor REF Desk
  (older copies in closed stacks)

• American Spectator 1^st Floor Microfilm (1980 - 1999)
• Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report 3^rd Floor REF folio JK 1 .C15
  (1961 - 1998)
• Esquire 1^st Floor Microfilm (1979 - 1999)
• Life 1^st Floor Microfilm (1937 - 1993)
• Ms.1^st Floor Microfilm (1972 - 1999)
• National Review 1^st Floor Microfilm (1970 - 1999)
• The New Republic 1^st Floor Microfilm (1918- 1999)
• The New Yorker 1^st Floor Microfilm (1925 - 1999)
• Newsweek 1^st Floor Microfilm (1933 - 1999)
• Playboy 1^st Floor Microfilm (1953 - 1988)
• Rolling Stone 1^st Floor Microfilm (1980 - 1999)
• The Saturday Evening Post 1^st Floor Microfilm (1967- 1998)
• Scientific American 4th Floor folio T 1 .S5 (1862 - 1999)
• Time Magazine 1^st Floor Microfilm (1923 - 1999)
• U.S. News & World Report 1^st Floor Microfilm (1958 - 1999)
• The Village Voice 1^st Floor Microfilm (1955 - 1963)(1970 - 1994)

Print (Secondary Sources)

I.  Selected Subject Headings for use in AubieCAT

Journals

• Popular Culture Periodicals
• Popular Culture United States Periodicals

Monographs (Books)

• United States History 20th Century
• Popular Culture United States History 20th Century
• United States History 1961-1969 Sources
• United States Social Conditions
• Science History 20th Century

II.  Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

• Dictionary of American Biography 3^rd Floor REF E 176 .D563
• Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century
  3^rd Floor REF E 740.7 .E53 1996
• Encyclopedia USA 3^rd Floor REF E 156 .E52 1983
• The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Society
  4^th Floor REF Q 121 .V65 1999
• The Social Science Encyclopedia 3^rd Floor REF H 41 .S63 1996
• Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States 3^rd Floor REF E 156 .W67 1995

III.  Compilations

• Current Biography Yearbook 3^rd Floor REF CT 100 .C8
• Editorial Research Reports (Now Titled CQ Researcher)
  3^rd Floor REF H 35. E35 (1969 - 1989)
• Editorials on File 3^rd Floor REF D 410. E 3(1970 - 1999)
• Facts on File Yearbook 3^rd Floor REF D 410 .F3 (1969 - 1989)
• Keesing's Contemporary Archives 3^rd Floor REF D 410. K4 (1931 - 1999)

III.  Selected Journals

• Journal of Popular Culture 2^nd Floor NX 1 .J6 (1967 - 1999)
• Journal of American Culture 3^rd Floor E 168.1 .J7 (1978 - 1998)

Electronic Sources that will work for this time period. (1969 - 89)

• Biography and Genealogy Master Index (This database will be helpful in finding biographical information about historical figures found in your research).

• PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service)(Indexing service that covers 1972 to the present. Can be accessed from off campus via Library ID.  Indexes titles such as the Wall Street Journal, American Journal of Political Science, and American Spectator).

• U.S. Patent and Trademark Database (This database available from the USPTO provides web access to all patents filed in the United States from 1976 - Present).