F&M Library: CCS 116

CCS 116: US & German Memorials and Monuments

The resources below have been separated into three broad categories; popular, scholarly, and general websites. Produce one useable article from each category. You may need to find and evaluate a number of articles to find three that fit your needs.

Popular Resources

These periodicals may be quite attractive in appearance, some are in newspaper format.
Articles are often heavily illustrated, generally with photographs.
News and general interest periodicals sometimes cite sources, though more often do not.
Articles may be written by a member of the editorial staff, a scholar or a free lance writer.
The main purpose of periodicals in this category is to provide information, in a general manner

Lexis-Nexis: Connections to newspaper articles, including New York Times and Washington Post. Coverage is only within the last 10-15 years.
Readers' Guide Full Text: Indexes over 200 popular U.S. general interest periodicals. Covers 1983 to the present.
Wilson Select Plus: Contains full-text articles from 800 periodicals. Covers 1994 to the present.

Scholarly Resources

Scholarly journals generally have a serious look, with few glossy pages or exciting pictures.
Scholarly journals always cite their sources in the form of footnotes or bibliographies.
Articles are written by a scholar or researcher in the field.
The main purpose of a scholarly journal is to report on original research or experimentation
Many scholarly journals are published by a professional organization.

Library Catalog

Try Keyword and Subject (LC) searching to see the range of materials found in the library. Here's a few good titles....

Modern Germany
Ref DD 14 .M64 1998

Germany: Architecture, Interiors, Landscape, Gardens
Oversize NA 1061 .R5 1992

Berlin / edited by Alan Balfour
NA 1085 .B465 1995

Capital Dilemma : Germany's search for a new architecture of democracy
NA 1085 .W58 1998

Karl Friedrich Schinkel : an architecture for Prussia
NA 1088.S3 B38 1994

The Berlin Wall / photographs and introduction, Hermann Waldenburg
ND 2751.B4 W35 1990

JSTOR

A collection of abstracts and full-text articles from over 100 scholarly journals considered primary representatives of their disciplines. Coverage is from initial date of publication, up to the last 4 or 5 years.

Historical Abstracts

Comprehensive international historical coverage (excluding the U.S. and Canada) from 1450 to the present. Covers abstracts from 1954 to the present.

Social Sciences Full Text

Indexes over 300 English-language periodicals covering anthropology, economics, psychology, social work, sociology, and related fields. Covers 1983 to the present.

Grove Art Online

Online version of the 34-volume text covering all forms of the visual arts from prehistory to the 1990s. Includes 41,000 articles and 10,000 color images.

Art Full Text

Variety of international English-language arts publications. Indexing from 1984 to present, abstracting from 1994 to present.

Encyclopedia Britannica (with Webster's Dictionary)

Latest article database, including articles not in the print edition, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, and the Britannica Book of the Year (1994 - present), with thousands of web links selected by editors.

General Websites

You could use most any web search engine. I am partial to Yahoo! since it attempts to edit, and organizes websites into categories. Be sure to keep in mind a few evaluation points as you review these and other websites.

German Unification Conference and continued search in Google: Presented by the University of Washington's EU Center on German reunification.
German Information Center: Politics, culture, business, legal, media and tourism information produced by the German Embassy in Washington DC.
Berlin Community and Berlin Wall Information: Various websites on Berlin community and culture, and the events surrounding the fall of the wall.
Germany: A Country Study: The online version of the Library of Congress publication. Basic history, culture and economic information.
Monuments in Berlin: Website produced by Berlin's Senate Department of Urban Development. Part of Berlin, the official website of Berlin.

Last updated: 3/18/01 ag, contact Andy Gulati for assistance, 291-4261