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Research Resources: Class Guides

FND 163: 1968: Global Texts and Contexts

REFERENCE RESOURCES

American decades primary sources: REF E 169.1 .A471977 2004
The sixties in America: REF E 169.12 .A51
Historical dictionary of the Czech State: REF DB 2007 .H63 1998
French culture and society: REF DC 33.7 .F7265 2001
Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War : a political, social, and military history: REF DS 557.7 .E53 2000
Historical dictionary of revolutionary China, 1839-1976: REF DS 740.2 .H57 1992
Mexico : an encyclopedia of contemporary culture and history: REF F 1234 .C67 2004

F&M LIBRARY CATALOG, WORLDCAT and E-Z BORROW

Search the F&M Library Catalog to find out what books, journals, reference resources, newspapers, videos, maps, CDs, music, etc., the library owns.

*Library of Congress Subject Language for primary material found by searching catalogs:
documents, interviews, correspondence, letters, speeches, diaries, narratives, sources, collections

Search WorldCat to discover books on your topic held by libraries all over the planet!

Use E-Z Borrow (a regional, expedited book-exchange service) if F&M's copy of a book you want is unavailable, or if we do not own the desired book. [Requires your F&M ID barcode number.]

INDEXES AND ARTICLE COLLECTIONS

Alternative Press Index
Alternative Press Index Archive: Indexes nearly 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines; covering cultural, economic, political & social change.
America: History and Life: Comprehensive bibliography of articles on the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.
Historical Abstracts: Comprehensive international historical coverage (excluding the U.S. and Canada) from 1450 to the present.
JStor: A collection of abstracts and articles from core scholarly journals, many dating from the nineteenth-century up through last 5 -7 years.
New York Times--Archive: The New York Times (Sep 18, 1851 - Dec 31, 2006, full-text) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.
PAIS International
PAIS Archive: Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) is a database chronicling global public policy and social issues.
Project Muse: Collection of contemporary scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences.
Readers' Guide Retrospective: Features comprehensive indexing of 500 of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States, 1890 through 1982.
Social Sciences Full Text: Indexes over 300 English-language periodicals covering anthropology, economics, psychology, social work, sociology, and related fields.

JOURNALS, MAGAZINES and NEWSPAPERS @ F&M and INTERLIBRARY LOAN (ILL) To determine whether or not the F&M Library owns a journal, use the JOURNALS: search our catalog of print and online journals feature on the Library's web site. If the library does not have a journal you need, and you have at least 1 week to 10 days before your assignment is due, you can submit an Interlibrary Loan: request journal articles & books request to have the journal article acquired for you by the library. Allow 3-7 days for the article to arrive.

If you have any questions, would like further assistance, etc, contact:

Lisa Stillwell, Information Literacy Librarian,
291-3844 or lisa.stillwell@fandm.edu

Last updated: 3/10 ls