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The best disciplinary databases for Americanists...
- America: History & Life This link opens in a new window
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(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and abstracts)
Contains information about scholarly articles on the history and culture of the U. S. and Canada. (For World History, use Historical Abstracts) - MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
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Searches through citations, subject headings, and some abstracts
The premier database for linguistics and literary studies, this index includes articles, dissertations, books, book chapters, and more. Covers 1926 - current. - Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
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Indexes all the major journals written by and for Americanists, most of which are available in full text. - ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new window
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Access to thousands of newspapers, popular magazines, and trade publications, as well as scholarly journals important to American Studies. Much of this is available in full text. - Periodicals Archive Online This link opens in a new window
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Older issues are indexed here as far back as the 1800s. - Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
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This journal collection (which pairs well with JSTOR) contains recent issues of many of the most influential American Studies journals. (For older issues, see JSTOR.) - JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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This journal collection (which pairs well with Project Muse) contains the full issues of many of the most influential American Studies journals. Most journals are included from their first issue until 5 years ago. (For recent issues, see Project Muse.)
Key Reference Sources
Credo is an easy-to-use tool for starting research. Use this box to search hundreds of full-text reference titles, as well as 500,000+ images and audio files and over 1,000 videos.
- Reference Universe This link opens in a new window
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Searches the indexes of our library's print reference books. When you find an entry you'd like to read, click the "Locate this book" button or put the title of the reference book into Catalyst to find the book's location in the Reference Collection. - Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
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Search across all of Carleton's online reference sources from Oxford University Press, including dictionaries, encyclopedias, maps, timelines, and quotations.
Finding Dissertations
While not considered formally published, dissertations can provide a lot of really useful information. They are especially useful as pointing tools, since their literature reviews and bibliographies are usually very rich sources of information.
I also list them separately here because the FindIt button doesn't work well to link you to the full text of dissertations, so if you come across one in a research database it's best to bring the citation information directly to one of these specialized collections of dissertations in order to find the full text.
- ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global This link opens in a new window
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Find dissertations and some masters theses from universities in 88 countries. Most documents published since 1997 also include the full text. Covers 1861 - current.
- EThOS: online doctoral theses from the British LibraryEThOS is working toward a goal of having records for all doctoral theses from the UK dating back to 1800, and full text for as many of these as can be managed.
- CRL: Center For Research Libraries This link opens in a new window
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This collection includes microfilm for foreign newspapers and foreign dissertations. You may borrow microfilm reels and other materials through Interlibrary Loan.
The 1619 Project (New York Times)
The 1619 Project is an initiative from The New York Times observing the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It was originally published as an interactive website and an August 18, 2019 special issue of the New York Times Magazine.
- The 1619 Project (New York Times Magazine interactive site)
The full interactive website of the 1619 Project. - The 1619 Project (Pulitzer Center)
Full pdf of the August 18, 2019 New York Times Magazine, including advertisements, and cover art. The Pulitzer Center also produced free resources about the project, including videos of some authors reading their material, and curricular material. - The 1619 Project, New York Times (ProQuest)
Available both as a PDF with images, and all textual content from The 1619 Project (New York Times). Use the Table of Contents to browse more efficiently.
The 1619 Project by Call Number: Carleton Library Books (E441 .A15 2021) and ONLINEISBN: 9780593230572Publication Date: 2021-11-16Preface: Origins / by Nikole Hannah-Jones -- Democracy / by Nikole Hannah-Jones -- Race / by Dorothy Roberts -- Sugar / by Khalil Gibran Muhammad -- Fear / by Leslie Alexander and Michelle Alexander -- Dispossession / by Tiya Miles -- Capitalism / by Matthew Desmond -- Politics / by Jamelle Bouie -- Citizenship / by Martha S. Jones -- Self-defense / by Carol Anderson -- Punishment / by Bryan Stevenson -- Inheritance / by Trymaine Lee -- Medicine / by Linda Villarosa -- Church / by Anthea Butler -- Music / by Wesley Morris -- Healthcare / by Jeneen Interlandi -- Traffic / by Kevin M. Kruse -- Progress / by Ibram X. Kendi -- Justice / by Nikole Hannah-Jones.
