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| Dictionaries
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 Civil Rights in the United States.Publisher: New York: Macmillan
Reference USA, 2000.
Location: Firestone Library (F) Call Number: E184 .A1 C58 2000 Encyclopedia of American Political
History: Studies of the Principal Movements and Ideas.Publisher: New York: Scribner, 1984.
Location: Social Science Reference Center (SSRC). Firestone Location: General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone Call Number: E183 .E5 1984 Encyclopedia of Minorities in American
Politics.Publisher: Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press,
2000.
Location: Social Science Reference Center (SSRC). Firestone Call Number: E184.A1 E574 2000 Historical Dictionary of Political
Communication in the United States.Publisher: Westport, CT; London:
Greenwood Press, 1999.
Location: Social Science Reference Center (SSRC). Firestone Call Number: JA85.2.U6 H57 1999 Historical Dictionary of the 1960s.Publisher: Westport, CT; London:
Greenwood Press, 1999.
Location: Firestone Library (F) Call Number: E841 .H58 1999 A Historical Guide to the U.S. Government.Publisher: New York: Oxford
University Press, 1998.
Location: Social Science Reference Center (SSRC). Firestone Call Number: JK9 .H57 1998 The Presidential-Congressional Political
Dictionary.Publisher: Santa Barbara, CA:
ABC-Clio, 1984.
Location: Social Science Reference Center (SSRC). Firestone Call Number: JK9 .E4 1984 The World Almanac.Publisher: New York: Press Pub. Co.,
1923-
Location: Social Science Reference Center (SSRC). Firestone Call Number: AY67.N5 W7 (1956- ) |
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| Finding
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The Main Catalog is your primary tool for finding books in the Princeton University Libraries. The catalog also helps you find other materials, including videos, sound recordings, internet sites, and journals (the journals themselves- not individual articles). You can search the catalog by title, journal title, author, subject, or keyword. Research Tip: Start your search out using keywords, which tend to get more results. Use the Long View feature to see the full record displaying the subject headings that describe the subject matter of the item. When you find items that seem relevant to your topic, use these subject headings to find additional related items. See the list below for a few ideas. |
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When you find an item you'd like to see, be sure to pay attention to the location, call number, and status as indicated in the catalog record. See the list of location codes for help determining in which library collection the item is held. The call number shows where in the collection the item should be, and the status tells you whether the book is available or not. For more information on the call numbers used at Princeton and for help with locating a book in Firestone, see the Library Call Numbers & Locations page. If after several tries you still don't find good results, you might want to look at the Library of Congress Subject Headings, copies of which are located at the General & Humanities and Social Science reference desks. This set of large red volumes provides a listing of the appropriate subject headings that correspond to various topics. Be sure to ask the staff at the reference desk for help. You can also schedule a research consultation with myself or another subject specialist. Beyond the main catalog, you have access to other Princeton library catalogs, as well as regional and worldwide catalogs via the Library Catalogs page. For information on how to obtain books you find at other libraries that are not held at Princeton, see the Borrow Direct and Interlibrary Loan pages. |
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| Finding
Journal
Articles |
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Alternative Press Index (PU only)This
international and
interdisciplinary database indexes journals
covering cultural, economic,
political and social change in the humanities and
social sciences. Covers nearly 300 alternative, radical and left
periodicals, newspapers and magazines with selected abstracts from
research journals from 1991 to present.
Alt-Press Watch (PU only)Interdisciplinary
full text database of the newspapers,
magazines and journals of the
alternative and independent press. Indexes
over 170 titles from 1970 to present, providing
viewpoints and
perspectives that complement and challenge the coverage of the
mainstream
media.
America: History and Life (PU only)This database is
a comprehensive bibliography of articles published
from 1955 to present on the
history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to
today.
Chicano Database (PU only)Comprehensive
bibliographic index representing all types of material
for information about Mexican-American topics. Updated quarterly, the
Chicano
Database provides extensive coverage from the 1960s to the present,
with selective coverage dating back to the early 1900s.
Ethnic NewsWatch
(PU only)Provides full
text access to news, culture, and history from over 240 publications of
ethnic, minority and native press from 1960 to present offering
additional viewpoints from those proffered by the mainstream press.
GenderWatch (PU only)GenderWatch is a
repository of unique and diverse publications
that
focus on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas. With
archival material dating back to 1970, it provides an important
historical perspective on the evolution of both the
women's movement and major changes in gender roles.
Handbook of Latin American Studies (PU only)Edited by the
Hispanic Division of the Library
of Congress, this is a multidisciplinary bibliography
on Latin America consisting of works selected and
annotated by scholars in the social sciences and
the humanities published since 1936.
Hispanic American Periodicals Index (PU only)Provides
bibliographic citations to articles, book reviews, documents,
original literary works, and other materials appearing in more than 400
key social science and humanities journals published since 1970. Covers
worldwide information on political, economic, and social issues about
Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United
States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States.
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (PU only)Compiled by the British
Library of Political & Economic Science of the London School of
Economics & Political Science, this database provides bibliographic
information from an international selection of publications (including
over 2,600 journals) in the fields of economics, political science,
sociology, and anthropology. Indexing covers material published from
1951 to present.
International Index to Black Periodicals (PU only)Includes current
and retrospective bibliographic citations and abstracts from over 150
scholarly and popular journals, newspapers and newsletters from the
United States, Africa and the Caribbean. Full text coverage begins with
1998, pre-1998 only has citations and abstracts. Titles coverage varies
with some going as far back as the turn of the 20th Century.
International Political Science Abstracts (PU only)Provides abstracts in
English or French to articles selected from over 1,000 international
journals. Topics covered include political science method and theory,
political thinkers and ideas, governmental and administrative
institutions, political process, international relations, and national
and area studies. Index covers material published from 1989 to present.
PAIS International (PU only)This database by the
Public Affairs Information Service provides
citations
to articles, books, reports, and select government documents on public
and foreign policy issues from 1972 forward. PAIS is generally
considered to be a comprehensive index to policy literature. The print
version of PAIS goes back to 1915, and is located in the Social Science
Reference Center Index Shelves under call number 0487.739.
Social Science Citations Index (PU only)Interdisciplinary
index
to journals and collected volumes in the social and behavioral
sciences. Provides access by author, citation and subject for materials published from 1956 to present. Note:
This database is very useful
for tracing the chain of citations in social science literature. Use
SSCI to find references to articles that were cited in a given article,
as well as other articles that cite that article.
Sociological Abstracts (PU only)
Provides access to the
world's literature in sociology and related disciplines, both
theoretical and applied. The database includes abstracts of journal
articles selected from over 2,500 journals, as well as books,
conference papers, dissertations, and book reviews. Coverage of this
database goes back to 1963.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (PU only)Provides citations,
abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in
political science, including international relations, law and public
policy. Indexing covers material from 1975 to present. Also provides
references to reliable web resources.
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| News
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| New York Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) (PU only)
Provides retrospective
coverage of the New York Times
going back to the first issue (1851-2001) in full text. Search by
keywords and date.
Reader's Guide Retrospective (PU only)This retrospective online
version of the ever-popular Reader's
Guide to Periodical Literature contains comprehensive indexing
of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the U.S.
reflecting the history of 20th century America. Covering the years
1890-1982, this database can be very useful for finding news reports
and contemporary commentary on
specific events of the sixties and seventies.
Wall Street Journal
(ProQuest Historical Newspapers) (PU only)
Provides retrospective
coverage of the Wall Street Journal
going
back to the first issue (1889-1986) in full text. Search by keywords
and date.
Washington Post (ProQuest Historical
Newspapers) (PU only)
Provides retrospective
coverage of the Washington Post
going
back to the first issue (1877-1987) in full text. Search by keywords
and date.
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| Government
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Research Tip: Princeton is a selective depository of U.S. government documents. Many, but not all of these are held either in the Documents Collection or in the Firestone Library stacks. While many of the documents are catalogued in the Main Catalog, we have several additional tools for locating government documents, see me or the other SSRC staff for assistance. Marcive
WebDocs (PU only)
This is a catalog of
official U.S. government documents going back to mid 1976. For earlier
documents see the print Monthly
Catalog located in the Documents Collection (DOCS).
Congressional Universe (PU only)
An extensive database that
indexes publications of the U.S. Congress such as hearings, committee
reports, documents and prints. Coverage in this database goes back to
1789 and much of the material is available in microfiche with some in
paper. This is an essential tool for doing legislative history research.
PAIS International (PU only)Mentioned above, this
database indexes select government documents on public
and foreign policy issues from 1972 forward, with the print
version going back to 1915.
Public Papers of the Presidents of the
United States.Publisher: Washington, DC: Office of
the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration.
Location: Firestone (F) (1929- ) Call Number: 1066.922.7 Provides an historical reference covering the administrations of Presidents Hoover, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and forward. Each volume contains the papers and speeches of the President (in chronological order) that were issued by the Office of the Press Secretary during the specified time period. |
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| Archival
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Research Tip: Many archival treasures are hidden within the collections in Firestone Library. One useful way to uncover some of these is by adding the subheading --Sources to your subject searches in the Main Catalog. Primary Sources in U.S. History - Guides to Microforms
(PU only)
This module provides
search capability within the reel guides of 195
microform collections of primary source documents in the fields of
African American studies, southern history, political history, women’s
studies, and more. Much of this material is available in the Microform
Collection.
Microforms of Interest to Historical ResearchURL:
http://libweb4.princeton.edu/help/research/history/microforms/
Compiled by former History Bibliographer John Henneman, this is a compendium of twenty-one separate lists, broken down roughly by field, and intended to be consulted by students in history doing research at Princeton. Some lists include items known to be at Rutgers or at the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) in Chicago, which lends microfilms to researchers. Seeley G. Mudd
Manuscript LibraryA division of the
Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Mudd Library is a
state-of-the art repository that houses the Princeton University
Archives and a highly regarded collection of twentieth-century public policy papers. The 27,000 linear feet of
archival and manuscript material in its possession are widely used by
local, national, and international researchers.
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