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Research Survival Guide
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Portland State UniversityA resource guide for:
General
Academic
Search Elite
General all-purpose database, coverage includes both humanities and science
journals with over 1500 journals full-text.
Humanities
Index
Citations to ~500 English-language
periodicals in the areas of archaeology, classical studies, art, performing
arts, philosophy, history, music, linguistics, literature, and religion.
Provides article citations to the major journals in these disciplines.
Essay & General
Literature Index
"Provides citations
to essays and articles contained in collections of essays and miscellaneous
works published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. ...Focuses
on the humanities and social sciences, with subject coverage ranging
from economics, political science, and history to criticism of literary
works, drama, and film."
History
America
History and Life
Citations to articles on the history and culture of the United States and Canada
from prehistory to the present. Citations drawn from over 2,000 journals in
history, related humanities, and the social sciences. No full-text.
Historical
Abstracts
Citations and abstracts
for articles from 2,000 journals published worldwide in history, the
social sciences, and related humanities. Includes citations to new
books reviewed in key English-language history and review journals
and to relevant dissertations.
INDEXES
ISIS:
Bibliography of the History of Sciene. Q1 .I713 Ref.
Literature
MLA
Bibliography
MLA Bibliography covers literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore
from over 4,000 journals and series published worldwide.
Literature Online
(LION)
"A fully searchable library of more than 290,000 works of English and
American poetry, drama and prose, plus biographies, bibliographies and
key secondary sources."
Gale
Literary Index
Master index to literary series (e.g., Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of
Literary Biography, Contemporary Literary Criticism). The various printed series
contain biographies of authors and/or critical essays on their writings.
Granger's
World of Poetry
Provides citations to poems published in poetry anthologies. Also includes approximately
13,000 poems in full text as well as added reference material--biographies, bibliographies,
commentaries and a glossary.
Art
Grove's
Dictionary of Art
"The Grove Dictionary of
Art contains 45,000 articles on every aspect of the visual arts -
painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts and
photography - from prehistory to the present day. Compiled over a
period of 15 years, it represents the work of more than 6,800 scholars
from around the world, each writing on his or her own specialist field
of study."
Art
Full Text
"Art Full Text provides
indexing and abstracting of art periodicals published throughout the
world. Full-text coverage for selected periodicals is also included.
In addition to articles, Art Full Text indexes reproductions of works
of art that appear in indexed periodicals."
Architecture
Avery
Index to Architectural Periodicals
"The Avery
Index to Architectural Periodicals indexes more than 1,000 periodicals
published worldwide on archeology, city planning, interior design,
and historic preservation, as well as architecture. Coverage reaches
from the 1930s (with selective coverage dating back to the 1860s)
to the present. The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals,
with more than 229,000 records, is updated daily."
Music & Performing Arts
Grove
Music
Online edition of the The
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd Edition. Includes
full text of Dictionary articles supplemented with sound clips,
images and links to relevant web materials.
Music
Index
Citations and indexing drawn
from 640 international music periodicals
International
Index to Music Periodicals
International
Index to Performing Arts
PRIMARY SOURCES
Go to:
Library Subject Guide to Primary Sources
| BACKGROUND INFORMATION | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Term Focus |  Biography |
Chronologies |
Creativity,
Innovation, Discovery |
Biography
Biographies
Plus
Full-text biographies and obituaries and photographs
of the subjects. Many of the biographies are enhanced with full text, abstracts,
and citations
Grove's
Dictionary of Art
"The Grove Dictionary of Art contains 45,000 articles on every
aspect of the visual arts - painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture,
decorative arts and photography - from prehistory to the present day. Compiled
over a period of 15 years, it represents the work of more than 6,800 scholars
from around the world, each writing on his or her own specialist field of study." Excellent
source for biographies.
Grove
Music
Online edition of the The New Grove Dictionary of Music
and Musicians, 2nd Edition. Includes full text of Dictionary articles
supplemented with sound clips, images and links to relevant web materials
Contains biographies.
Encyclopedia of World Biography. CT103. E56. Reference
Area
The Dictionary of World Biography --The
19th Century. CT104 .D54 1998 Vol 5-6. Reference Area
African Americans in science, math, and invention
/ Ray Spangenburg and Kit Moser. Q141 .S6285 2003. Reference Area
American philosophers, 1950-2000 / edited
by Philip B. Dematteis and Leemon B. McHenry. PN451
.D52 vol. 279.
Reference
Area
American inventors, entrepreneurs, and business visionaries
/ Charles W. Carey, Jr. CT214
.C29 2002. Reference
Area
American radical and reform writers. First series
/ edited by Steven Rosendale. PN451
.D52 vol. 303. Reference Area
American social leaders and activists / Neil A. Hamilton. HV27
.H345 2002. Reference Area
Biographical dictionary of scientists / consultant
editor, Roy Porter. Q141 .B526 1994. Reference Area
Concise Oxford dictionary of art and artists / edited by
Ian Chilvers. N33
.C59 2003. Reference
Area
Dictionary of literary biography. PN451
.D52 309 volumes. Look in the last volume recieved. Indexes are cumulative.
Reference Area
Encyclopedia of historians and
historical writing / editor, Kelly Boyd. D13
.E522 1999. Reference
Area
Great historians of
the modern age : an international dictionary / Lucian Boia, editor-in-chief
; Ellen Nore, Keith Hitchins, and Georg G. Iggers, associate editors. D14
.G75 1991. Reference Area
International encyclopedia of women scientists
/ Elizabeth H. Oakes. Q141 .O27 2002. Reference Area
Nobel scientists :
a biographical encyclopedia / George Thomas Kurian. Q141
.K78 2002. Reference Area
Scientists, mathematicians,
and inventors : lives and legacies : an encyclopedia of people who
changed the world / edited by Doris Simonis ; writers, Caroline Hertzenberg
... [et al.]. Q141
.S54 1999. Reference Area
Women in world history : a biographical encyclopedia /
Anne Commire, editor, Deborah Klezmer, associate editor. HQ1115 .W6 1999. 16
volumes. Reference Area
Chronologies
Chronicle
of American music, 1700-1995 / Charles J. Hall.
ML200 .H15 1996. Reference Area
Chronicle of classical music : an intimate diary of the lives
and music of the great composers / Alan Kendall. ML390
.K35 1994. Reference Area
Chronology of African-American history : significant events and people
from 1619 to the present / Alton Hornsby. E185 .H64
1991
Chronology of Native North American History. E77
.C555 1994. Reference Area
.
Chronology of
women worldwide : people, places & events that shaped
women's history / Lynne Brakeman, editor ; Susan Gall, managing
editor. HQ1121 .C617 1996. Reference Area
Chronology
of world history / H.E.L. Mellersh.
D11 .M39 1999 Vols. 1- 4. Reference Area
History of the Internet : a chronology, 1843 to the present / Christos
J.P. Moschovitis ... [et al.]. TK5105.875 .I57 H58 1999. Reference
Area
Timelines of the arts and literature / David Brownstone and Irene Franck.
NX447.5 .B76 1994. Reference Area
Wilson chronology of the arts
/ George Ochoa and Melinda Corey. N5306 .O26 1998. Reference
Area
Women writers in the United States : a timeline of literary, cultural,
and social history / Cynthia J. Davis and Kathryn West. PS147
.D38 1996. Reference Area
Creativity,
Innovation, Discovery
American inventors,
entrepreneurs, and business visionaries / Charles W. Carey,
Jr. CT214
.C29 2002. Reference Area
Asimov's chronology of science and discovery
/ Isaac Asimov. Q125
.A765 1989.Reference Area
Artists in quotation : a dictionary
of the creative thoughts
of painters, sculptors, designers, writers, educators, and others
/ compiled by Donna Ward La Cour. PN6084
.A8 L3 1989. Reference Area
Biographical dictionary of the history
of technology / edited by Lance Day and Ian McNeil T39
.B49 1996. Reference Area
Encyclopedia of creativity /
editors in chief, Mark A. Runco, Steven R. Pritzker. BF408
.E53 1999. Vol.
1 & 2. Reference Area
History of the Internet : a chronology,
1843 to the present / Christos J.P. Moschovitis ... [et al.].
TK5105.875 .I57 H58 1999. Reference Area
Milestones in science and technology
: the ready reference guide to discoveries, inventions, and
facts / by Ellis Mount and Barbara A.
List. Q199
.M68 1994. Reference Area
Scientists, mathematicians, and
inventors : lives and legacies : an encyclopedia of people who
changed the world / edited by Doris Simonis ; writers, Caroline
Hertzenberg ... [et al.]. Q141
.S54 1999. Reference
Area
Thinkers of the
twentieth century / editor, Roland Turner. CT120
.T45 1987. Reference Area
Winter
Term Focus: CBL
Cultural
Encyclopedia
of American immigration / James Ciment, editor. JV6465 .E53
2001 Vols. 1-4. Reference Shelves.
Encyclopedia of multiculturalism / editor,
Susan Auerbach. E184 .A1 E58 1994 Vol.s 1-6. Reference Shelves.
Gale
encyclopedia of multicultural America / contributing editor, Rudolph
J. Vecoli ; edited by Judy Galens, Anna Sheets, Robyn V. Young. E184
.A1 G14 1995 Vol.s 1-2. Reference Shelves.
Harvard encyclopedia of American
ethnic groups / Stephan Thernstrom, editor ; Ann Orlov, managing editor,
Oscar Handlin, consulting editor. E184
.A1 H35
Reference Shelves.
The Mexican American experience : an encyclopedia /
Matt S. Meier and Margo Gutiérrez. E184.M5 M4535 2003.
Reference Shelves.
The
Muslim diaspora : a comprehensive reference to the spread of Islam
in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas / by Everett Jenkins, Jr. BP50
.J46 1999
Reference Shelves.
Worldmark encyclopedia of cultures and daily life /
Timothy L. Gall, editor. GN333 .W67 1998 Vol's 1-4. Reference Shelves.
The Asian-American almanac : a reference work on Asians in the United
States / Susan Gall, managing editor ; Irene Natividad, executive
editor. E184 .O6 A824 1995 Reference Shelves.
Gale encyclopedia of childhood & adolescence / Jerome Kagan, executive editor ; Susan B. Gall, managing editor. HQ772 .G27 1998 Reference Shelves.
Cassell's encyclopedia of queer myth, symbol, and spirit : gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender lore / Randy P. Conner, David Hatfield Sparks, Mariya Sparks ; foreword by Gloria E. Anzaldúa. BL795 .H6 C65 1997 Reference Shelves.
Completely queer : the Gay and Lesbian encyclopedia / Steve Hogan and Lee Hudson. HQ75 .H63 1997 Reference Shelves.
Harvey Milk Institute guide to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer internet research / Alan Ellis ... [et al.], editors. HQ76.25 .H375 2002 Reference Shelves
Lesbian histories and cultures : an encyclopedia / Bonnie Zimmerman, editor. HQ75.5 .L4395 2000 Reference Shelves.
Caring for our elders : multicultural experiences with nursing home placement / Patricia J. Kolb. RC954.3 .K65 2003 Reference Shelves.
Alcohol and temperance in modern history : an international encyclopedia / Jack S. Blocker, Jr., David M. Fahey, and Ian R. Tyrrell, editors. HV5017 .A43 2003 Vol.1-2. Refence Shelves.
Encyclopedia of drugs, alcohol & addictive behavior / Rosalyn Carson-DeWitt, editor-in-chief. HV5804 .E53 2001 Vols. 1-4. Reference Shelves.
Economic
Perspectives on the economics of aging / edited by David A. Wise. HQ1064 .U5 P467 2004 Reference Shelves
Homelessness : a sourcebook / Rick Fantasia and Maurice Isserman. HV4505 .F36 1994 Reference Shelves.
Homelessness in America / edited by Jim Baumohl for the National Coalition for the Homeless. HV4505 .H652 1996 Reference Shelves.
Homelessness : a guide to the literature / B.G. Kutais & Tatiana Shohov (editors). Z7164 .H72 H64 1999 Reference Shelves.
Population, housing, economic,
and geographic data: http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html
Portland maps by zip code: http://www.portlandmaps.com/
Demographic Housing and Socioeconomic Profile of the City of Portland Neighborhoods
(1990) F884 .P86 A23
Portland Online: http://www.portlandonline.com/index.cfm?c=27457&
Office of Neighborhood Development: http://www.portlandonline.com/oni/
Statistical Abstract of the
United States. HA202 Reference Shelves and Ready Reference.
EVALUATION
Criteria for evaluating books, journal articles & websites:
To find information about a journal go to:
Ulrichs
International Periodical Directory
To find book reviews use:
Book Review Digest, located on Reference Table 3 on 2nd Floor.
Book Review Index, located
on Reference Table 3 on
2nd Floor.
WEBSITES
State of Oregon: http://www.oregon.gov/
