Roosevelt High School Inquiry

Your library contact: Sharon Elteto
Phone: 503-725-4190

Research Survival Guide
http://www.lib.pdx.edu/instruction/survivalguide/index.htm

Find Articles
Oregonian: Provides full text of articles from the Oregonian. 1988-
http://www.lib.pdx.edu/systems/eresources/database.php?database=99

Finding articles on your topic:

There is no one tool that lists all the contents of the Oregonian from its first publication date. Many attempts have been made to index it, resulting in multiple tools.

Here they are:

Oregon Index (1985-1994) Accessible from the Library’s database page – switch to the Oregon Index Backfile.

Library Association of Portland Newspaper Index (1980-1984) Indexes more than just the Oregonian. This is a microfiche index and the microfiche sheets are located in a binder in the SW corner of the 2nd floor, on top of the card file.

Library Association of Portland Newspaper Index (1900-1979) These microfiche sheets are located in a box on top of the card file, in the SW corner of the 2nd floor.

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. Includes citations to book reviews (appearing in 100 major history journals) and dissertations. Coverage: 1969 - present. http://www.lib.pdx.edu/systems/eresources/database.php?database=12

Find Books
Use KEYWORD field.
Put AND between every word. Example: portland and history
st. johns and bridge*
neighborhood* and portland
neighborhood* and revitaliz*

Find Facts

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 ON RESERVE
Portland Online: http://www.portlandonline.com/index.cfm?c=27457&
Portland Public Schools:http://www.pps.k12.or.us/
Portland Parks & Recreation:http://www.parks.ci.portland.or.us/Default.htm
Portland Arts & Culture: http://www.travelportland.com/arts_culture/arts_culture.html  
Office of Neighborhood Development: http://www.myportlandneighborhood.org/myneighborhood.html

Historical

City of Portland. Bureau of Planning. History of Portland’s African American Community (1805-to the present). Portland, Or. : Portland Bureau of Planning, 1993. F884 .P89 N43 1993 ON RESERVE

Neighborhood Information Profiles for 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986 PSU Shelves F884 .P86 A136 More historical information about Portland on the Library’s shelves at F884 .P8  

Reference Books

To be developed.

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