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Finding Books
Finding Articles
Selected Web Site
Books:
The PLS Online
Catalog is the
online catalog to find books in Skyline Library and in all libraries in the Peninsula
Library System. After clicking on the link above to access the catalog, follow
the steps below:
To Limit your search results to materials at
- Type search words (title, author and/or subject) in the first search box.
- Suggested search words:
- 1950s OR fifties
- Scroll down to the Location selection box (2nd box under Limit to: below the search boxes),
- Click the Submit button.
Gale History Resource Center- on campus or off-campus w/ library
card
Reference articles, primary documents, and full-text magazine, journal and
newspaper articles covering all aspects of
Best for general/background history information, especially “Overview” articles under the
“Reference” tab
- Enter search words (e.g. 1950s AND women ) and click the Search button
- At the results page, "Reference" articles
(articles from reference books) are displayed first
- To find good general introductory reference articles,
look for “Topic Overview” or
“Event Overview” articles (labeled at the right of
each citation)
- Additional articles may be available by clicking on the
article type tabs--"Biographies",
"Periodicals",
"News",
"Primary
Sources" & "Maps & Multimedia"
at the top of the page.
Gale PowerSearch
database on campus or
off-campus w/ library card
Articles from popular
magazines, academic journals, newspapers & reference books; excellent general periodical database.
* NOTE: When search results are first displayed, only magazine articles are shown, if available for your search.
Click on: the “Academic Journals” tab to display magazine articles; "Books" tab to display book articles; "News" tab to display all news articles.
- To narrow searches, combine concepts with AND.
- Once you find one article specifically on your topic, click on any relevant subject headings to find more articles on that topic.
- Suggested search words:
- 1950s AND
women AND United States
- 1950s
AND family AND
- 1950s AND
social life AND
- 1950s AND African Americans
- After retrieving a list of articles, change the “SORT BY” pull-down menu (at the top right of the results page) from “Publication Date” to “Relevance”
- Select an article by clicking on the article title
- E-mail an article by selecting “EMAIL” in the “Tools” box at the top right of every article
JSTOR - Scholarly
journals archives - on campus or off-campus w/ library
card
Back issues of
important academic journals, including many historical journals (no current
issues) going back to 1838.
Best for in-depth academic journal
articles on all historical topics except: recent history and articles
published within the last 3 – 5 years
- For a basic/general search, enter search words & click Search
- To search for a specific
topic, click on Advanced Search, and
then enter search words for multiple concepts in the separate search boxes,
e.g.:
- 1950s OR fifties
- “role of women” OR “women’s roles”
- “ - To
search for exact phrases, put quote marks around the phrase, e.g. “role of women”
- To search
for multiple words with the same root, use the *, e.g.
- To limit your search to regular journal articles (as opposed to book reviews or editorials), click in the “Article” check box under “Limit by”
- If too many articles are found, click on "Modify Search", add additional search words & search again
- To email, print or save an article:
- Click on “PDF” (at the upper right of the page)
- A new window with “JSTOR's Terms
and Conditions” will be displayed; click on “OK”
[If your browser blocks pop-ups, you need to hold down the CTRL key while clicking on “OK”] - When the pdf image file is displayed, click on the “Email”, “Print” or “Save a Copy” icons (on the pdf task bar at the top of the page)*
- To email the full article,
click on “Send Copy”,
then enter e-mail
address in "To:" entry box and click "Send"*
* pdf functions vary according to the specific software setup for different computers - For more help in how to search the JSTOR database, see
the JSTOR Search
Help page
- Recommended articles from the JSTOR database:
(library bar code number required from off-campus)
“Motherhood,
Multiple Roles, and Maternal Well-Being: Women of the 1950s”, by Melody
L. Miller, Phyllis Moen, Donna Dempster-McClain.
Gender and Society,
Vol. 5, No. 4 (Dec., 1991), pp. 565-582.
“The
Way to a Man's Heart: Gender Roles, Domestic Ideology, and Cookbooks in the
1950s”, by Jessamyn Neuhaus.
Journal of Social History, Vol. 32,
No. 3 (Spring, 1999), pp. 529-555.
“The
Kiss: Racial and Gender Conflict in a 1950s Automobile Factory”, by Kevin
Boyle. The
Journal of American History, Vol. 84, No. 2 (Sep., 1997), pp. 496-523.
Web Site:
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last revised: 11-4-09 |
