Skyline College
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Women of the Silk
Research Links

Finding Magazine & Journal Articles
Selected Articles
Selected Web Sites
Finding Books


Magazine & Journal Databases (to access articles):

Gale History Resource Center- on campus or off-campus w/ library card
Reference articles, primary documents, and full-text journal articles covering all aspects of U.S. and modern world history.

  • Select History Resource Center: U.S. or World or U.S. & World from the "Search in" pull-down menu
  • Enter search word(s) and click the Search button.
  • If your search finds little or no results, use Advanced search mode and select to search in Full-text of documents
  • At results page, additional articles may be available by clicking on the article type tabs--"Periodicals", "Primary Sources", "Maps & Images" & "Reference Materials" at the top of the page.
  • Click on the title of an article to display the full text of the article. 

Gale PowerSearch databases - on campus or off-campus w/ library card
articles from popular magazines, academic journals, reference books and newspapers; excellent set of general periodical databases. 

o        To narrow searches, combine concepts with AND.

o        PLEASE 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 journal articles, click on the "News" tab to display news articles; click on the "Reference" tab to display reference articles.

Gale Literature Resource Center - on-campus or off-campus w/ library card
High quality full-text literary criticism & biographical info on authors.

Gale Biography Resource Center - on campus or off-campus w/ library card
Database of biographical articles on famous people.

 


Recommended Articles:

All of the articles below are available from on-campus or off-campus w/ library card
All of the articles below are from the Gale History Resource Center (unless otherwise noted)

·         China in the Twentieth Century, 1911-1996

·         The Chinese Revolution of 1911, October 10, 1911-March 10, 1912

·         China, Republic Period (1911-1927)

·         The Civil War in China, March, 1927-October 1, 1949

·         Long March

·         Japan Captures Nanjing, December, 1937-February, 1938

·        Canton (Guangzhou)

·        Mao Zedong

·        Sun Yat-sen

·        Chiang Kai-shek

·         Chinese Communist Party

·         Taiwan - History

·         Kuomintang (from Encarta Encyclopedia)

·        Gail Tsukiyama (from Gale Literature Resource Center)



Recommended Web Sites:

CHINA - Library of Congress Country Study: See topics under “Republican China”

Gail Tsukiyama from Bookreporter.com

 

 

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:

  • Type search words in the first search box (e.g. Mao Zedong) & click the Submit button.
  • The search results will show books and other materials in all libraries in the PLS system
  • To Limit your results to books at Skyline College Library, scroll down to Limit to: Location: pull-down menu below the search boxes, scroll down in the Location: pull-down menu, select Skyline College & then click the Submit button.
  • Once you find one book on your topic, click on the Subjects for that book to find other books on the same or related subjects

 

 

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last revised: 4-9-07
by Eric Brenner, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA