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Library Guide for WRI 157/158:
1950s America
Spring 2007
Raphael Allison, Instructor
Linda Oppenheim, Librarian, lindao@princeton.edu, 258-4043
1. Background sources
The electronic sources listed below can be found on the Princeton University
Library
homepage
in the section Articles and Databases. Library locations and call numbers are listed after the titles for the print
sources.
- Timelines of the Arts and Literature, by David Brownstone and Irene Franck.
New York, NY: HarperCollins, 1994. 711 pp.
Location: Trustees Reading Room (DR). Firestone. NX447.5.B76
1994
American National
Biography (Electronic)
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Authoritative biographies of more than 18,000 deceased, prominent
Americans who
lived after
1750. Search by name or various characteristics including gender, ethnicity,
occupation,
dates.
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Literature Resource Center (Electronic)
- Provides biographies, bibliographies and literary criticism
for authors from all eras.
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Grove Dictionary of Art Online
(Electronic)
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Articles on artists in all visual media, worldwide. Also covers noted art historians, patrons, collectors, curators, and arts
administrators. Links to illustrations. Updated quarterly.
World Film Directors, edited by John Wakeman.
New York, NY: The H.W. Wilson Co., 1988. 2 vols.
Location: Trustees Reading Room (DR). Firestone. PN1998.2.W67 1987
Volume II covers the period 1945-1985. Entries for each director includes a critical essay, filmography and
brief
bibliography of articles and books about the director.
2. Finding books on your topic
Search Princeton's online
catalog
to
find out what the Library owns. To find primary sources in the catalog,
add terms such as "sources," "diaries," "correspondence," and "personal narratives"
to your search. NOTE WELL: Items in the
Marquand Art and Archaeology Library (Location symbol SA) or in the
Architecture Library (Location symbol UES) do not
circulate; they must be used in the library.
Suggested subject headings
Abstract expressionism United States
Beat generation
Black Mountain School
Bohemianism United States
Conformity
Ginsberg, Allen
Feminism United States History 20th century
Friedan, Betty Interviews
I Love Lucy
Motion pictures United States History
Motion pictures and youth United States
Suburban life
Suburbs
Television comedies United States
Television programs for women United States History
United States History 1945-
United States Politics and government 1945-
United States Social conditions 1945-
3. Consulting the subject
specialist
Julie Mellby, Acting Art Librarian and Graphic Arts Curator, Marquand
Library, jmellby@princeton.edu, 258-5860
4. Finding journal and newspaper articles and images
You can link to the electronic indexes and databases listed below to identify
journal,
magazine, and newspaper articles
and images
by going to the Library's home page section Articles and Databases.
Magazine and journal indexes
-
Readers' Guide Retrospective (1890-1982)
- Comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest
periodicals published in the United States.
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America: History and Life (1954+)
- Indexes over 2,000 history journals, providing abstracts of articles
that deal with the
entire history of the United States and Canada.
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ARTbibliographies Modern (1974+)
- Provides full abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition
catalogs, PhD dissertations, and exhibition reviews on all forms of modern
and contemporary art, with approximately 12-13,000 new entries being added
each year.
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Index to Film Periodicals (1972+)
- "Offers in-depth coverage of the worlds foremost academic and popular
film journals."
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MLA International Bibliography (1926+)
- Provides citations to articles, books, book chapters, and dissertations on all aspects of modern literature, language, and
linguistics. Some film criticism is included as well.
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Newspaper indexes
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Chicago Defender
(1905-1975)
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Chicago Tribune
(1849-1985)
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Christian Science Monitor
(November 25, 1908-1993)
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Los Angeles Times (1881-1985)
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New York Times (1851-2001)
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Wall Street Journal (1889-1989)
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Washington Post (1877-1990)
Image databases
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AP Photo Archive (AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive)
(1840s+)
- Contains the Associated Press' current year's photo report and a selection of over 700,000 images from their negative and print
library.
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ARTstor
- "A repository of digital images in the arts. The images are drawn from
museums, archaeological teams, photo archives, slide collections, and art
reference publishers."
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CAMIO (Catalog of Art Museum Images Online)
- "Collection documenting 115,000 works of art from around the world.
Images, text and multimedia from the collections of the members of the Art
Museum Image Consortium are included."
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(Courtesy of Nancy
Pressman
Levy)
Last update: March 28, 2007
Send mail concerning this document to: lindao@princeton.edu