Library Guide for

WRI 120: The Meaning of Home

Fall 2006
Amanda Wilkins, Instructor

Linda Oppenheim (lindao@princeton.edu) and Leslie Murtha (lmurtha@princeton.edu), Librarians

1. Finding Books on Your Topic

Search Princeton's online catalog to find out what the Library owns.

Suggested subject headings

   
	Architecture, domestic, in literature
        Arlington National Cemetery (Va.)
        Authors, American homes and haunts guidebooks
        City and town life
        Country homes in literature
	Domestic fiction
        Dwellings in literature
	Historic buildings United States Guidebooks
        Home in literature
        Home literary collections
        Home New England history 					
	Literary landmarks United States Guidebooks
        Manors in literature 
	Monticello (Va.)
	Personal space
	Place (Philosophy) in literature
        Public housing
        Shelters for the homeless
	Space (Architecture) in literature 		
	Sustainable architecture

2. Finding Journal Articles on Your Topic

Individual articles in journals and magazines are NOT listed in the catalog. To find them you need to search indexes and databases. Link to the electronic indexes and databases listed below to identify journal, magazine, and newspaper articles by going to the Library's home page section Articles and Databases.

General Indexes

ProQuest Direct - Periodical Research Library

Indexes journals and some newspapers. Provides the complete article in many cases.

Ebsco Academic Search Premier

Another general journal index with many complete articles.

Omnifile [Wilson indexes]

Broad general index that is actually a combination of Readers' Guide, Humanities Index, General Science and others. Some full text is available.

Specialized Indexes

America: History and Life (History)

Abstracts over 2,000 journals, listing articles that deal with the entire history of the United States and Canada. Indexing begins in 1964.

ARTbibliographies Modern (1974+) (Art)

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.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (1930s+) (Architecture)

Indexes journal articles published worldwide on architecture and design, archaeology, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation.

MLA International Bibliography (1963+) (Literature)

Provides citations to articles, books, book chapters, and dissertations on all aspects of modern literature, language, and linguistics.

PsycINFO (1800's+) (Psychology)

Produced by the American Psychological Association, it is the most comprehensive database of psychology. Provides abstracts and citations to the scholarly literature in the behavioral sciences.

Sociological Abstracts (1952+) (Sociology)

Indexing and abstracting of the world's literature in sociology and related disciplines, both theoretical and applied. Covers 2,500 journals, conference papers, dissertations, and book reviews.