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Earlham Library Resources

Earlham Libraries Catalog
Catalog of books and other materials available in the Earlham Libraries, with the option to search catalogs in the Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI).

WorldCat
The world's largest library catalog, covering books and other materials available in OCLC member libraries around the globe.

SFX
Discover if Earlham has access to a journal, magazine, or newspaper online or in print

Interlibrary Loan Form
For articles that you can not find with SFX

History Resources Subject Guide

Scholarly Journals, Popular Magazines, and Newspapers

Academic Search Premier
Secondary scholarly and popular articles.

JSTOR
Primary and secondary scholarly articles.

Alternative Press Index
Indexes nearly 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines.

Alternative Press Index Archives
Index of 700 journals (1969-1990) covering cultural, economic, political & social change

Earlham Guide to Newspaper Sources

SFX
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Interlibrary Loan Form
For articles that you can not find with SFX

Labor News Web Sites

Peoples Weekly World
A progressive, leftist, socialist and communist weekly.

Labor Notes
Activist trade union newspaper advocating grassroots democracy within and radicalization of the trade union movement in the United States.

Labor Union News
Provides current and late-breaking news about labor, unions, and organizing. Includes national and international news.

Historical Encyclopedias

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Dictionary of American History
Reference E 174. D 52 2003 10v.

A great place to start for introductory information. Available in print and online.


 

American Decades

American Decades
Reference E 169. I2 A4.19 10v.

Each volume covers one decade, with content divided into broad subject chapters. Available in print and online.

 

 

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Historical Encyclopedia of American Labor
Reference HD 8066. H57 2004 2 volumes

Over 400 entries, with bibliographies of materials for further research and extensively cross references provided by a bold font. (Any term printed in bold has its own entry.) An appendix in volume 2 also contains over 55 primary documents from autobiographies to song lyrics.

 

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Work in American: An Encyclopedia of History, Policy, and Society
Reference HD 8066. W637 2003 2 volumes

Special emphasis on contemporary workplaces issues and historical events. An appendix includes some statistical data on the American workforce.


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Working Americans
Online version of the Gale/Grey House multivolume set.


Reference HD 8066. D47 2000 v1 & v2,
Companion volumes, arranged chronologically by decade. Profiles the lives of people from a variety of ethnic, geographic, and occupational backgrounds by examining their income, budget, life at home, workplace, and community.

 

Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor

Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor
Reference HD 4839. D58 2004

Shorter, definition type entries, with cross-referencing indicated by bold type. More international scope than other sources. Bibliographic information gathered by subjects in an appendix. Numerous appendices, including international labor union statistics.

 

Biographical Information

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American National Biography
Reference CT 213. A68 1999


Scholarly essays on prominent Americans. Available in print and online

 

 

Biography Resource Center
Articles from biographical dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, and popular periodicals on living and deceased individuals.

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