Interpretive Practices: Reading Cultures

Library Resources

November 2007

Finding Background Information

American Decades. 10 vols.
Ref E 169.12 .A419

Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History. 6 vols.
Ref E 185 .E54 2005 

Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History. 3 vols.
Ref E 169.1 .E624 2001
 
Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Culture.
Ref E 169.12 .E49 2001

Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Regional Cultures. 8 vols.
Ref E 169.12 .G73 2004
 
Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture. 4 vols.
Ref E 169.1 .G7555 2002

Finding Books and Articles

Academic Search Premier
Covers thousands of general magazines and scholarly journals on all topics. Includes the full-text of many articles.
 
Earlham Libraries Online Catalog  
Find books in the Earlham libraries.

JSTOR
A selective set of scholarly journals, all full-text. Scroll down on the search screen to select subject areas to search. Lacking the past 3-5 years.

Lexis-Nexis Academic
Provides recent full-text of newspapers from the U.S. and around the world.
Project Muse
Full-text of articles in humanities and social science scholarly journals from the past decade or so.
 
Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Studies
An annual review of research in cultural studies, including popular culture, film theory, and multiculturalism. Also at Ref HM 101 .Y4 2004

 

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