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English 340: Literary Eras-America
A Guide to Library Resources

Spring 2008

Reference Collection | Catalogs
Indexes and Databases
Interlibrary Loan | Resources on the Internet | Citation

REFERENCE COLLECTION

Sources on the history of women's magazines, 1792-1960: an annotated bibliography [RR PN4879 .Z83 1991]

The literary and historical index to American magazines, 1800-1850 [RR PS214 .W37 2004]

The literary index to American magazines, 1850-1900 [RR PS214 .W38 1996]

Popular religious magazines of the United States [RR PN4888.R4 P67 1995]

American literary and drama reviews: an index to late nineteenth century periodicals [RR PN2256 .M37]

From the series Dictionary of literary biography:

American magazine journalists, 1741-1850 [RR PN451 .D4 v.73]

American magazine journalists, 1850-1900 [RR PN451 .D4 v.79]

The house of Putnam, 1837-1872: a documentary volume [ PN451 .D4 v.254]

For historical background to the 19th cent. America, see:

Encyclopedia of the United States in the nineteenth century. 3 v. [E169.1 .E626 2001]

American eras. See vols. 5 through 8 for the 19th century. [E168 .A5118 1997]

Other noteworthy titles in the stacks:

American literary magazines: the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries [ PS201 .A45 1986] On 4-hour reserve at Circulation Desk in Rolvaag.

A history of American magazines. 5v. [PN4877 .M92] On 4-hour reserve at Circulation Desk in Rolvaag.

A history of popular women's magazines in the United States, 1792-1995 [PN4879 .Z828 1998]

Magazines for the millions: gender and commerce in the Ladies' home journal and the Saturday evening post, 1880-1910 [ PN4879 .D36 1994]

CATALOGS

Bridge catalogs resources available at St. Olaf and Carleton libraries. Use Bridge to search for books and periodicals, but not chapters within books or articles within periodicals.

You may search Bridge by Title, Author, Keyword or Subject. Try combining relevant terms or concepts in Keyword search to focus your search [e.g. "magazine*" AND journalis*]. Use asterisk (*) to truncate words (e.g.journalis* will retrieve journalist, journalists, journalism, journalistic, etc.)

You may request materials housed at Carleton directly from Bridge by clicking on the button.

Some examples of 19th century periodicals you'll find in paper on the first floor at Rolvaag:

The Atlantic monthly. v. 1 (Nov. 1857)- v. 149 (June 1932); shelved chronologically as Atlantic.
Harper's new monthly magazine. No. 1 (June 1850)-no. 606 (Nov. 1900). Library has shelved as Harper's magazine.
Munsey's magazine. v. 9 (April 1893)- v. 35 (Sept. 1906)
The Century magazine Scribner's monthly. 1881:11-1882:01
The Galaxy.v.18:6-19:5 (1874-1875)
Lippincott's magazine of popular literature and science.v. 18 (July-Dec. 1876)
Sartain's union magazine of literature and art. v. 4, no. 1 (Jan. 1849)- v. 5, no. 2 (August 1849), v. 6, no. 1 (Jan. 1850)
The Dial.1840:07-1844:04

WorldCat is a union catalog for libraries around the world, including most libraries in the United States. You may request materials from WorldCat through Interlibrary Loan, just remember to plan ahead!

INDEXES AND DATABASES

Unlike our on-line catalog, which searches for journal titles and book titles, indexes and databases allow you to search for articles within journals, essays within books, or conference papers within proceedings. Some indexes and databases are interdisciplinary, i.e. they include sources from many different disciplines or fields, some are disciplinary, i.e. specialized in a particular discipline. Information on all of the indexes is available from the Libraries' Home Page, under " Electronic Research Tools. ..."

GENERAL/INERDISCIPLINARY

Academic Search Premier -- A multidisciplinary database with access to over 8040 scholarly and popular publications, many in full-text. Covers 1975 to present.

JSTOR -- A multidisciplinary index to and full text of select, academic journals.

Project Muse -- An index to and full text of journals published by Johns Hopkins University Press and other scholarly publishers.

SUBJECT SPECIFIC:

Texts of American Periodicals:
American Periodicals Series Online 1740-1900 -- A collection of digitized magazines and journals published in the United States between 1741 and 1900. APS includes more than 1,000 titles such as Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine, the first American professional journal, and numerous popular magazines. A complete title list is available on the Web.

Literature:
MLA International Bibliography -- The major index to literature journals. Also covers dissertations, proceedings, and articles in books. Subjects include literature, folklore, languages, and linguistics. Covers publications produced fom 1963 to present..

History:
America: History & Life -- An index to approximately 2,800 journals, plus dissertations and books in North American History. Indexes literature published from 1964 to the present.

Historical Abstracts -- An index to history journals, books, and dissertations. Excludes articles on North America (see its companion, America History & Life). Covers material published from 1955 to the present written about the time period 1450 to the present.

Art Images:
ARTstor -- A "repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images and related data." Covers architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design from many cultures.

NEWSPAPERS:

New York Times (1851 - 2003) -- Offers "full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue."

INTERLIBRARY LOAN

Any item not owned by St. Olaf may be ordered through Interlibrary Loan (ILL) provided you plan ahead to allow enough time for delivery.

RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET

The Nineteenth Century in Print (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/moahtml/snchome.html)
"This collection presents twenty-three popular periodicals digitized by Cornell University Library and the Preservation Reformatting Division of the Library of Congress. They include literary and political magazines, as well as Scientific American, Manufacturer and Builder, and Garden and Forest: A Journal of Horticulture, Landscape Art, and Forestry. The longest run is for The North American Review, 1815-1900."

Making of America (http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/)
Making of America (MOA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history primarily from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology.

Emergence of Advertising in America 1850-1920 (http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/eaa/)
"A database of over 9,000 advertising items and publications dating from 1850 to 1920, illustrating the rise of consumer culture and the birth of a professionalized advertising industry in the United States."

American Memory (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html)
Form the Library of Congress, the most extensive collection of digitized materials on American history. Includes such topics as advertising, literature, technology, immigration, performing arts, religions, and many others.

CITATION

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers Sixth Edition [RR LB2369 .G53 2003] Multiple copies in Rolvaag Reference.

For simple on-line guides, see:

Citation Guide from Purdue University by Jennifer Liethen Kunka and Joe Barbato. Provides examples and explanations of in-text citations and works cited in MLA format.

See Assembling a List of Works Cited in Your Paper , a simple online guide to cite your sources in all major styles, from Duke University.

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Kasia Gonnerman Rolvaag Library 301 507-646-3501 gonnermk@stolaf.edu	Created by: Kasia Gonnerman \| 02/12/08/ Created for: Carol Holly Updated by: Kasia Gonnerman \| 02/14/08