C334: Cultures of Books and Reading
The following library resources are designed to help you find/retrieve book reviews, author interviews, and related resources about book publicity/advertising.
Reviews, Interviews, Advertisements…
JSTOR-about- Provides searchable full-text of historical runs of important scholarly journals in the humanities, arts, sciences, ecology, and business.
Project Muse-about- Includes nearly 250 quality journal titles from 40 scholarly publishers, in full-text.
Academic Search (EBSCO)-about- Provides fulltext coverage of magazine, newspaper, and scholarly journals for almost every academic discipline.
Factiva-about- General news and business information. International newswires and pictures, TV and radio transcripts. Company search for competitors, comparisons, SEC documents.
LexisNexis Academic-about- Organized into 5 categories, LexisNexis includes articles from international newspapers, magazines, transcripts, legal research and medical journals.
Readers Guide Full Text - about - A database of articles from popular U.S. and Canadian periodicals on current events, news, popular culture and many other topics.
Alt-Press Watch - about - provides a collection of newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press
GenderWatch - about - Full text database with a focus on how gender impacts a variety of subject areas.
Ethnic NewsWatch - about - Articles from newspapers, magazines and journals
Readers Guide Retrospective 1890-1982 - about - Provides access to citations from 512 of the leading United States periodicals from 1890-1982.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers-about- A database of historical newspapers from the United States.
MLA International Bibliography - about - Indexes material in modern languages, literature, linguistics and folklore.
The Libraries have a research guide to help you find both popular and academic book reviews: Find Online Book Reviews.
Books:
To find books, search IUCAT, the library's online electronic catalog. Here you will be able to find resources that will help you contextualize your selected book
Merritt, Jeffrey D. Day by Day, the Fifties
Parker, Thomas. Day by Day, the Sixties
Leonard, Thomas M. Day by Day, the Seventies
Chronicle of the 20th Century
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History
Ask a Librarian: Information on how to e-mail, set up individual research consultations, IM chat, and phone the reference questions.
You will need to cite your outside information sources if you directly quote, paraphrase, or utilize another's ideas. See Help with Citing for more information.
Contact me:
Head, Arts & Humanities Department
Librarian for English Literatures, Theatre & Drama, Film Studies,
Telecommunications, and Communication & Culture
E1060 Wells Library
p. 812.855.1891
