Kalamazoo College Library: Course Guide: History 280

Search by Keyword and look for Subject Headings in individual records.
To modify a search:

Use words from the Subject Heading in a Keyword search

Click on the Subject Heading itself

Examples of Subject Headings:

Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952

Japan History Allied Occupation 1945 1952 Personal Narratives

Korea -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1948

FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES

Articles: A Step-by-Step Guide

1.) Look for citations and articles

Gather citations with Indexes and Databases
- Indexes and databases in History
- Alphabetical list of indexes
Find citations in books and articles with Bibliographies

2.) Locate the journal when you have a citation

1.) Ariadne (print)

Title search on Title of the Journal to locate print journal

2.) Online Journals at K

Title search on Title of the Journal to locate article in
a Full Text Database

3.) WestCat - Western Michigan's catalog
(finds the journal at WMU -- you must go there to retrieve it, whether it's print or online)

Title search on Title of the Journal

Waldo Library - Hours and How to get to Western

4.) Interlibrary Loan

Order item through Interlibrary Loan
(request through ILLiad)

Use *only* when the journal is not available through Ariadne, the Online Journals at K, or WestCat.

Indexes

Indexes will lead you to article citations that include author, article title, journal title, volume number, publication date, and page number. Citations do not include the entire article. You must locate the journal once you have a citation.

Historical Abstracts < about >

Social Sciences Abstracts < about >

Readers' Guide Retrospective (1890-1982) < about > (you must enable popup windows)
Readers' Guide Abstracts indexes and abstracts general interest and popular periodicals published in the U.S. and Canada.

Readers' Guide Abstracts (1983-present) < about >
Readers' Guide Abstracts indexes and abstracts general interest and popular periodicals published in the U.S. and Canada.

Academic OneFile < about >

Periodical Abstracts < about >

Dissertation Abstracts < about >
This database searches for summaries of dissertations (PhD and Masters Theses). It does not give the full text of the entire dissertation.
*BEWARE!* Dissertations are student works, and your instructor may or may not accept them. Also, many dissertations are difficult to obtain.

Full-Text Resources

Full text databases include citation information as well as the text of the article itself.

JSTOR < about >
Scholarly academic journals

Project MUSE < about >
Scholarly academic journals

Proquest Research Library < about >
Includes scholarly and non-scholarly sources; can limit to scholarly journals

New York Times (1851 to 3 years ago) < about >
PDF version of the historical New York Times. Looks exactly like a copy of the paper.

New York Times (1995 to present) < about >
Text version of the New York Times. Does not include sidebars or graphics.

Harper's Weekly (1857-1889) < about >

Infotrac General Reference Center Gold < about >

Infotrac Health Reference Center - Academic < about >

Wilson Select Plus < about >

LEXIS-NEXIS Academic < about >

Book Reviews

Historical Abstracts < about > (Book Reviews included, but cannot limit to them)

America: History and Life < about > (can limit to Book Reviews)

Book Review Digest < about >

Project MUSE < about >
(In Advanced Search, limit to "reviews." Good for relatively recent materials.)

Proquest Research Library < about >
(In Advanced Search, click "More Search Options" and limit Document type to "Book Review." Can limit to peer-reviewed journals.)

JSTOR < about >
(In Advanced Search, limit to "reviews." Good for older materials.)

Types of Periodicals

Scholarly Journals (Japan Quarterly)

Authors are scholars or researchers in their fields.
Authors cite their sources in footnotes, endnotes, and bibliographies.
Individual issues have little or no advertising.
Articles must go through a peer-review process.
Articles usually report original scholarly research.
Most illustrations are charts, figures, or graphs.
Authors use the specialized language or jargon of the discipline.

Popular Magazines (Newsweek or Time)

Authors are free lance writers or magazine staff members.
Authors may mention sources, but rarely cite them in notes or bibliographies.
Individual issues contain many advertisements.
There is no peer review process. Articles are reviewed by editors or publishers.
Illustrations are numerous and colorful.
Articles are meant to inform and entertain an educated audience.
Language is written for the general adult audience (no specialized jargon).
Scholarly or Not?
Use Ulrich's Online < about >
Document Type MUST say "Academic/Scholarly Publication" to be considered scholarly!

Don't forget to use bibliographies contained in reference books, annotated bibliographies, circulating books, and journal articles!

NEWSPAPERS

New York Times (1851 to 3 years ago) < about >
PDF version of the historical New York Times. Looks exactly like a copy of the paper.

New York Times (1995 to present) < about >
Text version of the New York Times. Does not include sidebars or graphics.

LEXIS-NEXIS News Search < about >
An excellent source for national and international news

InfoTrac Custom Newspapers < about >

Some free websites with good news coverage:

World Newspapers - Asia
http://www.world-newspapers.com/asia.html
This site links to world newspapers, magazines, and news sites in English, sorted by country and region.

Asian Newspapers
http://www.newslink.org/nonusa.html

IMAGES

Google Image Search
http://images.google.com/

New York Public Library Digital Gallery
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgadvsearch.cfm

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html
Many photos are digitized -- some are not. Also, be aware of copyright restrictions when using these photos!

Smithsonian History and Culture
http://www.si.edu/history_and_culture/

Art and Culture of Japan During the Allied Occupation, 1945-1952 http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/migrations/sackler/salthome.html

Okinawa Prefectural Archives
http://www.archives.pref.okinawa.jp/ (site in Japanese)

CITING YOUR SOURCES in the MLA style