HST 210: *American Social History
Designed to help the HST 210 students find American historical & cultural artifacts for their research projects
General Cultural Materials and Artifacts Research
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Academic Search UltimateIndexes journal and magazine articles in the social sciences, humanities, general science, education and most areas of academic study.
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AP NewsroomCurrent and historic photographs. The archive includes contemporary news images, historical figures, celebrities, and images drawn from key events of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Coverage: 1840+
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Cultural Digital Collections at the LIbrary of CongressCollection contains cultural heritage materials on American cultural materials.
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Gale eBooksAn online academic encyclopedia and specialized references on any topic.
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Project MUSE Journals and BooksResearch support for literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many other cultural materials topics.
History Artifacts, US Culture
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America: History and Life with Full TextValuable database foir finding articles on historical artifacts. For example, cigar labels or cigar label art.
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American History in VideoProvides access to streaming video documentaries and newsreel footage of key historical events in American history from sources such as PBS, A&E, California Newsreel, and The History Channel.
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Documenting the American SouthDigitized primary materials on perspectives on American history, literature and culture. Collection includes texts, images and audio files.
Coverage: 1800s+
Film, Photography, Fashion, and Architecture Artifacts
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Art Full Text (H.W. Wilson)A valuable database for finding articles, yearbooks, an d museum bulletins covering film, photography, folk art, and architecture.
Coverage: 9/1984+
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Artstor Collections on JSTORValuable tool to discover original images of artifacts in architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design as well as many other forms of visual culture.
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FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals DatabaseProvides access to academic and popular film journals covering all aspects of film and motion picture industry.
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Vogue ArchiveSearchable database of the entire run of Vogue magazine, and includes designers, photographers, stylists, and illustrators of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
American Music Artifacts
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Music Online: American MusicSearchable database that includes streaming online music resources on range of genres such as jazz, blues, gospel, ragtime, folk songs, and narratives, among others. Also includes liner notes to all the albums are included in PDF format.
Alternate titles: American Music, Music Online : American Song
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Music Periodicals DatabaseIndexes music journals articles from scholarly studies to popular music,Alternate titles: International Index to Music Periodicals Full Text
Women & Gender Studies Artifacts
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Defining GenderCollection of original documents relating to gender studies including ephemera, pamphlets, commonplace books, diaries, periodicals, letters, ledgers, manuscript journals, & poetry. Covers 1450-1910.
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Women's Studies InternationalIndexes journal articles covering topics on political, economic, social & cultural issues, including political science, sociology, business, history, and education.