First-Year Seminar - Section 6
Innocents Abroad: Encountering The Other
Use our subscriptions to read journals, magazines and newspapers, both historical and contemporary. Search for articles on your topics of interest through time!
Historical Publications
American Periodicals Series Online (APS) is a wonderful collection of American magazines, journals and newspapers that published their first issues between 1741 and 1900. You may search keywords, limit by date, browse issues of specific journals or magazines, or limit your keyword search to specific titles.
For access to APS Online from the Library Home Page, select the A to Z list under "Find Articles."
We also offer access to The New York Times from 1851 to the present, The Washington Post from 1877, and The Wall Street Journalfrom 1889.
For access to The Historical New York Times and other historical newspapers, use the pull-down menu, Select a popular database and select New York Times, 1851-2003.
Searching is the same for all historical databases.
- Try any of the search formats: Basic (default), Advanced, More Search Options.
- Enter your search terms, combined with AND, OR, AND NOT. Truncate using the asterisk (*, or shift-8).
- In Advanced Search, select the field in which you want each term to be located. If you select Citation and Abstract, your results will be specific. If you select Document Text, your terms will appear anywhere in the article, not limited to the main theme. This will be useful if you are looking for articles that mention names or places.
- Select a date range, perhaps 01/01/1880 to 12/31/1889.
Find articles in contemporary journals and magazines
Expanded Academic ASAP is a multi-disciplinary index to articles in journals, magazines and newspapers, from approximately 1980 - the present, many with full text.
Access: Library home page --> "Select a popular ..." -->InfoTrac.
Select Expanded Academic ASAP
- In Keyword Search, enter search terms, connected with AND, OR, NOT.
- Use truncation symbol, the asterisk (*), to include all endings.
- If appropriate,limit to articles with full text, to refereed publications, by year(s) of publication, or by journal name. It is not necessary to select any limits.
- In Subject Search, enter search term or phrase (capital punishment, abortion, nuclear weapons, etc.), and select "Narrow by subdivision."
Questions? Feel free to call or email! My extension at Wheaton is 3703; my email is jaaron@wheatoncollege.edu.
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