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English 111
SOCIAL MEMORIES
Instructor Barbara Saez
Research Guide
| Columbus Day | The Confederate Flag | Vietnam Veterans Memorial | Martin Luther King Day | Thomas Jefferson and His Values| Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Statue | World Trade Center Memorial |
Books available in the Library:
Conquest of paradise: Christopher Columbus and the Columbian Legacy / Kirkpatrick Sale - M-STACK E112.S16 1991
They came before Columbus / Ivan Van Sertima - M-STACK E109.A35V36
Christopher Columbus and his legacy: Opposing viewpoints - M-STACK E111.C554 1992
Columbus Day: Celebrating a famous explorer / Elaine Landau - M-STACK E120.L26 2001
Columbus Day / Vicki Liestman - M-STACK E120.L76 1991
Suggested Library electronic databases:
Expanded Academic ASAP or InfoTrac Onefile (TRCC home > Library home > Library Databases > General Databases):
Subject Search: Enter "Columbus Day" as search terms in the search box and select "Subdivisions." Subdivisions as "analysis", "demonstrations and protests", "moral and ethical aspects", "political aspects", "public opinion", "rites and ceremonies", and "social aspects" retrieve good results.
Relevance Search: Type "Columbus Day" (use quotation marks) in the search box. The citation list will display the most relevant articles first.
Keyword Search: Type "Columbus Day" in the entry box. The most recent articles will be listed at the top of the citation list.
Note: For article citations or abstracts check the Periodical List on the Library's web site to see if the Library owns the periodicals where the articles are located. If those periodicals are not part of our collection, the librarian at the Information Desk will order the articles for you from another library.
Academic Search Premier (TRCC home > Library home > Library Databases > General Databases):
Basic Search: Type "Columbus Day" as keywords in the entry box. The citation list will display the most recent articles first.
Subject Search: Click on the "Subjects" tab and enter "Columbus Day" in the Browse box. Click in the box next to "Columbus Day" category. After you click on "Add", your search expression is going to be placed in the Find box. Click on "Search".
Note: For article citations or abstracts check the Periodical List on the Library's web site to see if the Library owns the periodicals where the articles are located. If those periodicals are not part of our collection, the librarian at the Information Desk will order the articles for you from another library.
LexisNexis Academic Universe (TRCC home > Library home > Library Databases > General Databases):
Quick News search: Enter "Columbus Day" in the search box. Set the desired date limit (previous six months, previous year, or previous two years). The search will retrieve up to 125 of the most relevant articles published in American newspapers, magazines, journals, and news wires.
Books available in the Library:
What so proudly we hail: all about our American flag, monuments, and symbols / Maymie R. Krythe - M-STACK E169.02.K76
Suggested Library electronic databases:
Expanded Academic ASAP or InfoTrac Onefile (TRCC home > Library home > Library Databases > General Databases):
Relevance Search: Type "Confederate flag" (use quotation marks) as search terms in the entry box. The citation list will display the most relevant articles first.
Keyword Search: Enter "Confederate flag" in the search box. The most recent articles will be listed at the top of the citation list.
Advanced Search: Type "Confederate flag" as keywords in the first search box, select "and" as the boolean operator, and enter "display" as keyword in the second search box. The citation list will retrieve relevant articles for your topic.
Note: For article citations or abstracts check the Periodical List on the Library's web site to see if the Library owns the periodicals where the articles are located. If those periodicals are not part of our collection, the librarian at the Information Desk will order the articles for you from another library.
Academic Search Premier (TRCC home > Library home > Library Databases > General Databases):
Basic Search: Type "Confederate flag" as keywords in the Find box. The citation list will display the most recent articles first.
Note: For article citations or abstracts check the Periodical List on the Library's web site to see if the Library owns the periodicals where the articles are located. If those periodicals are not part of our collection, the librarian at the Information Desk will order the articles for you from another library.
LexisNexis Academic Universe (TRCC home > Library home > Library Databases > General Databases):
Quick News search: Enter "Confederate flag" (use quotation marks) in the entry box. Set the desired date limit (previous six months, previous year, or previous two years). The search will retrieve up to 125 of the most relevant articles published in American newspapers, magazines, journals, and news wires.
Books available in the Library:
Home from the war: Vietnam veterans: neither victims nor executioners / Robert J. Lifton - M-STACK DS557.A68L55
Suggested Library electronic databases:
Expanded Academic ASAP or InfoTrac Onefile (TRCC home > Library home > Library Databases > General Databases):
Subject Search: Enter "Vietnam Veterans Memorial" as search terms in the search box. Select "Vietnam Veterans Memorial" category and click on "Subdivisions." Subdivisions as "analysis", "appreciation", "criticism, interpretation, etc.", "history", "political aspects", "public opinion", and "social aspects" will retrieve relevant article titles.
Relevance Search: Type "Vietnam Veterans Memorial" (use quotation marks) as search terms in the search box. The citation list will display the most relevant articles first.
Keyword Search: Enter "Vietnam Veterans Memorial" in the entry box. The most recent articles will be listed at the top of the citation list.
Note: For article citations or abstracts check the Periodical List on the Library's web site to see if the Library owns the periodicals where the articles are located. If those periodicals are not part of our collection, the librarian at the Information Desk will order the articles for you from another library.
Academic Search Premier (TRCC home > Library home > Library Databases > General Databases):
Basic Search: Type "Vietnam Veterans Memorial" as keywords in the Find box. The citation list will display recent articles on the topic.
Subject Search: Click on the "Subjects" tab and enter "Vietnam Veterans Memorial" in the Browse box and click on "Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, DC)" category. Click on "Add" and your search expression will be placed in the Find box. Click on Search.
Note: For article citations or abstracts check the Periodical List on the Library's web site to see if the Library owns the periodicals where the articles are located. If those periodicals are not part of our collection, the librarian at the Information Desk will order the articles for you from another library.
LexisNexis Academic Universe (TRCC home > Library home > Library Databases > General Databases):
Suggested search:
Guided News Search: Select U.S. News under "Select a news category." Select Northeast Regional Sources under "Select a news source." Enter "Vietnam Veterans Memorial" in the entry and set the date limit from 1981 to 1982. The search will retrieve articles arranged in chronological order from the latest to the oldest.
Web sites
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Page (Information on the history of the design and construction of the Memorial, photo gallery, literary section, related links.)
Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Maya Lin - Great Building Online (Monument design and construction information, resources.).
Books available in the Library:
Martin Luther King: The peaceful warrior / Ed Clayton - M-STACK E185.97.K5C5
Martin Luther King, Jr. : A profile / Eric Lincoln (Ed.) - M-STACK E185.97.K5L5
Celebrations: The complete book of American holidays / Robert J. Myers - T-REF REF GT4803.A2
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day / Dana M. Rau - M-STACK 323.092 RAU
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day / David F. Marx - M-STACK 323.092.K5 2001
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day / M-STACK 323.092.G58 2002
Suggested Library electronic databases:
Expanded Academic ASAP or InfoTrac Onefile (TRCC home > Library home > Library Databases > General Databases):
Subject Search: Enter "Martin Luther King Day" as search terms in the search box. Select "Martin Luther Kind Day" category and click on "Subdivisions." Subdivisions as "analysis", "appreciation", "demonstrations, protests, etc.", "history", "political aspects", "public opinion", "rites and ceremonies", and "social aspects" will retrieve relevant article titles.
Relevance Search: Type "Martin Luther King Day" (use quotation marks) as search terms in the search box. The citation list will display the most relevant articles first.
Keyword Search: Enter "Martin Luther King Day" in the search box. The most recent articles will be listed first in the citation list.
Note: For article citations or abstracts check the Periodical List on the Library's web site to see if the Library owns the periodicals where the articles are located. If those periodicals are not part of our collection, contact the librarian at the Information Desk who will order the articles for you from other libraries.
Academic Search Premier (TRCC home > Library home > Library Databases > General Databases):
Basic Search: Type "Martin Luther King Day" as keywords in the entry box. The citation list will display the most recent articles first.
Subject Search: Click on the "Subjects" tab and enter "Martin Luther King, Jr., Day" in the Find box. The newspaper and periodical references will return relevant articles.
Note: For article citations or abstracts check the Periodical List on the Library's web site to see if the Library owns the periodicals where the articles are located. If those periodicals are not part of our collection, the librarian at the Information Desk will order the articles for you from another library.
LexisNexis Academic Universe (TRCC home > Library home > Library Databases > General Databases):
Quick News search: Enter "Martin Luther King Day" (use quotation marks) in the search box. Set the desired date limit (previous six months, previous year, or previous two years). The search will retrieve up to 125 of the most relevant articles published in American newspapers, magazines, journals, and news wires.
Web sites
The King Center (Martin Luther King, Jr. biography, meaning of Martin Luther King Day, Coretta Scott King biography, news and information.)
Thomas Jefferson and His Values
Books available in the Library:
American sphinx: The caracter of Thomas Jefferson / Joseph J. Ellis - T-STACK E332.2.E45 1997
Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American controversy / Annette Gordon-Reed - T-STACK E332.2.G67 1997
Thomas Jefferson / William K. Bottorff - M-STACK E332.2.B58
A president in the family: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings, and Thomas Woodson / Byron Woodson - M-STACK E332.2.W66 2001
Suggested Library electronic databases:
Expanded Academic ASAP or InfoTrac Onefile (TRCC home > Library home > Library Databases > General Databases):
Suggested searches:
Subject Search: Enter "Thomas Jefferson" as search terms in the entry box, select "Jefferson, Thomas" category and click on Subdivisions. Subdivisions as "achievements and awards", "appreciation", "authorship", "biography", "conduct of life", "criticism and interpretation", " family", "influence", "moral and ethical aspects", "philosophy", "political activity", "portrayals and depictions", and "race relations" retrieve good results.
Advanced Search: Type "Thomas Jefferson" (use quotation marks) in the first search box., select "and" as the boolean operator, and enter "controversy" as keyword in the second search box . The citation list will retrieve relevant articles on your topic.
Note: For article citations or abstracts check the Periodical List on the Library's web site to see if the Library owns the periodicals where the articles are located. If those periodicals are not part of our collection, the librarian at the Information Desk will order the articles for you from another library.
Web sites
Thomas Jefferson Digital Archives (University of Virginia Library) at (Biography, Thomas Jefferson's views and papers, quotations.).
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson (Avalon Project at Yale Law School) at (Major works, messages to Congress, inaugural addresses, letters.)
Thomas Jefferson (The American President) (Biography, impact and legacy, supplemental resources.)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Statue
Books available in the Library:
Exemplary presidency: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the American political tradition / Philip Abbott - M-STACK E807.A68 1990
Suggested Library electronic databases:
Expanded Academic ASAP or InfoTrac Onefile (TRCC home > Library home > Library Databases > General Databases):
Subject Search: Enter "Franklin Roosevelt" as search terms in the search box, select "Roosevelt, Franklin D." category and click on "Subdivisions." The subdivision "Monuments, statues, etc." will retrieve good articles.
Advanced Search: Type "Franklin Roosevelt" in the first search box, select "and" as the boolean operator, and enter "statue" as keyword in the second search box . Type "wheelchair" as a keyword in the third entry box. The citation list will retrieve relevant articles on your topic.
Note: For article citations or abstracts check the Periodical List on the Library's web site to see if the Library owns the periodicals where the articles are located. If those periodicals are not part of our collection, the librarian at the Information Desk will order the articles for you from another library.
Web sites
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (The American President) (Biography, impact and legacy, supplemental resources.)
Books available in the Library:
Encyclopedia of terrorism / Cindy C. Combs and Martin Slann - M-REFSTACK- HV6431.C65 2002
September 11, 2001 / Poynter Institute - M-REFSTACK HV6432.S43 2001
Understanding September 11 / Craig Calhoun, Paul Price and Ashley Timmer - M-STACK HV6432.U5 2002
Suggested Library electronic databases:
Expanded Academic ASAP or InfoTrac Onefile (TRCC home > Library home > Library Databases > General Databases):
Keyword Search: Type "WTC memorial" in the entry box. The most recent articles will be listed first in the citation list.
Note: For article citations or abstracts check the Periodical List on the Library's web site to see if the Library owns the periodicals where the articles are located. If those periodicals are not part of our collection, the librarian at the Information Desk will order the articles for you from another library.
Academic Search Premier (TRCC home > Library home > Library Databases > General Databases):
Basic Search: Type "WTC memorial" as keywords in the entry box. The citation list will display the most recent articles first.
Note: For article citations or abstracts check the Periodical List on the Library's web site to see if the Library owns the periodicals where the articles are located. If those periodicals are not part of our collection, the librarian at the Information Desk will order the articles for you from another library.
LexisNexis Academic Universe (TRCC home > Library home > Library Databases > General Databases):
Quick News search: Enter "WTC memorial" in the search box. Set the desired date limit (previous six months or previous year). The search will retrieve up to 125 of the most relevant articles published in American newspapers, magazines, journals, and news wires.
Web sites
World Trade Center (Information about the World Trade Center towers.)
WTC Memorial (BBC News) (Enter "WTC memorial" in the Search box located at the top right side of the screen and click on "Go." The page returns relevant documents as "Families' plea over WTC plans", "WTC memorial contest opens", "New Yorkers debate WTC plans", or "What should replace the Twin Towers.")
WTC Memorial (CNN.com) (Enter "WTC memorial monument" in the Search box located at the top of the screen and click on "Search." The page returns documents as "World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition", "Designing the World Trade Center Memorial", "WTC Memorial Should Celebrate America's Producers", or "Tribute in Light."
Please send comments, suggestions, or inquiries to Mona Florea, Reference/Instruction Librarian.
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