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SOCIAL MEMORIES
Instructor Barbara Saez
Research Guide
| Columbus Day | Thanksgiving Day | The Confederate Flag | Vietnam Veterans Memorial | Flag Burning | Martin Luther King Day | Thomas Jefferson and His Values| Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Statue |
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 (Connecticut Digital Library) or InfoTrac Onefile (Connecticut Digital Library) (TRCC home > Library home > Connecticut Digital Library):
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 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 Elite (TRCC home > Library home > Other 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 Find box. If you select "Columbus Day" category, 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 > Connecticut Digital Library):
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:
Thanksgiving: Its origin, celebration and significance as related in prose and verse / Robert Haven Schauffler (Ed.) - M-STACK GT4975.S3
Plymouth Thanksgiving / Leonard Weisgard - M-STACK 974.4We
Lies my teacher told me: Everything your American history textbook got wrong / James W. Loewen - M-STACK E175.85.L64 1996
Suggested Library electronic databases:
Expanded Academic ASAP (Connecticut Digital Library) or InfoTrac Onefile (Connecticut Digital Library) (TRCC home > Library home > Connecticut Digital Library):
Subject Search: Enter "Thanksgiving" as search term in the search box. Select "Thanksgiving Day" and click on "Subdivisions." Subdivisions as "appreciation", "history", "moral and ethical aspects", "political aspects", "public opinion", "rites and ceremonies", and "religious aspects" will retrieve relevant article titles.
Relevance Search: Type "Thanksgiving Day" (use quotation marks) in the entry box. The citation list will display the most relevant articles first.
Keyword Search: Type "Thanksgiving 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 another library.
Academic Search Elite (TRCC home > Library home > Other Databases):
Basic Search: Type "Thanksgiving Day" as keywords in the Find box. The citation list will display the most recent articles first.
Subject Search: Click on the "Subjects" tab and enter "Thanksgiving Day" in the Find box. If you select "Thanksgiving Day" category, I suggest that you read the primary source document first. Click on the "Subdivisions." Subdivisions as "history", "political aspects", "religious aspects, and "social aspects" (some of these categories have their own subdivisions) will return good results.
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 > Connecticut Digital Library):
Quick News search: Enter "Thanksgiving" 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 (Connecticut Digital Library) or InfoTrac Onefile (Connecticut Digital Library) (TRCC home > Library home > Connecticut Digital Library):
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 first in 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 Elite (TRCC home > Library home > Other 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 > Connecticut Digital Library):
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 (Connecticut Digital Library) or InfoTrac Onefile (Connecticut Digital Library) (TRCC home > Library home > Connecticut Digital Library):
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 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 Elite (TRCC home > Library home > Other 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 Find box. The "Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, DC)" category will return good results.
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 > Connecticut Digital Library):
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 limit date from 1981 to 1982. The search will retrieve 22 relevant articles arranged in chronological order from the latest to the oldest.
Web sites
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Page at http://thewall-usa.com/ (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 at http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Vietnam_Veterans_Memorial.html (Monument design and construction information, resources.).
Books available from other libraries:
Constitutional amendments: From freedom of speech to flag burning / Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast and John Sousanis
Flag burning: Moral panic and the criminalization of protest / Michel Welch
Burning the flag: The great 1989-1990 American flag desecration controversy / Robert Justin Goldstein
Suggested Library electronic databases:
Expanded Academic ASAP (Connecticut Digital Library) or InfoTrac Onefile (Connecticut Digital Library) (TRCC home > Library home > Connecticut Digital Library):
Subject Search: Enter "Flag burning" as search terms in the entry box , click on "Flag desecration" and select "Subdivisions." Subdivisions as "analysis", "constitutional law", "laws and regulations", "political aspects", and "public opinion" retrieve good results.
Relevance Search: Type "Flag burning" or "Flag desecration" (use quotation marks) in the search box. The citation list will display the most relevant articles first.
Keyword Search: Type "Flag burning" or "Flag desecration" 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, contact the librarian at the Information Desk who will order the articles for you from other libraries.
Academic Search Elite (TRCC home > Library home > Other Databases):
Basic Search: Type "Flag burning" 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 > Connecticut Digital Library):
Quick News search: Enter "Flag burning" 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:
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 (Connecticut Digital Library) or InfoTrac Onefile (Connecticut Digital Library) (TRCC home > Library home > Connecticut Digital Library):
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 Elite (TRCC home > Library home > Other 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 > Connecticut Digital Library):
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 at http://thekingcenter.com/default.asp (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 (Connecticut Digital Library) or InfoTrac Onefile (Connecticut Digital Library) (TRCC home > Library home > Connecticut Digital Library):
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 http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/jefferson/ (Biography, Thomas Jefferson's views and papers, quotations.).
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson (Avalon Project at Yale Law School) at http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/presiden/jeffpap.htm (Major works, messages to Congress, inaugural addresses, letters.)
Thomas Jefferson (The American President) at http://www.americanpresident.org/KoTrain/Courses/TJ/TJ_In_Brief.htm (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 (Connecticut Digital Library) or InfoTrac Onefile (Connecticut Digital Library) (TRCC home > Library home > Connecticut Digital Library):
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" (use quotation marks) 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) at http://www.americanpresident.org/kotrain/courses/FDR/FDR_In_Brief.htm (Biography, impact and legacy, supplemental resources.)
Please send comments, suggestions, or inquiries to Mona Florea, Reference/Instruction Librarian.
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