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Use encyclopedias for an overview of your topic, for definintions and explanations, and for lists of suggested readings. This list is SELECTIVE! Ask a Librarian for others. 

Reference area (first floor)

• Radicalism Handbook — 303.484 BUT
  • Brief biographies of "radical" individuals, groups, and movements of the 20th century from political, environmental, and peace movements, labor, education, civil rights movements, and more.  Includes U.S. and Europe and abroad.  Some of the rebels included are: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, George Orwell, Earth First!, Sacco-Vanzetti Case, Amnesty International.    
• Activists Rebels & Reformers —303.484 ENG
  • Biographies of 68 people & 7 organizations considered 'movers and shakers' as activists and organizations.  Entries provide thorough bibliography of sources for more reading.  Some entries included are: Black Panther Party, Cesar Chavez, Malcom X, Abbie Hoffman, Ernesto Che Guevara, Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, Ralph Nader.
• Violence in America — 303.60973 VIO
  • Provides biographies, analysis, background information and summaries of the many facets of violence in American culture. Entries include: Ted Bundy, Civil Rights Movement, Civil Disobediance. Follow "See Also"
• Current Issues-- 306.0973 C976
  • See Additional Sources in Vol. 4
  • Background information, significant factors, and summaries of different points of view on many current & social issues.  Entries include: Civil Disobediance, Community, Revolution, Protest Movements, Public Opinion, etc.
• Propaganda and Mass Persuasion: A Historical Encyclopedia -- 303.375 CUL
• Summary entries on the history of propaganda in countries, social movements, war, and methods of communication including specific films.  Sample entries include: Osama bin Laden, the CIA, posters, Reefer Madness, etc.  Entries includes a bibliography for more readings.
  
• The Turbulent 60's -- 973.922 T931 Each volume covers one year of the 1960's and includes numerous scholarly articles on a current issue of the year.  End of each volume lists suggested readings.

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Book stacks (second floor)

• The Revolutionary reign of Terror: the role of violence in political change —Rosemary O'Kane — 321.094 OK
• On Guerrila Warfare — Tse-tung Mao — 355.02184 MAO
• From Mobilization to Revolution — Charles Tilly — 303.64 TIL
• Revolutions and Revolutionary Movements -- James DeFronzo-- 303.64 DEF
• Defying the Crowd: cultivating creativity in a culture of conformity — Robert Sternberg— 153.35 STE
• Can't Buy Me Love: How advertising changes the way we think and feel -- Jean Kilbourn-- 658.834 K483C
• Slaves without Masters: the free Negro in the antebellum South -- 1981-- Ira Berlin-- 305.8 BER
• Team of Rivals: the political genius of Abraham Lincoln -- 2005 -- Doris K. Goodwin-- 973.7092 L736XG
• Youth Rebellion Movies -- Marc Perlman -- 791.43655 P4515Y
• American Skinheads: the criminology and control of hatecrime -- Mark Hamm-- 364.1 HAM
• She's a Rebel: the history of women in rock & role --Gillian Gaar-- 784.54 G111S
• Abbie Hoffman: American rebel -- Marty Jezer-- 303.484 JEZ
• Screened Out: How the media controls us and what we can do about it --Carla Johnston-- 302.23 JOH
• Information War: American propaganda, free speech, and opinion control since 9/11 -- Nancy Snow-- 353.1327 S674I
• Killed Cartoons: casualties from the war on free expression -- David Wallis-- 070.442 K48
• The Decency Wars: the campaign to cleanse American culture -- Frederick Lane-- 306.0973 L265D

 

EBooks (Find others in WebCat)

• Communication and Social Influence Processes -- Charles Berger
• Peer Power: preadolescent culture and identity -- Patricia Adler

 

Videos in our collection (second floor)

• The Myth of the Liberal Media: the propoganda model of news [VHS] — 302.23 MYT
• Fahrenheit 451 [VHS]-- 791.4372 FAH
• Making Friends [DVD] 153.4 H918 Disc 3

 

Find Books & Videos Available from other Libraries

• Search in WorldCat for materials available from other libraries.
• Bring a print out of the book you want to the front desk of the library.
• Allow up to two weeks (average is one week) for the materials to arrive.
  

Find Articles

Have a citation for an article?

• Search for the title of the journal in Serials Solutions to see if the full text is available in one of our databases. 
• If the full text is not available bring the citation to the front desk of the library.  They will get the article from another library.
  

Databases

 

Issues & Controversies in American History

• Articles on the most contentious issues in American history.
• Includes biographies, timelines, primary documents, pro and con articles, and more. 
• For example, see entries for A Nation in Protest or Black Power Movement or Feminist Movement.

 

General OneFile

• Scholarly articles from journals, magazines, and newspaper reports.
  Hint: Make sure you click on the Academic Journals tab!!
  
• Try a Subject Guide Search and use the Subdivisions to narrow your topic.
  • Hint: use only one very broad term Example: propaganda.
  • Add additional terms in the Search box on the left side of the screen.

OR

Try an Advanced Search and search for terms in the Abstract field.

• Hint: use the pull down menu.
• Search for more than one term at a time.
• Put each term on a different line.

Academic Search Premier

• Scholarly articles from journals and magazines.  Includes book reviews.
  • Type in a broad topic, add "AND" and an aspect of the subject that interests you.
  • Use "quotation marks" to search for phrases.
    • Example: "vietnam war " AND protest Once you have a results list, Narrow By Subject. 
  • Choose Academic Journals to eliminate magazine and newspaper articles.

 

New York Times Archive Online

• Search the NY Times archive from 1851-1980  (1851-1922 is accessible in full text. 1923-1986 is abstract only. 1987-present is full text).
  • Hint: Use the pull down menu on the Home Page to search the years 1851-1980.
    
    

Websites

 

• Use the Website Evaluation Checklist to evaluate your web sources.
  
• To search in Yahoo!, Google, or Exalead for webpages only from educational sites type in the search box: site:edu and then your term. For example: site:edu feminist revolution
• To search for webpages from only organizations type in the search box: site:org then your term.
  
  
• Check out the following directory pages at www.dmoz.org
  • Revolutions & Social Movements
  • Activism
  • Subcultures

 

Citations

 

Use the Landmark College Citation Guide

 

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