| GENERAL
DATABASES |
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Resource Title |
On-Campus |
Off-Campus |
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Academic Search Premier
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This
is a huge database offering full text access newspapers,
popular magazines and scholarly journals. A wide array of
subjects is covered, making ASP an outstanding tool for multidiscipline
projects.
This database also provides full text to Vital Speeches
of the Day. For over seventy years, this resource has made
available full text transcripts of major speeches available
to the general public. ASP also includes major news magazines
and newspaper articles that can sometimes qualify as primary
documents. |
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America: History and Life
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resource covers Canada and the United States from prehistory
to the present. Journal articles, book reviews, popular magazines
and regional history publications are used. Students working
on Appalachian topics will find this database a useful asset. |
| SUGGESTED
SOURCES FOR PRIMARY MATERIALS |
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Berea Citizen Index (1851-
2004) |
Hutchins Library only |
Issues
of this important local newspaper are indexed via card catalog
(1900-1984) and database (1992-2007).
- The
card catalog is located between rooms 228-229 in
the reference area. Helpful
entry points include
names of individuals, organizations, or events.
- The database
is available for use on the Public Use Workstations
and BC Login Workstations in the reference area.
After
locating
issues of the Berea Citizen using these
indexes, the full text of this newspaper may be
viewed on microfilm
and printed. |
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Historic New York Times (1851-
2004)
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text access to the New York Times from the first issue in 1851
through 2004. It not only provides the article but it also
shows where the article was located in the original printed
edition. The New York Times is considered the United States
newspaper of record for the late 19th and the 20th century.
Historical advertisements and images are also included in this
database. |
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Readers’ Guide
to Periodical Literature
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Hutchins Library only
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| This index is a standard feature in most public and
school libraries. Odds are you’ve used this resource
before now. Volumes are chronological and indexed by subject.
Readers’ Guide is located next to the reference desk,
so please ask a librarian if you need assistance using it. |
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Kentuckiana Digital Library
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Kentucky Virtual Library (KYVL) created this database of primary
sources including an excellent digital newspaper collection.
Dating from approximately 1900-1910, small town weekly newspapers
form the bulk of the collection, including the Berea Citizen and the Richmond
Climax among many others. The search feature
facilitates searching across the entire collection or a single
newspaper. Other primary sources in the Kentuckiana Digital
Library include photographs, maps, finding aids, oral histories,
and electronic texts. |
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American Civil War: Letters
and Diaries
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resource provides firsthand accounts of the soldiers fighting
in the conflict as well as those on the home front such (i.e.
civilians, politicians, and slaves.) Material is drawn from
letters, memoirs, and diaries. |
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North American Women’s
Letters and Diaries
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| Covering
the period from colonial America to the 1950’s, this
database offers insight into the personal lives of American
women. Women of differing ages, classes, and ethnic groups
are included. Besides letters and diaries, the database utilizes
journal articles, pamphlets, newsletters, monographs, and conference
proceedings. |
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Polling the Nations
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| Polling
the Nations is a compilation of more than 14,000 surveys conducted
by more than 700 polling organizations in the United States
and more than 80 other countries from 1986 to the present.
All the surveys reported here were conducted using scientifically
selected random samples. |
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ARTstor
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| “ The
ARTstor Library's initial content will include approximately
300,000 images covering art, architecture and archeology. This
community resource will be made available solely for educational
and scholarly uses that are noncommercial in nature.” New
images are added on a regular basis. |
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Digital Library of Appalachia
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| The
Digital Library of Appalachia is a creation of the Appalachian
College Association. This website provides online access to
materials related to the culture of the southern Appalachian
region culled from member institutions archives and special
collections. |
