Wellesley College Library
Library Resources
for History 244:
The Cold War and the Remaking of Europe, 1945-1991
These are only some of the sources which may be useful to you in completing your research. Please contact Megan Adams for additional help. I would be happy to meet with you individually. You may also use our Ask Us email reference service for help with quick facts etc.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND FINDING TERMS
The first thing you will want to do is to refine your search terms. Do some background reading, and think about what terms you will be looking for in your research, jot down terms you see in background reading, and in records you uncover during your research process. This will give you an idea of how other people may have described and classified the information for which you are searching. A good source for background information, including recent history, is the Europa World Year Book 2004 (Clapp Ref JN1.E85).
FINDING BOOKS
Once you have an idea of the search terms you would like to use, go to the Wellesley College Library Page and search the online catalog. The catalog is a database with all the titles of books, journals and videos we have on the shelves. You cannot look for individual journal articles here. If you are on a data-gathering mission, keyword searches are often the best way to start. The default is phrase searching, so if you have separate terms, put AND or OR between them.
If you have specific items in mind, look them up using an author or title search. Keep in mind that subject searches are very exact. If you don't know the exact subject heading you want to use, start with a keyword search. Once you have found interesting materials, note the subject headings. These may be useful to you when you search for more materials. Remember that you can limit your searches, mark records, and export them to your email.
Once you pull up a detailed record for something, make sure you note its location, call number, holdings (for periodicals), as well as any relevant subject headings.
If you are having trouble locating books here at Wellesley try using WorldCat. WorldCat ,one of the FirstSearch databases, allows you to search library catalogs worldwide for books, videos and journal titles. There is also a link so you can place an interlibrary loan.
Once you have looked for background information and books in the Library, you may want to move on to articles and essays that are listed in separate databases and indexes. Once you have found an article or essay, you can do a title search in the library catalog for the title of the journal or the title of the book where the information appears.
FINDING NEWS SOURCES ONLINE
The Economist - The Economist is available from a number of our online databases. This link will bring you to a Wellesley College Library catalog record, choose the best link for your dates. Note: These links are all to the US edition of The Economist, content and title may vary slightly.
Facts on File World News Digest - News digests written contemporary to the time by Facts on File news editors. Also, full-text historical documents, election results, and Selected editorials (1940-present).
History Today - Takes a modern look at history, with articles on modern and ancient history.
Lexis/Nexis Academic - News, business, legal, medical & current events articles. For this assignment choose News, World News, European News Sources. Full-text and availability will vary by newspaper, for specific information click on the Source List link. To find information from a specific newspaper choose News, General News, Major Papers and enter your newspaper title in step five (ie. New York Times, Washington Post or Times of London). Don't forget to change the date boxes to reflect the time period you are searching.
Los
Angeles Times - Text only articles, no images, from 1985 to the present.
New York Times - Full-text of the NYT in PDF format from 1851-2001. For more recent articles use Lexis/Nexis.
Newsweek - Newsweek is available in several formats (paper, microfilm & online).
Time - Time Magazine is available in several formats (paper, microfilm & online).
Times of London - Full facsimile images of a specific article or page. Limit your search to ads, editorials, etc. This database will be helpful for historical information on your topic as the current dates of coverage are 1785-1985. For more recent articles use Lexis/Nexis.
U.S. News & World Report - U.S. News & World Report is available in several formats (paper, microfilm & online).
Wilson Quarterly - A national review of ideas and information.
NEWSPAPERS IN PRINT
Frankfurter Allgemeine - (German), 6 months in paper, Lexis/Nexis for 1/2/1993 - present
The Guardian Weekly - England, paper kept until microfilm received, currently microfilm from 2/24/00 - 12/31/03
Literaturnaia Gazeta - (Russian), 6 months in paper
Los Angeles Times - 3 months in paper (see above for online version)
Le Monde - (French), paper kept until microfilm received, currently microfilm from 12/1944-6/2004
Le Monde Diplomatique - France (English), 2 years in paper
Moscow News - Russia (English), 1 year in paper, Lexis/Nexis for 1/1/1992 - present
The Observer - England, 1 year in paper, Lexis/Nexis for 10/7/1990 - present
El Pais - (Spanish), 6 months in paper, Lexis/Nexis for 4/19/1996 - present
Pravda - (Russian), paper kept until microfilm received, currently microfilm from 1975-1/4/2003
New York Times - paper kept until micorfilm received, currently microfilm from 1/1852-8/2004 (see above for online version)
Times of London - paper kept until microfilm received, currently microfilm from 3/18/1788 - 9/9/2004 (see above for online version)
Washington Post - paper kept until microfilm received, currently microfilm from 1969-7/2004
Die Zeit - (German), 1 year in paper
JOURNALS IN PRINT
The Economist - most recent 2 years in the Clapp Recreational Reading Room, check the catalog for older issues
L'Express - (French) 9/1966-9/13/2004 (Clapp AP20.E926), recent issues in the Clapp Recreational Reading Room
Newsweek - most recent 2 years in the Clapp Recreational Reading Room, check the catalog for older issues
Le Point - (French) 5/11/1987 - 9/9/2003 (Clapp AP21.P6), recent issues in the Clapp Recreational Reading Room
Time - most recent 2 years in the Clapp Recreational Reading Room, check the catalog for older issues
U.S. News & World Report - most recent 2 years in the Clapp Recreational Reading Room, check the catalog for older issues
FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES
Historical Abstracts - HA includes articles on world history since 1450, excluding
US & Canada.
Journals are dated from 1954 to the present.
JSTOR- JSTOR is
a full-text database of articles in selected scholarly journals published before
the last 5 years or so-meaning, there are no recent articles in this database.
However, JSTOR does have many important journals from the journal's beginning
issue.
PAIS -
Index to articles about political, social and economic issues, and public affairs
from
1972 to the present. Choose PAIS International from the drop down menu to go
to the search screen.
WilsonWeb-
WilsonWeb is made up of several databases covering all disciplines. There is
selected full-text. The databases to use for this class are: Humanities Full
Text and Social Sciences Full-Text.
CAMPUS WIDE INFORMATION SYSTEM AND THE WORLD WIDE WEB
Interlibrary Loan and the Virtual Catalog
Internet Resources for History