Research Guides: ENGL 116: American Dystopias: Articles/Databases/Webpages

How To Find Articles

Use the databases listed on this page to find articles.
If it isn't available in full-text, click the "Find It!" button. We might have e-access another way or have it in print.
If we don't have it, order the article through Interlibrary Loan (ILL).

If you're off-campus, you will be prompted for your Willamette username & password.

Webpages

Could Fascism Take Root Here?
An online article about Sinclair Lewis' "It Can't Happen Here" with historical video clips about sources for the book and characters.
It Can't Happen Here
Photos from the WPA Fed Theatre Project in NY 1935-36 Experimental Thtr. Unit production of "It Can't Happen Here"
America from the Great Depression to World War II
From the Library of Congress American Memory Project

Useful Databases and Websites for this Course

Academic Search Premier
Provides full text for more than 4,450 academic, social sciences, humanities, general science, education and multi-cultural journals.
America History and Life
The core database for U.S. and Canadian history and culture, America, History and Life provides access to scholarly literature from prehistoric times to the present. Indexes and abstracts over 1700 journals as well as book and media reviews and dissertations.
Chronicling America
Provides access to information about historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages. Produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Library of Congress (LC). Coverage: 1836-1922
JSTOR
Provides access to the complete backfiles of more than 1,600 cross-disciplinary academic journals in digital format, some of which date from the 1800s. Over 46 million pages are now available.
Literature Resource Center
Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline.
New York Times Historical (1851-2010)
Provides full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. Includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.
Project Muse
Provides online access to the full text of over 100 journals in the disciplines of literary studies, classics, history, philosophy, political science, and the history of science and medicine.
Readers Guide Retrospective
Contains comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America.
coverage: 1890 - 1982

ARTstor now in JSTOR

Now fully integrated with JSTOR - ARTstor provides a broad and deep general collection of images of world art and architecture, as well as special collections including Native American, Asian, American and European art.

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ENGL 116: American Dystopias

Humanities and Fine Arts Librarian

How To Find Articles

Webpages

Useful Databases and Websites for this Course

ARTstor now in JSTOR

Willamette University Libraries