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.
Videos
Cradle Will RockCall Number: Hatfield Libary AV Video (DVD) PN1995.9.D7 C646 2000A kaleidoscopic look at the extraordinary events of 1930s America, from high society to life on the streets in Depression-era New York City. Based on the events surrounding Marc Blitzstein's controversial musical about a steel strike, to be produced by the Federal Theater Program.
The Handmaid's Tale (1990)Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.9.S26 H23 2001Set in the near future, the handmaids of the title are women who can still bear children after the ravages of war caused wide-spread sterility.
Useful Databases and Websites for this Course
- Academic Search PremierProvides full text for more than 4,450 academic, social sciences, humanities, general science, education and multi-cultural journals.
- America History and LifeThe 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 AmericaProvides 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
- JSTORProvides 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 CenterProvides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline.
- MLA International BibliographyIndexes critical material on the modern languages, literature, linguistics, and folklore. Provides access to over 3,000 journals, as well as to book chapters, proceedings, and working papers.
- 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 MuseProvides 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 RetrospectiveContains 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
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 HerePhotos from the WPA Fed Theatre Project in NY 1935-36 Experimental Thtr. Unit production of "It Can't Happen Here"
- IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE and the Federal Theater ProjectYoutube slideshow about the Federal Theater Project (1934-1937) and the 21 simultaneous productions coast to coast of IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE by Sinclair Lewis and John C. Moffitt.
- U.S. Works Progress Administration in OregonWPA employed millions of unemployed people to carry out public works, art, and other cultural projects during the 1930s. Digitized WPA documents from the Oregon State Library.
- America from the Great Depression to World War IIFrom the Library of Congress American Memory Project
Humanities and Fine Arts Librarian
ARTstor
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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