Arts & Humanities Library
W321 Pattee Library
Penn State University
814-865-1014
ecn1@psu.edu
Office Hours, Fall 2011
Fridays, 9-10:30am
415 Weaver
or by appt.
Arts & Humanities Library
W321 Pattee Library
Penn State University
814-865-1014
ecn1@psu.edu
Office Hours, Fall 2011
Fridays, 9-10:30am
415 Weaver
or by appt.
Books and other materials including CDs, DVDS, and more, can be found using the library's online catalog, The CAT. Use the Advanced Search for more options, including the ability to limit searches by date, a useful tool for locating primary sources (for example, look for "chinese" and limit by date to 1882-1883)
If Penn State does not have what you want, use the databases on our Materials NOT at Penn State page to search and request materials from libraries worldwide. For more information about obtaining materials from other libraries see our Interlibrary Loan FAQ.
E-Books
Many historical books have been scanned and are available online. To search inside Books, use the E-Books page which contains links to databases and websites that offer full-text of historical works. Two significant collections are:
Google Book Search — This digital index to the contents of over 10 million books created from the contents of university libraries and others.
Hathi Trust Digital Library — a digital catalog and repository created by research libraries.
Lionsearch - Searches across many library databases including e-journals, and e-books. It does not replace the databases above, but can be a convenient starting point.
Book Reviews
Search these databases to find published commentary on assigned readings (or other books)
America: History and Life
Find reviews in history publications. Limit the search to Document Type "Book Review"
Book Review Index (Gale)
Find reviews in sources from many disciplines. Use "Penn State Search" to locate a copy of the review.
Lionsearch
Searches across many library databases, e-journals, and e-books. It does not replace the databases above, but can be a convenient starting point.
These sources will link you to television, radio and print ads, including many food ads!
Advertising: History and Archives
Print and web collections of historical advertisement.
Finding Advertisements
See the separate tabs for TV/radio ads, and billboards.
For more ads search the Newspaper and Magazine databases in the Primary Sources section
Primary Sources Online
African American Newspapers, 1827-1998
More than 200 papers from over 30 states.
American Periodicals Series, 1741-1900+,
1,000+ magazines up to around 1930. Includes popular magazines aimed at a general audience and somre more specialized scientific journals.
American Periodicals from the Center for Research Libraries.
Digitized journals from the nineteenth to the early 20th century. A good source for early trade magazines on the technical and scientific aspects of food and agriculture.
America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1922
A selection of papers from around the U.S. Good for local news and topics.
Black Historical Newspapers 1910-2002
Full-text of the Chicago Defender (1911-2002), Pittsburgh Courier (1910-1975), and Philadelphia Tribune (1921-2001).
Business Source Premier
Covers business and marketing topics, with some articles from the early 20th century.
Chicago Tribune Historical (1849-1986)
Ful text of the Chicago newspaper.
Core Historical Literature of Agriculture, 1850-1950
Key books and magazines in agriculture, food science, nutrition.
Digital Resources for Historical Pennsylvania Agriculture
Includes a general history of ag. in PA and ag. extension reports by county.
Farm, Field, and Fireside: Agricultural Newspapers
Historically significant U.S. farm weeklies from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Google Book Search
A digital index to the contents of millions of books from university libraries and other sources. U.S. books published before 1923 are usually available full text.
Google Magazines
Full color magazines from the late 20th Century, including Life Magazine, and selected years of other popular magazines like Better Nutrition, and Vegetarian Times.
Google News Archive
Contains a mix of free and "pay per view" historical news sources.
Harpers's Weekly, 1857-1877
A heavily illustrated popular literary and cultural magazine. Additional issues are available in the library.
Home Eonomics Archive--Research, Tradition and History [HEARTH]
An electronic collection of books and journals published between 1850 and 1950. Ttitles were selected by scholars for their historical importance.
ICON: Newspaper Digitization Projects
A helpful list of digital newspapers by state. Useful for coverage of local topics.
Lancaster Farming (1955-1983)
A popular weekly magazine covering farming and agirculatural news
New York Times Digital Archive, 1851-
Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers
Reader's Guide Retrospective, 1890-1982
An index to popular U.S. magazines. The best source for magazine articles from roughly 1910 to 1980.
Access World News (U.S. and international news sources back to the 1980s)
Ethnic Newswatch (African-American, Hispanic-American and other news sources)
Lexis Nexis Academic (Full-text news sources, some back to the early 1980's)
Vanderbilt Television News Archive (1968-present)
Google Scholar Covers *some*, but not all scholarly journals. A convenient source, but not a replacement for searching library databases.
Lionsearch - is a search engine for fast, simple access to materials from the Penn State University Libraries. LionSearch searches the CAT (online catalog), and some of library databases, e-journals, and e-books. It does not replace the databases above, but can be a convenient starting point.
There are many other Article databases covering subjects from Engineering to Law. To idenfity more use: Find Articles by Subject
Business Source Premier Covers business and marketing journals, some back to the early 20th century
CAB Abstracts - articles in all aspects of agriculture.
HAPI: Hispanic American Periodicals Index
Use to find articles about diet, health and food customs among Hispanic Americans
International Index to Black Periodicals Full Text
Use to find articles about diet, health and food customs among African Americans
PsycINFO Use to find articles focusing on psychological aspects of a topic
Sociological Abstracts Use to find articles written primarily from a sociological perspective.
