Monday, October 31, 2005
Resources providing information on historical daily life
- Greenwood Press series, "Daily Life Through History" series, as well as a "Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life."(e.g. The Greenwood encyclopedia of women's issues worldwide HQ1115 .G74 2003)
- The series called “Cities Through Time.
- Greenwood Press’s All Things Shakespeare--a 2 volume set.
- A set of books by different authors starting with "Everyday life in...
" - Working Americans, 1880-2005. by Grey House Publishers
- Joseph Papp and Elizabeth Kirkland's "Shakespeare Alive!"
- Facts on File D410 .F3 Yearbook
- A set of books beginning with the phrase "The Writers Guide to Everyday Life in . . ."
- A set from Gale called "American Decades."
- Encyclopedia of European Social History, 1350-2000 (Scribner, 2001)
- Timetables of History: a Horizontal Linkage of People and Events (Simon & Schuster, 1991) D11 .G78 1991
- PBS series: Manor House, Frontier House and 1900 House.
- Life in Elizabethan England
- Daily Life Online.
- American Memory
- New York Public Library’s Picture Collection Online
- The LSSH “social life and customs” with the country name.
Monday, October 17, 2005
Primary Sources Resources
Guides
Using Primary Sources on the Web (from the ALA)
Library Catalogue
* if you have the name of an individual, search the library catalogs for that name under personal author (last name, first name)
*if you do not have the name of an individual, search the library catalogs by topic and add the appropriate subheading to the subject heading:
* correspondence
* diaries
* interviews
* personal narratives
(ex: subject keywords: japanese americans interviews) (from UC Berkeley site)
Some Good Sites:
Library & Archives Canada
The Anti-Slavery Movement in Canada
Nineteenth Century Documents Project
Library & Archives Canada
American History Websites: 19 Century
In the First Person
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
The Second World War Experience Centre
Guides
Using Primary Sources on the Web (from the ALA)
Library Catalogue
* if you have the name of an individual, search the library catalogs for that name under personal author (last name, first name)
*if you do not have the name of an individual, search the library catalogs by topic and add the appropriate subheading to the subject heading:
* correspondence
* diaries
* interviews
* personal narratives
(ex: subject keywords: japanese americans interviews) (from UC Berkeley site)
Some Good Sites:
Library & Archives Canada
The Anti-Slavery Movement in Canada
Nineteenth Century Documents Project
Library & Archives Canada
American History Websites: 19 Century
In the First Person
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
The Second World War Experience Centre
Film Reviews:
The New Yorker Film File collects nearly two thousand short reviews of films released from 1990 to the present, available for free.
The New Yorker Film File collects nearly two thousand short reviews of films released from 1990 to the present, available for free.
Friday, October 14, 2005
I learned about this at a Ways of Knowing class: GenBank
"GenBank is part of the International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration, which comprises the DNA DataBank of Japan (DDBJ), the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), and GenBank at NCBI. These three organizations exchange data on a daily basis."
The amount of information there is growing faster than the ability of computers to read it. It's amazing!
There is a world-wide discussion of the ethics involved as well.
"GenBank is part of the International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration, which comprises the DNA DataBank of Japan (DDBJ), the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), and GenBank at NCBI. These three organizations exchange data on a daily basis."
The amount of information there is growing faster than the ability of computers to read it. It's amazing!
There is a world-wide discussion of the ethics involved as well.
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
Purdue University's writing center is an excellent source for a range of writing queries.
They've got excellent resources for APA and MLA
Also see the Chicago Manual of Style and the ASA Style Guide sites.
(Actually posted by Heidi)
They've got excellent resources for APA and MLA
Also see the Chicago Manual of Style and the ASA Style Guide sites.
(Actually posted by Heidi)
