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Seminar: Sounds of History
Books| XPLORE | OhioLINK |Worldcat |Book Reviews
Databases |Trial Databases | Electronic Journals |
Websites |
Books
Use XPLORE, the library's online catalog, to find books and
videos available at Xavier (see link in left menu).
Here are some subject searches on XPLORE:
Afro-Americans -- Civil rights -- Songs and music
Motown Record Corporation
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Songs
and music
Popular music -- United States history and criticism
Popular music -- United States
Musicals
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Music and the conflict
Great Depression and music
Spirituals (Songs)
Underground railroad -- Songs
Jazz -- 1921-1930 --
Western films -- History and criticism
Big band music
Swing (Music) -- History and criticism
Vaudeville -- United States
Blues (Music) -- History and criticism
Gospel music -- History and criticism
OhioLINK is a combined online catalog for all public and many private colleges and universities in Ohio (see link in left menu). You can search OhioLINK with the same subject headings and you will get many more results. (You can request books directly using your Xavier All-Card.) It takes 3-5 days to get a book through this service. For instructions for ordering OhioLINK books see this page.
WorldCat is a combined online catalog for many different libraries around the world. If you cannot find what you are looking for in XPLORE or OhioLINK, then you can search Worldcat to find books which you may wish to order on interlibrary loan.
Book Reviews
There are several databases which are useful to use for book reviews.
Book
Review Digest cancelled, see Book Review Index.
Book
Review Index Online (1965-present; updated quarterly; some full-text; XLinks)
is a comprehensive guide to more than 5 million book reviews in thousands of publications.
It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Thomson/Gale. This subscription is limited to 2 simultaneous users.
Books in Print Professional (full-text reviews; RefWorks help) complete, unbiased bibliographic
information for over 5 million in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming book, audio, and video titles. An online
version of the highly regarded print title, it features over
30,000 full-text previews; 140,000 tables of contents; and over 700,000 reviews of titles by over 200,000
publishers. It also includes cover images, author biographies and annotations.
The entry for each book includes the title, contributor, publication date, publisher, country of publication, market, ISBN, item status, binding format, edition, pages, price, also available through, language, Bowker subjects, general subjects, physical dimensions, other formats and additional publisher information. Some entries include a synopsis/annotation, full-text review, full-text preview and stock availability. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by R.R. Bowker.
Amazon.com is one of the largest commercial online sources for books, magazines, DVDs, videos, music, software, and more.
Databases
Music
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (1969-present; updated monthly; some full-text; video tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) provides indexing and abstracts for more
than 500 scholarly journals covering music and related topics. It includes journal articles,
books, bibliographies, catalogues, conference proceedings, discographies, dissertations,
ethnographic recordings, Festschriften, films, iconographies and videos. It is produced by the
Repertoire International de Literature Musicale and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.
History
America: History and Life (new user interface; 1964-present; updated quarterly; some full-text; video tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks; title list) indexes and abstracts about 2,000 periodicals
published worldwide in history, related humanities and the social sciences. It covers the history and
culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. It includes citations to journal
articles, book reviews and relevant dissertations. Users can search cited references and browse Clio Notes, chronologies and brief summaries of significant events and themes in American history. It is produced by ABC-CLIO and the user interface is
provided by EBSCO Publishing.
American
Civil War: Letters & Diaries (1861-1865; all full-text; XLinks) contains 2,009 authors and approximately 100,000 pages of diaries, letters and memoirs. It includes biographies, bibliography of sources and The Civil War Day-by-Day by E.B. Long. Users can search by author, months, battles, sources, places, personal events and day-by-day. A complete citation is provided for the source of each diary, letter or memoir. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Alexander Street Press in collaboration with the University of Chicago.
American Periodicals Series (APS) (1740-1900; updated quarterly; all full-text;
RefWorks help; XLinks; title list) covers the development of American culture,
politics and society across 150 years. It is arranged in three series: 1740 to 1800, the period of
transition from British colony to emerging nation; 1800 to 1850, pre-Civil War and the era of debate over
slavery; and 1850 to 1900, Civil War and Reconstruction. It covers 1,100 historic American journals
including Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine, Independent Reflector, Medical Repository, Liberator,
North American Review, Harper's Bazar, Vanity Fair, and Ladies Home Journal. Magazines of
these periods cover the literature, science, religion, arts, and history of the time. It is produced by
and the user interface is provided by ProQuest.
Annals
of American History (all full-text; XLinks) is an encyclopedia that covers the
arts, business, democracy, discrimination, diversity, education, expansion, family,
government, imperialism, labor, law, leisure, peace, religion,and war. It provides
2,000 primary documents in American history, including speeches, historical accounts,
memoirs, editorials and cultural criticism. Multimedia files include over 500
pictures, hundreds of video clips, and audio files of famous speeches. It is produced
by and the user interface is provided by Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Black Thought & Culture (1700-present; all full-text; XLinks) contains 795 sources with 434
authors which includes the non-fiction published works of leading African Americans. Where possible
the complete published non-fiction works are included, as well as interviews, journal articles,
letters and other fugitive material. Users can search by author, sources, years, historical events,
personal events, questions (interviews), and subject. The showcase features full-page images of the
Black Panther Party Newspaper from 1968 to 1980. It is produced by and the user interface is
provided by Alexander Street Press in collaboration with the University of Chicago.
History Resource Center (much full-text; podcasts; XLinks) provides integrated access to over 1,000
historical (primary) documents, more than 30,000 reference articles, and over 65 full-text
journals covering themes, events, individuals, and periods in U.S. history from pre-colonial
times to the present. It includes access to citations for over 180 additional history journals.
This database includes podcasts (audio files). To listen follow the on-screen insrtructions.
Be patient while the podcast downloads.
It is produced by Thomson-Gale and the user interface is provided by InfoTrac.
New
York Times Historical Database (1851-within four years of the present;
all full-text; updated annually; RefWorks
help; XLinks) contains full-page and article images of every page of every issue,
cover to cover, in downloadable PDF. It includes ads, comics, cartoons, photos,
maps and other graphics. It is produced by the New York Times and the user interface
is provided by ProQuest.
Trial Databases
African American Song
Access Name: Xavier (case sensitive)
Password: etudes
Smithsonian Global Sound
Access Name: Xavier (case sensitive)
Password: duet
Electronic Journals
Electronic
Journal Center (about 1995-present; updates dependent upon publisher;
all full-text; RefWorks help; XLinks; saving searches) is a multidisciplinary
collection of about 5,000 journals published by Academic Press, American Chemical
Society, American Institute of Physics, American Physical Society, American Psychological
Association (PsycARTICLES), Association of Computing Machinery, Berkeley Electronic
Press, BioOne, Blackwell, Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, Emerald (MCB University
Press), Ingenta, Institute of Physics, Kluwer, Lawrence Erlbaum, Optical Society
of America, Oxford University Press, Project MUSE, Royal Society of Chemistry,
Springer-Verlag, Thieme and Wiley. Scholars can be notified
by email about new relevant articles according to subject, author or journal
title. It is compiled by and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK.
JSTOR
(1st issue of 1st volume to 3 years from present; all full-text;
RefWorks help; XLinks; title list) provides online
access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in a variety of academic
disciplines including the arts, business, demographic studies, humanities, social sciences,
and science.
Websites
UVA Library: Exhibitions: Lift Every Voice
Library of Congress/ American Memory/Performing Arts
World War One Music
World War II Propoganda, Cartoons, Film, Music
Authentic History Center
Protest Songs/ lyrics for activists
Protest Songs -- Wikipedia/ List of Protest Songs
CDSS Folk Song Catalog
Let's "Slap Some Japs": The Music of WW2
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