The Modern Girl Around the World

This webpage provides resources to help you find more information on the themes and topics of the course.

Most of the databases on this page are restricted to UW students, staff and faculty. These are marked with a lock . To connect to these databases from home you will need to first click on the Off-Campus Access link in the upper-right hand corner and login.

Have questions or need research help? Please contact Theresa Mudrock, the history librarian via email at mudrock@u.washington.edu or im me at ta mudrock (AOL) or t_mudrock (Yahoo) .

Background Sources

Encyclopedias and dictionaries provide background information and can be used to identify key people, events and dates which can then be used as search terms for finding additional information. More importantly, because encyclopedias often cover the major issues surrounding the subject, they can help you narrow your research from a broad “who, what, where, when” topic to a “how or why” question. In addition many encyclopedia articles include short bibliographies that will lead you to the major works on the topic.

The Advertising age encyclopedia of advertising         Suzzallo Reference, Foster Reference - HF5803 .A38 2003 American Film Institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the United States Black Women in America         Suzzallo Reference - E185.86 .B542 2005 Encyclopedia of American social history         Suzzallo Reference, Undergraduate Reference - HN57 .E58 1993 Encyclopedia of European social history from 1350 to 2000         Suzzallo Reference, Undergraduate Reference - HN373 .E63 2000 History of the American cinema         Suzzallo Reference, Undergraduate Reference - PN1993.5.U6 H55 1990 Routledge international encyclopedia of women         Suzzallo Reference, Undergraduate Reference - HQ1115 .R69 2000 Women's studies encyclopedia         Suzzallo Reference - HQ1115 .W645 1999

Finding Books

Use the following catalogs to locate books in the UW Libraries and in other libraries around the region, nation and world. Books unavailable at the UW can be requested through Summit (if available at one of the member libraries) or through Interlibrary Loan.

UW Libraries Catalog A listing of the books, journal subscriptions and other material available at the University of Washington Libraries. Summit Joint catalog of more than 25 academic libraries in Oregon and Washington. Books can be requested and shipped to the UW for pick-up. Especially useful when the book you need is checked-out for the quarter... OCLC WorldCat Joint catalog of thousands of major libraries in the U.S. and abroad.

Use research databases to find articles on a topic. Since most databases cover a specific subject area, choose those that best fit your research topic. For a complete list of databases see Research Databases on the UW Libraries Homepage.

To find a copy of the article, use the Check for UW Holdings button available on most databases to locate a copy in the library. If there is no button, search the UW Libraries Catalog for the title of the journal to locate a copy. Be sure to have the complete citation (author, title, journal name, volume, pages and year) of your article.

Articles from journals which the UW does not own can be requested via Interlibrary loan.

Interdisciplinary Databases JSTOR JSTOR is a collection of more than 40 full-text history-related journals. Earlier material in JSTOR can be considered primary sources. International bibliography of periodical literature - IBZ General index to articles, especially strong in German sources. Proquest Databases This is a good general beginning database to find articles on all subjects. Includes some fulltext. For another similar database see Expanded Academic Index. Specialized Databases America History & Life This is the best database to find articles dealing with U.S. and Canadian history. Also includes citations to selected books, dissertations and reviews. Communication Abstracts Index to articles and books dealing with media and communication. Index to Film Periodicals Index to articles in cinema studies. Also see Film literature index . Historical Abstracts This is the best database to find articles dealing with modern world history (1450 onward excluding the US and Canada). MLA Best database for finding books and chapters dealing with literary criticism. Viva: A Database of Women's History ViVa is a current bibliography of articles from 167 journals about women's and gender history.

Finding Published Primary Sources

Using Secondary Sources to Find Primary Sources

Secondary sources, scholarly journal articles and books, are a great source for identifying potential primary sources. Find a few articles, books or dissertations related to your topic and then mine the footnotes and bibliography. You will have the best luck finding published primary sources such as books, government reports, newspapers and magazines within the UW Libraries. Use the UW Libraries Catalog to determine if we have the primary source.

Finding Primary Sources -- Books

In the UW Libraries Catalog: Limit your search by publication date. Search for books written by key people. Browse the shelves in the appropriate subject area. Use special subject terms that designate primary sources: sources, personal narratives, diaries, correspondence, interviews Example: feminism and united states and sources

Finding Primary Sources -- Articles

Databases American Periodical Series Online Though primarily a collection of fulltext 18 and 19th century American magazines also includes some early 20th century material such as The Living Age, McClures Magazine (the magazine of romance) and Life. Historic New York Times Full-text of the American newspaper from 1851-2001. Humanities and Social Sciences Retrospective Index to American, British, German and French journals such as L'illustration and covering the years 1908-1980. Times Digital Archive Full-text of the London newspaper from 1785-1985. Reader's Guide Retrospective General index to American magazines for the period of 1890 to 1980. Magazines for Browsing Microform & Newspapers is located on the ground floor of Suzzallo Library; Special Collections in the basement of Allen Library South; Suzzallo Periodicals on the 3rd floor of Suzzallo Library. Items in Auxilliary Stacks (storage) need to be requested via the UW Libraries Catalog. A-I-Z, 1927-1936         Microform & Newspapers - A10353 Berliner illustrirte Zeitung, 1914-1945         Microform & Newspapers - A10350 Collier's, 1921-1957 (earlier years in Special Collections)         Suzzallo Periodicals - 051 COL The Designer and the woman's magazine, 1920-1926         Microform & Newspapers - A9677 reel 48-51 Die deutsche Werbung, 1941-1943         Microform & Newspapers - A10567 Frauenliebe, 1926-1930         Microform & Newspapers - A10348 Frauenwelt, 1924-1933         Microform & Newspapers - M-3516 Garconne, 1930-1932         Microform & Newspapers - A10347 The Gentlewoman, 1901-1926 (British)         Microform & Newspapers - A9677 reel 67-112 Good Housekeeping, 1916-2004         Suzzallo Periodicals - 051 GH Harper's bazaar, 1919-1983         Special Collections Oversize - 051 HB Half-Century Magazine, 1916-1925 (an African American women's magazine)         Microform & Newspapers - A4571 L'illustration: journal universel, 1909-1944         Special Collections Oversize - 054 IL Illustrirte Zeitung, 1899-1941         Auxiliary Stacks Folio - 053 IL Ladies Home Journal, 1920-1959         Microform & Newspapers - A9652 Life, 1891-1935         Auxiliary Stacks - 817.05 LI McClures Magazine, 1893-1926         Microform & Newspapers - A6680 reel 477-492 Die neue Generation, 1908-1932         Microform & Newspapers - M-3520 Photoplay, 1916-1940         Microform & Newspapers - A9815 Printers' Ink Monthly, 1919-1941         Auxiliary Stacks - 659.105 PRI Saturday Evening Post, 1898-1935 (later years in print 051SEV)         Microform & Newspapers - A4981 Vanity Fair, 1913-1936         Suzzallo Periodicals - AP2 .V32 Variety, 1905-2004         Microform & Newspapers - A5040 Vogue (London), 1916-1939         Microform & Newspapers - M-3543 Vogue (NY), 1912-1959         Special Collections - 051 VO Die Woche, 1899-1944         Microform & Newspapers - A10369

Finding Primary Sources -- Misc.

D.W. Griffith Papers, 1897-1954 [36 reels]         Microform & Newspapers - A9794 The Will Hays Papers [78 reels]         Microform & Newspapers - A9793 British birth control material at the British Library of Political and Economic Sciences [10 reels]         Microform & Newspapers - A7029 The Margaret Sanger papers [101 reels]         Microform & Newspapers - A9492 North American women's letters and diaries: colonial to 1950 Searchable collection of over 500 transcribed diaries and collections of letters written by American women from the colonial period to 1950. American film scripts online Current includes more than 400 scripts of films dating from 1903 to 2002.

Selected Web Sites

Ad*Access (1911-1955) American Women's History Fashion Plate Collection (1806-1914) Flappers and Fashion Ivory Project: Advertising Soap in America 1838-1998 The New Woman Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921-1929 Women Working 1870-1930 WWW Virtual Library for Women's History

Image: Chicago Daily News photograph of seven women dancing on the beach, c. 1927. Courtesy of Photographs from the Chicago Daily News: 1902-1933.

12 April 2006
Theresa Mudrock