Assignments

Unit 1

How to Do Oral History (Smithsonian)

Women in Science (Cold Spring Harbor Oral History Collection)

Science History Institute Women in Science    Limit your Search: Genre: Oral histories

Women in Chemistry Oral History Collection (Iowa State) 
 
WOMEN IN MEDICINE ORAL HISTORIES (Countway)
 
European Platform of Women Scientists

Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative

For multimedia guide see the Harvard Collections guide.

Unit 2

Sources for critical works on film and TV:

  • Film index international, 1930- . Lists articles on films, including documentary films, short subjects, and made-for-TV movies, as well as feature films. Includes information on over 90,000 films. Entries tagged Artistic or Aesthetic Work have lists of references at the bottom.
  • Film & Television Literature Index, 1914- ; mainly 1980- ) international coverage on all aspects of television and film.
  • FIAF International FilmArchive Database (1972- ) offers periodical articles on films and TV programs.  The default search (Anywhere) is full text, so if yiou get too many trivial results, shift to Anywhere except full text

Sources for critical works on literature

Unit 3

PsycINFO (1887- ). Worldwide coverage (but most indexed publications are in English) of over 1300 periodicals plus (from 1987 only) books, essays in books, and dissertations. 

Business Sources for Toy Trade

Business Premium Collection (1971-) indexes academic management, marketing, and general business journals

Business Source Complete (early 20th century- )

Sources for Newspaper Articles

ProQuest Historical Newspapers (mostly 19th-20th century) include illustrations, editorials, and advertising. Available papers are listed below.