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History 480 -- Religion and the American Presidency

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The following resources have been compiled by the librarians with specific emphasis on resources valuable for use in History 480.

 

REFERENCE BOOKS

Including various guides, almanacs, encyclopedias, and dictionaries. Browse the 973-977 section in the Reference and Stacks for more materials.

  • Annals of America. 1968-1987. 21 Volumes. REF 973 An72

  • American Almanac. 1977. REF 973 B47 1977

  • The American Years: chronologies of American history and experience. 2003. 2 Volumes. REF 973 G878

  • CQ Almanac. 1948-2001.  REF 328.73 C759 (also CQ Weekly which is a periodical.)

  • Congressional Quarterly's Politics in America. 1989. REF 329 C76p

  • Dictionary of American History. 2003. 10 Volumes. REF 973.03 D56 2003

  • Encyclopedia of Media and Politics. 2007. REF 302.23 En19S

  • Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion. 2006. 2 Volumes. REF 322.1 En19W

  • Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century. 1996. 5 Volumes. REF 973.02 En19


FINDING BOOKS IN ZONDERVAN

Search the Online Catalog for the following terms. Subject Headings to keep in mind for getting started:

  • Presidents -- United States -- Religion.

  • Christianity and politics -- United States.

  • Religion and politics -- United States -- History.

When you search the Online Catalog, you may want to just use terms from the above subjects. If you use the advanced search the following limiters will return results that are only books which are available in the Zondervan Library. Format=Book (drop-down); Location=TU-Upland (drop-down). You may also wish to search for specific Presidents by name. (Example: Ronald Reagan AND faith)


E-Books

  • ACLS Humanities E-Book Collection
    This collection, hosted by University of Michigan, is specifically focused on History and Geography. All books you find through this search are readable online. We have a link to this from the Library's Databases page.

E-books are also found in the Online Catalog. TIP: keywords: electronic book AND [name of president]

  • JSTOR
    TIP: Use the Search JSTOR Using Google search box on the library home page to obtain better relevancy.
    Presents the searchable full text of the complete back files for over 100 important scholarly journals. Coverage generally includes the first volume through issues published prior to the most recent 3-5 years (current issues are not available in JSTOR).

  • America: History & Life
    TIP: Limiting to full text will produce fewer results. Most titles are not full text but may be available in other databases. Search List of Magazines, Journals and Newspapers for further access. If you find the article is unavailable in full text, request it via Interlibrary Loan.

  • LexisNexis Academic
    TIP: For newspaper articles in full text, choose the NEWS tab at the top. Covers New York Times 1865--present.


LIST OF JOURNALS, MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS

Internet Resources

Many primary resources are available through .edu or .gov sites. Some useful ones include:

  • American Memory (Library of Congress)
    Provides free and open access to primary source material: written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, etc. that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity. TIP: The American State Papers are included within the American Memory Project. These are digitized primary sources that go back to George Washington. Includes government documents and papers.

  • American Presidency Project (UCSB)
    Covers public papers of Hoover to Bush. Developed by University of California, Santa Barbara. Papers are searchable two ways: keyword and year and month and year.

  • Cornell University's Making of America
    This collection is the digitized compilation of the official records beginning about 1815 books and journals. Includes early magazines and journals, e.g. The American Whig Review, The Bay State Monthly.

  • GPO Access
    This is the main access point for most government documents. To find information on specific presidents, Choose the following path once on the GPO Access page.
    Click on "Executive Resources", then "Presidential Materials", then "Public Papers", where you can Browse for a specific president (Covers Bush, Clinton, Bush). Public Papers of the Presidents (Series begins in 1957. Covers presidents from Hoover to present. Includes papers and speeches in chronological order. Online includes Bush, Clinton, and Bush only. Previous papers of presidents are in print only. Zondervan has selected presidents. (Check Zondervan catalog.)

  • National Archives
    From the NARA page, select the "Presidential Libraries" link under the Explore and Interact section. You can find links to the web sites for the Presidential Libraries of Hoover to Clinton.

 

Other related links:


Research Tools

  • RefWorks
    A citation management program that allows you to collect and organize citations, create bibliographies and works cited pages, and format papers and bibliographies to a specific citation style.

  • CREDO Reference
    A conglomeration of specialized dictionaries and encyclopedias that allows you to search for definitions and encyclopedia articles, as well as develop ideas for expanding or refining a research strategy.


Citation Help

  • WorldCat.org
    "Cite this item" within individual item record lists the citation in APA, MLA, Chicago and more.

  • Also, contact the Writing Center at writingctr@taylor.edu or visit them on the Portal under the Academics Tab

 

 Product descriptions on this page are incorporated from book reviews and product descriptions from various sources.

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Created by Linda Lambert, Instructional Services Librarian

Last revised October 05, 2009 - 08:01 AM