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What I want |
What to use |
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| To find a Book | Search the Herbst Library Catalog | |
| To find a Reference Book | Search the Herbst Library
Catalog; Use REF plus keyword for desired topic |
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| To find a current Newspaper article | Local news: |
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| US news | New York Times | |
| World news: | The Internet Public Library newspaper room | |
| To find back issues of Newspapers: index and full-text |
ProQuest | Select ProQuest Newspapers. Click continue. Search for desired topic, date, newspaper, etc. |
| eLibrary | Select/check only newspapers Search for desired topic, date, article, etc. |
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| To find an Historical Newspaper article | Historical
New York Times (NYT from 1851-2003), |
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| To find a Magazine or Journal article |
ProQuest (e.g. History Today, Journal of Asian History, Journal of the History of Ideas) eLibrary Magazines (e.g.TIME, US News & World Report, Newsweek) Scientific American Archive Full-text of article |
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| To find an online Encyclopedia |
Foreign Language Encyclopedias: Spanish Encarta; French Encarta |
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| To find an online Dictionary |
OED Oxford English Dictionary Definitions and history of words. Merriam Webster Online Definitions and pronunciation of words. Free: Dictionary.com Many dictionaries including foreign language ones. |
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| To find an e-book (book in electronic/digital format) |
The Book Reading room of the Internet Public Library The Electronic Resources of the San
Francisco Public Library eLibrary Books Select only books |
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| To find Primary sources for American History | ||
| To find Primary sources for World History |
EURODOCS Primary sources for European History Sourcebooks of documents by Halsall of Fordham |
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| To find Maps |
Maps from Urban History resources Maps of individual countries from the World Factbook Historical Maps UT collection Maps and directions from Yahoo Maps |
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| Web resources for courses offered at Urban | Urban Web Resources | |
| Check other libraries for their collections |
San Francisco Public Library Catalog |
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| Select a Search Engine |
Using Search Engines wisely. Advice for Search Engines from NoodleTools.com |
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Guide created July 2002
Last update 27 January 2007