This
page is meant to give you basic places to begin your research.
For more
complex searches, ask
a reference librarian.
I. Books
To find books and media on your
topic:
EZRA: the Wittenberg University library catalog.
Start with a keyword search: e.g.
springfield and history
OhioLINK: merged catalogs of more than 80 Ohio academic libraries
II. Internet Resources
| Clark County Historical Society |
Clark County Public
Library |
| Text of the 1881 History of
Springfield |
III. Finding Journal Articles
Guidelines
on how to distinguish scholarly from popular articles
To find articles:
America:
History and Life - "U.S.
and Canadian history, prehistory to present".
No full
text is provided, but article summaries are .
New York Times -
Historical - Full text of the New
York Times from its
inception in 1851 through 1999.
Readers'
Guide
Retrospective - Provides references
to
articles in popular American
magazines,
1890-1982. No full text, but we have many of the magazines
downstairs.
For
other ideas, see the full
List of Indexes and Databases, with nearly 200
database options.
To locate journals:
At Wittenberg:
Search Journals
the Library Has, for a
list of
magazines and journals that
Wittenberg owns, both online and in hard copy.
At other academic libraries: Use Interlibrary Loan.Locating journals can be tricky, difficult, and generally exasperating.
IV. People Help
Wittenberg librarians
welcome your questions.
If you have any questions at all about your research--how to get
started or how to proceed--contact us. We will respond promptly.
Reference Desk - refdesk@wittenberg.edu
- (Whoever sees it first will reply.)
Suzanne Smailes - ssmailes@wittenberg.edu -
for Archives
questions
Gina Entorf - rentorf@wittenberg.edu
Ken Irwin - kirwin@wittenberg.edu
Alisa Mizikar - amizikar@wittenberg.edu
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