English 89 - 001: First Year Seminar: Environmental Literature and Narrative, Fall 2018 (Prof. Heidi Kim)
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Potentially Useful Subject headings:
Dust bowl ballads [Woody Guthrie]
Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939. [Videos & DVDs]
"Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939 " + fiction
Migrant agricultural laborers in art.
Migrant agricultural laborers -- California -- History.
Primary Source Newspapers & Magazines for the Dust Bowl Era
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Articles PlusSearch topics, e.g. "dust bowl" or "dust storms," limit to Newspapers & Magazines, and limit date to before 1940.
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ProQuest Historical NewspapersSearch hundreds of thousands of pages of full-text and full-image newspaper articles.
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Readers' Guide RetrospectiveOffers indexing of over 500 popular periodicals and magazines for a period of over 100 years.
Search "dust bowl" and sort "Oldest First."
RG is an Index, so search Magazine by Title in the catalog (above) to determine if we have the magazine for the date needed, either electronically or in print.
Databases for Scholarly Articles (Secondary Research)
If you need to find a database for a specific subject (e.g., Hisotry, Literature, etc.), search E-Research by Discipline and first try the "Recommended Databases." For example, see the E-research Tools for United States History.
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Articles PlusTry searching: "dust bowl migrants, etc." and limit to Journal articles, Books, etc. Limit date to recent decades
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MLA International BibliographyA major index for literary criticism, linguistics, folklore & cultural studies. Includes articles from several thousand journals and series published worldwide.
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America, History and LifeAn index for North American history consisting of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations & book reviews.
Search "dust bowl era, 1931-1939" & "United States" as Subjects
"Migrant Mother" (Dorothea Lange, 1936) / The Story of Migrant Mother
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The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck / Class Struggle in The Grapes of Wrath
(Image may be subject to copyright)
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