American and Florida Studies

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Finding Articles 2.1 Major Databases and Indexes 2.2 Journals 2.3 Newspapers 3 Finding Books & Media 3.1 Library of Congress Classifications 3.2 Subject Headings 4 General Reference Works 4.1 Encyclopedias 4.2 Guides 4.3 Bibliographies 4.4 Almanacs/Handbooks 4.5 Biographies 4.6 Catalogs 4.7 Chronologies 4.8 Dictionaries 4.9 Histories 4.10 Images 5 Websites 6 Help

Introduction

This research guide is intended for both undergraduate and graduate students studying American & Florida Studies.

This guide focuses on general reference books, journals, and online resources available at the FSU Libraries. It also includes relevant Library of Congress classifications and subject headings to help researchers locate additional materials.

Finding Articles

Major Databases and Indexes

• America: History and Life

Bibliographic database covering the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.

• American Memory

A collection of digital texts and images, including books, manuscripts, photographs, and film created from the collections of the U.S. Library of Congress

• American Periodical Series

Digitized images of the pages of over 1,100 American magazines and journals published between 1740 and 1900. Covers special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines, and many other historically-significant periodicals. Titles range from Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine and America's first scientific journal, Medical Repository; popular magazines such as Vanity Fair and Ladies' Home Journal; regional and niche publications; and groundbreaking journals like The Dial, Puck, and McClure's.

• Archives USA

A current directory of 5,500 repositories and 141,178 collections of primary source material across the United States.

• Art Index Retrospective & Art Full Text

Art Index Retrospective is a bibliographic database that cumulates citations to Art Index volumes 1-32 of the printed index published between 1929-1984. Art Full Text is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from periodicals published throughout the world. Full-text coverage for selected periodicals is also included. In addition to articles, Art Full Text indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals.

• Documenting the American South

a collection of sources on Southern history, literature and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th century.

• Florida Documents Index

identifies publications housed in the Florida Documents Collection at Florida Atlantic University (FAU). The collection includes public documents distributed by the State Library of Florida since 1967 under the Florida Public Documents Depository Program

• History Resource Center

The History Resource Center: U.S. provides integrated access to over 1,000 historical (primary) documents, more then 30,000 reference articles, and over 65 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present. The material also includes access to the citations for over 180 additional history journals from the Institute for Scientific Information's Arts and Humanities Citation Index.

• Literature Resource Center

Includes Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, and Contemporary Literary Criticism Select Provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline.

• PALMM Collections

PALMM (Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials) is a program of the libraries of the Florida Board of Education's Division of Colleges and Universities (DCU) designed to provide support to individual and cooperative digital library initiatives.

• Social Sciences Full-Text

(Changed to H.W. Wilson January 2004)Covers some 350 core periodicals in the fields of anthropology, economics, geography, law and criminology, political science, social work, sociology, and international relations from 1983-Abstracting coverage begins with periodicals published in January 1994. Abstracts range from 50 to 300 words and describe the content and scope of the source articles. Full text coverage begins in January 1995.

Journals

Links to electronic versions are provided if available.

• American Historical Review Strozier Library Periodicals 970.05 A5122; Strozier Library Micromaterials Film PR 535

• American Quarterly Strozier Library Periodicals 050 A5125

• Florida Historical Quarterly Strozier Library Periodicals 973.05 F636; Strozier, Special Collections Florida 973.05 F636; Strozier Library Micromaterials Film PR 46

• Florida Trend Strozier Library Micromaterials Film PR 1977; Strozier, Documents Florida 330.5 F63625f

Newspapers

Links to electronic versions are provided if available. See also the Florida Newspapers and Newspapers By State wikis.

• Florida Newspapers

Links to the websites of Florida newspapers.

• Tallahassee Democrat STROZIER Newspaper Collection: latest in Popular Periodicals Reading Area; Microfilm: STROZIER Micromaterials Film NP 23; Subject Index for 1986-1997: STROZIER Reference AI21.F57

• NewsBank

Access World News is a newspaper collection from NewsBank that provides full-text articles from the electronic editions of record for more than 700 newspapers around the globe, including 18 Florida newspapers. Dates of coverage vary for each newspaper, with some access beginning as early as 1977.

Finding Books & Media

Books and media resources about American and Florida Studies can be found in two main ways: by searching the online FSU Library Catalog and by browsing the aisles at Strozier.

When searching the online catalog, a basic search will let you search by keyword, title, author, subject or call number. An advanced search will let you search by a combination of these fields, as well as by format, language, location, and date. Searching by the subject headings listed below may also be helpful.

When browsing the aisles, the majority of books on American and Florida Studies studies will be on the 3rd floor, while the media resources will be on the ground floor in the Digital Media Center. The Library of Congress classifications listed below may be helpful when browsing the aisles.

Library of Congress Classifications

The following Library of Congress classifications may be useful when browsing the shelves at Strozier Library for additional materials on American and Florida Studies. The majority of the Es and Fs are on the 3rd floor. Additional materials (such as government documents, micromaterials, media, and reference books) may be found on the ground floor and the first (main) floor.

• E 11-143 --- American History
• E 151-904 --- United States History
• F 306-320 --- United States history: Florida
• H --- Social Sciences
• HA 175-473 --- Statistics by region or country
• HC 94-1085 --- Economic history and conditions by region or country
• N --- Fine arts
• N 5300-7429 --- Art History
• PS 261-267 --- American literature -- Special regions, states, etc. – South
• PS 551-559 --- American literature – Collections of American literature – By region – South

Subject Headings

The following subject headings may be useful when browsing the online FSU Library Catalog. To browse by subject heading, select Subject from the Browse Organized Lists drop-down menu, type the subject heading in the search box, then click the Go box.

• American literature – Florida
• Americana
• Art – American
• Art, American -- Florida
• Artisans -- Florida
• Florida
• Florida -- Biography
• Florida -- History
• Florida – In art
• Florida – Literary collections
• Florida -- Politics and government
• Florida – Social life and customs
• Folk art – Florida
• Folk artists - Florida
• Indians of North America -- Florida
• Literature and society – United States
• United States -- History

General Reference Works

When an item's location line reads STROZIER Reference, then the item is located on the first (main) floor of Strozier Library and can only be used in the library. When an item's location line reads STROZIER Documents, then the item is located on the ground floor. When an item's location line reads STROZIER Ready Reference, then the item is located at the first (main) floor reference desk.

Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia of American History Strozier Reference E174 E53 2003 (11 vols)
• Encyclopedia of Florida STROZIER Special Collections Florida Reference F311 .E53 1997
• Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States STROZIER Reference E156 .W67 2001

Guides

• Guide to Florida Archives and Manuscript Repositories STROZIER Reference CD3171 .D85 1999
• Guide to the History of Florida STROZIER Library F311 .G85 1989
• Searching in Florida: A Reference Guide to Public and Private Records STROZIER Reference Z1271.R62 1982

Bibliographies

• The American South: A Historical Bibliography STROZIER Reference F209 .A45 1986
• A Bibliography of Florida STROZIER Reference F311 .S47 1993 (v.1-3); STROZIER Special Collections Reading Room F311.S47 1993 (v.1-4)
• Bibliography of Florida Archaeology through 1980 STROZIER Documents Florida F306 .F53 no.1, 1986
• Florida History: A Bibliography STROZIER Reference Z1271 .H35
• Reader's Guide to American History Strozier Reference Z1236 R43 1997
• United States History: A Selective Guide to Information Sources (eBook)

Almanacs/Handbooks

• Almanac of Florida Politics STROZIER Reference JK4430 .M53 2000, latest at Reference Desk
• Florida Almanac STROZIER Reference AY 146.H6 F53 2004-05, latest at Reference Desk
• The Florida Handbook STROZIER Reference F306.F597 2003-04, latest at Reference Desk

Biographies

• Dreamers, Schemers, and Scalawags STROZIER Library CT229 .M38 1994
• Florida Biographical Dictionary: People of all Times and all Places Who Have Been Important to the History and Life of the State STROZIER Special Collections Florida Reference CT229 .F57 1993
• Florida Lives: the Sunshine State Who’s Who… STROZIER Reference F310 .T7 [1966]
• Florida Women of Distinction STROZIER Special Collections Florida F310 .C68
• The Southerner, a Biographical Encyclopedia of Southern People, Featuring Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and Louisiana… STROZIER Reference F208 .S6
• Twenty Florida Pirates STROZIER Library F311.5 .M37 1994
• Who’s Who and What to See in Florida STROZIER Reference F310 .W56
• Who’s Who and Why of Successful Florida Women STROZIER Reference F310 .W565
• Who’s Who in Florida STROZIER Reference F310 .W57
• Who’s Who in the South and Southwest STROZIER Reference F208 .W65

Catalogs

• University of Miami Cuban Heritage Collections The Cuban Heritage Collections may be searched separately in the University of Miami Library online catalog.
• State Library Catalog
• P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History In Advanced Search, limit by location to this library.

Chronologies

• Chronology of the Most Important Events Connected with Florida History During four Hundred and Seventeen years, 1513 to 1930 STROZIER, Special Collections Florida F311 .R222
• Timeline from the Florida Memory website of the State Library and Archives of Florida

Dictionaries

• Dictionary of American History: From 1763 to the Present STROZIER LIBRARY Reference E174 .T47 2001 In-Library Use Only
• Dictionary of American History (eBook)

Histories

• African American Heritage of Florida (eBook)
• Architecture of Leisure: the Florida Resort Hotels of Henry Flagler and Henry Plant STROZIER Special Collections Florida NA7820 .B73 2002
• A Brief History of Florida A concise history by the Florida Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
• Art in Florida: 1564-1945 -- Strozier, Special Collections -- Florida -- N6530.F6 M36 1999
• Constructing Floridians : Natives and Europeans in the colonial Floridas, 1513-1783 -- Strozier, Special Collections -- Florida -- E78.F6 M87 2006
• Florida’s First People: 12,000 Years of Human History STROZIER Library E78.F6 B76 1994
• Florida's Space Coast: the Impact of NASA on the Sunshine State DIRAC SCIENCE Library TL4027.F52 J6377 2002
• Guide to Florida Prehistoric Animals DIRAC SCIENCE Reference QE747.F6 A52 1988
• A History of Florida STROZIER Special Collections Florida F311 .T42 1999
• The History of North and South America, From its Discovery to the Death of General Washington Strozier Library Micromaterials Mip 51 2 series no. 42152 (1979)
• It Happened in Florida STROZIER Special Collections Florida F311.6 .W75 2002
• Murder in the Tropics STROZIER, Special Collections Florida HV6533.F6 M33 1995
• New History of Florida STROZIER Special Collections Florida F311.5 .N49 1996
• Pop Culture Florida Strozier Reference F316.2 G67 2000
• Tallahassee STROZIER, Special Collections Florida F319.T14 R62 2003
• Touched by the Sun STROZIER, Special Collections Florida F316 .M35 2000
• Swamp Song: A Natural History of Florida’s Swamps STROZIER Special Collections Florida QH105.F6 L37 1995
• WPA Life Histories from Florida -- This Library of Congress website presents mostly first-person accounts of life in Florida collected during the Great Depression.

Images

• Florida Photographic Collection, Florida State Archives -- This site provides more than 100,000 digitized photographs, including historical landscape scenes, buildings, and people from all parts of Florida and throughout Florida’s history, from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. A 15-word caption accompanies each image. The digitized collection is searchable by subject, photographer, keyword, and date.
• PALMM Collections' Visual Collections and Aerial Photography Florida

Websites

• American & Florida Studies(FSU)
• American Memory Collection from the Library of Congress
• American Studies Association
• Florida Historical Society
• Florida Humanities Council
• The Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association

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