FIG: Social Progress, Social Change

Contact Librarian: Miriam Rigby, rigby@uoregon.edu; (541) 346-7202

Background Information

• Encyclopedias and dictionaries by subject. The following are a few examples of relevant items in our collections:
  • Africana : the encyclopedia of the African and African American experience (Print, Ref Knight: DT14 .A37435 2005  v.1-5)
  • American countercultures : an encyclopedia of nonconformists, alternative lifestyles, and radical ideas in U.S. history (Print, Ref Knight: HM647 .A44 2009  v.1-3)
  • The dictionary of homophobia : a global history of gay & lesbian experience (Print, Ref Knight: HQ76.4 .D5313 2008)
  • Encyclopedia of American Social Movements (Print, Ref Knight: HN57 .E594 2004  v.1-4)
  • Voices of the U.S. Latino experience (Print, Ref Knight: E184.S75 V65 2008  v.1-3)

Scholarly / Peer-reviewed Article Sources

• America: History & Life - Articles covering from prehistory to the present in the United States.
• Web of Science - Articles in the sciences, social sciences, & humanities.

Citation Help

• MLA Style - Quick Guide

News Articles (Popular Media)

• Ethnic Newswatch Full-text U.S. ethnic and minority community newspapers, back to 1990.
• Lexis-Nexis Academic - Full-text, current newspapers from around the world
• Historic New York Times (1851-3 years ago) - Full text NYTimes articles

We also have hundreds of Oregon newspapers on Microfilm in Knight Library. Just ask at the Microfilms Desk or Reference Desk for help!

Finding Old Buildings / Locations

• Sanborn Maps - Maps of businesses and spaces in Eugene, Springfield, and more, as they changed from 1867-1970
• City Directories - Ask in Special Collections & Archives

Audio & Visual Materials

• Digital Images Guide provides links to our many image databases and collections.
• Films and Videos Guide helps you find films at the UO Libraries (on dvd, film, or vhs).
• Internet Archive - a non-profit digital library offering free universal access to films, images, archived websites, and more.

Audio-Visual Production Assistance

• Center for Media & Education Technologies - Borrow high-end equipment for recording, filming, photographing, etc.
• Cinema Studies Lab, in Knight Library - Mac computers loaded with audio-visual software (for when the basic software options on the student computers in Knight aren't enough.)