Check out the Course Reserves.

Holocaust literature: an Encyclopedia of Writers and Their Work / S. Lillian Kremer, editor.

The Holocaust Encyclopedia / Walter Laqueur, editor ; Judith Tydor Baumel, associate editor.

The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust / editor in chief, Shmuel Spector; consulting editor, Geoffrey Wigoder ; foreword by Elie Wiesel.

The Yad Vashem Encyclopedia of the Ghettos During the Holocaust / editor in chief, Guy Miron; co-editor Shlomit Shulhani.

The Holocaust Film Sourcebook / edited by Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart.

A. Use Library Catalogs to find books

1. Tufts Libraries Catalog

2. WorldCat (beyond Tufts)

B. Searches & Results

(note the search pattern; modify to your own needs)

 

1. Path of Discovery in the Catalog:

1. Find a title/author (assigned readings/Course Reserves);

2. Apply the descriptive language of the Catalog record in further searches

e.g. find this title in the Catalog; follow the subject headings to get more books on your topics:

Title	Cinema and the Shoah: an art confronts the tragedy of the twentieth century . / edited byJean-Michel Frodon ; translated by Anna Harrison and Tom Mes.
Publisher	Albany : State University of New York Press, c2010.
Subject	Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in motion pictures.
	Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Influence.

 

2. More Browse for Books on the Subjects:

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in motion pictures.

 

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), on television.

 

 

3. Advanced Keyword search, limiting to books:

 

on the topic of "Holocaust on Stage":

 

Subject: And Any Field: And
Material Type:	All Books/Journals

 

on the topic of "Holocaust Film":

 

Subject: And Any Field: And
Material Type:	All Books/Journals

 

Sample findings at Tisch:

Film and the Holocaust: new perspectives on dramas, documentaries, and experimental films / Aaron Kerner.

ARTstor

Image Quest (rights-cleared images)

Library of Congress Performing Arts Encyclopedia

New York Public Library Picture Collection

New York Public Library Web Gallery of Images American Memory
Google LIFE Photo Archive 1750s -

A. Use Subject Databases for Journal Articles:

1 & 2. JSTOR and Project Muse

JSTOR is a favorite with its full texts in core journals of all disciplines. Project Muse does not include exactly the same JSTOR journals, but it has more recent and current articles on many topics.

 

Expand your search into more databases and from various perspectives

3. Academic OneFile
All subjects; a convenient Quick Start. Here are some sample findings.

 

 

 

4. Drama (MLA)

For drama criticism and theatre history

5. Performing Arts (IIPA)

For theater reviews

 

 

6. Film & Television and Mass Media

Limit Your Results

Peer Reviewed

 

 

7. When use GoogleScholar, set your Library Links to access Tufts full texts.

B. Finding Full Texts

1. Click on the button in your search results screen to a window of three sequential options:

a. link to the digital full text when available;

b. link to a Library Catalog search for the print journal;

c. link to ILliad for requesting the article when the above two options are negative.

2. Search for a journal directly here:

a. Tufts Library Catalog (including e-journals)

b. Electronic journals list

c. Use ILliad to request your article, if Tufts does not have your journal.

C. Request Articles/Books

Set up for your ILliad account

Use ILLiad, our Interlibrary Loan Service, to request articles, books and other materials that are not available at Tufts.

A. Current:

Book, Movie, Music, Play, And Video Reviews (in LexisNexis)

Factiva (more international coverage)

Alt-PressWatch (1970 -present)

Ethnic NewsWatch (1959-present)

 

B. Historical

Times Digital Archive  (1785 - 1985)

New York Times Online Archive
(1851 - 3 years before current date)

Art Index Retrospective   (1929- 1982)

 

Readers' Guide Retrospective (1890-1982)

American Periodicals (1740 - 1940)

British Humanities Index (1962- )
British Periodicals (1680s - 1930s)

 

 

OpinionArchives

     Some of the oldest continuously published magazines in America, including American Spectator, Commentary, Commonweal, Dissent, Harpers Magazine, NACLA, The Nation, The National Review, The New Republic, New York Review, and The New Yorker.

 

In print:

New York Theatre Critics' Reviews. (1944 to 1994)
Ref. PN1601 .N4
(Continued by National Theatre Critics Reviews.
Ref. PN 2000 .N3)

Tip: Use the Year End Index, either in the front or in the back page in the binder.

Writing About Film (Dartmouth Writing Program)

Writing about Literature (handout from Writing Center at UNC.)

A Short Guide to Writing about Literature by Sylvan Barnet. (2009 11th ed.) Tisch Reference: PE1479.C7 B3 2009

MLA Style (for citing sources)