Background Reading
Finding books: primary and secondary sources
What is it?
CUNY+ is the CUNY-wide Library Catalog. The Catalog is a database of the materials (books, e-books, DVDs, journal titles, etc.) that are held at each library in the CUNY system. The fastest, most efficient way to search for things in our Libraries.
Try a keyword search (e.g., "japanese internment"), then look for Subject Headings to use in a more precise search (e.g., S=Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.)
- Questions? See this videocast tutorial on subject searching
- You can use CUNY+ to order books from other CUNY libraries. Maximum number of books you can order: 50 total. Learn how here: http://library.gc.cuny.edu/info/clics.html
Search CUNY+
Focusing on Primary Sources: websites and databases
- American MemoryLarge online collection of writings, photographs, and other primary source material held by the Library of Congress.
- Lexis-Nexisfor primary source legal documents. Use "Look Up Legal Cases" search. Click on "US Legal" to see "Law Reviews" for analyses of cases. See this screencast to see how:
http://screencast.com/t/Zjk5MzUx - Screencast: how to search Lexis/Nexis for legal cases and reviews
- Japanese American internment sourcesIncludes many primary source links to photographs, correspondence, government documents, video clips, etc.
- The Creative Art Of Coping In Japanese Internment
- The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps, 1942-1946
Focusing on Secondary sources: Scholarly Articles
How do I find full-text?
To Request Articles
- From any database use
to determine the availability of the journal article you are looking for, or, if you are not already within a database, search the Journal Title List or CUNY+ to determine whether Hunter College owns the journal title, volume, and issue you need. - If a journal is available at Hunter College, do not request article via Interlibrary loan
- If a journal is unavailable at Hunter College, request article via Interlibrary loan
- If a Hunter College journal is missing, request it via ILL with note.
- Articles and book chapters are delivered in PDF format.
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