The Trexler Library: Muhlenberg College

1968

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Sources: National Context

The following are a selection of national media sources available in Trexler Library for 1968.  The table indicates the publication titles, the format in which they are available, and the location in the library where they can be found.  This is not a complete list of available titles. 

Publication Title	Format	Location	Indexing Tools
The Atlantic	Paper	051	Readers' Guide Retrospective
Business Week	Microfilm	Level A	Readers' Guide Retrospective
Commonweal	Microfilm	Level A	Readers' Guide Retrospective
Harper's Magazine	Paper	051ha3	Readers' Guide Retrospective
Life	Microfilm	Level A	Readers' Guide Retrospective
The Nation	Paper	051	Readers' Guide Retrospective
National Geographic	Paper	Level C / 910.5n1	Readers' Guide Retrospective
National Review	Microfilm	Level A	Readers' Guide Retrospective
New Republic	Paper	051	Readers' Guide Retrospective
New York Times	Microfilm	Level A	New York Times Index or http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?srchst=p
New Yorker	Paper	051n	Readers' Guide Retrospective
Newsweek	Paper	051ne	Readers' Guide Retrospective
Time	Microfilm	Level A	Readers' Guide Retrospective
U.S. News and World Report	Microfilm	Level A	Readers' Guide Retrospective

More on Indexing Tools

While it is possible to browse each publication individually, it may be more effective to use various indexing tools to search across the publications. 

Readers' Guide Retrospective
Provides indexing of general-interest periodicals published in the United States for the period 1890-1982.  Most of the above titles, except for the New York Times, are indexed in Readers' Guide Retrospective. 
ONLINE LOCATION: http://0-vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.library.muhlenberg.edu/hww/jumpstart.jhtml?prod=RGR
NOTE: A print version of this index, known as the Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, is also available at 051 R286g

New York Times Index
The New York Times has its own index, called the New York Times Index, but is also searchable online through the New York Times website. 
PRINT LOCATION: 071.471 N532y1
ONLINE LOCATION: http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?srchst=p

Sources: Muhlenberg Context

Ciarla (Yearbooks)
LOCATION: 1967-1968 and 1968-1969 are ON RESERVE for this class (Ask at Circulation Desk on Level A)

Evening Chronicle (Clippings)
Clippings of the Evening Chronicle (precursor to Morning Call) related to Muhlenberg College
LOCATION: In Special Collections office.  Contact Diane Koch (dkoch@muhlenberg.edu / 484.664.3694) to arrange for use. 

Muhlenberg Weekly
LOCATION: 1967-1968 and 1968-1969 are ON RESERVE for this class (Ask at Circulation Desk on Level A)

Muhlenberg Weekly Memories Presented to the Class of 1968
Photocopies of Weekly articles of the highlights of that class's 4 years on campus prepared for a reunion
LOCATION: ON RESERVE for this class (Ask at Circulation Desk on Level A)

Citing Your Sources

For examples of APA Style, consult the following resources:

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed., 2010)
LOCATION: Reference Desk Reserve 808.06615 P976m 2010 (at Reference Desk)

Concise Rules of APA Style (6th ed., 2010)
LOCATION: Reference Desk Reserve 808.06615 C744r 2010 (at Reference Desk)

Trexler Library handout on using APA Style: http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/reshelp/apa_example.pdf

UW Madison Writing Center Writer's Handbook: APA Documentation
http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/DocAPA.html

For help collecting, managing, and citing your research resources, consider using Zotero:

Trexler Library handout on using Zotero:
http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/help/techguides/zotero.pdf

Zotero website (download Zotero, additional information):
http://www.zotero.org/

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Last modified: 8 November 2011