AMS221: The American Factory
Spring 2002 - Karen Koehler
Reference Contact: Barbara Polowy x2941

GETTING STARTED

Art Reference N31.D5 1996 and Groveart.com, the online version
The Dictionary of Art. New York: Grove's Dictionaries, 1996.
The dictionary includes several useful survey articles about topics addressed by this course including:
Factory | Mill, industrial | Mass Production
Industrial Design | Industrial Scenes | Silk
Sections of more general articles about American cities and towns, artistic movements and styles, and building materials and techniques will also be helpful, as will articles on individual architects, artists, photographers, and designers. Entries for individuals include biographical, critical, and contextual information. Each article is supplemented by a bibliography of major primary and secondary sources.

Neilson Reference HN57 .E58 1993
Encyclopedia of American Social History. 3 vols. New York: Maxwell Macmillan International, 1993.

Useful Library of Congress subject headings for material on the variety of topics addressed by this course are:

• Industrial Architecture & Adaptive Reuse
  Architecture, Industrial | Factories
  Architecture, Modern -- 19th century | Architecture, Modern -- 20th century Architecture -- Conservation and Restoration -- [place]
  Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration -- [place]
  Historic preservation - [place]
  Industry in Literature | Industries in Art
  
• Factories & the Factory System
  Factories -- Massachusetts | Factories -- New England | Textile Factories
  Mills and Mill-work -- [New England; Massachusetts] | Massachusetts -- Manufactures
  Silk | Silk Industry
  Factory system -- New England | Mass Production -- United States
  Women -- Employment -- [New England; Massachusetts]
  Working Class -- Dwellings
  
• Product and Industrial Design
  Design -- History -- 20th century | Design, Industrial
• Personal Names
  [architect/artist/designer/photographer's name] in inverted order,for example
  Kahn Albert | Sheeler Charles | Loewy Raymond | Hine Lewis Wickes

Five College Library Catalog
The online catalog provides access to the combined library holdings of Smith, Amherst, Hampshire, and Mount Holyoke Colleges, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

• Library Reserve Reading List
  Up-to-date list of readings and references selected by Professor Koehler for
  AMS221: The American Factory.

WorldCat
WorldCat is universal in subject scope and includes records for over 41 million items held in thousands of libraries throughout the United States and Europe. It is an excellent source for developing a bibliography and verifying citations. It is updated daily.

• To request items found in Worldcat through Smith's Interlibrary Loan Service, plan ahead and allow at least two weeks for delivery.

FINDING PERIODICAL ARTICLES & OTHER ANALYTICS

Newspapers & 19th-century Periodicals

Forbes Library Reference Section
Hampshire County Newspapers
Indexes to the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Hampshire County Journal, Northampton Courier, Northampton Democrat, and other local papers published during late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and microform copies of these papers are available for on-site use.

Neilson Reference AI21 .N44
The New York Times Index. New York: New York Times Co., 1851-present.
Provides access to articles, reviews, and other information published in the Times.
Complete copies of the daily issues of the paper from 1851 through the previous
month are available on microfilm at Neilson Library, Microfilm 83.

19th-century Masterfile / Poole's Plus
Provides access to British and American magazines and newspapers (including the New York Times and the New York Daily Tribune), patents, and other government documents published from 1802 to 1906.

Art, Architecture, & Design

Art Abstracts and Art Index Retrospective
These two databases cover all aspects of the visual arts, including architecture and design, providing cover to cover indexing of over 400 periodicals published throughout the world. They provide access to articles, exhibition reviews, and reproductions. Art Abstracts covers 1984 to the present, Art Index Retrospective covers 1929 to 1984. Art Abstracts is updated monthly and abstracts are provided for records added after 1994. Useful subject headings for topics addressed in this course are:
Industrial buildings | Adaptive Reuse
Textile Mills | Textile Industry | Silk
Industrial Design

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Covering architecture and related fields, Avery Index provides regular access to approximately 1,000 periodicals from the 1930s (with selective coverage dating back to the 1860s) to the present. Good coverage of building materials and contruction techniques. The database is updated daily. Useful subject headings for topics addressed in this course are:
Factories | Textile Mills | Industrial Buildings | Industrial Housing
Adaptive Reuse | Conversion Of Buildings | Conservation and Restoration

Design and Applied Arts Index
DAAI provides annotated references to almost 100,000 articles, news items, reviews, obituaries, and illustrations published in approximately 450 design and craft periodicals from 1973 to 1998. It is international in scope and covers all aspects of design including industrial, interior, and textile design, and architecture.

History, Technology, & Social Sciences

American History and Life
Indexes 1,700 journals, books, and dissertations for material about American and Canadian history. Other subjects covered include popular culture, anthropology, sociology, economics, education, and politics. 1953 to present. Helpful subject headings for topics addressed in this course are:
Factories | Industry | Silk Industry | Mass Production | Architecture

Applied Science and Technology Abstracts
Indexes over 600 sources published from 1983 to the present. Covers industry, management, and financial trends in scientific and technological fields. Material from 1958 to 1982 is covered by Applied Science and Technology Index at Science Reference Z7913.I7. For coverage of 1913 to 1957 consult Industrial Arts Index at Neilson Z7913.I7.

Social Sciences Abstracts
Abstracts of articles published from 1983 to the present from over 550 periodicals. Includes articles, interviews, obituaries, biographies, and book reviews on anthropology, political science, economics, psychology, geography, and sociology. For coverage from 1974 to 1982 consult bound volumes of Social Sciences Index at Neilson Reference AI3.S6. Useful subject headings for topics addressed in this course are:
Factories | Textile Industry | Mass Production | Deindustrialization

CONTACTS FOR RESEARCH ASSISTANCE

• Barbara Polowy, the art librarian and instructor for your library session: bpolowy@email.smith.edu, Bell Hall 228, X2941
• Pamela Skinner, the reference librarian for history:
  pskinner@email.smith.edu, Neilson Library, X2961
• Mrs. Feeley, the local history librarian, Forbes Library (Northampton's public Library): Tuesday-Saturday afternoons, 587-1012

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