FYS129: Rites of Passage in the Library



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Fall 2008 - J. Gregory
reference contact: Bruce Sajdak x2967

CULTURES & RITES OF PASSAGE

Look in the Five College Library Catalog under SUBJECTS such as:

adolescence
initiation rites
puberty rites
rites and ceremonies
youth

Or for works on specific cultures look under SUBJECTS such as:

Greece social life and customs
United States social life and customs [arranged by time period]

HISTORICAL & BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Classical Greece & Rome

Reference Source	Reference Call Number
Oxford Classical Dictionary	ref DE 5 .O9 2003
Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization	ref DE 5 .O92 1998 or click here
Oxford Companion to Classical Literature	ref PA 31 .H69 1989
Cambridge Companion to Greek Tragedy	click here
Cambridge Dictionary of Classical Civilization	ref DE 5 .C28 2006
Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology	CAVERNO BL 303 .T75 1970

Modern Europe & America

Reference Source	Reference Call Number
Dictionary of Literary Biography	ref PN 451 .D53
Oxford Companion to United States History	ref E 174 .O94 2001 or click here
Oxford Companion to British History	ref DA 34 .O93 2002 or click here
Cambridge Histories Online	click here
Blackwell Reference Online	click here

FINDING ARTICLES ON HISTORICAL SUBJECTS

Historical Abstracts 1956+

America: History & Life 1953+

J-STOR (backfiles excluding the most recent 2-5 years)

LITERARY CRITICISM

Humanities Abstracts 1984+

MLA Bibliography 1963+

CITE YOUR SOURCES

For guidance on citing sources correctly visit the Libraries' Citation Guides & Style Manuals page. See especially links to MLA (Modern Language Association of America) style.

TAKE THE TWO REQUIRED QUIZZES

Please connect to Moodle and log into the Research Skills for Students class. Please take the two brief quizzes on Research Skills and the Plagiarism Challenge. (If you wish you may take these as many times as you like to get a perfect score).

WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THIS LIBRARY CLASS?

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CONTACT THE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN

Contact Bruce Sajdak, the instructor for your library session: bsajdak@email.smith.edu

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Last Updated: October 8, 2008