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FYS142: Reacting to the Past - India
Fall 2008 - D. Cohen

reference contact: Bruce Sajdak x2967

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BASIC SOURCES AND FACTS

India Duirng the British Occupation

Reserve Source Call Number
Sources of Indian Tradition RESERVE
DS 423 .S64 1988 vol. 2

Cambridge Encyclopedia of India

ref DS 334.9 .C36 1989
Historical Dictionary of India
ref DS 405 .M27 1996
Historical Dictionary of the British Empire ref DA 16 .H56 1996
The Transfer of Power 1942-1947
12 vols. of original documents - e.g. Vol. 5 is on the Simla Conference
OVERSIZE
DS 480.83 .T7 1970
Dictionary of the British Empire & Commonwealth ref DA 16 .P35 1996

Important People

Reference Source Call Number
Dictionary of Indian Biography
ref DS 434 .D53 2000

Who Was Who in British India

ref CT 1503 .R53 1998
Mahatma Gandhi: a selected bibliography
DS 481 .G3 C37 1995

Places & Maps

Reference Source Call Number
Atlas of British Overseas Expansion
ref Atlas Shelves G 1805 .A8 1991

Historical Atlas of South Asia

ref Atlas Cases G 2261 .S1 H5 1992

Hinduism & Islamic Religions

Reference Source Call Number
Encyclopedia of Religion
ref BL 31 .E46 2005
or click here

Concise Classified Dictionary of Hinduism

ref BL 1105 .S68 2001
Historical Dictionary of Hinduism ref BL 1105 .S85 1997
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism ref BL 1105 .E63 2002
Cultural Atlas of India
ref DS 421 .J6 1996
Encyclopedia of Islam ref DS 37 .E523
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World ref BP 40 .E525 2004
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Muslim World ref DS 35.53 .O95 1995

FINDING BOOKS

Search in the Five College Library Catalog under SUBJECT TERMS such as:

great Britain colonies history 20th century
great Britain colonies india
hinduism
hinduism and politics india
india government and politics 1765 1947
india history 1765 1947
india history 1919 1947
india history british occupation 1765 1947
indian national congress
islam India history
name of individual - e.g. gandhi mahatma

FINDING ARTICLES

Historical Abstracts (1956+)
The best index to historical journals. Be sure to put 1940d into the Time Period text box.

J-STOR
Back issues of full text scholarly articles excluding the most recent 2-5 years.

Periodicals Index Online (1770+)
Mostly citations but some full text as well.

New York Times Historical (1851+)
Full images of each page.

Washington Post Historical (1877-1987)

Times (London) Digital Archive (1785-1985)

Readers' Guide Retrospective (1890+)
Citations to popular magazine articles.

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?

Let us know your thoughts. Please fill out the brief Feedback Form.

CONTACT THE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN

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

 

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