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Surface of Past Time: The Rhetoric of Nostalgia

PWR 1 GJU - Winter 2014 - Instructor: Noble, J.
Last Updated: 2-Apr-2014

A guide to resources for PWR 1 GJU: Surface of Past Time: The Rhetoric of Nostalgia

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Background/Reference Sources

Use these sources to help you pick a topic and to provide context to your research based argument.

The future of nostalgia / Svetlana Boym.
New York : Basic Books, c2001.
Green Library » Stacks » CB427 .B67 2001
International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences / editors-in-chief Neil J. Smelser, Paul B. Baltes.
1st ed. Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 2001.
Green Library » Jonsson Social Sciences Reading Room » H41 .I58 2001 V.1
Search"Nostalgia". See articles on Anthropology of Nostalgia; Nostalgic Social Thought.
This fabulous century. By the editors of Time-Life Books.
New York [1969-70]
Green Library » Information Center » E161 .T55 F PRELUDE
American popular culture in 7 volumes, from 1870-1970
American decades / edited by Vincent Tompkins.
Detroit : Gale Research, c1994-c2001.
Green Library » Information Center » E169.12 .A419 1994 V.1
Popular culture in text, photos in 10 chapters, one for each decade of the 20th century

Selected Searchworks Keywords and Subject Terms

Here are some "controlled vocabulary" terms for trauma-related topics. Use the Limiters on the left column of the results list : Topics, Call Numbers (for Subject Area), Location (which library - another clue for subject/perspective), Publication Date, etc.

Nostalgia in Literature
This list of results is limited to English language texts.
Nostalgia Popular Culture (keyword search)
Reminiscing
Nostalgia in Motion Pictures

Suggested Databases

In addition to Academic Search Premier, and the other Selected Databases try these for more information on nostalgia. 

Remember to use the find it at SFX Stanford links to find full text of articles.

Project Muse. Premium collection.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » NONEAQD4378
JSTOR [electronic resource]
[New York] : JSTOR [New York] : ITHAKA, 1995-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Film & television literature index [electronic resource].
Ipswich, MA : EBSCO Publishing, c2006-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
America, history and life with full text [electronic resource].
Ipswich, MA : EBSCO Industries,
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
MEDLINE [electronic resource].
[S.l.] : National Library of Medicine
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
I find the EBSCO Host version the easiest to use
Historical abstracts with full text [electronic resource].
Ipswich, MA : EBSCO Pub.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource

Bibliographic Management

Searchworks and many other databases you will use allow you to get a simple citation by using a "CiteThis" feature or gather more information by using a Send to/Export feature to send records to bibliographic management tools such as Refworks or EndNote.  You can also use resources such as Zotero or Mendeley to gather information including citations.  For more on these, see the guide to Bibliography Management.