Spence School Library: 2022 Fall Elective: American Cultural History: Secondary Sources

E-Books

Spence School Print Collection
Search our print collection. If you need help locating a book, ask Ms. Kane.

ProQuest Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
A wide selection of authoritative, scholarly electronic books available through a easy to use platform with a variety of online and offline reading options.

Internet Archive
A non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more. This resource can be difficult to search. Please see Ms. Kane if you need any assistance.
New York Public Library
You will need your NYPL card and pin to check out ebooks. Please see Ms. Kane for help.

Only Scholarly Journal Articles

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR provides access to full-text journal articles in the arts, sciences, humanities and social sciences. While you won’t find current journal articles, you will find articles dating from 3-5 years ago to many decades ago.

Comprehensive (Scholarly Journals, Magazines, Newspapers)

Proquest Comprehensive This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive: cross-search all our ProQuest databases at once. It contains access to historical and current newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journal articles. Subject Areas: Arts & Humanities, Business, General Research, Health Sciences & Nursing, Literature, News & Issues, Science & Technology, Social Sciences
Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
Academic OneFile contains peer-reviewed full-text scholarly content across the academic disciplines. Millions of articles are available in both PDF and HTML full-text format.
NOVELNY databases are provided free to the public by the New York State Library. The databases can only be accessed within the geographical boundaries of New York State. When logging in you will see a NOVELNY screen requesting your location information. If you are in New York State, you can proceed to the database by selecting the "Use My Location" button or waiting five seconds.

Subject Specific

Gale Pop Culture Collection This link opens in a new window
Pop culture is all around us and influences our lives every day. This collection provides useful information for any researcher in a social science, history, art or liberal arts course. This collection is made up of more than 100 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals.
NOVELNY databases are provided free to the public by the New York State Library. The databases can only be accessed within the geographical boundaries of New York State. When logging in you will see a NOVELNY screen requesting your location information. If you are in New York State, you can proceed to the database by selecting the "Use My Location" button or waiting five seconds.
Gale Gender Studies This link opens in a new window
Discover balanced coverage of topics related to gender studies, family and marital issues, and more.