This page is meant to give you basic places to begin your research. For more complex searches, contact a reference librarian.
I. Books
To find books and media on your topic:
EZRA : the Wittenberg University library catalog.
Start with a keyword search: e.g. springfield history
Using AND and OR
Some Important Titles on Springfield:
- Who's Who in Ohio. Thomas Rare F490.W6 1930
- Springfield & Clark County : An Illustrated History - Thomas Rare F499.S7 K56 1985
- Springfield, Ohio : In the Heart of the Mad River Valley - Thomas Rare Oversize F499.S7 S7 1936
- Springfield, Ohio Thomas Rare F499.S7 S72 1916
- One Hundred Seventy-Five Years of Struggle: History of Black people in Springfield, Ohio -Thomas Rare F499.S7 W5 1976
- Springfield, Ohio City Directory - Ref. AY272.S7 W7 Note: Issues before 2000 are shelved in Ref. Storage.
- Springfield and Clark County, Ohio - Ref. F499.S7 F4 1941
- Fourteenth census of population, 1920. Ohio. Clark Co. [microform] - Microforms HA 201 1920 .A15 no.1353 -1354
- Heartland: An Exhibition from the Collection of the Heritage Center of Clark County - Main Oversize F499.S7 K96 2001
- Springfield Ohio: A Progressive, Accessible, Industrial City. (1929)
In the OhioLINK catalog.
For General Background on Society and Culture:
- Statistical Abstract of the United States - Ref. HA202 We keep the most recent five years in Reference. All other editions back to 1896 are shelved in the Reference Storage area near the reference desk.
- This Fabulous Century - Main Oversize E161.T55 v. 3 (1920-1930)
- American Decades - Main E169.12 .A419 1994 v. 3 (1920-1929)
- The Value of a Dollar: 1860 - 1989 - Main HB235.U6 V35 1994
OhioLINK: search and borrow items from the collections of member libraries across the state of Ohio
II. Internet Resources
| Clark County Historical Society | Clark County Public Library |
| archive.org | The Ohio Memory Project |
| African-American Experience in Ohio | The American Memory Project |
III. Finding Journal Articles
Guidelines on how to distinguish scholarly from popular articles
To find articles:
America: History and Life - "U.S. and Canadian history, prehistory to present".
JSTOR - contains lots of historical sources. JSTOR stands for Journal STORage,
and it may not provide the full text of articles from the most recent 2 to 5
years depending on publisher agreements.
New York Times - Historical - Electronic full text of the New York Times from its
inception in 1851 through 2007.
Readers' Guide Retrospective - Provides references to articles in popular American
magazines, 1890-1982. Even though electronic full text may not be available,
we have many of these periodicals in print downstairs.
For other ideas, see the full List of Indexes and Databases, with nearly 200 database options.
To locate journals:
At Wittenberg: Search Journals the Library Has,for a list of magazines and journals that Wittenberg owns, both print and electronic. At other academic libraries: Request by filling out an Search the Torch or Wittenberg Magazine
Items from archives or special collections can usually be made available after noon the business day after you place your request.
V. People Help
Wittenberg librarians welcome your questions.
If you have any questions at all about your research--how to get started or how to proceed--contact us.
Kristen Gibson - kgibson@wittenberg.edu
Ken Irwin - kirwin@wittenberg.edu
Alisa Mizikar - amizikar@wittenberg.edu
Suzanne Smailes - ssmailes@wittenberg.edu - for questions about Archives or Special Collections
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Compiled by Regina Entorf, Wittenberg University Library
Last updated 4/10/2011 KJG