Library

English 23: The Nuclear Plot

Professor: Marilyn Reizbaum
Librarian: Joan Campbell
Spring 2008

Background Information

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Movies Reference PN1995.9.S26 H38 2001

St. James encyclopedia of popular culture Reference E169.1 .S764 2000
Entries on various topics related to the nuclear age: Cold War, Enola Gay, Fallout Shelters, Dr. Strangelove, etc.

World War II In Asia And The Pacific And The Wars Aftermath With General Themes A Handbook Of Literature And Research Reference D767 .W67 1998.

See also the Quick Facts page for online reference sources to get quick, authoritative definitions and facts.

Primary Sources

New York Times Archive 1851-2004
An exact replica of the New York Times.

Life magazine. 1936- Great for images. Shelved alphabetically in the basement.

Secondary Sources

Library Catalogs for Books

Bowdoin College Library Catalog
Access to Bowdoin Library's holdings of books, videos, government documents, etc.

NExpress
Search --and borrow from--the combined collections of Colby, Bates, Bowdoin, Williams, Northeastern, Middlebury, and Wellesley for both books and articles. Books arrive from Colby and Bates in two days.

Subject Searching in Bowdoin's Library Catalog: Browse the book shelves online by connecting to a major subject section of the Library. Some examples follow:

Atomic Bomb (see subheadings)

Cold War Social Aspects United States

Nuclear Warfare (see subheadings)

Indexes/Databases for Finding Journal Articles

Academic Search Premier Index to journals in the social sciences, humanities and science. Many full text.

Essay and General Literature Index
An index to essays collected in books.

JSTOR Full text of scholarly journal articles up until about 2003.