HI 2402: History of Evolutionary Thought

C. Clark

Off campus?

Primary Sources

Use different types of information to get broad coverage of your topic. Historians use primary materials to build their research. See the Primary Sources guide for information on primary literature and how to find it.

Examples include:

drawings,
cartoons,
maps,
interviews,
personal journals,
autobiographies, and
more.

Darwin Correspondence Project, University of Cambridge

Biographical Information

Julia Margaret Cameron’s portrait of Darwin

Find Books

Search the Library Catalog for items @ WPI
WorldCat to search beyond our library
JSTOR, QuickFind, and other article databases are good places to find book reviews

The mismeasure of man / by Stephen Jay Gould

QuickFIND - Multi-database Search for Articles & Books

Start with QuickFIND multi-database search to retrieve results from 11 databases (including the library catalog & Worldcat for books) on your topic with one search. There are 3 ways to search:

Find Articles

Articles are considered primary sources (only if presenting original research findings) or most are considered secondary sources which anaylze, provide commentary on, or critiques of primary sources.

Filter and Follow Up...

Bibliographies can clue you in on the value of the article as well
Find an interesting author? Search for more articles or for his/her web site

All databases listed are WPI subscriptions.

Start with QuickFIND - for History Databases and check out Google Scholar, a web search of scholarly sources.

1890-1982 (in QuickFIND by may be worth searching separately): Readers' Guide Retro: References to articles in general interest magazines back to 1890. Click on FullTextFinder to track down full articles or, in most cases, options to obtain the full text. Locations could be:
- Ground Floor of library for periodicals, microfilm/fiche
- Founders Storage (in Library Catalog record, click Request for retrieval within one day)
- Interlibrary Loan for items not at WPI
America, History & Life and Historical Abstracts: References to articles on historic topics. Click on FullTextFinder to track down full articles or options to obtain the full text.
JSTOR - scholarly journal archive
LexisNexis Academic - Legal section has law reviews, use atleast5(intelligent design). Also search for news topics.
More

Only Finding a Citation? Getting the Full Text

Is the journal online or here in the library? Use FullTextFinder to link to full articles or retrieval options within database results or search our Journals, Magazines, & Newspapers list
Visit another library: Search WorldCat to find one
Request delivery from another library: Interlibrary Loan.

Give Credit! Cite Your Sources

Try RefWorks, to create a database of your personal references, which can be output into APA, MLA, Chicago or other citation formats for your bibliography. It integrates with Word and will help you create in-text references too.

More Web Sites

Darwin Library of Evolution - based at the American Museum of Natural History Library.
Complete Works of Darwin Online
Tennesse vs. John Scopes "The Monkey Trial" 1925
Eugenics Bibliography
Image Archive of Eugenics Movement - Cold Spring Harbor
Judgement Day: Intelligent Design on Trial (PBS)

Questions?

Stop by the reference desk or set up a research consultation.

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