Melvin J. Zahnow Library
Saginaw Valley State University
Volume 8, Issue3
Spring 2003
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HarpWeek:
The Civil War Era
(1857 - 1865)
HarpWeek: the Civil War Era,
is the full-text online database for Harper’s Weekly. Considered
a primary source for examining 19th century America on a weekly basis,
students researching the Civil War years, 1857-1865, should find this
a valuable source of information. Images of the original newspaper can
be viewed and printed in the library. Instructions for downloading the
HarpWeek print software to personal computers will be available in the
near future from the library’s Databases page.
HarpWeek’s main menu offers searching by date, subject index, and full-text. Literature can be browsed by genre and people located by occupation or role in society. A search can be narrowed using features of the original Harper’s Weekly including: illustrations, advertisements, biographical sketches, obituaries, cartoons, editorials, fiction, government proclamations, news stories, maps, poetry, portraits and more.
For new users a demonstration
and a help topics page are available. Access HarpWeek through the library’s
Databases page at http://www.svsu.edu/library/dbases.html.
For off campus access users will be prompted for their name and library
bar code number.
Director's
Column: What Happens When Our Journal Subscription Vendor Goes Bankrupt?
Library Helps Make RERC Collection Ready for Prime Time
Celebrate National Library Week, April 6 - 12, 2003
New CardCat Feature Enables Easy Searching for Videos, Other Specific Collections
Aversion to Microforms Cured by Arrival of New Reader/Printers!
Locate Books in Print with Reviews
Anita Dey
Linda Farynk
John Mauch
Editors
Tom Latuszek
John Mauch
David Ran