Researching Espionage in Paul Robeson Library



This is a list of some of the resources in Paul Robeson Library, and on the Internet, concerning espionage. For more information please ask a reference librarian.





Reference Works

General

Encyclopedia of American Intelligence and Espionage / REF UB271.U5O85 1988
American Intelligence, 1775-1990: A Bibliographical Guide / REF JK 468 I63 P48 1992
US Intelligence: An Encyclopedia / REF JK 468 I6 U57 190
Spy book / REF JF 1525 I6 P65 1997
Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States / REF KF 8742 A35 O93 1992
Supreme Court Compendium / REF KF 8742 S914 1996
Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions / REF KF 4548 O97 1999
Great American Trials / REF KF 220 G7 1994
American Justice / REF KF 154 A44 1976

Bibliographies

American Diaries / REF CT 214 A74
Nazi Era, 1919-1945 / REF Z 2241 N27 K43 1982
British Foreign Policy, 1918-1945: A Guide to Research and Research Materials / REF DA 578 A57 1984
British Autobiographies / Ref Z 2027 A9M3 1968
Women in Context: Two Hundred Years of British Women's Autobiographies / REF HQ 1593 A3 K35 1997
Primary Sources in European Diplomacy, 1914-1945: A Bibliography of Published Memoirs and Diaries / Ref D 443 M395 1987
Women in Western European History: A Select Chronological, Geographical and Topical Bibliography / Ref HQ 1586 F73 1982
Foreign Affairs Bibliography / REF Z 6463 F73 1942/1952


Guides to British Official Publications

(Note: many of these are at the Alexander Library in New Brunswick and available via Intralibrary Loan)

British Official Publications / Ref Z 2009 P45 1971
A Guide to Parliamentary Papers / Ref Z 2003 A1 F6 1972
Serial Publications in the British Parliamentary Papers, 1900-1968 / Ref Z 2009 R63

 

Locating Books

Use these subject headings when looking for books in IRIS, the Rutgers Libraries Catalog:

Be aware that items at the Alexander Library in New Brunswick purchased before c. 1970 and not checked out since then are not included in IRIS. We have a copy of their old card catalog from c. 1970 on microfilm. Ask at the Reference Desk for more information.

When using IRIS try using the "search everything" option. Search for personal names or keywords associated with your topic.

Two other catalogs may be useful in locating resources for your paper. Both will include some primary sources. You can request items from these catalogs on interlibrary loan.

Appropriate Journal Indexes

The library has several journal indexes available. The best index for you will depend on your topic. Some of the general indexes that are likely to be relevant are:

For very current materials you may wish to use one of the following two indexes, available off the same index page as the titles listed above. They both have a mix of newspaper, magazine, and some journal holdings. Both will sometimes provide the full-text of articles.

Contemporary Journals and Indexes

To locate primary sources in newspapers or magazines, use the following indexes:


U.S. Government Documents

The primary index to U.S. goverment documents is the GPO Index. For primary source documents the following indexes may be helpful:

Materials in the U.S. Documents collection do not appear in the IRIS catalog. Use the documents indexes to locate the documents (SUDOC) number for the items you want. Other than census or treaty materials the Robeson Library documents collection has few items printed prior to the 1960's. The law library on campus will have congressional documents. Other documents can be ordered from other Rutgers Libraries or on Interlibrary Loan.

Legal Materials

There are some sources in the Robeson Library which may be useful. However, the law library has a much more complete collection, including international documents. Legal materials are published in the country's native language. Thus only U.S. and British materials will be in English. If you would like some assistance in finding out what the law library has, talk to a librarian at Robeson or at the law library.

 

Selected Internet Resources

British and American History (http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rulib/socsci/hist/amhist.html)
Espionage (BUBL) (http://bubl.ac.uk/link/e/espionage.htm)
Government Information Resources (http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/gov_info/gov_info_fed.shtml)



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