Utopian Communities

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

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• Reference Works
  
• Locating Books
  
• Appropriate Journal Indexes
  
• Selected Internet Resources
  

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Reference Works

Encyclopedia of Utopian Literature (REF PN 56 .U8 S66 1995)

New Jersey History: An Index (REF F 131 .N5 S565 1996)

New Jersey Biographical Index (REF F 133 .S56 1993)

American Communes to 1860: A Bibliography (REF HX 654 .D37 1990)

American Communes, 1860 to 1960: A Bibliography (REF HX 653 .M54 1990)

Utopian Literature: A bibliography with a Supplemental Listing of Works Influential in Utopian Thought (REF Z 7164 .U8 N43)

Planned and Utopian Experiments: Four New Jersey Towns: Papers Presented at the Tenth Annual New Jersey History Symposium, December 2, 1978 (HT 164 .U6 N48 1978)

Locating Books

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

• Utopias
• Collective Settlements
• Communal Living

Appropriate Journal Indexes

Use the subject headings listed above to locate materials in indexes.

• Social Sciences Index (on INFO)
• America: History and Life (on cd-rom, ask at the Reference Desk)
• Philadelphia Inquirer (on cd-rom, ask at the Reference Desk)
• Periodical Abstracts (on INFO)
• PAIS (on INFO)

Selected Internet Resources

Center for Utopian Studies (http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~aw148888)
Farm History (The Farm, Summerton, Tenn) (http://www.gaia.org/farm)
Intentional Communities (http://www.ic.org)
New Jersey History (http://scils.rutgers.edu/%7Emacan/nj.history.html)

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updated 5/28/97
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