Mr. Levin's Hot Resources to American Cultural Artifacts

• Do a subject search using the on-line catalog. Type the following: Popular culture  You’ll find lots of books in our collection!
• Look in the stacks for books cataloged under 306.4, 973.91, 973.92.  Don’t forget to check the reference aisle for these same call numbers beginning with R or RS or RB.
• Check the American Heritage collection for articles on Popular Culture.

Using the electronic information databases

The best ones to use are:

• EBSCO: Do a search for popular culture or pop culture or specific artifacts related to the assignment.
• SIRS Researcher: Do a search on Popular Culture to find social issues that are related.

Using the Internet

National Museum of American History:  The Division of Cultural History dedicates itself to educating and inspiring its audiences about America's cultural heritage by collecting, preserving, studying, and presenting the history of individuals and their communities through their expressive forms.  http://americanhistory.si.edu/csr/cadch.htm 

American Memory from the Library of Congress American Memory consists of primary source and archival materials relating to American culture and history. These historical collections are the key contribution of the Library of Congress to the National Digital Library. Most of these offerings are from the Library's unparalleled special collections.  http://rs6.loc.gov/amhome.html 

Popular Mechanics
...a site that leads to technological links on the web. http://popularmechanics.com 

HowStuffWorks - Learn how Everything Works!
...The index to over 1000 fantastic 'How Stuff Works' articles!  http://www.howstuffworks.com