Newark and New York City Since 1945
The Basics
Restricted Access
Many of the resources listed in the sections below are marked Restricted Access. You should have no problem connecting to these from any networked computer on campus. However, in order to use these from off-campus, you must log in with your Rutgers NetID. For instructions see the Libraries' Remote Access to Library Resources.
Off-Campus Links
Once you have gone to a Rutgers Libraries page and logged in with your NetID [your pegasus username and password] you can use the "Off-Campus Link" provided for each Rutgers-restricted resource below to connect to that database or article. Use the link embedded in the citation to access these resources on campus.
E-Reserves
To get to readings that your instructor may have placed on Reserve in the Library, click here. Once you get to the Lookup box, the easiest way to get to the right list is to search by the Instructor's name.
IRIS: Find Books
IRIS is the online catalog for all the Rutgers University Libraries except the Newark and Camden Law Libraries. Use IRIS to find out if the Rutgers Libraries have the specific books or journals that you need, or to locate books on topics that you're researching. Show Me How
Getting Books From Other Rutgers Libraries
If a book that you need is not available (not owned/checked out) at the Dana Library, but is available from another Rutgers Library, you can request delivery of that book to Dana by bringing up the record for the book in IRIS and clicking on tbe Deliver/Recall button. Show Me
Book Not Available/Not Owned by the Rutgers Libraries?
The fastest way to get a copy of a book that is not owned or not available (checked out/on Reserve/missing etc.) at the Rutgers Libraries is to request it through E-Z Borrow. E-Z Borrow books are normally received within about five working days. Tell Me More
If a book is not owned by the Rutgers Libraries and is not available via E-Z Borrow, you can place an Interlibrary Loan request. Tell Me More
Becoming an 'Expert' User
Want to maximize your use of Library resources? Check out Searchpath, the Libraries' interactive tutorial.
Citing Your Sources
You will most likely be using Chicago/Turabian style when citing the sources that you use in your research papers. The Chicago Manual of Style and Turabian's Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations are both available at the Dana Library Reference Desk. The Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison also has a nice introduction to Chicago/Turabian Documentation that will give you the basic information you need to create bibliographic citations.
The above site does not, however, cover citing online resources. The Library of Congress has a guide on How to Cite Electronic Sources that show Turabian-style examples; the Bedford/St. Martin's site also offers useful information on Using Chicago Style to Cite and Document Sources
You can also import references from IRIS and many of the electronic databases into RefWorks, a web-based bibliography and database manager. RefWorks will build your bibliography for you based on whatever style sheet you specify (MLA, Chicago, etc.). For information on setting up your (free) RefWorks account see the RefWorks FAQ.
Not sure when you need to cite something? Check out the Plagiarism Guide
Remember that plagerism is a violation of the Rutgers University Policy on Academic Integrity for Undergraduate and Graduate Students and could result in your dismissal from the University!
Finding Books and Other Materials: Library Catalogs
IRIS The online catalog for the Rutgers University Libraries. IRIS includes a significant portion of the Sinclair New Jersey Collection, the most comprehensive collection of New Jersey materials in the state. The Sinclair Collection (IRIS sublocation SNCLNJ) is part of the Libraries' Special Collections and University Archives, located within the Alexander Library on the New Brunswick campus. The Dana Library on the Rutgers Newark campus is actively collecting materials relating to the city of Newark; all materials in the NEWARK collection will also be found in IRIS.
Newark Public Library Catalog The Library's New Jersey Information Center has a wealth of materials on New Jersey, Essex County, and Newark. Anyone who lives, works, attends school, or owns property in the City of Newark is entitled to a free Newark Public Library card. The Library Catalog also includes the holdings of the Newark Museum and the New Jersey Historical Society.
The New York Public Library. One of the great research libraries of the world with some 45 million items in its collections. The catalog includes materials from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, as well as the New York Puboic Library for the Performing Arts (Lincolm Center).
Brooklyn Public Library. The Library Catalog includes more than 10,000 photographs from the Library's Brooklyn Collection.
New York City Department of Records and Information Services. Includes the Municipal Archives--which includes office records, manuscript materials, still and moveing images, ledger volumes, vital records, maps, blueprings, and sound recordings accessioned from more than 100 city agencies; The City Hall Library-the statutory depository for all official reports and studies published by New York City government agencies--and the Municipal Records Management Division.
Finding Articles: Indexes
This is a selected list of databases that you may find useful. There are many other indexes that may focus more specifically on the particular topic that you are researching. Check out the complete list of Rutgers online indexes and databases.
- America: History and Life 1964- .
- The most comprehensive index to American (U.S. and Canada) history. Indexes over 2000 journals worldwide, as well as book reviews and dissertations.
Off-Campus Access Rutgers-restricted Access
- The Kaiser Index to Black Resources, 1948-1986.
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library. Brooklyn, NY: Carlson, Pub., Inc. 1992. 5 volumes
- Unique resource based on the collections of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Over 170,000 citations to journal and newspapers articles, books, pamphlets and reports dealing with black history and culture.
- Dana Library Call Number: Ref E185.K25 1992
- Periodicals Index Online/Archive Online
- Multidisciplinary index to over 5000 journals. Scope ranges from 1770 to 1995.
- Off-Campus Access Rutgers-restricted Access
There are also two other indexes that may be especially useful when dealing with politics and with public policy issues.
- Public Affairs Information Service 1915-
- Index to books, reports, government documents, and journals dealing with political, social, and public policy issues.
- Off-Campus Access Rutgers-restricted Access
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts 1975-
- Index to over 1,300 journals in political science, international relations, public policy and related fields.
- Off-Campus Link Restricted Access
Looking for articles relating to the depiction of urban places in literature?
- MLA International Bibliography. 1926-
- The primary index to scholarship relating to literature, linguistics, language, the dramatic arts and film studies.
- Off-Campus Access Rutgers-restricted Access
New Jersey History
- The premier journal for articles relating to the history of New Jersey is New Jersey History, formerly (1845-1966) published as the Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society. The 1845 to 1995 volumes of this journal are indexed in Periodicals Index Online. Restricted Access
- New Jersey History back to 1845 is available in print in Dana.
Can't Resist the Urge to Google?
- Google Scholar
- Use the Google search engine to search specifically for scholarly literature including books, peer-reviewed articles, theses, preprints, and technical reports. Links to the full-text of articles from open access (available without a subscription) journals and preprint repositories.
Dissertations and Theses
Many of the dissertations relating to Newark are part of the Dana Library Newark Collection. Check IRIS for holdings.
- Dissertations and Theses
- Index to U.S. doctoral dissertations and Master's theses from North American graduate schools and European universities as well as foreign dissertations owned by the Center for Research Libraries. Rutgers users have access to the full text of doctoral disserations completed at Rutgers since 1997.
- Off-Campus Access Rutgers-restricted Access
Newspapers
- [Historical] New York Times
- Allows you to search and display the full image of articles published in the New York Times back to 1851. The two+ most recent years are not included; use Access World News to find more recent articles.
Off-Campus Access Rutgers-restricted AccessNewark Newspapers
Today's Star-Ledger plus a fourteen day archive is available online.
Full-text access to the Newark Star-Ledger is available from 1996 to the present on Access World News (Restricted Access) and on Factiva (Restricted Access). The Dana Library has the Newark Star-Ledger on microfilm going back to 1980; microfilm reels back to August 1, 1945 are also available from the Rutgers Alexander Library in New Brunswick. The Newark Public Library also has the Star-Ledger in its entirely (1939 forward) as well as its predecessor, the Newark Star Eagle (1916-1939), available on microfilm.While there is no complete printed or online index to the pre-1989 Star-Ledger, the New Jersey Information Center at the Newark Public Library has the card file Cummings Index to the Star-Ledger from 1971 to 1996, as well as locally compiled Newark News Indexes, 1916-1970.
The New Jersey Information Center also has a large collection of New Jersey Newspapers on Microfilm.
Ethnic Newspapers
Ethnic newspapers are a valuable source of information on the lives and concerns of immigrant and ethnic groups. You can search for ethnic newspapers held by the Rutgers Libraries in IRIS, our online catalog. As your search terms, use the name of the group in which you are interested followed by the word "newspapers;" search this as a SUBJECT Keyword.
For Example: germans newspapers OR east indians newspapers
- Ethnic NewsWatch
- A full-text collection of over 200 newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic (including Arab and Middle Eastern, Asian-American, European, and Jewish), minority, and native press. Complete articles dating back to 1960, in English and Spanish.
Off-Campus Access Rutgers-restricted Access
Historical Society Collections
- New Jersey Historical Society
- The New Jersey Historical Society in Newark has a rich collection of archival and other materials relating to the political, social, cultural and economic history of New Jersey. Their book holdings are included in the Newark Public Library Catalog; you can also browse the Finding Aids to NJHS collections. [Note:The New Jersey Historical Society is currently (February 2009) open by appointment only to individuals; the Library is currently closed.
Archival Collections
- ArchiveGrid
- Search the database for archival finding aids to collections in over 2500 libraries worldwide.
- Off-Campus Access Rutgers-restricted Access
New York City
- Archival Finding Aids Hosted at New York University
- Search across finding aids for collections in the Fales Library & Special Collections (NYU); the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives; New York University Archives; and the New York Historical Society.
- Carnegie Hall Archives
- Collection includes over 2,500 square feet of documents, with over 114 years of concert programs, promotional fliers and posters, musical manuscripts and autographs, photographs, drawings, paintings, recordings, architectural drawings, and administrative files."
- The Gay Rights Movement:1951-1975: Mattachine Society of New York, Inc.
- Woodbridge, Conn., Research Publications, 1998.
- 24 microfilm reels; archives of the Mattachine Society of New York. Index to the microfilm collection
- Alexander Call Number: M-FILM 2789
- The Gay Rights Movement: 1970-1983: Gay Activists Alliance.
- Woodbridge, Conn., Research Publications, 1998.
- 21 microfilm reels; archives of the Gay Activiists Alliance. Index to the microfilm collection.
- Harlem History
- Digital documents, images, oral histories, and interviews relating to the history of Harlem. From the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University.
- New York City Mayors
- Finding aids to the personal papers and official documents (on microfilm) of Mayors Fiorello H. LaGuardia, Robert F. Wagner, Abraham D. Beame, and Edward I. Koch.
- New York City Housing Authority Collection
- Repository at the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives of LaGuardia Community College/CUNY (Long Island City, Queens). Late 1920s to the 1990s.
New Jersey
Other
- Cuban Information Archives
- The Cuban Information Archives seeks to "provide primary source materials pertaining to Cuban Exile activities as they pertain to their struggle to wrestle Cuba from Fidel Castro." Searchable.
- FBI Electronic Reading Room
- Digital documents from the files of the FBI
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Image Libraries
- New York Public Library Digital Gallery
Over 685,000 images digitized from NYPL collections. Digital collections include:- At Home in Brooklyn: The Nooney Brooklyn Photographs, 1978-1979
- "Hundreds of black and white photographs by Dinanda H. Nooney (d.2004) documenting almost 200 families or individuals in their Brooklyn homes in the late 1970s."
- "Drugstore Photographs, Or, A Trip Along the Yangtze River, 1999," Lower Manhattan Block-By-Block by Dylan Stone
- "26,000 color snapshot phtographs taken in 1999 recording the streetscape, block by block of Manhattan south of Canal Street, and arranged in an archive by neighborhood and block."
- Marquees, 1997-2001: New York City Theatre Photographs by Christopher Frith
- "1,793 color photographs of Broadway theater marquees and theater facades from 1997 to 2001 by Christopher J. Frith."
- Photographic Views of New York City, 1870s-1970s
- "More than 54,000 New York City archival photographs (and their captioned versos) from the 1870s-1970s arranged by borough and street; the majority are exterior building views and neighborhood scenes from the 1910s-1940s."
- ARTstor
- Approximately 700,000 images with citations in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences.
- Off-Campus Access Rutgers-restricted Access
Films
- Revolution '67. [Videorecording]
- Bongiorno Productions, 2007.
- "Focuses on the explosive urban rebellion which erupted in Newark, New Jersey, in July 1967; a tragedy caused by similar problems that sparked race riots across America. The film takes viewers on a daily chronicle of events, including the calling of the State Police and National Guard, their occupation of the city and use of unnecessary firepower."
- Dana Media Call Number: DVD 363
- Towers of Frustration [Vidiorecording]
- Washington, D.C., Public Television Library, 1971.
- "Focuses on the Stella Wright housing project in Newark, N.J. Explores the problems confronting residents in many of the country's large, impersonal and crime-ridden public housing projects.
- Media Call Number: VIDEO D-212
- Gay Sex in the 70s
- 2005 documentary directed by Joseph Lovett. Focuses on Manhattan's West Village as a mecca for gay men seeking anonymous sex. Includes interviews and archival photographs.
- Not at Rutgers
- Street Fight [Videorecording]
- Oley, PA, Bullfrog Films, 2005.
- "Follows the 2002 race for Mayor of Newark, N.J. between 32 year-old Cory Booker and four-term incumbent Sharpe James." Written, directed, and produced by Marshall Curry.
- Dana Call Number: MEDIA DVD 321
Freedom of Information
More Newark Stuff
For many more resources relating to the city of Newark, see The Newark Experience site.
Questions?
Natalie Borisovets (natalieb@andromeda.rutgers.edu)
John Cotton Dana Library
February 23, 2009