Site Visit Report

BERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

U.S. HISTORY II – DR. Philip Dolce

SITE VISIT TO HISTORICAL SITES

To find information regarding the site you are going to visit, the following materials in the Library should be useful. If you have any questions, or need more information, please contact mea at Professor Joan Cohen, [email protected], (201) 447-7984, L317, or ask a Librarian at the reference desk. 1. Books – Go to the Library Home Page at www.bergen.edu/library. From the Find Books/Reserves/Media menu you can search as follows: Types of Searches Example Search by Subject museum of modern art Search by Keyword Roosevelt and Hyde Park Search by Author last name first name Search by Title empire state building 2. Magazine/Newspaper Articles and specific historical resources - Go to the Library Home Page at www.bergen.edu/library and from Find Articles/Electronic Resources, choose a “Frequently Used Database” and search by names, words, phrases and combinations. Be sure to click on Full Text Articles on the search page so that all the information you get is complete. For newspaper articles choose “Newspapers” and then choose The New York Times or The Record. To access this from home, you have to provide the following: user name – your last name; password – your 7 digit student ID number. Problems: Call the reference desk at (201 447-7436.

3. Internet Searching – For this assignment search engines are useful, i.e. www.google.com. Search by name and location. Look at official websites. Example: www. Metmuseum.org for Metropolitan Museum of Art; national park service www.nps.gov is excellent for historical and current information; Central Park www.centralpark.com, etc. Remember that while the Internet is an excellent source of information, not all sites found, and information contained in them, are accurate or suitable for classroom research. Look for websites that are from the government (.gov), organizations (.org), and educational (.edu). The site should be dated and current.

4. Citation Structure – For this assignment you are required to use In Text Citations in citing the works you have used (books, magazine/newspaper articles, web sites, interviews, etc. There is a link to all kinds of citations information on the left hand side of the BCC library home page. If you are having any problems with this, please contact the reference desk.

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Specific Books and Call Number ranges to look: (for reference & circulating) – if you do not come to campus, check for similar books in your local public library. In either place there will be other appropriate books on the shelves near specific books you are looking for.

General Books

America’s Historic Sites Ref. E 159.A45 2001

America’s Historic Places Ref. E 159.A43. 1988

National Landmarks Ref. E 159.C43 2000

Encyclopedia of American National Parks Ref. E 160.R54 2004

Great Houses of American History E 159.H4

Official Museum Directory Ref. AM 10.A2 04 2008

New Jersey Books - Call # area F 131 – F 145

Encyclopedia of New Jersey Ref. E 132.E52 2004

Tours of Historic New Jersey Ref. F 132.3.P4

New Jersey: A Guide to its Present and Past Ref. F 132.3.F45

Town//Place Histories – Bergen County & NJ F 144A – F 144 W

New York – Call # area F 116 – F 128

Encyclopedia of New York City Ref. F 128.3 E 75

Encyclopedia of New York State Ref. F 119.E53 2005

Gotham: A History of NYC to 1898 Ref. F 128.3 B95 1999

The Park & the People: Central Park F 128.65 C3 R67 1992

Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery F 128.61.G74 R53 1998

Professor Joan Cohen [email protected]. 8/08