Works by Appalachian Authors
The Adventures of Molly Whuppie and Other Appalachian Folktales by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780807898734Publication Date: 2009-11-04
Appalachian Studies by Call Number: General PS3569.H39628 A66 2006ISBN: 9781893239524Publication Date: 2006-04-01
We Keep a Store by Call Number: Educational Resource Center - Juvenile PZ7.S54125 We 1989ISBN: 9780021794751Publication Date: 1990-08-01
Fishboy by Call Number: General PS3568 .I313 F57 1994ISBN: 0385425686Publication Date: 1994-05-01
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Recommended Books & eBooks
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Appalachia in Regional Context by Call Number: F217.A65 B55 2018ISBN: 9780813175331Publication Date: 2018-03-02
Conversations with Wendell Berry by Call Number: Special Collections PS3552.E75 Z46 2007ISBN: 9781578069910Publication Date: 2007-08-30
What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780998904146Publication Date: 2018-02-06
Writing Appalachia by Call Number: New Book Shelf PS537 .W75 2020ISBN: 9780813178790Publication Date: 2020-03-17
Gather Background Information--Appalachia
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Databases with Articles
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Multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. Includes searchable PDF content going back as far as 1887. - JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Provides articles from 1,900+ scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, and sciences and around 5,000 ebooks. Coverage dates for journals are from the very first issue of each journal (the nineteenth or early twentieth centuries for many) and continues to 2 – 5 years prior to the current year (moving wall). - MLA This link opens in a new window
The MLA International Bibliography is a subject index for books, articles and websites published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. It is produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), an organization dedicated to the study and teaching of language and literature. - PsycArticles This link opens in a new window
PsycARTICLES®, from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a definitive source of full text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. It contains more than 153,000 articles from nearly 80 journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA), its imprint the Educational Publishing Foundation (EPF), and from allied organizations including the Canadian Psychological Association and the Hogrefe Publishing Group. It includes all journal articles, book reviews, letters to the editor, and errata from each journal. Coverage spans 1894 to the present and nearly all APA journals go back to Volume 1, Issue 1. - Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive database covering topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods. This is the world’s largest full text psychology database offering full text coverage for over 560 journals. - Sociological Collection This link opens in a new window
Access to more than 500 full text journals, including nearly 500 peer-reviewed titles. Sociological Collection offers information in all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure.
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Additional Resources on Appalachia
- Appalachian Regional Commission"The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) is an economic development partnership agency of the federal government and 13 state governments focusing on 423 counties across the Appalachian Region. ARC’s mission is to innovate, partner, and invest to build community capacity and strengthen economic growth in Appalachia."
- Kentucky Digital Library"The Kentucky Digital Library is built to enhance scholarship, research and lifelong learning by providing access to shared digital archival collections in the Commonwealth of Kentucky."
- Kentucky State Data Center"The Kentucky State Data Center (KSDC) is the state’s lead agency in the U.S. Census Bureau’s State Data Center Program and Kentucky’s official clearinghouse for Census data."
- Loyal Jones Appalachian CenterCreated by Berea College and provides resources about Appalachia. Check out this curated list of website resources on Appalachia and their collections.
- Transylvania University's Special Collections and ArchivesThe Special Collections department of the Transylvania University Library contains rare books, pamphlets, photographs, manuscripts (letters, diaries, etc.), and the University archives.
News Resources
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Full coverage from Lexington's daily newspaper, 1983 to the present. - Newsbank : America's News This link opens in a new windowAmerica’s News covers newspapers from around the country. Updated daily, this resource offers current and archived articles and video clips from news sources nationwide. It includes content for the Lexington Herald Leader.
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Provides selected full text for 25 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers.
- NPR (National Public Radio) National Public Radio is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that delivers breaking national and world news. Also top stories from business, politics, health, science, technology, music, arts and culture.
Citation Information
- "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." The Purdue OWL, Purdue U Writing Lab, 2022This resource, updated to reflect the MLA Handbook (9th ed.), offers examples for the general format of MLA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the Works Cited page.
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