HST 401: Senior Seminar: America's Cold War
Th 12:30-3:15 p.m.
Mr. Khalil
The Cold War largely defined the U.S.’s domestic and foreign policies for over four decades. In this research and writing seminar, students will examine a particular aspect of America’s Cold War (political, social, economic, military, or cultural). They will produce an original 25-page final paper that relies largely on primary sources. Possible paper topics include: An examination of the relationship between the U.S. and a country or political movement during the Cold War; the role of race, religion, or gender and the Cold War; a study of the Cold War’s influence on American media, literature, or movies.
Browsing Books by Call Number
Although some older books are perhaps classified in the Dewey Decimal Classification System, most Syracuse University Libraries print resources are classified in and physically arranged according to the alpha-numeric Library of Congress (LC) Classification System.
The LC system has allocated Class D to World History and Classes E and F to American History. “D” call numbers are assigned to History holdings that are shelved both in the Reference Collection and in the general and oversize stacks on the 2nd floor of Bird Library.
“E” and "F" call numbers are assigned to the American History holdings that are shelved in the Reference Collection on the 2nd floor of Bird Library and in the general and oversize stacks on the 3rd floor of Bird Library. (Note: Less frequently used library materials are kept at The Facility, a high-density storage space at 1556 Jamesville Avenue, but can be requested for next-business day delivery to a library on campus.)
To see an outline of the entire "D" Class and/or an outline of the "E" and "F" Classes, open the document(s) below. Then click on any Subclasses of interest for outlines of their classification schemes.
There are 3 ways to obtain journal articles:
o ON-LINE – accessing articles directly from full-text databases or from on-line journals to which the Library subscribes.
o IN PRINT – for articles published in journals to which the Library has subscriptions for print only; or for articles in journals for which the Library’s on-line access does not go backward or forward enough in time.
o VIA INTERLIBRARY LOAN (ILL) – for articles in journals for which the Library has neither print nor on-line coverage. To obtain material from a journal to which the SU Library lacks direct access, submit an Interlibrary Loan request via the ILLiad system.
If the SU Library does not hold an item that you need for your research, we will try to borrow it for you from another library. Free interlibrary loan (ILL) service is provided through ILLiad, an automated system. Some publications (e.g. journal articles) may be e-mailed directly to you as PDF files. Books must be picked up at Bird Library.
If you haven't used ILLiad before, you will be prompted to fill out a registration form and you may want to take a look at information provided for "First Time Users."