ENG77: SOUTH ASIANS IN AMERICA
nkashya1@swarthmore.edu / 11.14.16
Goals
A few places to find new resources
A few tools to synthesize your work
nkashya1 --
how to find me!
A Few Tips
Close Reading of Media Artifacts
conventional exemplary works
identifying trends or otherwise thinking of aggregates
identifying the scene, thinking spatially/temporally
RESOURCES: newspapers, popular press & websites, WayBack Machine
Other Stories
Governmental & Corporate Policy
Reception Studies
Consumer Studies
Business Cases
Technology
SOURCES: newspapers, social media, government documents, technical literature, business journals
Other Fields
sociology
anthropology
political science
economics
performing arts
you tell me!
The Resources
Starting from the General
JSTOR
Project Muse
Dissertation and Theses
Biography in Context
SocialExplorer
Bibliographies
MLA International Bibliography
Bibliography of Asian Studies
ARTbibliographies Modern
GenderWatch
REFERENCE
Cambridge Companions
(e.g., to
Asian American Lit
)
Oxford Very Short Introductions
Oxford Handbooks
Specific Encyclopedias
Newspapers
Access World News
Allafrica.com
Ethnic News Watch
Specific Encyclopedias
DIGITAL ARCHIVES
SAADA
Calisphere
Empire Online
ARTStor
Other Databases
Synthesizing & Engaging
Knightlabs
timeline.js
timemapper.js
storymap.js
Sound Cite
Online Presentations
Prezi
Slides.com
Google Slides
other possibilities
issuu
Storify
tagsexplorer
tumblr
Vimeo
What other tools have you been thinking of?
Thanks!