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MU Libraries Course Research Guide: Horror Films and the Family

Instructor: Kim McCaffrey

Background Information

American Decades Restricted to faculty, students, and staff at The University of Missouri
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Provides information about what was going on in the United States decade by decade from 1900 to 1999. Includes information on the arts, business, fashion, politics, sports, religion, science, social trends, education and media. [more]

CQ Researcher Restricted to faculty, students, and staff at The University of Missouri
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Each week, CQ Researcher writes a detailed, 20+ page analysis of "hot issue" from the news. Each analysis includes a Chronology section which will help you determine what was happening in specific decades with regard to family issues. Use Browse by Topic on the left side of the screen to select Family and Domestic Life. Then select the topic and report of interest. [more]

Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood: In History and Society Restricted to faculty, students, and staff at The University of Missouri
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Presents the social and cultural history of childhood from antiquity to the present including education, parenting, child labor, economics, images of childhood, children's literature, play, toys and games, health, physiology, law, the criminal justice system and social welfare.

Gale Virtual Reference Library Restricted to faculty, students, and staff at The University of Missouri
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Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. [more]

Google News Timeline
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International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family Restricted to faculty, students, and staff at The University of Missouri
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Includes articles specific to countries and to religious traditions, examining the history of family life within these cultures and discussing how families have been affected by political and social change.

Social Trends and Indicators Restricted to faculty, students, and staff at The University of Missouri
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Provides in-depth statistics on social issues with expert analyses. Data is drawn from Federal agencies, newspapers and stock exchanges. Individual volumes are titled: 1. Work & Leisure; 2. Community & Education; 3. Health & Illness; and 4. Crime & Justice.

Articles

Academic OneFile Restricted to faculty, students, and staff at The University of Missouri
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Academic OneFile is a multidisciplinary database indexing both magazines and journals.

Academic Search Premier Restricted to faculty, students, and staff at The University of Missouri
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Broad database indexing recent (1984 and later) scholarly journals and some magazines across many subject areas. [more]

America History and Life Restricted to faculty, students, and staff at The University of Missouri
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Contains citations and abstracts of books, dissertations, and journal articles published worldwide. Covers all aspects of U.S. and Canadian history, culture, and current affairs from prehistoric times to the present. You can limit your results to a specific historical period by entering date ranges. [more]

FIAF Restricted to faculty, students, and staff at The University of Missouri
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FIAF indexes the film and television literature from 300 periodicals. [more]

Film Literature Index
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FLI indexes 150 film and television periodicals from 30 countries cover-to-cover and 200 other periodicals selectively for articles on film and television. The periodicals range from the scholarly to the popular. [more]

Reader's Guide Retrospective 1890-1982 Restricted to faculty, students, and staff at The University of Missouri
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Readers Guide Retrospective is a database containing comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America. [more]

Sociological Abstracts Restricted to faculty, students, and staff at The University of Missouri
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CSA Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. [more]