Instruction and Class Guides

Library Resources for WR150: New England Witchcraft

• Subject Headings.
• Reference Works.
• Indexes and Databases.
• Internet Sources.
• Additional Links.

SUBJECT HEADINGS.

Subject headings for locating books in the Boston University online Catalog include the following:

• Puritans—New England—History
• Salem—History—Colonial Period
• Witchcraft—Massachusetts—Salem
• Witchcraft—History—Massachusetts

REFERENCE WORKS.

Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology

Mugar Ref. X GN307 E 52 1996

Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Mugar Ref. X GN307 E648 1996

Encyclopedia of Taboos

Mugar Ref. X GN471.4 H65 2000

Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft

Mugar Ref. X BF1566 G85 1989

INDEXES AND DATABASES.

JSTOR

Humanities Fulltext/Social Sciences Fulltext

LexisNexis Academic

EEBO: Early English Books Online

America: History and Life

INTERNET SOURCES.

Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive

ADDITIONAL LINKS.

Grammar and Citation Guides

Guide to Library Research

Locating Full-Text Articles

Barbara Maratos, Reference Librarian, Mugar Memorial Library

http://www.bu.edu/library/instruction/wr150newenglandwitchcraft.html

Updated May 15, 2008