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December Holidays

by Samantha Silver on 2020-12-11T09:38:34-08:00 in Cultural Studies, History | 0 Comments

With the end of the Fall term and the December holidays upon us, let's take a moment to explore how these holidays are represented in the Libraries' databases.

In Infobase's American History database, one will find articles with interesting facts about how holidays were celebrated in the past.  Also, check out the photograph and video collections.  Just type in a holiday name and browse the results.

Christmas tree in Washington Square Park image from American History Database

Use the tags on the right-hand side of each record to find other, related materials.

In Credo Reference, one can find topic pages, which include concept maps of various (hyperlinked) terms that relate to the holiday as well as many encyclopedia and dictionary articles.

Topc page for Kwanzaa from Credo Reference  

Screen shot of a Credo Reference topic page for Chanukah.

Along the right-hand side of all of Credo's Topc pages, one will find links out to articles and primary source material in other library databases, like ProQuest and JSTOR.

Another source for holiday information is in our online subject encyclopedias.  

Cover ArtEncyclopedia of Food and Culture by Solomon H. Katz; William Woys Weaver
ISBN: 0684314169
Publication Date: 2004-02-01

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