History of New York City: Robert Moses: Home

Reference Sources

Biography Reference Databases

Find Primary Sources in Library Databases

Historical Newspaper and Journal Databases

• Always limit your search to the date range relevant to your topic.
• Try searching terms, phrases, etc. that were commonly used at the time in relation to your topic.
• Look for document-type limiters that may improve your results, such as article, commentary, editorial, front page / cover story, letter to the editor, etc

Historical Newspaper Databases

Journal Databases containing Primary Source Material

• Look for articles written by Robert Moses by searching him as an Author.

• Look for articles containing information about Moses by entering "Robert Moses" (in quotation marks) and leaving it at the default search in Academic Search Complete at "Select a Field (optional) and in JSTOR the default search "All fields."

• Remember to limit your search to the date range relevant to Robert Moses's active years.

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