Primary Source Analysis
Audio Recordings as Primary Sources
Magazines in Print
Issues of old magazines are bound together and available for check-out from the Library.
To search for a particular magazine:
- Search for the magazine in the Journal Search view in UC Library Search.
- Click on the title of the magazine.
- Under "How to Get It" you can tell which library has the bound copies of the magazine. The call number will tell you where it is on the shelf. Note: many of the older magazines will be stored in SRLF. You can log in to your library account and request to have them sent to pick up at the library of your choice. Many of the magazines will be on the third floor of YRL, in the AP2 section as well.
Here are some possibilities:
Books in Print
To find books in UCLA Library's physical collection:
- Open UC Library Search with the "UCLA Library (Excluding Articles)" scope.
- Select the material type "Book."
- Enter a date range that fits with your topic.
- Enter your keyword or title.
- Search!
- You will get e-book results with this search. There is no way to filter for print materials directly. Once you get your results, you can use the "UCLA Library filter" on the left to select certain libraries. It is recommended that you use libraries like YRL, Powell, Music, Biomedical Library, and Science and Engineering Library and the Arts Library, as they have many materials ready to check out on site.
Museums
- Hammer MuseumThe Hammer Museum at UCLA features a diverse selection of art and artists across cultures and time periods and is located walking-distance from campus. On starting February 11th: "Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s."
- Los Angeles County Museum of ArtLACMA is the largest art museum in the western United States, with a collection of more than 142,000 objects that illuminate 6,000 years of artistic expression across the globe. On now: "Painting in the River of Angels: Judy Baca and The Great Wall" and "Vincent Valdez and Ry Cooder: El Chavez Ravine."
- California African American MuseumThe first African American museum of art, history, and culture fully supported by a state, CAAM was the direct result of a sustained, multiyear campaign of activism undertaken by visionary founders and community members.
- Chinese American MuseumSymbolically housed in the oldest and last surviving structure of Los Angeles’ original Chinatown, the 7,200 square foot Chinese American Museum (CAM) embodies a cultural and physical link to the past, as well as a promising point of entry for the city’s multicultural future.
- Japanese American National MuseumThe mission of the Japanese American National Museum is to promote understanding and appreciation of America’s ethnic and cultural diversity by sharing the Japanese American experience.
- The Korean American National MuseumThe Korean American National Museum's mission is to preserve and interpret the history, experiences, culture and achievements of Americans of Korean ancestry. In accomplishing its mission, the Museum works to become a center for cultural exchange and education, a catalyst for sharing ideas and resources, and a center for promoting and celebrating the diversity of culture in this country.
- LA Plaza de Cultura y ArtesLA Plaza de Cultura y Artes—LA Plaza—is an institution of stories that makes known the role of Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and all Latinos in shaping the past, present, and future of Los Angeles.
- Autry Museum of the American West Online CollectionsCollections cover documenation of the American West, including music, radio, television and film history, Gene Autry archives, plus TV scripts and stills.
- GRAMMY MuseumThe GRAMMY Museum explores and celebrates the enduring legacies of all forms of music; the creative process; the art and technology of the recording process; and the history of the GRAMMY Awards, the premier recognition of recorded music accomplishment.
- Academy Museum of Motion PicturesThe Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is the largest museum in the United States devoted to the arts, sciences, and artists of moviemaking. Current exhibitions include objects from the filming of The Godfather series, filmed in the early 70s.
- UCLA Public Art CollectionImages of artwork located in public spaces across the UCLA campus (in ARTstor, via JSTOR Forum). Does not include work under the curatorial purview of the Fowler Museum, the Hammer Museum, or the Medical Center Art Collection.
