When you are researching a specific topic, it is best to use subject databases to discover the full range of scholarship on a topic. However, when you wish to simply explore the field, it can be very useful to browse through journals that are specifically oriented to the topic at hand.
Depending on your topic and your angle, you may wish to search additional subject databases.
These e-journal collections provide access to many journals in the humanities, but they are more limited in coverage compared to subject databases. In most cases, it's better to search subject databases to identify articles, and then search the journal title in Primo to link to the materials in these e-journal collections.
Puget's Sound: a narrative of early Tacoma and the southern sound by 
Contested Boundaries: a new Pacific Northwest history by 
Tacoma its history and its builders: a half century of activity by Fort Nisqually: a documented history of Indian and British interaction by 
Framing Chief Leschi: Narratives and the Politics of Historical Justice by 
The Park Builders: A History of State Parks in the Pacific Northwest by 
Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest by 
Tainted Earth: smelters, public health, and the environment by 
National Park, City Playground: Mount Rainier in the Twentieth Century by 
Dangerous Neighbors: Volcanoes and Cities by 
Exceptional Mountains: A Cultural History of the Pacific Northwest Volcanoes by 
Shaping Seattle Architecture: a historical guide to the architects by 
Tacoma's Twenty-One Tales Every Student* Should Be Able to Tell - *Teachers, Too! by 
Speaking Out: twenty-one of Tacoma's social justice and civil rights champions by Use Primo to find resources at Collins Library and beyond. You will have plenty of time to request materials via Summit or ILL for your project, so start early!
When you find an item that seems relevant, look at its subject terms to find similar items. To do this, check the "Item Details" and simply click on one of the subject headings listed in the record for the book; the next screen will list all the books that share this subject term.
Here are a few examples of relevant subject headings, but there are many, many more:
If your article is not available at Collins Library, you've got another option for getting it. Use Tipasa, our interlibrary loan service.
Tipasa is linked to your library account so you'll need to log in to use it.
Once you are logged in, either go directly to Tipasa and manually enter the information, or, if you're using a database, look for a shortcut link to automatically fill out the form:
Allow at least a week for the article to come. If your article is delivered in electronic format, you'll receive an email with a link to follow as soon as it's arrived.
