When researching Pepperdine, the Boone Special Collections and Archives is the place to start. Contact the Archivist, Chris Miehl (chris.miehl@pepperdine.edu or 1-310-506-4323), explain your topic and set up an appointment.
You may also find helpful information in the student newspaper, The Graphic.
Older issues of The Graphic may be found in Special Collections or on microfilm (a microfilm reader is located in ACE)
Search the library catalog for Pepperdine University history to find both archival materials and books, including Crest of a Golden Wave: Pepperdine University 1937-1987 (available as an ebook) , The Malibu Miracle: a memoi , by William Banowsky, fourth president of Pepperdine (LD4561.P428 B36 2010), and Quest for Distinction, by W. David Baird, sixth president of Pepperdine (LD4561.P428 B35 2016).
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Super Courses by Pepperdine Libraries provide full complimentary access to NYTimes.com, New York Times mobile apps, and New York Times in Education. **Access requires logging in with a Pepperdine email on the NY Times homepage. Find step-by-step log-in instructions on the access guideto log in.**
Access leading digital magazines on your mobile device with Flipster, the digital magazine newsstand from EBSCO.
When you see something of interest, note the terminology that is used in the discussion. Try to isolate key concept words or key phrases to use when searching the online catalog and electronic databases.
Information on social issues including articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, interactive maps, videos, and streaming audio.
Whether you are researching a topic that's new to you or just need a few quick facts, reliable information can be found in reference books.
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This database features a box you can check to limit your search to scholarly/peer-reviewed articles. You can Choose Databases to add additional EBSCOhost databases, such as Art Full-Text, Education Full-Text, ERIC, Music Index, or SPORTDiscus, and simultaneouly search them.
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These databases contain scholarly journals and ebooks in a wide variety of subjects.
Full-text current and archival articles from scholarly journals covering literature and criticism, history, performing arts, cultural studies, education, philosophy, political science, gender studies, and more.
Access to The New York Times (1980 - present), Washington Post (1987 - present), Los Angeles Times (1985 - present), Chicago Tribune, (1985 - present), and Wall Street Journal (1984 - present).
Includes full-text of the Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper from 1934 to 2010.
Features news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis®—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. For help on how to use Nexis Uni, visit the research guide.This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
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