University of New England

A Companion to American Thought

Communities Directory: A Guide to Cooperative Living

Dictionary of American Biography

Dictionary of American History. 5 vols. + supplements. New York: Scribner's, 1940+ [Ref 973.03/Ad1]

Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia of American Social History

Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology

Encyclopedia of Sociology

International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences

Reader's Companion to American History

Survey of Social Sciences

Alcott, (Amos) Bronson, 1799-1888

Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888

Amana Colonies Amana Commmunity Amana Society

Bishop Hill

Brook Farm

Cabet, Etienne, 1788-1856

Collective Settlements

Communal Living

Communes

Communitarianism

Community of True Inspiration

Cults

Fourier, Charles, 1772-1837

Fourierism 

Fruitlands

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935

Harmony Society

Harmonists

Hutterites

Icarian Commune Icarian Movement Icarias

Kerista Commune

New Harmony

Noyes, John Humphrey, 1811-1886

Oneida Community

Oneida Perfectionists

Owen, Robert, 1771-1858

Rajneeshpuram (Oregon)

Rapp, George, 1757-1847

Sears, Clara Endicott, 1863

Sects

Shaker / Shakers

Skinner, B.F. / Skinner, Burrhus Frederic

Social Movements

Twin Oaks (Louisa, VA.)

United Society of Believers

Utopian Literature

Utopias

Walden Two

Arts & Humanities Search indexes more than 1,300 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals and selected articles from more than 5,800 social science and science journals.  

ProQuest Research Library indexes summaries of articles from over 5,000 publications, with many in full text, full image format. Indexing and abstracting backfiles date back to 1986. Broad subject areas include the humanities and women's interest.

SocINDEX (SocioAbs) contains citations to articles in English language journals in sociology and other social sciences.

America: History and Life is the database of choice for American Studies topics. A:HL is a comprehensive file including abstracting and indexing of the full range of U.S. and Canadian history, area studies, current affairs and literature. It includes coverage of history, interdisciplinary studies of historical interest, and history-related topics in the humanities from 1982 forward.

The following journals from the UNE Libraries will be especially helpful:

Communal Societies, journal of the Communal Studies Association, is available in Dr. DeWolfe's office and at Bowdoin College Library. The table of contents are available online.

Communities: Journal of Cooperative Living is published by the Fellowship for Intentional Community. Various theme issues are available in Dr. DeWolfe's office.

Utopian Studies, journal of the Society for Utopian Studies, is available at the University of Maine in Orono.

Intentional Communities

Communal Studies Association

Cohousing Network

Ecovillage Information Service

Shakers at Sabbathday Lake