Contents
Getting started
Finding journal articles
Other resources for history
Primary sources
Getting started with a topic?
NB: Get an overview of a historical topic in encyclopedias, but do not use them as a source in your bibliography! There are several more in the print reference collection, e.g. Dictionary of the Middle Ages, 18 vols., The Oxford Encyc. of Mesoamerican Cultures, 3 vols.
ENCYCLOPEDIA: Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, REF DT 58 .O94 2001
ENCYCLOPEDIA: Ancient Europe, 8000 B.C. to A.D. 1000: Encyclopedia of the Barbarian World
ENCYCLOPEDIA: Encyclopedia of the Renaissance, REF CB 361 .E52 1999
ENCYCLOPEDIA: Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation, REF BR 302.8 .O93 1996
ENCYCLOPEDIA: Europe 1789 - 1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of Industry
ENCYCLOPEDIA: Europe Since 1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of War and Reconstruction
ENCYCLOPEDIA: American Revolution Reference Library
ENCYCLOPEDIA: American Civil War Reference Library
Facts.com
- 1940- present + selected older material, updated daily
- Answer questions about events, issues, statistics and people of the last 60 years.
Finding journal articles
Top 2 recommendations:
- Covers world history from 1450-onward. Publication dates from 1954-onward.
- Covers history of the United States and Canada from pre-history to date.
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World history
Academic Search Elite
- use for ancient topics through 15th century, instead of Historical Abstracts which is 1450 onward.
Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance: Iter
- an index to scholarly articles
- citations only for the full runs of 730 scholarly journal titles
JSTOR
- full text of the back volumes (current 4 years are excluded) of scholarly journals from history and cross disciplines
- free-text searching only; no subject field to search within
- can limit searches to within certain journals
United States history
Academic Search Elite
Tobacco in History and Culture: An Encyclopedia
St. James Encyclopedia of Labor History Worldwide: Major Events in Labor History and Their Impact
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Historical newspapers - Full-text and full-image
- journalists' coverage of world events, editorials, political cartoons
- can search one newspaper or all four at once, by date range, by keyword, personal name, limit to front page
Proquest Historical Newspapers
- Christian Science Monitor - 1908 to 13 years ago
- New York Times - 1851 to 3 years ago
- Wall Street Journal - 1889 to 1987
- Washington Post - 1877 to 16 years ago
History of religions
Religion Index by ATLA
Looking for primary sources?
- a list of reputable Internet sites selected by librarians containing full-text primary source materials
General, multiple topics
Avalon Project by Yale University
Internet History Sourcebooks by Fordham University (Africa, Ancient, East Asian, Islamic, Women, & more)
EuroDocs by Brigham Young Univ.
World War I
World War II (Avalon Project)
Middle ages
ICLNet Guide to Early Church Documents
Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Labyrinth
U.S. history
American Memory Project
Documenting the American South
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln
Internet Modern History Sourcebook
Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents
- primary source material on the early Jesuit exploration of North America
Primary Documents in American History (Library of Congress site)
- choose from three eras: 1763-1815, 1815-1860, or 1860-1877
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This page compiled by Inga H. Barnello. Updated October 21, 2009.