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National History Day
National Contest - June 15-19, 2008
State Contest - April 28, 2008
University of Maryland
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History Day
Theme for 2008: Conflict & Compromise in History
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Book Locators
Library Catalog of the Helin consortium  
   
The library uses the Library of Congress
shelving arrangement.
 
   
Key Letters for the Library of Congress

Compared to Dewey Decimal areas

C: Auxiliary Sciences of History:
History of Civilization, Heraldry, Biography, Diplomacy

920 Biography

D: History, General and History of Europe

914 History of Europe

E: History, America and the United States

917 History of the United States
 

Examples of Reference Works

The American Heritage Encyclopedia of American History REF E174 .A535 1997
The Vietnam experience : a concise encyclopedia of American literature, songs, and films REF DS557.73 .H55 1998
St. James encyclopedia of popular culture REF E174 .D52 1976
Women's studies encyclopedia REF HQ1115 .W645 1999
Propaganda and mass persuasion REF HM1231 .C85 2003
 
Find Articles and Other Materials 

Select PC indexes and databases

CQ Researcher plus Archivea
This service examines conflicts in history from 1923 to the present. Provides a factual, objective survey of key figures and incidents

Academic Search Premier

Indexes and links to actual articles in major historical
scholarly journals and in related disciplines.
Reader's Guide, 1983+
Provides indexing for the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States..
Reader's Guide Retrospective
Archival index for the most popular general interest periodicals
America: History and Life
               
American history abstracts from leading professional journals.

Historical Abstracts

World history abstracts from leading professional journals. Contains historical coverage of the world from 1450 to the present.
JSTOR
 
New York Times
Covers world news from 1980
Historical New York Times
The historic text of the New York Daily Times and New York Times. 1851+
Project Muse
 
Free Internet Sources
Library of Congress
 

American Memory Project

 
National Archives and Records Administration
 

Acquiring journal articles

Re: Electronic Copies. The databases may link to electronic journal articles.

Re: Print Copies.

Providence College stores the most recent 10 years on the Main Level (present to 1998)
Approximately the next 20 years are stored on the second level. (1981-1997)
Journals prior to 1981 are stored on the lower level. (pre-1981 Rm. 125, lower level)

Specific dates for a selection of older print journals:
P=print; M=microform; O=online

 

America : 1909-1959(P); 1960-1995(M); 1996-(O)

Atlantic Monthly 1878-1976(P); 1977-1993(M); 1994-(O)

Commonweal: 1924-1963(P); 1964-1993(M); 1994-(O) Harper's 1850-1942(P); 1977-(M)
Nation: 1865-1967(P); 1968-1994(M); 1994-(O)

New Republic: 1915-1952; 1966-(M)

New Yorker: 1939-1960(P); 1961-(M) Saturday Review 1924-1986(M)

Time: 1925-1995(M); 1996-(O)

U.S. News and World Report: 1966-1995(M);1996-(O)

 

 

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