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Books

The Library uses the Library of Congress shelving arrangement.

Select areas:
C: Auxillary Sciences of History: History of Civilization, Heraldry, Biography, Diplomacy
D: History, General and History of Europe
E: History, America and the United States
F: History, United States and local history, North and South America

Basic Reference Sources

Location

American Civil War Reference Library an e-book
American Decades Primary Source an e-book
The American Heritage Encyclopedia of American History REF: E 174 .A535 1997
American Inaugurals: The Speeches, The Presidents, and Their Times an e-book
The Annals of America REF: E 173 .A 793
Dictionary of American History REF: E 174 .D 52 1998
Dictionary of World Biography REF: CT104 .D54 1998
Dictionary of European History and Politics, 1945 -1995 REF: D1051 .U78 1998
Encyclopedia of American Immigration an e-book
Historical Dictionary of United States Political Parties REF: JK2261 .B345 2000
Historical Statistics of the United States REF: HA202 .H57 2006
Middle Ages Reference Library an e-book
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford DNB -50,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2001
St. James Encyclopedia of Labor History Worldwide: Major Events in Labor History and Their Impact an e-book
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture an e-book

Find Articles and Other Materials

Select PC Indexes and Databases

America: History and Life 1966+
American history abstracts from the leading professional journals
Early Encounters in North America Document the relationship among the peoples in North American from 1534 - 1850. Focuses on personal accounts and observations. Contains approximately 100,000 pages of text, includes maps and more than 1,200 images.
International Medieval Bibliography A leading interdisciplinary bibliography of the European Middles Ages, covering Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa in the period 400-1500.
Historical Abstracts World history abstracts from leading professional journals

General

Academic Search Premier Indexes and links to actual articles in major scholarly journals including History and related disciplines

Key Journals

American Historical Review Print/Online
Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research Print/Online
Comparative Studies in Society and History Print/Online
The Historian; a Journal of History Print/Online
The Historical Journal Print/Online
Historical Research Print/Online
History Print/Online
History and Theory Print/Online
Journal of Modern History Print/Online

Select Websites

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Library of Congress: History Matter

Digital History

The Archive of Early American Images (John Carter Brown Library)  
Electronic Journals for History

In the First Person: Indexes to Letters Diaries, Oral Histories, and other Personal Narratives

Historical Publications of the United States Commission on Civil Rights
In Motion: The African American Migration Experience

Writing Guides

Location

Pocket Guide to Writing in History REF: D13 .R295 2001
APA Online A portion of the Publication Manual
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association Print copies are available REF BF76.7 P 83 2003 and Circulation Desk Reserves
Citing Sources Examples of APA, MLA and Chicago Citation styles
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Last revision to this page : 13 June 2007