United States (HIST300)
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Get Organized
Begin your research with an understanding of the process
Reference Sources
Here's a list of selected general History reference books (available in the Garver Room) that you may want to consider:
Ref 304.8 En19 Encyclopedia of American Immigration
Ref 920 Am35 American National Biography
Ref 973.03 D56 Dictionary of American History
Ref 973.03 EN192 Encyclopedia of American History
Ref 973.04 EN19 Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History
Ref 973.5 EN19 Encyclopedia of the United States in the 19th Century
Ref 973.7 EN19 Encyclopedia of the American Civil War
Ref 973.8 EN23 Encyclopedia of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Ref 973.91 AM34 American decades : 1900-1999
Ref 973.91 Am35r American Decades Primary Sources
American Indian Encyclopedias
Ref 970 Am35 American Indians
Ref 970.1 P93na Native Americans
Ref 970.5 P95a Atlas of American Indian Affairs
Ref 973.03 D56 Dictionary of American History
Ref 973.03 En19 Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History
Ref 973.03 En192 Encyclopedia of American History
Ref 973.03 W54a Atlas of Westward Expansion
Ref 973.5 En 19 Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century
Ref 978 En19 Encyclopedia of the American West
Search for your topics in our reference collection using Reference Universe
The reference books will give you an overview of your subject; check the bibliographies for further information. Remember to use cross references, indexes, and tables of contents to help you locate information.
Delve Deeper with Books
After getting an overview with reference sources, it is time to start searching the online catalog for books that focus more specifically on the topic you have chosen. Click on the links below to access Phillips Academy's library catalog, and to search for books in other libraries.
NOBLE Catalog To order books from libraries in our network, search the NOBLE Network. You will need a PIN number, which you can get from the circulation desk at the OWHL.
Massachusetts Virtual Catalog The Virtual Catalog will let you request an item statewide if it is not available in NOBLE libraries. If the item is available in NOBLE, you must request it through the NOBLE Catalog.
WorldCat Use this database to search library catalogs all over the country. If you find a book that you want, please talk to a librarian about ordering it!
Primary Sources
Read more about what primary sources are and how to find them.
Tip for finding primary sources
When using the Online Catalog, do a keyword search for your topic + the words primary source
Recommended Databases
Below you will find a list of recommended databases for you to use on this specific project. To see a list of all the databases the OWHL subscribes to, please visit the A to Z List of Databases. If you are trying to access these databases from off-campus, you will be prompted to enter your Library Card Number. This is your PA ID Number.
| Title of Database Click on to go to database | About the Database |
|---|---|
| American Indian History Online | A comprehensive collection that focuses on the lives and events which have shaped American Indian history and culture. Includes biographies, subject entries, primary sources, multimedia, etc. |
| African American Studies Center | A comprehensive collection that focuses on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture. Includes biographies, subject entries, primary sources, multimedia, etc. Learn more |
| American History Online | American History Online is an easy to use resource center that includes background information on all American History from the Colonial Era to the present. Includes biographies, events and topics, primary sources, timelines, images and video, etc. |
| American National Biography Online | The well known encyclopedia in an updated, online format. Learn more |
| American Periodicals Series Online | APS Online features over 1,100 periodicals spanning nearly 200 years from colonial times to the early 1900’s. Titles range from religious and historical journals such as The Dial and Southern Review to popular magazines like Vanity Fair and Ladies' Home Journal. |
| Historical Newspapers | This database searches 4 newspapers; Christian Science Monitor (1908-1991), New York Times (1851-2001), Wall Street Journal (1889-1987), and the Washington Post (1877-1988). Learn more |
| JSTOR | A full text collection of scholarly journals, many going back to the first issue. Learn more |
| New York Times Archive | The complete New York Times dating back to the first issue in 1851 |
| Project Muse | The Project MUSE® complete collection offers a comprehensive selection of prestigious humanities and social sciences journals to support a core liberal arts curriculum at any academic institution. Every journal is heavily indexed and peer-reviewed, with critically acclaimed articles by the most respected scholars in their fields. Learn more |
| Washington Post Archive - 1877 through 1991 | The complete Washington Post Newspaper dating back to 1877. |
Selected Internet Resources
| Title of Website | About the Website |
|---|---|
| The American Presidency Project | The American Presidency Project contains 76,391 documents related to the study of the Presidency. |
| Librarians's Index to the Internet | Visit this site to find US history websites recommended by librarians from all over the country. |
| American Memory | American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. |
| The American Civil War Homepage | The American Civil War Homepage gathers together in one place hypertext links to the most useful identified electronic files about the American Civil War (1861-1865). |
| Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (BETA) | Chronicling America enhances access to America's historic newspapers. This site allows you to search and read newspaper pages from 1900-1910 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. |
| History Matters | History Matters is a highly regarded gateway to web resources as well as a repository of unique teaching materials, first-person primary documents, and guides to analyzing historical evidence for high school and college students and teachers of American history. |
| Landmark Supreme Court Cases | This site includes a full range of resources and activities to support the learning of landmark Supreme Court cases, helping students explore the key issues of each case. The "Resources" section features basic building blocks such as background summaries and excerpts of opinions that can be used in multiple ways. |
| United States History: Digital Collections | Freely Available U.S. History Primary Sources on the Internet |
| Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse | Washington University in St. Louis has created a new database of materials related to civil rights courts cases, including settlements, court orders, opinions, and case study research. The cases are divided into categories including child welfare, immigration, election/voting rights, public housing, and school desegregation. |
| In the First Person | is a free, high quality, professionally published, in-depth index of more than 3,350 collections of personal narratives in English from around the world. |
| Presidents of the United States: Resource Guides | The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain a large selection of primary source materials associated with the presidents of the United States, including manuscripts, letters, broadsides, government documents, prints, photographs, sheet music, sound recordings, and films. |
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