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Subject Guide: History
Books
Selected Reference Books in McQuade Library (First Floor):
- A Guide to the Study of the United States of America (REF E156.299 .U53)
- American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature (REF D20 .A55)
- American National Biography (REF CT213 .A68)
- Dictionary of American Biography (REF E176 .D56)
- Dictionary of American History (REF E174 .D55)
- Dictionary of National Biography ( REF DA28.56)
- Dictionary of the Middle Ages (REF D114 .D5)
- English Historical Documents (REF DA26 .E55)
- Encyclopedia of the American Civil War (REF E468 .H47)
- The Cambridge History of the British Empire (REF DA16 .C252)
- The New Cambridge Ancient History (REF D57 .C252)
- The New Cambridge Medieval History (REF D117 .N48)
- The New Cambridge Modern History (REF D208 .N4)
- The Oxford Companion to United States History (REF E174.094)
- The Reader's Companion to American History REF E174.R43)
- Timetables of History (REF D11 .G78)
Search the NOBLE Web Catalog for more print and electronic books owned by McQuade Library. You can begin with a keyword or subject search of the catalog. History subject headings often start with a geographic heading, subdivided by subject and time. There are also subject headings for specific names of all kinds. Examples:
To find additional related subject headings, consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings (a set of red reference books located near the Reference Desk in McQuade Library).
Articles
Selected print indexes (located in the Reference Room):
- Humanities Index (1974-current) (REF A13 .H85)
- Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature (1890-current) (REF AI3 .R48)
- New York Times Index (1910-current) (REF AI.21 .N45)
- Boston Globe Index (1982-current) (REF AI.21.B6)
Search these databases to find articles:
- ABC-CLIO
contains America History and Life (American
History) and Historical Abstracts (World History).
- Academic
Search Premier is the world’s largest academic
multi-disciplinary database, providing full text for more
than 4,500 publications, including full text for more than
3,600 peer-reviewed journals.
- Biography
Resource Center contains award-winning biographies
from respected Gale Group sources. Search for people based
on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year,
nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria
to create a highly-targeted custom search.
- Expanded
Academic ASAP provides indexing and some full-text
articles on a variety of subjects, including history and related
topics.
- JSTOR contains back issues of core scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Some journals go back to the 1800's. (On-campus access only).
Web Sites
General Guides
- Academic Info: Your Gateway to Quality Information Resources
- Infomine: Scholarly Internet Resource Collection
- Librarians' Index to the Internet
- Virtual Library: History
- American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
- AmericanPresidents.org (President in History section contains biographies and timelines for each president and more; Presidency in Action section includes organizational chart of admin. units as well as essays and bibliographies on key areas of presidential responsibility (such as national security, etc.).
- An Outline of American History
- Avalon Project at the Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History, and Diplomacy
- Best of History Web Sites
- Digital History (a digital textbook featuring primary source material, subject guides, handouts, etc.)
- Documents for the Study of American History
- History Place
- HyperHistory
- Making of America
- National Archive Informatin Locator (NAIL)
- New American Studies Web
- POTUS (Presidents of the United States)
- Repositories of Primary Sources
- World Wide Web Links for History Teachers
Writing Guide
Local Resources