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History

This page provides access to recommended primary and secondary sources for historical research.

Finding Articles — secondary sources [help]

America: History and Life - Index to articles and other sources on the history of U.S. and Canada from prehistory to the present

Historical Abstracts - Index to articles and other sources on world history from 1450 to the present (excludes U.S. and Canadian history; see America: History and Life)

International Medieval Bibliography - Index to articles, proceedings, and essay collections published worldwide covering the period between A.D. 400 and 1500

Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance - Index to articles and books published worldwide covering the Middle Ages and Renaissance (A.D. 400-1700)

Web of Science - Citation index for all disciplines (1977-present)

Finding Books — secondary sources

HopeCAT - Materials in the collections of Hope College Libraries and Western Theological Seminary

MeLCat - Materials in participating Michigan libraries

WorldCat - Materials in U.S. and international libraries

Humanities E-Book Project - A collection of more than 1,000 online books

Online Reference Sources — secondary sources

African American Studies Center - Full-text reference and related sources

Ancient Europe, 8000 B.C. to A.D. 1000: Encyclopedia of the Barbarian World (2004)

Credo Reference - History

including: The Encyclopedia of World History (2003),The Reader's Companion to American History, and others

Encylopedia of Western Colonialism Since 1450 (2007)

Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History (2000)

Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America (2000)

St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture (2000)

Oxford Reference Online - History

including: Dictionary of Contemporary World History (2003), Oxford Companion to British History (2002), Oxford Companion to United States History (2001), and others

Finding Articles — primary sources

Chicago Tribune (1849-1985, full text and full image, via ProQuest Historical Newspapers)

Harper's Weekly (HarpWeek; 1857-1889, full text and full image)

New York Times (1851-three years ago, full text and full image, via ProQuest Historical Newspapers)

Readers' Guide Retrospective - Articles on all topics between 1890 and 1982

Times of London (1785-1985, full text and full image, via Gale's Times Digital Archive)

Finding Books — primary sources

HopeCAT - Tips for finding primary sources

Primary Sources on the Web

Making of America - An online collection of sources related to American social history in the 19th Century

Cornell University MoA - Emphasizes periodical sources
University of Michigan MoA - Emphasizes book sources

American Memory - Library of Congress online collection of materials documenting American history

History on the Web - A webliography of sites dedicated to providing primary source historical information on the Web. Maintained by the University of Washington Libraries