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Introduction to Library Research
Citing 
Writing and Citing - Refworks and Citation Builder
Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources From Artifacts to Cyberspace
Davis Ref Desk D5 .M55 2007
Carolina BLU Campus Delivery Service 
Through the Carolina BLU Delivery Service, you can request to have books and articles available at any of the UNC-CH campus libraries, as well as books and articles requested through interlibrary loan, delivered to the campus library most convenient to you.
Reference Sources
Dictionary of American History, 3rd ed.
Online & Davis Ref E174 .D52 2003 (10 vols.)
Americans at War: Society, Culture, and the Homefront
Davis Ref. E181 .A453 2005, 4 vols. See vol. 3.
Daily Life in the United States 1940-1959: Shifting Worlds
Online & Davis and UL E169 .K139 2000
Day by Day: The Forties
Davis Reference D427 .L4
Atlas of American History
Davis Ref Row 19a E179.5 .N37 2007
Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Times to the Present
Online and Davis Ref Desk HA202 .H57 2006, 5 vols.
You can find similar works by clicking on the Subject Headings in the catalog records.
Keyword Search: "Native Americans" encyclopedias
Keyword Search: football encyclopedias
American National Biography
Online and Davis Ref CT213 .A68 1999 (26 vols.). Also in UL and NCC.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
World Biographical Index Online
Secondary Sources -- Bibliographies
American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature, 2nd ed.
Davis Ref Desk Z6201 .A55 1995 (2 vols.)
UL Reference Z6201 .A55 1995 (2 vols.)
United States History: a Multicultural, Interdisciplinary Guide to Information Sources, 2nd ed.
Davis Reference E178 .P477 2003
Harvard Guide to American History
Davis Reference Desk Z1236 .F77 1974 (2 vols.). Also in UL Ref. and NCC.
Catalog Keyword Search: "Supreme Court" bibliography
Bibliographic Index Plus
Online and Davis Reference Z1002 .B593
Secondary Sources - Academic Journal Articles 
Example of an academic journal article
History Search
This combines Historical Abstracts (non-U.S. and Canadian history from 1450 to the present) and America: History and Life (U. S. and Canadian history).
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Secondary Sources - Books 
Example of an academic book (at least the catalog record for one)
Catalog Search Tips
Searching for books in the Library's catalog is often best done by either Keywords or Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH). Start with a Keyword search and identify one or more relevant books. Then look at the LC subject headings given to those titles. You can follow the subject heading links in the catalog to find similar books, or you can use the terms in the subject headings to revise your search strategies. Here's some sample searches.
Keyword Search: tobacco "North Carolina"
LC Subject Heading: "Tobacco--North Carolina--History."
LC Subject Heading: "Tobacco industry--North Carolina--history"
Keyword Search: Alleghany "North Carolina"
LC Subject Heading: "Alleghany County (N.C.)--History."
Keyword Search: "GI Bill" women
LC Subject Heading: "Women--Education--United States."
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Primary Sources -- Guides
Finding Primary Source Documents
The Information-Literate Historian: a Guide to Research for History Students. Chap. 6.
Davis Reference D16.2 .P71 2007
Doing Oral History: a Practical Guide
Davis D16.14 .R57 2003
The History Highway: a 21st Century Guide to Internet Resources
Online and Davis Ref D16.117 .H55 22006
You can find similar works by clicking on the Subject Headings in the catalog records.
Primary Sources -- Finding Aids
ArchiveGrid
Online access to descriptions of archival collections.
In the First Person
Index to letters, diaries, personal narratives, and oral histories.
Southern Historical Collection
Primary Sources -- Texts
UNC Digital Collections
Might be especially good for NC-related topics.
Google Book Search
Use to identify books written in the period.
Keyword Search: "World war 1939 1945" and "North Carolina" and "personal narratives"
Keyword Search: Greensboro business microfilm
Keyword Search: "North Carolina" and (textiles or textile) and (records or archives)
Keyword Search: "Native Americans" autobiography women
Author Search: "Duke University"
Primary Sources -- News
Newspapers in the UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries and Sources for Newspaper Research
Newspapers in Microforms Collection
Lists of newspapers that we hold in microform.
New York Times Historical Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution Historical Newspaper
Washington Post Historical Newspaper
Primary Sources -- Government
Introduction to United States Government Information Sources, 6th ed.
Online & Davis Ref Z1223 .Z7 M665 1999
Sourcebook to Public Record Information: the Comprehensive Guide to County, State, & Federal Rublic Records Sources
Davis Reference JK2445 .P82 S64 2005
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