HIST 395-012 American Labor History
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Cornell University Library Guides for Labor Research
Online
Citation Tools 
Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace
Davis Library Reference 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
Encyclopedia of U.S. Labor and Working-class History
Davis Library Reference HD8066 .A78 2006 (3 vols.)
Historical Encyclopedia of American labor
Davis Library Reference HD8066 .H57 2004 (2 vols.)
Work in America: an Encyclopedia of History, Policy, and Society
Davis Library HD8066 .W637 2003 (2 vols.)
St. James Encyclopedia of Labor History Worldwide: Major Events in Labor History and Their Impact
Davis Library Reference HD4839 .S74 2004 (2 vols.)
Catalog search tip: (encyclopedia or encyclopedias) and topic word.
Finding academic journal articles 
Example of an academic journal article
America History and Life
Indexes and abstracts journals covering U. S. and Canadian history.
EconLit
Comprehensive, indexed bibliography with selected abstracts of the world's economic literature.
Business Source Premier
Indexes business-related articles from over 8000 serials and other titles.
PAIS
Bibliographic index to the literature of public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general, from 1915 on.
Sociological Abstracts
Access to the world's literature in sociology and related disciplines, both theoretical and applied.
Academic Search Premier
Abstracts and references for articles from more than 8,200 scholarly, trade, and general publications.
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Finding Books 
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: "Pullman strike"
- LC Subject Heading: "Pullman Strike, 1894."
- LC Subject Heading: "Labor movement--Illinois"
- Keyword Search: eight-hour day
- LC Subject Heading: "Eight-hour movement."
- LC Subject Heading: "Hours of labor--United States."
- Keyword Search: "labor unions" bibliography
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Primary Sources -- Local
Finding Primary Source Documents
News Databases
Find several full-text historical newspapers
Microforms Collection
Lists newspapers held in Davis Microforms.
Readers' Guide Retrospective
Indexes popular periodicals from 1890 to 1982.
UNC Libraries Digital Collections
Catalog search tip: use terms such as "personal narratives," memoirs, letters, correspondence, diaries, records, archives, interviews, and sources.
Another Catalog tip: search names of persons or organizations as Authors. For example: Walter Reuther
Primary Sources -- Web
ArchiveGrid
Search descriptions of archival collections held by libraries and archives worldwide.
University of Washington Labor History
National Archives and Records Administration
Google Book Search and
Internet Archive
Items published pre-1923 are public domain.
Statistics
Stats DataFinder
Allows you to locate statistics and data sets.
Statistics (numeric data)
Lists a number of data sources.
Government Information
Introduction to United States Government Information Sources
Online and Davis Library Reference Z1223.Z7 M665 1999
LexisNexis Congressional
Online
Government Information
Lists several databases for identifying government materials.
Google Scholar
