HIST 691H-001 Honors in History
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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.)
Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd ed.
Online and Davis Reference BL31 .E46 2005 (15 vols.)
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History: the Black Experience in the Americas
Online; Davis Reference and Stone Center Reference E185 .E54 2006 (6 vols.)
Chronology of World History
Davis Ref D11 .M39 1999 (4 vols.). Also in UL.
Atlas of American History
Davis Ref Row 19a E179.5 .N37 2007
You can find similar works by clicking on the Subject Headings in the catalog records.
Keyword Search: "United States" "foreign relations" encyclopedias
American National Biography
Online and Davis Ref CT213 .A68 1999 (26 vols.). Also in UL and NCC.
LC Subject Search: missionaries biography dictionaries
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: Colonial India 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).
Academic Search Premier
Abstracts & references for articles from more than 8,200 scholarly, trade & general publications, & references for The NY Times.
Given the range of your topics, please click on "More Article Databases" below for relevant resources organized by broad disciplinary category.
More Article Databases | How Do I Find Articles? | How Do I Find an Article if it is not Full-Text? | How Do I Distinguish Different Types of Journals?
Secondary Sources - 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: Anglicans "American Revolution"
LC Subject Heading: "United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Religious aspects."
LC Subject Heading: "Anglican Communion--United States--Clergy--History--18th century."
Keyword Search: mental health law
LC Subject Heading: "Mental health laws--United States."
Keyword Search: Scots colonial North Carolina
LC Subject Heading: "Scots--North Carolina--History."
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Primary Sources -- Guides
Finding Primary Source Documents
ArchiveGrid
Online access to descriptions of archival collections.
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 -- Texts
UNC Chapel Hill Libraries Digital Collections
WWW-VL History Central Catalogue
Google Book Search
Search for pre-1923 imprints in particular.
Keyword Search: "civil rights" and (diaries or "personal narratives")
Keyword Search: "Andrew Jackson" microfilm
Keyword Search: "Long Civil Rights Movement" and (records or archives)
Primary Sources -- News
Newspapers in the UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries and Sources for Newspaper Research
News
Offers databases for searching news sources from the last 30 or so years.
Newspapers in Microforms Collection
Lists of newspapers that we hold in microform.
Primary Sources -- Government
Introduction to United States Government Information Sources, 6th ed.
Online & Davis Ref Z1223 .Z7 M665 1999
Guide to Official Publications of Foreign Countries, 2nd ed.
Davis Ref Desk J9.5 .G834 1997
International Information: Documents, Publications, and Electronic Information of International Governmental Organizations, 2nd ed.
Davis Ref JZ4850 .I58 1997 (2 vols.)
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