Jacqueline Solis
Reference Librarian
Davis Library Reference Dept.
jsolis@email.unc.edu
962-1151
Tommy Nixon
Humanities Librarian
Davis Library Reference Dept.
tommy_nixon@unc.edu
962-1151
Introduction to Library Research
The Media Resources Center owns many films depicting the South. Look at the list of Southern films, or search with FilmFinder.
The
new encyclopedia of Southern culture / Charles Reagan Wilson, general editor
Davis Library: F209 .N47 2006
The South / edited by Rebecca Mark and Rob Vaughan
Manuscripts Department Reference: F209 .S68 2004
Search the UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries' Catalog
Example of an academic book (at least the catalog record for one)
Advanced Search | Search Tips | How Do I Find Books? | How Do I Read a Call Number?
Example of an academic journal article (click on the pdf to view)
Academic Search Premier
Abstracts & references for articles from more than 1,500 scholarly, trade & general publications, & references for The NY Times.
America, History and Life
An index for North American history consisting of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations & book reviews.
Expanded Academic ASAP
Provides information from a wide range of academic areas including business, social sciences, humanities, general academic, general science, education and multi-cultural topics.
JSTOR
JSTOR provides an image archive of important scholarly journal literature in nearly all the humanities and social sciences disciplines, international and foreign areas studies, and many of the sciences.
MLA International Bibliography
A major index for literary criticism, linguistics, folklore & cultural studies.
To find more databases related to Southern culture, go to the American South section of the Article Databases page. Databases in the African-American Studies section may also help you.
The Accessible Archives
Contain the full text of important American newspapers from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Includes nineteench century African American newspapers.
LexisNexis Academic
Provides full-text access to general, regional and international news, and other topics such as biographical information.
New York Times
Historical Newspaper
Offers full-text and full-image newspaper articles covering the entire publishing history of the newspaper, from 1851 to 2001.
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?
American Civil War: Letters and Diaries
Over 400 diaries and collections of letters written by men and women on both sides of the Civil War.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries
Over 1000 diaries written by American and Canadian women, in full text.
Resources Homepage
To Kill A Mockingbird Guide
Milltown Material Culture Guide
Personal Probate Inventory
Southern Object Essay Guide
Southern Resources Online
Southern Films at UNC Libraries
Southern Object Essay (. doc)
Sample Southern Object Essay (.doc)
Agate Hill Assigment (.doc)
Final Paper (.doc)
Dr. Ferris's Book Review Guidelines
Dr. Ferris's Essay Writing Guide
UNC-Chapel Hill's Writing Center
Style Guide
Avoiding passive voice:
Active and Passive Voice
Verb Tenses
Passive Voice
North Carolina Pottery Fieldtrip (.doc)
Documenting the
American South
Digitized materials, including photos, in a variety of subjects relating to Southern history and culture.
Southern Folklife Collection
Manuscripts, images, audio, and
texts about folklife in the South.
Southern Historical Collection
Journals, photographs, letters,
videos, oral histories, and other primary documents relating to Southern life in the past and present.
Southern Oral History Program
Wilson Library has this collection, which can be searched by topic. Over 4000 oral histories are available, 500 of which are online.
UNC's Digital Collections
UNC's libraries have digitized many collections of photographs, exhibits, and artifacts. Most deal with life in the South, throughout various eras.