United States History -- Selected Resources
This is a highly selective guide to reference resources for studying United States history at Carolina. The Library of Congress Subject Headings at the end of the individual sections should help you in searching the Library's catalog for additional materials. All Call numbers and Special locations are in Davis Library, Reference Department, unless otherwise noted.
I. Research Guides and Basic Bibliographical Resources
Research guides help conceptualize a research project, plan it wisely, identify basic resources, and provide initial bibliography. Bibliographical resources are also important to help identify and organize materials related to the research project. The titles below are examples of such guides and bibliographies.
American Historical Association's Guide to Historical
Literature. Ed. by Mary Beth Norton. 3rd ed. Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 1995.
RefDesk Z6201 .A55 1995
A major revision of a classic reference work. Cites both
primary and secondary material. Earlier 1961 ed. Retained
in Reference. (Also in UL)
Handbook for Research in American History: a Guide to
Bibliographies and other Reference Works. Francis Paul
Prucha. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press,
c1994.
Z1236 .P78 1994
A helpful researcher's guide to historical sources
including library catalogs, bibliographies, book reviews,
manuscript guides, newspapers, dissertations and theses,
biography, oral history, dictionaries,
encyclopedias,atlases,and federal government documents.
Harvard Guide to American History. Ed. by Frank
Freidel. Rev. ed. 2 v. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press for
Harvard University Press, 1974.
RefDesk Z1236 .F77 1974
Although dated, this resource is regarded as one of the
major guides to the study of United States history. Vol. 1
by topic, Vol. 2 by time period.
United States History: A Selective Guide to Information
Sources. Ron Blazek and Anna H. Perrault. Englewood,
Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1994.
Z1236 .B57 1994
An annotated guide arranged in two parts: 1. General
Sources which includes standard works such as
bibliographies, dictionaries, archives and manuscripts,
etc., and 2. Topic Issues such as diplomatic history,
military history, social history, etc.
B. Basic Bibliographical Resources
Bibliographies in American History: Guide to Materials
for Research. Henry Putney Beers. Rev. ed. New York: H.
W. Wilson, 1942.
Z1236.A1 B4 1942
A comprehensive bibliography for research, organized by
broad subject area.
Bibliographies in American History, 1942-1978: Guide to
Materials for Research. Henry Putney Beers.2 v.
Woodbridge, CT : Research Publications, 1982.
Z1236 .B39 1982
A two volume update of the 1st edition.
Bibliographies in History: An Index to Bibliographies in
History Journals and Dissertations Covering the U.S. and
Canada. Eric H. Boehm. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO,
c1988.
Z1236 .B48 1988
Volume I contains bibliographic articles and dissertations
contained in the database,
America: History and Life.
Historiography: An Annotated Bibliography of Journal
Articles, Books, and Dissertations. Susan K. Kinnell.
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-Clio, c1987.
Davis Z6208.H5 H57 1987
United States History: A Bibliography of the New
Writings on American History. Compiled by Louise A.
Merriam and James W. Oberly. Manchester: Manchester
University Press, 1995.
E178 .M47 1995
"A selected listing of writing on United States history
from the 1980s and early 1990s in English."
Writings on American History. Washington: American
Historical Association.
1902-1903,1906-1940,1948-1989/90
Davis Z1236 .W77
A bibliography of books and articles on American history.
To search for bibliographical resources in the library's
catalogs, use the following subject headings as
examples:
United States --History --Bibliography.
History--Study and Teaching--United States.
History--Research.
History--methodology.
United States--History--1933-1945--Bibliography
II. Background
Information
Tools such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks,
atlases, and chronologies provide basic, contextual
information and they can help you choose or refine a topic.
Also, many provide bibliographies.
The American Heritage Encyclopedia of American
History, general editor, John Mack Faragher. New York:
Henry Holt, 1998.
E174 .A535 1998
Dictionary of American History, rev. ed. Louise B.
Ketz, ed. Scribners, 1976. 8 vols./index.
E174 .D53 1976
Dictionary of American History. Supplement. Robert
H. Ferrell and Joan Hoff, Editors. New York : Charles
Scribner's, 1996.
E174 .D53 1976 Suppl.
Encyclopedic entries on people, places, events, themes.
Bibliography. (Also in UL)
A Dictionary of American History. Thomas L. Purvis.
Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell, 1995.
E174 .P87 1995
Encyclopedia of American History. Edited by Richard
B. Morris and Jeffrey B. Morris. New York: HarperCollins
Publishers, c1996.
RefDesk E174.5 .E52 1996
The Oxford Companion to American History. Thomas H.
Johnson. New York, Oxford University Press, 1966.
Davis E174 .J6
The Reader's Companion to American History. Eric
Foner and John A. Garraty, editors. Boston:
Houghton-Mifflin, c1991.
E174 .R43 1991
Some examples of subject headings that can help locate
resources such as the above:
United States --History --Encyclopedias.
United States --History --Dictionaries.
Atlas of American History. Robert H. Ferrell,
Richard Natkiel. New York: Facts on File, 1995.
G1201.S1 F4 1995
Atlas of American History. New York: Scribner,
1984.
G1201.S1 J3 1984
Historical Atlas of the United States, Washington,
D.C. : National Geographic Society, c1988.
G1201.S1 N3 1988
Mapping America's Past : a Historical Atlas. Mark C.
Carnes. H. Holt, 1996.
G1201 .S1 C3
(also in Maps.)
Typical subject headings in the library's catalogs for
finding maps:
United States --Historical Geography --Maps.
Country--History--Maps
Country--Historical Geography--Maps
The Almanac of American History. Arthur M.
Schlesinger, Jr., General Editor. New York: Putnam,
c1983.
Davis E174.5 .A45 1983
The American Years : A Chronology of United States
History. Ernie Gross. New York : Charles Scribner's
Sons, c1999.
E174.5 .G753 1999
The Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates. Gorton
Carruth. New York: HarperCollins, c1997.
RefDesk E174.5 .C3 1997
This Day in American History. Ernie Gross.
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2001.
E174.5 .G76 2001
An example of the subject heading that can help locate
resources such as the above:
United States --History --Chronology.
A. National and
Historical Bibliographies and Library Catalogs
These help identify books published in particular
countries, at particular times, and libraries at which they
can be located. Some are organized or indexed by subject.
American Bibliography: A Chronological Dictionary of All
Books, Pamphlets and Periodical Publications Printed in the
United States. . .from. . .1639. . .to. . .1820.
Charles Evans, ed. Often simply called "Evans." Chicago,
1903-59.
Z1215 .E92 13 vols. plus index. By year, then by author or
title. Now available on CD-ROM, under American Imprints.
Titles available on Microprint 1-6 and 1-7.
American Bibliography, a Preliminary Checklist,
1801-[1819]. Robert R. Shaw. New York: Scarecrow Press,
1958-1966.
This continues the work of the Evans bibliography. Titles
indexed are available in Early American Imprints,
1801-1819. 2nd series.
Microprint 1-3
Z1215.S48
A Checklist of American Imprints. Richard H.
Shoemaker. Scarecrow Press, 1964-
This carries on from the Shoemaker bibliography. Currently
covers 1820-1846.
Z1215 .C54
National Union Catalog, pre-1956 Imprints. Library
of Congress and American Library Assn. Mansell, 1968-1981.
Z881 .A1 U518
Useful in identifying titles published before 1956 and held
in the Library of Congress and other American libraries. By
author.
WorldCat.
This is an "online union catalog" of thousands of
libraries, mainly in the United States.
Reference houses many national bibliographies and catalogs of famous libraries, e.g., British Library, which help identify books published and/or held in certain countries.
Some examples of subject headings that can help locate
resources such as the above:
Bibliography, National--United
States--Bibliography
United States--Imprints
Catalogs, Union--United States
B. Guides to History Journals and Electronic Journals
Historical Journals : a Handbook for Writers and
Reviewers ,Dale R. Steiner, Casey R. Phillips,
Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., c1993.
Z6205 .S73 1993
Historical Periodicals Directory, Eric H. Boehm,
Barbara H. Pope, and Marie S. Ensign, editors, Santa
Barbara, Calif.: ABC-Clio, 1981-1986.
Z6205 .H654
Z6956 .G6 F94
Lists and annotates history journals by field.
An example of the subject heading that can help locate
resources such as the above:
History --Periodicals --Directories.
C. Journal Indexes and Abstracts
Serial Bibliographies and Abstracts in History.
David P. Henige. Greenwood Press, 1986.
Z6201 .A1 H45/1986
America: History and Life., 1954-
America: History and Life is a complete bibliographic
reference to the history of the United States and Canada
from prehistory to the present. Covering from 1954, the
database comprises almost 400,000 bibliographic entries.
The database covers over 2,000 journals published
worldwide.
PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service)
Online, 1972 to present.
Print, Row 7, Z7163.P86m 1914-1972.
A bibliographic index to the literature of public policy,
social policy, and the social sciences in general. Journal
articles; books; government documents; statistical
compilations; committee reports; directories; serials;
reports of public, intergovernmental, and private
organizations; and most other forms of printed literature.
Identifies indexing and abstracting services by subject
area.
PCI (Periodical Contents Index, 1770-1993)
"PCI currently indexes over twelve million journal articles
in 3,665 journals," in the humanities and social sciences.
A major retrospective electronic indexing project, this
covers mainly scholarly and academic journals from their
beginnings (some in the 18th century) to the 1990.
Air University Library Index to Military
Periodicals
This resource indexes a variety of English-language
military and aeronautical periodicals, covering important
articles, news stories, and editorials. It also includes
links to the full text of some articles. Coverage is from
1990, and hard copy before that is located in Davis
Reference Federal Documents. (Source: Vendor website)
Nineteenth Century Masterfile.
This resource indexes 19th century periodicals, some books,
some newspapers such as the New York Times, and some U.S.
government documents.
Other journal indexes that can be useful for more current
information include:
MasterFILE Premier
Full-text, 1990-present, and provides abstracts and
indexing for over 2,700 periodicals.
Expanded Academic ASAP
1980-present, and includes abstracts or references for
articles from more than 1,500 scholarly, trade and
general-interest publications, as well as references for
The New York Times.
Academic Search FullTEXT Elite
1984-present, and provides information from a wide range of
academic areas including business, social sciences,
humanities, general academic, general science, education
and multi-cultural topics.
Readers Guide to Periodical Literature. 1900 -.
Though magazine coverage varies over the years, this index
provides access to then-current popular periodicals such as
Newsweek, Time, Vanity Fair, etc.
Row 19
Some examples of subject headings that can help locate
resources such as the above:
United States --History --Periodicals
--Indexes.
History --Periodicals --Indexes.
Book reviews are helpful in identifying relevant books and are often indexed in regularly scholarly indexes such as America History and Life. Other generic indexes are:
Book Review Index. 1965 - . Covers scholarly and
general interest periodicals, newspapers, and other
specialized journals. By book author, with title
index.
Row 2
Book Review Digest
Indexes about 100 periodicals for reviews of
English-language fiction and nonfiction and provides
excerpts for many reviews. Reviews must appear within 18
months of publication and a book must receive a certain
number of reviews.
1906 to the present.
Row 2
Academic Search FullTEXT Elite
Expanded Academic Index.
This electronic index of about 1000 journals includes book
reviews.
ISI Citation Databases (Web of Science)
See Also the Davis Library Reference Department, Research Guide, Book Reviews.
E. Biographical Resources
Biography and Genealogy Master Index.
Indexing of thousands of biographical sources of the "who's
who" variety.
Biography Index
This indexes biographies and biographical sketches in
thousands of periodicals, journals, books, etc.
1946 to present.
Row 1
World Biographical Index.
"This database is based on the 5th edition of the World
Biographical Index containing about 2.4 million short
biographical entries for eminent individuals who lived in
North and South America, Western and Central Europe,
Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania."
American Biographical Archive [microfiche], Series I
and II. Laureen Baillie, Editor. Series I, London; New York
: K.G. Saur, [1986-1991], Series II, München : K.G.
Saur, [1993-
Microfiche 30-52
American National Biography, General Editors, John
A. Garraty, Mark C. Carnes. New York: Oxford University
Press, 1999.
CT213 .A68 1999
Dictionary of American Biography. Scribner's,
1928-55,
E176 .D563 10 vols. with index.
Supplements through 1980,10 vols.
Is updated by Scribner Encyclopedia of American
Lives,
E176 .D654 1998
The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, New
York : J.T. White, 1898-,
Davis E176 .N27
To find individual biographies in the library's catalogs,
use your subject's name as a subject heading:
Jefferson, Thomas
Lee, Robert E.
To find collective national biographies, try:
United States --Biography --Dictionaries.
Country Name--Biography--Dictionaries.
Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial
Times to 1970, Washington: U.S. Dept. of Commerce,
Bureau of the Census : U.S. Govt. Print.
Off., 1975.
RefDesk HA202 .B87 1975; Also available on CD-ROM in Davis
E-Ref, 10-147.
Statistical Abstract of the United States,
[Washington] U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Social and Economic
Statistics Administration, Bureau of the Census; for sale
by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1st-
1878.
RefDesk HA202 .A2; Backfiles are available in Bay 11,
Reference Room.
LexisNexis Statistical. " LexisNexis Statistical is a web-based service that provides indexing and abstracts from three databases: American Statistics Index (ASI), 1973-present; Statistical Reference Index (SRI), 1980-present, and Index to International Statistics (IIS, 1983-present.
United
States Historical Census Data Browser
"The data presented here describe the people and the
economy of the US for each state and county from 1790 to
1960."
Dissertations and Theses in
Libraries of Chapel Hill
This is a guide to locating UNC-Chapel Hill dissertations
and theses in the various libraries and collections in the
UNC-Chapel Hill system, and finding dissertations for other
institutions.
Digital Dissertations.
ProQuest Digital Dissertations, or Dissertations
Abstracts, indexes U. S. dissertations from 1861 to as
recent as last semester. The full text of dissertations
done at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
from 1997 on are available for free downloading in PDF
format.
Citations for dissertations from 1980 on include
350-word abstracts, while masters' theses from 1988
forward have 150 word abstracts. For both dissertations
and theses, from 1997 on, the citations also provide
24 page previews in PDF format.
The database covers work done at more than a thousand
institutions, primarily in the United States but also
in Canada and Great Britain, and at other European
universities for recent years.
Current Research@University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
Current Research@University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill provides indexing and some full text access
to dissertations completed here at Chapel Hill and
submitted to the Dissertations Abstracts database.
For dissertations done from 1997 on, both 24 page
previews and free downloading of the full text are available.
Dissertations in History; an Index to Dissertations
Completed in History Departments of United States and
Canadian Universities, 1873-1960, 1961-June 1970, 1970-June
1980. Warren F. Kuehl, Lexington] Univ. of Kentucky
Press. 1965, 1972, 1985.
Z6201.K8, Z6201.K88, Z6201.K82 1985.
Doctoral Dissertations in History. Washington,
American Historical Association, Institutional Services
Program. 1973/75-1993.
Z6205 .D6
Directory
of Dissertations in Progress
From the American Historical Association, this directory
lists "dissertations in progress at 171 academic
departments in Canada and the United States. These
dissertations in progress are submitted each summer by
departments updating the Directory of History
Departments and Organizations in the United States and
Canada, RefDesk D16.3.G8
Guide to Theses and Dissertations: An International
Bibliography of Bibliographies. Michael M. Reynolds.
Phoenix, Az.: Oryx Press, 1985. A classified bibliography
of dissertations with divisions for various nationalities
and subject disciplines, further subdivided.
Z5053 .A1 R49 1985
Primary sources are "firsthand" or "eyewitness" records: government documents, letters, diaries, autobiographies, organizational records, travel accounts, oral histories, etc. They are not always easy to identify and locate, but help is available in bibliographies, monographs, and articles. Primary sources are increasingly preserved in microform, and Davis Library collects these extensively. Electronic format is also a rapidly developing means of preservation and dissemination.
A. Personal Writings and Records
Individuals leave a wealth of personal writing that often can be richly utilized in historical research. Such writings include diaries and journals, autobiographies, memoirs, and correspondence. Some helpful tools are listed below.
An Annotated Bibliography of Diaries Printed in
English. C. S. Handley. Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England:
Hanover Press, 1997. This incorporates most of the work of
two earlier bibliographies of diaries in English: by
Patricia Havlice, (Ref. Z5301 .H38 1987) and Laura Arksey
(Ref. Z5305.U5 A74 1983).
CT25 .H363 1997
American Autobiography, 1945 - 1980: a Bibliography.
Mary Louise Briscoe, ed. Madison, WI: Univ. of Wisconsin
Press, 1982. This lists autobiographies published by
Americans in the time period indicated.
Z5305 .U5 A47 1982
Archives USA. This online source combines the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, the National Inventory of Documentary Sources, and a directory of manuscript repositories. It may also be useful for finding organizational records.
Documenting
the American South
"Documenting the American South (DAS) is a
collection of sources on Southern history, literature and
culture from the colonial period through the first decades
of the 20th century. The Academic Affairs Library at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill sponsors
DAS, and the texts come primarily from its Southern
holdings.
American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography.
Contains life histories of former American slaves and the
transcripts of actual slave interviews.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries, Colonial to
1950
Over 150,000 pages of published letters and diaries plus
4,000 pages of previously unpublished materials depicting
the personal experiences of hundreds of women.
Subject headings similar to the ones below in the Library's
catalogs can be used to find similar material.
American diaries -- bibliography
Diaries -- country name
Autobiography -- bibliography
Acheson, Dean, 1893 - 1971 -- Archives
The terms papers, memoirs, archives, archival resources,
sources, letters, correspondence are also often useful
in a keyword search in the catalog, e.g.,
(Cold War) and (memoirs or personal narratives)
Interviews with actual participants of historically important events are becoming a significant source of research material, especially for events of the 20th century. Often you can access transcripts of such interviews if not the actual tapes.
Oral History: A Reference Guide and Annotated
Bibliography. Patricia P. Havlice. Jefferson, NC:
MacFarland, 1985.
Z6201 .H 38 1985
Oral History Index: An International Directory of Oral
History Interviews. Westport, CT: Meckler, 1990.
D16.14 .O74 1990
To find information about oral history collections, try
subject headings such as: oral
history--bibliography
oral history--indexes
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- --Interviews.
Also try a Keyword search: Jimmy Carter and interviews
Organizational correspondence, papers, and archives are
included and/or referred to in a variety of sources. For
letters or papers, search the library's catalogs under the
organization's name as subject or author:
Subject: National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People. -- Archives
Author: Appalachian Trail Conference
More generally, the following terms are useful in subject and/or keyword searches for this type of material: letters, papers, memoirs, archives, archival resources, sources, and correspondence.
Accessible Archives.
The Accessible Archives databases contain the full text of
important American newspapers from the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries.
African-American Newspapers: The Nineteenth
Century.
A collection of African-American newspapers containing
information about the cultural life and history during the
1800s.
Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective.
This database contains the full text of major articles
gleaned from over 2,500 issues of The New York Herald, The
Charleston Mercury and the Richmond Enquirer, published
between November 1, 1860 and April 15, 1865.
Pennsylvania Gazette, 1728-1800
Published in Philadelphia from 1728 through 1800, The
Pennsylvania Gazette is considered The New York Times of
the 18th century.
The New York Times
Full text of the NYT from 1851 to date is available in the
Microforms Collections, and from the 1970s in LexisNexis
Academic. Indexing from 1851 to date is provided on Row 13,
and from 1989 to date by Proquest.
New York Times Historical Newspaper
"The New York Times, in the ProQuest Historical Newspapers
database, offers 3,400,000 pages of full-text and
full-image newspaper articles covering the entire
publishing history of the newspaper, from 1851 to 1999.
LexisNexis Academic
Some of the files go back to the 1970s.
Newspapers on Microform at Davis Library: a Listing by
Decade and Region. Thomas Peterson, comp. Rev. by
Maureen St. John-Breen. Chapel Hill: Microforms Collection,
Davis Library, 1999.
This guide, also available in the Microforms Collection,
lists newspapers that are available on microfilm in the
Microforms Collection, Davis Library. An alphabetical
version of the guide is available on the Web at
http://www.lib.unc.edu/reference/microforms/newsort.html
Ref Desk Z 6945 .U5754 1999
The North Carolina
Collection has extensive newspaper clipping collections
and should be consulted. Specifically for UNC-Chapel Hill,
use:
Daily Tar Heel Index. This covers from 1970 to
present. DTH archives from Oct. 1994 are available on the
Web at Daily Tar
Heel Online Archives. (This print index is also in the
North Carolina Collection.)
LH1 .U6 D34 Index
See Also the Davis Library Reference Department, Research
Guide, Newspapers in the
UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries and Sources for Newspaper
Research
Microform Research Collections. Suzanne Cates
Dodson. Meckler, 1984.
RefDesk Z1033 .M5 D64 1984
Provides descriptions, annotations, and other information
about several hundred major microform sets.
Microform Sets in U.S. and Canadian Libraries,
Report of a Survey on the Bibliographic Control of
Microform Sets Conducted by the Association of Research
Libraries Microform Project, Jeffrey Heynen, Washington,
D.C.: Association of Research Libraries, 1984.
Z1033.M5 H48 1984
Guide to Microforms in Print. Author, Title.
Guide to Microforms in Print. Subject.
Current years only.
Books in Print Stand Earlier eds. in Davis.
Typically useful subject headings for finding material that
has been microformed:
Microforms--Catalogs
United States--History, 1933-1945--Sources--Microform
catalogs
Davis Library has rich, extensive collections of United States government material and is a regional depository for federal government documents. Several excellent resources include:
How to Use the Major Indexes to U.S. Government
Publications. John M. Ross. Chicago, IL: American
Library Association, 1989.
Z1223.Z7 R67 1989
Introduction to United States Government Information
Sources. 6th ed. Joe Morehead. Libraries Unlimited,
1999.
RefDesk Z1223.Z7 M665 1999
Identifies and explains major U. S. government
sources.
(also in SILS, Law.)
Using Government Information Sources : Print and
Electronic. Jean L. Sears and Marilyn K. Moody Phoenix,
Ariz. : Oryx Press, 2001.
Refdesk Z1223.Z7 S4 2001
The Monthly Catalog of U. S. Government
Publications.
Online, 1976-; Paper, Wall Shelf 8-, 1885-
This resource indexes publications from the Congress and
the executive branch agencies.
Checklist of United States Public Documents,
1789-1909, 3rd ed. revised. U.S. Supt. of Documents,
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1911.
Wall Shelf 12, Z1233 .A113
This lists congressional and executive department
publications.
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Government Publications
of the United States, September 5, 1774-March 4, 1881,
Ben. Perley Poore, Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1885, New
York : Johnson Reprint Corp., 1962.
Wall Shelf 12, Z1223 .A 1885d pt.1, pt. 2.
Congressional Information Service, offers both print and electronic indexes.
GPO Access, can open up what is a valuable, but often mysterious, collection of materials.
See also the Davis Library Reference Department's Government Information Resources.
Typically useful subject headings for finding government
information include:
Government publications --United States --Handbooks,
manuals, etc.
Government publications --United States
--Bibliography.
V. Selected Primary Research Archives and Resources
Primary sources are "firsthand" or "eyewitness" records, and often are not published, but can be located in manuscript and archive collections. Following is a selected list of guides to manuscript collections and also a selected list of manuscript collections located in the Triangle area.
A Guide to Archives and Manuscripts in the United
States, Philip M. Hamer, ed. New Haven: Yale University
Press, 1961.
CD3022 .A45
Directory of Archives and Manuscript Repositories in the
United States., Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1988.
CD3020 .D49 1988
Documenting
the American South.
Documenting the American South (DAS) is a collection of
sources on Southern history, literature and culture from
the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th
century. The Academic Affairs Library at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill sponsors DAS, and the texts
come primarily from its Southern holdings.
Repositories of Primary Sources
"A listing of over 4700 websites describing holdings of
manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs,
and other primary sources for the research scholar."
ReadyNetGo: Internet Resources for Archives
B. Selected Archives and Manuscript Repositories
Documenting the American
South, Academic Affairs Library, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Documenting the American South (DAS) is a collection of
sources on Southern history, literature and culture from
the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th
century. The Academic Affairs Library at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill sponsors DAS, and the texts
come primarily from its Southern holdings.
Manuscripts Department, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Rare Book, Manuscript and Special Collections Library, Duke University
North Carolina Office of Archives and History
Manuscripts Reading Room, Library of Congress.
Special Collections of the University of Virginia.
Making of America - Cornell University Library
The Making of America project is a collaborative effort by
the libraries of Cornell University and the University of
Michigan to present digital copies of primary source
materials published in the United States from before the
American Civil War to the 1920s.
Making of America - University of Michigan
Library
The Making of America project is a collaborative effort by
the libraries of Cornell University and the University of
Michigan to present digital copies of primary source
materials published in the United States from before the
American Civil War to the 1920s.
VI.Additional Electronic Resources
Increasingly, research related materials, both primary and secondary sources, are being provided in electronic formats on the World Wide Web.
CD Sourcebook of U. S. History (CD-ROM). Infobases International, 1992. Provides mainly texts of significant original documents of American history, such as Mayflower Compact, the Declaration of Independence (both draft and final versions), the Federalist Papers, etc. E-Ref
See also the Davis Library Reference Department's, History Titles on CD-ROM.
The History Highway 3.0 : a Guide to Internet
Resources, Dennis A. Trinkle and Scott A. Merriman,
Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2002.
D16.117 .H57 2002
A very new and useful guide to Internet sites relevant to
historical research.
Internet Guide for History, John Soares, Belmont,
CA: Wadsworth, c2000.
UL D16.255.C65 S62 2000
C. Electronic Journals -- History
The library offers many journals in history electronically. See the Online Catalog, E-Journals Resource, Electronic Journals -- History
JSTOR
"JSTOR provides a collection of complete backfiles of
scholarly journals, starting with the first issues, many of
which date from the 1800s."
The World Wide Web provides many useful sites for historical research including, text archives sites, how to evaluate websites, and historical organizations. A few sample sites include:
National Records and Archives Administration
Quick Reference -- History Resources
American Historical Association
Organization of American Historians
Southern Historical Association
Voice of the Shuttle--General U.S. History Resources
Evaluating the Quality of Information on the Internet
Searching the Internet: Evaluation of Resources
For more Humanities,
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