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Librarian: David Bradshaw , ext. 3059
Books from local libraries:
Search the MCLN Catalog Other Library Catalogs--to see what's available at UNC-A and other local libraries
America History & Life
JSTOR--The Scholarly Journal Archive
Contains complete backfiles of 40 journals in history; lots of other subject areas that may be pertinent are covered also (including 8 journals covering African American Studies, 26 titles in Political Science, and 29 in Sociology).
Humanities Index
A pretty good index for journals in history.
Historic Events of the 20th Century
Nice overviews of the civil rights movement and the fall of communism in the former Soviet Union.
WorldCat
Searches the collections of libraries all over the world and indexes books, audiovisuals, & archival and manuscript materials.
NetLibrary
Around 30,000 electronic books.
History E-Book Project
Over 500 online books in the field of history.
You could try these interdisciplinary, full-text periodical databases which cover almost any subject area. There are over 7,000 full-text journal titles in these four databases, so they may be useful for secondary sources:
Academic Search Full Text Elite Info Trac Onefile MasterFILE Premier Proquest Research Library
New York Times
Back to 1959 on microfilm (since 1999 online).
Also, we have the Historical New York Times, which has complete page images of the entire newspaper back to 1851.
Other Possibilities:
American National Biography
Biography Resource Center
North American Women's Letters & Diaries
To Get Materials From Other Libraries:
*Use Interlibrary Loan (ILL) to borrow materials from other libraries. Request forms are available at the Reference Desk.
*Use Cooperative Borrower cards to borrow books yourself from other MCLN libraries and UNC-A. Ask for these cards at the Reference Desk. You can get library cards for the Asheville Buncombe Library System (public libraries) at any of their libraries.
Web Sites:
Documents Relating to American Foreign Policy
Topical Links for Cold War-era America
The Sixties Project Web Site
Historical Publications of the United States Commission on Civil Rights – since its inception in 1957, the United States Commission on Civil Rights has been at the forefront of efforts by the Federal Government and state governments to examine and resolve issues related to race, ethnicity, religion and, more recently, sexual orientation.
The History Project
American Memory Project--part of the American Digital Library Project of the Library of Congress, this site is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.
American Women's History: A Research Guide--a wonderful resource from MTSU, including lots of links to digital primary sources.
Documenting the American South--a great collection of primary documents.
Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement--from the archival collection in Duke's Special
Collections Library with a focus on the radical origins of the movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Internet Women's History Sourcebook--this collection of primary sources and meta-indexes deals
with women's history country by country, struggle by struggle.
Women in American History--a special multimedia exhibit from Britannica Online, including lots of primary documents.
Check out our list of other History Web Resources.
Use Search the Net to find your own sites using selected search engines.
Need a library refresher course??
Use Painless Library
Research for basic tips on using library resources and other info such as documenting sources (including great links to the Nuts and Bolts Guide and another great web site from the Duke University Libraries--both of these sites cover all of the major styles in easy-to-use formats).
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