How Do I Do History Research?

Created by Kathleen Christy, 
Reference Librarian

Print Resources

Search Terms

Journals

Databases

Research on the Web

Associations on the Web

Print Resources in the Maryville College Library

The Cambridge Ancient History Reference 930 C178
Smithsonian Timelines of the Ancient World Reference 930.02 S6648 
Historical Fiction and Other Reading References for Classes 
Reference 016.823 L83h  
Reference Sources in History Reference 016.9 F919r  
North America in Colonial Times Reference 970.02 N8672 1998
The Dictionary of Dates Reference 902 K29d
The American Counties Reference 973 K16a  
Historic Landmarks of Black America Reference 917.304 C232h  
Words of the Vietnam War Reference 427 C593w  
Day by Day: The Forties Ref 909.824 L581d  
Congressional Quarterly Research Reports (formerly Editorial Research Reports)
Reference 320.9 E23  
The Cold War: 1945-1991 Reference 909.82 C6883  
Day by Day: The Fifties Reference 909.825 M572d  
Day by Day: The Sixties Reference 909.826 P243d  
Harper Encyclopedia of the Modern World Reference 903 H29  
New Atlas of the Bible Reference 220.93 N38n  
An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval and Modern 
Reference 902 L27e 1972  
Dictionary of Historic Documents Reference 016.9 K79d

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Search Terms to be Used in McQuest

History (Examine subheadings.  Different Results will be obtained using both Subject and Keyword searches.)

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Selected History Journals in the Maryville College Library

Current History
Eighteenth Century Life
Hesperia
Historic Preservation Forum
The History Teacher
International Social Science Review
Journal of American Folk-Lore
Journal of American Studies
Journal of Contemporary History
Journal of East Tennessee History
Journal of Medieval History
Magazine of History
New England Quarterly
Preservation
Southern Exposure
Southern Folklore
Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies
Tennessee Historical Quarterly

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Databases

JSTOR
ERIC
InfoTrac
Lexis-Nexis

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 History Research on the World Wide Web

Voice of the Shuttle: History Page http://vos.ucsb.edu/shuttle/history.html
Colonial Williamsburg http://www.history.org
Christopher Newport University’s gateway site: History Resources on the Internet http://www.cnu.edu/library/hist.html
Roger Williams University Libraries’ gateway site: History Resources on the Web http://www.rwu.edu/library/history.html
American and British History Resources on the Internet. Another great gateway site! http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rulib/socsci/hist/amhist.html
Index of Native American Resources on the Internet http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/
American Women’s History: A Research Guide http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html
Historical Text Archives http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/9061/index.html

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Associations on the World Wide Web

American Historical Association http://www.theaha.org/
Organization of American Historians  http://www.oah.org/announce/links.html

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Thanks to

Professor Catherine Lavender Department of History
The College of Staten Island of The City University of New York
The Department of History at Hanover College
Dr. Robert F. Pace Associate Professor of History, McMurry University
North Carolina State University History Department

Created by: Kathleen Christy
Last Update: June 7, 2000