HIST 313--Modern American Social History--Peitscher
"Highlight a Hero"
Page author: Paula Olsen
FACTS
Library resource:
- American National Biography: Authoritative source. Published by Oxford University Press. Edited by historians from colleges & universities across the country. Biographees must be dead.
Web resource:
Useful for background information and to help you familiarize yourself with a subject, but generally not considered an appropriate source to cite for a college-level research paper. Check the "References" and "External links" section of Wikipedia, if available.
VISUALS
Library resource:
Digital library of nearly one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and the social sciences.
Web resource:
PRIMARY SOURCES
Web resource:
Library resource:
Library catalog—search for a book about your hero. You will often find primary source material in a book in the form of letters, diaries, documents, or photographs.
REFERENCE BOOKS
- American National Biography / CT213 .A52 1999 multi-vols.
- Current Biography / CT100 .C97 multi-vols.
- Notable American Women 1607-1950 / CT3260 .N57 1971 3 vols.
- Women in World History / HQ1115 .W5 1999 multi-vols.
ARTICLES
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