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History and Current Affairs

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Background Information

NOTE: Encyclopedia Britannica and Wikipedia can help you familiarize yourself with a subject, but are not considered appropriate, citeable sources for a college-level research paper.

 

 

Key Databases

 

Key Newspapers:

  • Historical New York Times: Full text and images of the New York Times from 1851 to 2001.
  • Historical Wall Street Journal: Full text and images of the Wall Street Journal from 1889 to 1987.
  • Lexis Nexis: Full-text News from around the world.  Includes radio and television transcripts.
  • Proquest National Newspapers: Full-text access to 21 major U.S. newspapers including the Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, Denver Post, L.A. Times, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.

 

 

Recommended Websites for History

  • The Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History 's list of Historical Documents on the web is great place to look for Primary Sources in American History.
  • Looking for more Primary Sources on the Web? This is a trusted site that offers helpful links and tips.
  • Looking for information on Legislation? THOMAS provides information about current and past legislation from the Library of Congress. 
  • Check out the Smithsonian's History and Culture website for a wide variety of resources.
  • The National Archives offers a wide range of Unite States research material by dates, periods, events, people, and places.  
  • Making of America is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. Contains approximately 10,000 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints.
  • Looking for maps?  Try Historical Maps of the United States
  • No search on Ancient Greece or Rome is complete without Perseus, from Tufts University.
  • For more articles on Ancient History, see Livius.
  • Looking for information on the history of Empires?
  • Good website for timelines and synopses in World History.
  • An interesting and informative website on the history of Africa

 

Recommended Websites for Current Affairs

 

 Journals

  • Key Journals Available Online in History or in Politics and Government
  • Key Journals Available at the Library
    • The Economist
    • New Republic
    • Current Biography
    • Current History
    • Journal of World History
    • Vermont History

 

Books and E-Books 

Search the Library Catalog

To browse the stacks, check out these call number areas:

D: History (General)

DA: Great Britain

DAW: Central Europe

DB: Austria, Czech & Slovak Republics, Hungary

DC: France

DD: Germany

DE: Mediterranean, Greco-Roman World

DG: Italy

DH-DJ: Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemborg

DJK: Eastern Europe

DK: Russia and Poland

DL: Northern Europe and Scandanavia

DP: Spain and Portugal

DR: Eastern Europe and Turkey

DS: Asia

DT: Africa

DU: Oceania, Australia, New Zealand

E: America and the United States

F1-F975: United States (local history)

F1001-F1140: Canada

F1201-1392: Mexico

F1401-F3799: Central and South America, Caribbean

 

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