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*United States History American History: American History Resources

Secondary and primary sources related to American history.

Article Indexes for U.S. History

America: History and Life This link opens in a new window
U.S. and Canadian history, with some articles that do not appear in JSTOR, including recent issues.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Full-text searching of humanities and social science journals. May not include recent issues.

Getting Started with a Topic

Oxford Encyclopedia of Social History
Information about the history of everyday life in America.
Atlantic History - Oxford Bibliography
Great starting point for research, with lists of relevant works by topic.

Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new window
Collection of authoritative histories.

Blackwell Companions to American History
Collections of essays on aspects of American history.
Columbia Guides to American History and Cultures
Chronologies and extensive bibliographies including primary sources.

Researching People

Biographies published as books can be found in CBBCat by searching a name (last name, first name) as a Subject.

You can also find anthologies of biographies in CBBCat by searching for kinds of people plus the term "Biography" (e.g. African Americans Biography).

American National Biography This link opens in a new window
Biographies of prominent men and women, including images and bibliographies. Limited to one user at a time.

Oxford African American Studies Center: Biographies
Includes African American National Biography and Black Women in America.

Ancestry Library This link opens in a new window
Historical census records and city directories; the source most likely to contain information about less well-known people.

Unlike individual subscriptions to Ancestry.com, does not include the option of developing a linked online genealogy.

Christine Murray

Contact:

Ladd Library 132
(207) 786-6268
cmurray2@bates.edu

I am usually at the Research Desk Mon. 10-1, Tues. 6-9, and Thurs. 1-4

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