St Clare’s College, Waverley

SUBJECT Guide

Modern History: PRELIM & HSC RESOURCES

Printed Resources

NON-FICTION – Books for Modern History can be found in the 300 and 900 areas in the nonfiction section and include:

323:Civil and political rights 343:Military law 355:Military Science – alliances, forces, history 356-359:Warfare 909: World history 940:European history 940.4: World War 1 940.54: World War 2 942: Great Britain history 943: German history 951:China history 953: Japan history 973:U.S.A. history 994:Australian history

HSC COLLECTION – Study guides include Excel, Macquarie, Get Smart and Creelman. Location: Reference Section.

BIOGRAPHIES – Many people of historical significance have written books or have had books written about them. Location: Biography Section.

PAMPHLET BOXES - The boxes contain recent newspaper articles on various subject areas. Updated monthly. Relevant boxes include: Australia – History and War.

If you need help finding a resource, just ask Ms Saville for help.

Online Resources

Check St Clare’s Library on DELICIOUS

http://delicious.com/stclareslibrary/bundle:HSC Modern History - Links to Modern History resources can be found under the HSC Modern History tag bundle.ONLINE DATABASES: Key databases for modern history research

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St Clare’s College, Waverley

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Available through the State Library of NSW - eResources

American National Biography Online - offers portraits of more than 18,000 men and women, from all eras and walks of life, who have made an impact on the American nation. Research topics include extensive information on the Civil Rights Movement, Civil Rights leaders and activists, Civil Rights legislation, and Civil Rights Organisations.

Ebscoo Australian/New Zealand Reference Centre – Publications relevant

to Modern History include The Journal of History of Culture in Australia, Journal of Australian Studies, Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography, History Today, and World War 2.

o Academic Search Premier/Complete – Relevant publications include American Legacy, War in History, European History Quarterly, German History and Journal of Asian History.

Encyclopaedia Britannica – full text online access.

Proquest o Academic Research Library – Available through the Proquest 5000

database. Academic Research Library provides one-stop access to a wide range of popular scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers such as Journal of American History, Military History, European Review of History, History Today, History Review.

o Proquest Historical Newspapers - The collection offers primary source material essential to the study of American history and African-American culture, history, politics, and the arts.

Wilson Web: Humanities Full Text – Full text access to journals such as 20th C British History, Journal of South East Asian Countries and History Today.

HOW TO ACCESS: http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/databases/athome.cfm

Access is through the State Library of NSW card. Apply Online athttp://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/system/forms/selfreg.html. The card will be posted out to your home address for use anywhere online.

ONLINE DATABASES: Key databases for modern history research (continued)

Available through the National Library of Australia - eResources

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St Clare’s College, Waverley

SUBJECT Guide

American National Biography Online - offers portraits of more than 18,000 men and women, from all eras and walks of life, who have made an impact on the American nation. Research topics include extensive information on the Civil Rights Movement, Civil Rights leaders and activists, Civil Rights legislation, and Civil Rights Organisations.

JSTOR – relevant disciplines covered include African American History, History, Anthropology, Asian Studies and British Studies.

Project Muse – Access to full text, peer reviewed journals and all charts, images and graphs are also available. You can limit your search by discipline of History Journals include: Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Journal of Cold War Studies and the Journal of Policy History.

ACCESS: http://www.nla.gov.au/app/eresources/ Access is through the National Library of Australia card. Apply online at http://www.nla.gov.au/getalibrarycard. The card will be posted out to your home address for use anywhere online.

Audio Visual Resources

Check Clickview under the History folder for the following senior secondary videos: Conflict in Indochina: Post WW2, Australians in Vietnam, Kokoda, Causes of WW1, Speer & Hitler, Vietnam War and many more.

Other Resources

St Clare’s College ‘Guide to Referencing Assessment Tasks’ is available in the Library where you sign in and online at http://www.slideshare.net/stclareslibrary/avoiding-plagiarism-2515007

Check St Clare’s Library Delicious bookmarks at http://delicious.com/stclareslibrary

What’s the difference between primary and secondary sources? Here is a video from JSTOR explaining the difference.

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