wiser: sources for us history
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WISER: Sources for US History. Jane Rawson Vere Harmsworth Library. Summary. Finding publications/bibliographic sources Primary sources Special collections & archives On the web Further help and guidance Demonstration & hands-on time. Finding publications. Vere Harmsworth Library - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
WISER: Sources for US History
Jane Rawson
Vere Harmsworth Library
Summary
• Finding publications/bibliographic sources
• Primary sources
• Special collections & archives
• On the web
• Further help and guidance
• Demonstration & hands-on time
Finding publications
• Vere Harmsworth Library
• Books & journals
• Journal articles
• Dissertations & theses
• Electronic resources
• America: History & Life
Early printed books
• Early American Imprints I: Evans • Early English Books Online (EEBO)• Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)• Google Books/Internet Archive• Making of Modern Law• Making of America (Cornell, Michigan)• Microform collections in the VHL
Newspapers & magazines
• American Periodicals Series
• 19th Century US Newspapers
• ProQuest Historical Newspapers
• Chronicling America• Ethnic NewsWatch
• Black Journals• Nexis UK (current)• Early American
Newspapers• Print news magazines in
VHL & Bodleian• Other libraries/online
Official Papers, Government Publications, etc. (Domestic)
• Monthly Catalog• US Congressional Serial
Set• Congressional Record &
predecessors• House & Senate Journals• Congressional Committee
Hearings
• American State Papers• Colonial State Papers• Other early State Papers• Presidential Papers• HeinOnline• FDSys
Official Papers, Government Publications etc. (Foreign)
• Foreign Relations of the United States
• Digital National Security Archive
• Declassified Documents Reference System
• Confidential Print North America
• 19th C Diplomatic Despatches & Instructions
• HeinOnline• FDSys
Censuses, Statistics, Data
• Print census volumes and www.census.gov • Historical Census Browser (University of Virginia)• Footnote.com Census Project• Historical Statistics of the United States• Online eg. Gallup Presidential Job Approval Center• Opinion polls: iPoll, Gallup Poll
Papers, Archives, Special Collections
• VHL microforms• Rhodes House Library• Bodleian Library• Elections Archive (VHL)• Online• Finding aids
Audio-visual sources
• Lyndon B Johnson Telephone Conversations• Presidential Recordings Program (Miller Center)• YouTube
– Library of Congress– National Archives– Presidential Libraries
• Library of Congress (National Jukebox)
Biographical sources
• American National Biography• World Biographical Archive• Who’s Who• Biographical Directory of the United States
Congress
Other e-resources (OxLIP+)
• Early Encounters in North America• North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries and
Oral Histories• North American Women’s Letters and Diaries
On the web
• VHL on delicious (http://delicious.com/vhllib) • State Digital Libraries & Historical Associations• Library of Congress
– American Memory
• Hathi Trust• Footnote.com
More guidance and help
• Online Guide to US History Sources http://ox.libguides.com/ushistory
• US Studies Resources Blog http://vhlresources.blogspot.com
• Full presentation
http://slidesha.re/lxtcJL • Email [email protected]
Demonstration/Practice
http://ox.libguides.com/ushistory