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WISER: Sources for US History Jane Rawson Vere Harmsworth Library

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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 Presentation

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WISER: Sources for US History

Jane Rawson

Vere Harmsworth Library

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Summary

• Finding publications/bibliographic sources

• Primary sources

• Special collections & archives

• On the web

• Further help and guidance

• Demonstration & hands-on time

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Finding publications

• Vere Harmsworth Library

• Books & journals

• Journal articles

• Dissertations & theses

• Electronic resources

• America: History & Life

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Papers, Archives, Special Collections

• VHL microforms• Rhodes House Library• Bodleian Library• Elections Archive (VHL)• Online• Finding aids

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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)

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Biographical sources

• American National Biography• World Biographical Archive• Who’s Who• Biographical Directory of the United States

Congress

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Other e-resources (OxLIP+)

• Early Encounters in North America• North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries and

Oral Histories• North American Women’s Letters and Diaries

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On the web

• VHL on delicious (http://delicious.com/vhllib) • State Digital Libraries & Historical Associations• Library of Congress

– American Memory

• Hathi Trust• Footnote.com

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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]

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Demonstration/Practice

http://ox.libguides.com/ushistory