Selected Resources in
History
190—19th Century American History
February 19, 2003
PLU
Library--Gail Egbers
535-8869/egbersgl@plu.edu
BOOKS: Our computerized catalog provides access to the
materials in our library. Use the Library of Congress Subject
Headings to identify the best subject headings for your topic.
Some topics that might be of interest:
Populism -- United
States -- History
Industrialization
---United States -- History
United States --
History ---Civil War, 1861-1865
Spanish-American
War, 1898
Temperance --
History
Afro-Americans –
Segregation
Antitrust
law--United States
Railroads --
United States – History
Women’ rights --
United States
Labor Unions –
United States
FINDING ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS/JOURNALS:
Periodical indexes provide the most efficient subject access to
journals, magazines, and newspapers. Some of these indexes are
print and some electronic. Access the electronic resources from
the PLU library home page: (http://www.plu.edu/~libr).
Some electronic resources require a username and password. A few
indexes that might be useful:
EBSCOhost --
A multi-disciplinary database that indexes roughly 4,500 journals,
magazines, and newspapers with 3,600 titles in full text. Of those,
nearly 2,600 titles are full text scholarly (peer reviewed)
publications. This academic database provides full text journal coverage
for nearly all academic areas – including social sciences, humanities,
natural sciences, and education.
America History and Life
(ref. Z1236.A48) A scholarly index to journals and research in
United States and Canadian History. .
JSTOR -- an
archival database with 117 core scholarly journals in the arts, social
sciences, sciences and 7 general science journals starting with the very
first issues, many of which date from the 1800s and some even to the
1600s. JSTOR provides the full text (in PDF format) of all
journal content. You can retrieve specific articles, browse individual
journals, or search by topic. As this is an archival service, current
issues (usually the latest 3 to 5 years) are NOT available. Off-campus
access requires PLU ePass username and password.
New York Times
Historical (1851-1999) This database offers full-text and
full-image articles for the New York Times dating back to the 1851. The
collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every
issue--cover to cover--in downloadable PDF® files. Off
campus access requires PLU ePass username and password.
LOCATING PERIODICALS/JOURNALS:
Use Journals at PLU
to obtain the call number of the journal you need. Current issues
of journals are shelved on the first floor. Older issues (bound
volumes and microfilm) are on the second and third floors, shelved with
the books. Journals at PLU
also gives you access to our full-text periodicals.
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REFERENCE
BOOKS
ABC-CLIO Companion To
Women's Progress In America (ref. HQ1410.F76 1994)
Africana: The
Encyclopedia Of The African And African American Experience (ref.
DT14.A37435
1999)
American Presidents:
The Office And The Men (ref. E176.1.A657 1989)
American Reformers
(ref. CT215.A67 1985)
Annals of America
(ref. E173.A793)
Atlas Of Westward
Expansion (ref. G1201.S1W44 1995)
Black Women In America:
An Historical Encyclopedia (ref. E185.86.B542 1993)
Documents Of American
Constitutional & Legal History (KF4502.D635 1989)
Documents
Of American Indian Diplomacy: Treaties, Agreements, And Conventions,
1775-1979 (ref. KF8202
1999
Encyclopedia Of The
American Civil War: A Political, Social, And Military History
(ref. E468.E53
2000)
Encyclopedia Of The
United States In The Nineteenth Century (ref. E169.1.E626 2001)
Encyclopedia Of Women's
History In America (ref. HQ1410.C85 1996)
Financial History Of
The United States (ref. HG181.M297 2002)
Gale Encyclopedia Of
Multicultural America (ref. E184.A1G14 1995)
Handbook Of The Law Of
Antitrust (ref. KF1649.S9)
Historical Dictionary
Of Organized Labor (ref. HD4839.D58 1996)
History Of American
Presidential Elections, 1789-1968 (ref. E183.S28)
Inaugural
Addresses Of The Presidents Of The United States From George
Washington, 1789, To Richard Milhous
Nixon, 1973
(ref. J81.C74)
Makers Of Nineteenth
Century Culture: 1800-1914 (ref. CT119.M36 1982)
Notable Black American
Men (ref. E185.86.N68 1999)
Photographic History Of
The Civil War (ref. E468.7.M64)
Presidential Elections
Since 1789 (ref. JK524.P68 1983)
Profiles Of American
Labor Unions (ref. HD6504.P64 1998)
Quest For Equality:
From Civil War To Civil Rights (ref. E185.I6 1979 vol.3)
Railroad Maps Of North
America: The First Hundred Years (ref. G1106.P3M6 1984)
Speeches Of The
American Presidents (ref. J81.C88 1988)
INTERNET
RESOURCES
The Internet is
an attractive source of information but it does not have the best
information for
all
situations. Use the Internet only for supplemental
information. Read the handout "Evaluating Information from the
Internet" (http://www.plu.edu/~egbersgl/evalinternet.html).
United States History
(http://www.plu.edu/~libr/web/ushistory.html)
BEYOND PLU
PLU belongs to a
consortium of small private colleges and universities. This
consortium includes: St. Martin's College, Northwest University, Seattle
Pacific University, Seattle University, and University of Puget
Sound. You may check materials out from these libraries using your
PLU ID.
You may also
order articles and books from PLU's Interlibrary Loan.
Staff at the Reference Desk will assist you with your ILL orders.
| If you have questions
while doing library research, ask for help at the reference desk or
make an appointment with me for personal research assistance.
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