Research Guide for

HIST 1111 United States History 1(Wang)

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Find Background Information

Issues & Controversies in History
Overviews of controversies in American and world history.


Salem History
Ebook encyclopedias on history topics from Salem Press including primary documents, important events and eras, and more.


Gale eBooks
Selected dictionaries, encyclopedias, and reference books in many subjects.


Credo Reference
Credo logoArticles from dictionaries, general and subject encyclopedias, handbooks, atlases, and more.

 

Find Primary Sources

Digital Public Library of America - Primary Source Sets
Selected primary source materials organized by topic. From notable archives, museums, and libraries across the country.

HathiTrust Digital Library
Digital collections of the libraries of major research universities.

Digital Library on American Slavery The Digital Library offers a searchable database of detailed personal information about slaves, slaveholders, and free people of color. Designed as a tool for scholars, historians, teachers, students, genealogists, and interested citizens, the site provides access to information gathered and analyzed over an eighteen-year period from petitions to southern legislatures and country courts filed between 1775 and 1867 in the fifteen slaveholding states in the United States and the District of Columbia.

Massachusetts Historical Society
The Massachusetts Historical Society features many primary resources including pictures, diaries, and political documents.

New York Public Library Digital Library Collection
A collection of photographs, manuscripts, letters, books, posters, maps, and other primary sources.

Salem History
Ebook encyclopedias on history topics from Salem Press including primary documents, important events and eras, and more.

Daily Life through History
Daily Life Through HistoryInformation on the daily lives of peoples throughout history from prehistory to the present. Includes overview articles and primary sources like maps, images, and documents. 

American Indian History (Infobase)
American Indian history and cultures from first contact with colonizers to the present. Includes topic overviews, timelines, charts and maps, some primary sources, and a tribe index.

American History (Infobase)
American political, military, social, and cultural history including daily life in America. Includes topic overviews, timelines, charts and maps, and some primary sources.  

Issues & Controversies in History
Overviews of controversies in American and world history.

African American History
500 years of African-American history.

New York Times - Historical Access (ProQuest)
New York Times newspaper articles from 1851 - 4 years ago.

 

Find Academic Articles (Mostly Secondary Sources)


JSTOR
Scholarly articles, ebooks, and primary sources in the social sciences, humanities, earth and biological sciences, and more. Includes images from libraries, museums, and archives.

Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost)
Articles in all subjects from scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers. An all-purpose database and often a good place to start.

Academic OneFile (Gale)
Academic OneFile (Gale)Articles in all subjects from scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers. An all-purpose database.




 

Evaluate Source Credibility

Evaluate each source you use with CAPPS!
Consider the source's –
C = Currency
A = Author
P = Publication
P = Point of View
S = Sources

 
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