Transcript 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 &

WISER: Sources for US
History
Jane Rawson
Vere Harmsworth Library
Summary
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Finding publications/bibliographic sources
Primary sources
Special collections & archives
On the web
Further help and guidance
Demonstration & hands-on time
Finding publications
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Vere Harmsworth Library
Books & journals
Journal articles
Dissertations & theses
Electronic resources
America: History & Life
Early printed books
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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