Research Guide for U. S. Colonial History

FIND JOURNAL ARTICLES | FIND JOURNALS | FIND BOOKS | REFERENCE SOURCES | DOCUMENTS/PRIMARY SOURCES | INTERNET RESOURCES |

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These databases will help you locate information published in journals, magazines, and a variety of other sources. America: History and Life The most prominent index to articles and books for the field of U.S. history. Humanities Abstracts Indexes 400 periodicals in U.S. and world history, and other humanities disciplines. Coverage begins in 1984. Arts and Humanities Search Indexes 1300 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals. Coverage begins in 1980. Expanded Academic Index Full-Text EAI indexes approximately 3,400 journals and magazines and the New York Times. Full text online is provided for approximately 2,000 of the journals/magazines. WilsonSelect WilsonSelect Full Text contains indexed and abstracted articles from over 1300 periodicals, all with full text online. The database is comprised of records from the following H.W. Wilson databases: Readers' Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, General Science Abstracts and Wilson Business Abstracts. The dates of coverage begin January 1994 and continue to the present (please note that each periodical can begin on a different month and year). JSTOR JSTOR is a collection of scholarly journals, all with full text articles available online. This collection of journals, including many important history journals, can be searched by subject, author, and title.

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Albion College Library - Electronic Journals Home Page Provides links to more than 1,100 electronic journals available through the Albion College Library. Albion College Library - Full Text Finder This resource provides links to full text articles found in the Albion College Library's many online databases and electronic journal collections. Covers more than 10,000 journals and magazines. Electronic Collections Online Electronic Collections Online provides indexing and full-text from academic journals in many disciplines. Articles can be viewed online or printed. JSTOR JSTOR is a collection of scholarly journals, all with full text articles available online. This collection of journals, including many important history journals, can be searched by subject, author, and title.

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Albion College Library Online Catalog The Online Catalog will help you find books, videos, government documents, journals, newspapers, and other materials owned by the Albion College Library. MeLCat Online Catalog MeLCat will help you find books owned by dozens of libraries in Michigan (including Albion College, Michigan State University, Central Michigan University, Albion Public Library, East Lansing Public Library, Grand Rapids Community College, Southfield Public Library, and many others). Books may be borrowed by using the online request form. WorldCat Records of books and any other types of material cataloged by thousands of libraries worldwide. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century. SOME Suggested Subject Headings: United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 [or other colonies, e.g. South Carolina, etc.] United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763 United States Discovery And Exploration United States -- History -- Sources

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Encyclopedia of Colonial and Revolutionary America. (1990). REFERENCE COLLECTION - E188 .E63 1990. Colonial America to 1763.(1999). REFERENCE COLLECTION - E 188 .P86 1999. Encyclopedia of the North American colonies. REFERENCE COLLECTION - E 45 .E53 1993. Dictionary of American History. (1976). REFERENCE COLLECTION - E 174 .D52 1976. Album of American History - Volume 1, The Colonial Period. (1960). REFERENCE COLLECTION - E 178.5 .A48 1960. Historical statistics of the United States : colonial times to 1970. (1976). REFERENCE COLLECTION - HA202 .A38 1976. American Historical Association Guide to Historical Literature. (1995). REFERENCE COLLECTION - D 20 .A8 1995 (A copy of this publication is also available in the History Dept. office.) American National Biography REFERENCE COLLECTION - CT 213 .A68 1999 (25 volumes.) Dictionary of American Biography REFERENCE COLLECTION - E 176 .D56 (31 volumes.) Dictionary of National Biography. REFERENCE COLLECTION - DA 28 .D45 National Union Catalog. REFERENCE COLLECTION - See a Librarian Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents. RARE BOOKS - F 1030.7 .C96 (73 volumes) Evans, Charles. - American bibliography; a chronological dictionary of all books, pamphlets, and periodical publications printed in the United States of America from the genesis of printing in 1639 down to and including the year 1820. STOCKWELL TIER 1 - Z 1215 .E923 Shaw, Ralph R. and Shoemaker, Richard H. - American bibliography, a preliminary checklist for 1801-1819. STOCKWELL TIER 1 - Z 1215 .S48 Kelly, James -The American catalogue of books, (original and reprints,) published in the United States from Jan., 1861, to Jan. ... [1871]. STOCKWELL TIER 1 - Z 1215 .A4 1938 Roorbach, Orville A. - Bibliotheca Americana. STOCKWELL TIER 1 - Z 1215 .A3 1939

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Documents of American History. (1968). REFERENCE COLLECTION - E 173 .C66 1968. American voices : significant speeches in American history, 1640-1945. (1989). JK 1033 .B8 (8 volumes). Letters of members of the Continental Congress. REFERENCE COLLECTION - E173 .A7596 1989. The Book of Abigail and John: Selected letters of the Adams Family, 1762-1784. (1975). E322.1 .A293. Adams Family Correspondence. (1963-). E322.1 .A27. The papers of Benjamin Franklin. (1959-). E302 .F82 1959. The letters and papers of many other important colonial figures are available. Try an "author" search in the Library online catalog under names, e.g. "Jefferson, Thomas", Adams, John", "Hamilton, Alexander", etc.

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Academic Info: U.S. History: Colonial History The Avalon Project: 18th Century Documents From Revolution to Reconstruction - Documents on American History from the Colonial period until Modern Times Virtual Jamestown American Centuries -- View from New England Provides a great deal of information on what life was like in New England from the 1700's to the 1900s. For example, the "Turns of the Centuries" exhibit allows the user to "explore daily life at the turn of 3 centuries: 1700, 1800, & 1900". AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History This site contains links to the full text of more than 400 primary source documents related to American history, from the 15th through the 21st centuries.