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Reading Scientific Papers, Flash Tutorial
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History, U. S. Research Guide

For research assistance, contact

John Kondelik
or Michelle Gerry
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Directories
American bibliography; a chronological dictionary of all books.....
STOCKWELL TIER 1 - Z 1215 .E923
American catalogue of books ....
STOCKWELL TIER 1 - Z 1215 .A4 1938
Documents/Primary Sources
100 Milestone Documents of American History
"This online collection of 100 milestone documents in U.S. history was produced by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The documents included are from the pre-Revolutionary era to the mid-20th century. Included are public laws, Supreme Court decisions, inaugural speeches, treaties, constitutional amendments, and other primary sources. The site provides the full text of the document, a brief essay about the document, and a digital image of the original document."
American voices : significant speeches in American history, 1640-1945
E173 .A7596
Documents of American History
E 173 .C66 1968
Letters of members of the Continental Congress.
JK 1033 .B8 (8 volumes
Making of America
A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. The collection currently contains approximately 10,000 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints.
Papers of Benjamin Franklin
Mudd Level 3 - E302 .F82 1959.
Find Books & Videos
Albion College Library Online Catalog
The Albion College Library Online Catalog - your one-stop spot to search for books, periodicals, government documents, videos, electronic materials and more!
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, 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.
Find Journal Articles & More
Albion College Library - Electronic Journals Home Page
Provides links to more than 2,000 electronic journals available through the Albion College Library.
America: History and Life
The most prominent index to articles and books for the field of American History.
Arts and Humanities Search
Indexes 1300 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals. Coverage begins in 1980.
Expanded Academic ASAP
Balanced coverage is available through 3,000 indexed and 1,900 full-text titles in a wide variety of disciplines including: social science journals, humanities journals, science and technology journals, national news periodicals, etc.
Full Text Finder
Many journals, magazines, and newspapers are available in full text through online databases. To search for availability of full text articles from a particular source, look for the title of the journal, magazine, or newspaper by following the appropriate links.
Humanities Abstracts
Indexes 400 periodicals in archaeology, art, classics, film, folklore, journalism, linguistics, music, the performing arts, philosophy, religion, world history, and world literature. Coverage begins in 1984.
JSTOR
Provides indexing and full-text from scholarly journals in many disciplines. Unique, in that coverage for each journal begins with the first volume.
Online Databases - Complete List
A comprehensive list of all online databases.
Readers' Guide Retrospective
This resource lists journal and magazine articles published between 1890-1982, and covers a wide variety of subjects, including African-Americans, Aging, Archeology, Astronomy, Biographies, Business, Education, Environment, Film, Fine Arts, Foreign Affairs, Health, History, Literature, Medicine, Music, News, Politics, Popular Culture, Religion, Science, Sports, and Technology.
WilsonSelectPlus (FirstSearch)
WilsonSelectPlus Full Text contains indexed and abstracted articles from over 1300 periodicals, all with ASCII full text online.
Online Resources
Academic Info: U.S. History Gateway
African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
A digital collection of some 52 published works by 19th-century black women writers. A part of the Digital Schomburg, this collection provides access to the thought, perspectives and creative abilities of black women as captured in books and pamphlets published prior to 1920. A full text database of these 19th and early 20th- century titles, this digital library is key-word-searchable.
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.
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".
American Memory: Historical Collections for the Library of Congress
ArchiveGrid
Thousands of libraries, museums, and archives have contributed nearly a million collection descriptions to ArchiveGrid. Researchers can learn about the many items in each of these collections, contact archives to arrange a visit to examine materials, and order copies.
Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
BUBL LINK
Catalogue of Internet Resources using the Dewey Decimal System as the primary organisation structure.. Selected internet resources covering all academic subject areas.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Sponsored jointly by the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), this site provides select digital access to American newspapers from 1880 to 1910 and from mainly ten states. Additionally, access to an invaluable directory of newspapers published in the United States from 1690 to the present is available
Duke Collection of the American Indian Oral History
"Provides access to typescripts of interviews (1967-1972) conducted with hundreds of Indians in Oklahoma regarding the histories and cultures of their respective nations and tribes. Related are accounts of Indian ceremonies, customs, social conditions, philosophies, and standards of living. "
Early Americas Digital Archive
"The Early Americas Digital Archive (EADA) is a collection of electronic texts and links to texts originally written in or about the Americas from 1492 to approximately 1820. EADA consists of two basic components: a) the EADA Database and b) the Gateway to Early American Authors on the WEB. In the EADA Database, you can find texts that are housed at EADA. Users can search for specific terms, such as author, title, and subject, within and across the texts. If you do not find the early American text you are looking for in the EADA database, you may also consult the Gateway to Early American Authors on the WEB, which allows you to browse a list of early American authors whose texts are available both on sites that others have posted on the World Wide Web as well as texts from this site, the Early Americas Digital Archive."
From Revolution to Reconstruction - Documents on American History from the Colonial period until Modern Times
United Nations World Digital Library
The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world. The principal objectives of the WDL are to: Promote international and intercultural understanding; Expand the volume and variety of cultural content on the Internet; Provide resources for educators, scholars, and general audiences; Build capacity in partner institutions to narrow the digital divide within and between countries.
Print Resources
Bibliotheca Americana
STOCKWELL TIER 1 - Z 1215 .A3 1939
Reference Sources
Album of American history
REFERENCE COLLECTION E178.5 .A48
American bibliography, a preliminary checklist for 1801-1819
Z1215 .S48
American National Biography
REFERENCE COLLECTION - CT 213 .A68
Dictionary of American Biography
REFERENCE COLLECTION - E 176 .D56 (31 volumes.)
Dictionary of American History
REFERENCE COLLECTION - E 174 .D52
Dictionary of National Biography.
REFERENCE COLLECTION - DA 28 .D45
Historical statistics of the United States : colonial times to 1970
Also in REFERENCE COLLECTION - HA202 .A38
Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents.
RARE BOOKS - F 1030.7 .C96 (73 volumes)
The American Historical Association's guide to historical literature
REFERENCE COLLECTION D20 .A6

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