Library Research Guide
History 387
The Twentieth-Century American South
Prof. Lewis
Fall 2007
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Research Guides
 United States History Subject Guide
Consult for general information on researching U.S. history at Hamilton College. The guide includes information on finding scholarly articles, primary sources, reference works, and other materials.
Finding Primary Sources
Annotated lists of selected bibliographies, indexes, and primary source collections available at Hamilton College, as well as suggestions for searching ALEX and WorldCat. Includes suggestions for finding document collections, magazines, personal accounts, and speeches.
Background Sources
Encyclopedia of Southern Culture
Ref F209 .E53 1989
New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture
F209 .N47 2006
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Magazines and Newspapers
Indexes:
Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982
Coverage: 1890-1982
Indexes and abstracts 240 popular magazines in the United States and Canada.
New York Times Index
Location: Ref AI21 .N44
Full Text:
New York Times (1851-2003)
A full-image archive of every page of every issue of the entire historical run of The New York Times, with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF.
Quick Reference Guide
Printing FAQ
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Microform Collections
FBI file, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Location: E185.61 .F355 1991
Records of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, 1895-1992
Location: E185.86 .R36 1993
Martin Luther King, Jr., FBI File
Location: E185.97.K5 M335 1984
Bayard Rustin Papers
Location: E185.97 .R85 1988
War on Poverty, 1964-1968:
Selections from the holdings of the Lyndon B. Johnson Library
Location: HC110.P63 W3
Herstory (from the International Women's History Periodical Archive)
Location: HQ1101 .H47
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Digital Collections
Web Portals:
History Matters
Selective gateway to U.S. history Web resources. Also includes first-person, primary documents and teaching resources. Searchable by keyword or topic.
WorldCat
Catalog with more than 60 million records for books and other materials owned by libraries around the world. To limit your search to web sources: (1) enter your search query in the top box; (2) enter "netlibrary" in the box below and change the "and" to its left to "not"; (3) choose the "Internet Resources" box.
Digital Collections:
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Get Help
For assistance with this course, contact:
Reid Larson
Reference Librarian
Burke Library
315-859-4480
rslarson@hamilton.edu
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(Reviewed: September 19, 2007)
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