Research Tools > Research by Topic > History
All links listed below open in a new window.
Find Articles
- Academic OneFile
- Source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles on the physical sciences, technology,
medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Integrated
with Web of Science for access to cited references.
- Search Academic OneFile
- America History and Life
- Complete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present, covering all key English-language historical journals from 1964 to present.
- Search America History and Life
- Archives USA
- Current directory of 5,596 repositories and 154,678 collections of primary source material
across the United States. Using ArchivesUSA®, researchers are able to read descriptions
of a repository's holdings to determine whether a collection contains material useful to their
work as well as find the information they need to contact the repository directly.
- Search Archives USA
- Film & Television Literature Index
- This database covers a broad range of subjects in the television and film industries and is designed for film scholars, college students, and general viewers. Subjects covered include film and television theory, preservation and restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.
- Search Film & Television Literature Index
- Historical Abstracts
- Complete reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada). In addition to including the key historical journals from virtually every major country, Historical Abstracts includes a targeted selection of hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanities that are of special interest to researchers and students of history.
- Search Historical Abstracts
- InfoTrac OneFile
- One-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics, including history and containing many full-text articles, covering 1980-current.
- Search InfoTrac OneFile
- JSTOR
- Not-for-profit organization providing a fully searchable electronic database containing the archives of 117 major research journals covering 15 academic disciplines in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Covers 20 journals in history at present.
- Search JSTOR
- LearningExpress Library
- Comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help students and adult learners succeed on academic or licensing tests.
- Search LearningExpress Library
- Oxford Reference Online
- Oxford has made available its specialized encyclopedias on historical topics. British, American, Canadian and Australian history encyclopedias are located here. Other encyclopedias are devoted to science, military history and world history, among other topics.
- Search Oxford Reference Online
- Project Muse
- Project MUSE® offers nearly 200 journal titles from some 30 scholarly publishers, covering the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.
- Search Project Muse
- Public Documents Masterfile
- Compiled from multiple sources that index United States government publications from 1774 to present, this database provides the ability to search for federal, state, local, and international public documents at one time.
- Search Public Documents Masterfile
- Women's Studies International
- "...primarily an index of the feminist press...an excellent resource for finding articles from a feminist perspective."
- Search Women's Studies International
- WorldCat
- Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide; contains more than 62 million records.
- Search WorldCat
[^Top]
Selected Web Sites
- The American Civil War Homepage
- The American Civil War Homepage gathers together in one place hypertext links to the most useful identified electronic files about the American Civil War (1861-1865). The page opens a gateway to the Internet's multi-formatted resources about what is arguably the seminal event in American history. Not only was the War the occasion for the abolition of slavery, but by conflict's end the re-United States had emerged as a modern, industrialized power.
- http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/
- Internet Resources for Students of African-American History
- Links to resources concerning the slave trade, African-American culture, the Civil Rights movement of the 20th century and contemporary issues. Historical perspective of a nation, its people, and its cultural evolution. From the beginning of the slave trade through the Civil Rights movement, to the present.
- http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/history/afrores.shtml#ref
- How to Write A History Paper
- Useful advice about writing history papers and using online resources in doing so.
- http://www.bu.edu/history/writing_guide.html
- History Online Writing Tutor
- Advice from the University of Calgary in writing an excellent history paper. Contains sections on getting started, what to expect from different kinds of sources and how to find different kinds of information. Highly recommended.
- http://hist.ucalgary.ca/write/main.html
- University of Tennessee History Web Links
- Truly a job well done; includes links to a wide vareiety of historical resources of all kinds. Bonus: contains articles and advice for working with history online.
- http://www.lib.utk.edu/refs/history/
- Primary Sources on the Web
- Students and researchers now have greater access to primary source materials for historical research than ever before. The traditional use of sources available in print and microfilm continues to be the foundation for research, but in some cases documents, letters, maps, photographs of ancient artifacts and other primary material are available online in different formats from free websites or subscription services on the internet. Users of primary sources have always needed to examine their sources critically, but now with the proliferation of electronic resources from a wide variety of web site producers, evaluation is more important than ever before. Users of web resources must now consider the authenticity of documents, what person or organization is the internet provider, and whether the electronic version serves their needs. This brief guide is designed to provide students and researchers with information to help them evaluate the internet sources and the quality of primary materials that can be found online.
- http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/RUSA/
- Rutgers University History Portal
- Useful for students of European and North American history. Very extensive list of sites, covering every period from medieval times to the 20th century.
- http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/history/texts_by_period.shtml
^Top
ETSU Departmental Web Sites
- Department of History
- History is the study of humans as revealed by the past. The study of history is an indispensable intellectual endeavor for students who desire to understand and appreciate the human condition in all its diversity, as well as the historical process that has shaped their personal lives. The Department of History offers a wide array of courses in the history of Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the United States designed to acquaint students with the complexities of today's multicultural "global village" and to deepen their understanding of the events, opinions, ideas, and facts they will need to make informed political, social, and personal judgments throughout their lives.
- http://www.etsu.edu/cas/history/hist.htm
[^Top]
Selected Bibliography
- Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History.
- Salzman, Jack; Smith, David Lionel and Cornel West, eds.
- New York: Macmillan, 1996.
- SHERROD Reference (No Loan) E185.E54 1996.
- Encyclopedia of Southern Culture.
- Wilson, Charles Reagan and William Ferris, eds.
- Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 1989.
- SHERROD Reference (No Loan) F209 .E53 1989
- Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century.
- Kutler, Stanley, ed.
- New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1996.
- SHERROD Reference (no loan) E940.7E3 1996.
- The Hutchinson Dictionary of Ancient & Medieval Warfare
- Bennett, Matthew.
- Chicago, Ill. : Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, c1998.
- SHERROD Reference (No Loan) U29 .H88 1998
- Latin American History and Culture.
- Tennenbaum, Barbara A, ed.
- New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1996.
- SHERROD Reference (No Loan) F1406.E53 1996.
- The Oxford Companion to British History.
- Cannon, John. Ed.
- Oxford, UK and New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
- SHERROD Reference (No Loan) DA34.B93 1997.
- Smithsonian Timelines of the Ancient World.
- Scarre, Chris.
- Washington, D.C.; Smithsonian Institution ; New York: D. Kindersley, 1993.
- SHERROD Reference Atlases (No Loan) D54.5 .S65 1993
[^Top]
