Dunn Library

History

LIBRARY DATABASES

  • LIBRARY CATALOG - To search for books on a particular topic, use a Subject or a Keyword Search. To search for books at other libraries use the links on the BOOKS & BOOK REVIEWS web page.
  • AMERICA: HISTORY & LIFE - Index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. The database indexes journals from 1964 to present and includes citations and links to book and media reviews.
  • EBSCOHOST - Search multiple databases (together or separately) to access full-text periodicals, newspapers and reference tools. Academic Search Premier and Business Search Premier index peer-reviewed scholarly journals in a variety of subject areas. Other databases focus on specific areas such as health and education.
  • JSTOR - Arts & Sciences I, II & III Collections include the complete back runs of 394 core journals in many disciplines, including economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences.  Includes a selection of titles in the fields of archaeology, arts, classics, cultural studies, ecology, literature, mathematics, and statistics.
  • NEW YORK TIMES HISTORICAL - Online collection of The New York Times newspaper from 1851-2006.
  • Project MUSE - Project MUSE - Basic College Collection is a unique collaboration providing full-text, user-friendly online access to 192 humanities, arts, and social sciences journals.
  • LexisNexis ACADEMIC - Comprehensive research database providing full-text access to various databases, including current news, business information, Hoover’s company records, company directories, federal and state laws, legal cases, medical and references.
  • ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA ONLINE - More than 72,000 encyclopedia articles on all subjects.
  • HISTORY COOPERATIVE - Online collection of full-text journals covering different areas of American and North American history. Contains full text of JAH, AHR and the William and Mary Quarterly. On campus access only.
  • ARTstor - Digital library with over 400,000 images covering art, architecture and archeology with descriptive information as well as software tools to support research uses.  Initial acquisition and first year access provided by a gift from Leroy and Mary Joyce [Baker] Pickett, class of 1962.

PRINT RESOURCES

  • Encyclopedia of American Facts & Dates (R973 C31e 1997) - Chronological arrangement of events from different fields.
  • Encyclopedia of American History (973 E56 2003 ) - An 11-vol. set of brief articles related to American history, focusing on time periods/themes.
  • American chronicle : year by year through the twentieth century (R973.9 G66a 1999) - Brief annual chronicles of all facets of American life.

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  • Chronology of European History (940.02 C557) - A 3-vol. set with brief summaries of important events and suggested readings.
  • Civilization of the Ancient Mediterranean (938 C582) - A 2-vol. set with longer topical articles.
  • Encyclopedia of the Renaissance (940.2 E56 1999) - A 6-vol. set covering topics from European history in the Renaissance period.
  • World Almanac (317 W92) - Begins with brief summaries of the year's top news stories. Current issue shelves in reference; older issues are shelved in the general collection.

WEB SOURCES

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  • BEST OF HISTORY WEBSITES - Multi-topical site of history links, mainly from PBS, academia, and other reliable sources. Useful links to teaching and lesson plan ideas.
  • CENTER FOR HISTORY AND NEW MEDIA - Variety of history sites and tools, focusing on digital collections, original documents, and search engines.
  • DIGITAL HISTORY - Historical resources using a variety of electronic formats to learn about history.
  • H-NET - An international interdisciplinary organization of scholars and teachers, with edited lists and web sites publish peer reviewed essays, multimedia materials, and discussion for colleagues and the interested public.
  • HISTORY MATTERS - This site serves as a gateway to web resources and offers unique teaching materials, first-person primary documents, and guides to analyzing historical evidence.
  • IN THE FIRST PERSON - In-depth indexing of more than 2,500 collections of oral history in English from around the world. Contains first-person content, including letters, diaries, memoirs, and autobiographies, and other personal narratives.
  • INFORMATION PLEASE - Commercial site used to search for specific years. Enter year as a search term.
  • LIBRARY OF CONGRESS EXPERIENCE - Provides innovative access to rare cultural treasures in ways that inspire and engage, bringing the world’s largest collection of knowledge, culture, and creativity to life through dynamic displays of artifacts enhanced by interactivity.
  • THIS DAY IN HISTORY - Listing of the day's events in history, from The History Channel.
  • WORLD DIGITAL LIBRARY - Discover, study, and enjoy cultural treasures from around the world including manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, and architectural drawings.

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  • ABRAHAM LINCOLN - Digital collections contain a wide variety of material associated with Abraham Lincoln, such as manuscripts, letters, broadsides, government documents, and images that are available throughout the Library of Congress Web site.
  • ABRAHAM LINCOLN:  A RESOURCE GUIDE (external links) - Great external links to information about Abraham Lincoln and his presidency.
  • AMERICAN MEMORY PROJECT - Documents and images, from the Library of Congress.
  • AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY ONLINE - Access to distributed digital library collections pertaining to 19th and 20th century United States social history.  Lots of images.
  • AMERICAN WOMEN'S HISTORY: A RESEARCH GUIDE - Provides citations to print and Internet reference sources, as well as to selected large primary source collections.
  • AMERICAN SLAVE NARRATIVES - Personal reminiscences, collected under WPA.
  • BLACKPAST.org - Dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history in the United States and on the history of the more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.
  • CHRONICLING AMERICA: HISTORIC AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS - Search and read newspaper pages from 1900-1910 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.
  • DIGITAL LIBRARY OF APPALACHIA - Online access to archival and historical materials related to the culture of the southern and central Appalachian region.
  • DIGITAL VAULTS - An entertaining way of viewing historical United States documents.
  • DOCUMENTING THE AMERICAN SOUTH - Digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture.
  • EARLY AMERICAS DIGITAL ARCHIVE - Collection of electronic texts and links to texts originally written in or about the Americas from 1492 to approximately 1820.
  • FOLKSTREAMS - Documentary video about the folk culture in America.
  • HISTORICAL CENSUS BROWSER - A data bank of historical US census data dating back to 1790 compiled by the University of Virginia.
  • UNCLE TOM'S CABIN AND AMERICAN CULTURE - the story of Stowe's story as an American cultural phenomenon.  Variety of text and visual resources related to the book and time period.
  • VALLEY OF THE SHADOW - Personal reminiscences of life in two communities in the Civil War—one northern, one southern.

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  • ANCIENT HISTORY SOURCEBOOK - Focus is on acient and classical periods, including Greek civilization, the Hellenistic world, Rome, late antiquity, and Christian origins.
  • BRYN MAWR CLASSICAL REVIEW - Reviews of recent books and electronic resources published in the area of classical studies.
  • CLASSIC ART RESEARCH CENTRE - More than 250,000 black and white mounted and catalogued photographs of major types of classical art. The largest number (about 200,000) are of Greek Pottery. More than 10,000 are of Greek and Roman Sculpture.
  • INTERNET CLASSICS ARCHIVE - Select from a list of 441 works of classical literature by 59 different authors, including user-driven commentary and "reader's choice" Web sites. Mainly Greco-Roman works (some Chinese and Persian), all in English translation.
  • LEEDS INTERNATIONAL CLASSICAL STUDIES JOURNAL - a peer-reviewed on-line journal, associated with the Leeds International Classics Seminar. It publishes articles and interim discussion papers on all aspects of Greek and Roman antiquity, and of the history of the classical tradition.
  • POMOERIUM: CLASSICAL STUDIES - The project Pomoerium will focus on the achievements of classics-related sciences, and examine socio-economic and religious transformations.

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  • AMERICAN CIVIL WAR HOMEPAGE - Links to the most useful identified electronic files about the American Civil War (1861-1865).
  • CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY - Military history and information from a wide variety of areas.
  • FIRST WORLD WAR - All the information on WWI: variety of military, social, and artistic documents and links.
  • THE VIETNAM PROJECT - Original documents on the Vietnam war, and oral history project.
  • THE WAR OF THE REBELLION - The 128 volumes of the Official Records provide the most comprehensive, authoritative, and voluminous reference on Civil War operations.

PH0TO COLLECTIONS IN THE GENERAL COLLECTION (IMAGES OF AMERICAN LIFE)

  • This Fabulous Century (917.3 T583t) - An 8-volume set with photographic documentation of U.S. history in the twentieth century.
  • The American Century (917.3 A57a) - Photographs from U.S. history in the twentieth century.
  • I Remember Distinctly (917.3 R72) - Photographs from U.S. history in the twentieth century.

Last Updated: 10/19/09