About This Guide
This guide serves as a portal to resources and search strategies that may be helpful for your historical research, with an emphasis on online collections and search tools.
Use the tabs on the left to navigate this portal by source type, and utilize your browser's search function to find specific resources or keywords on each page. Please don't hesitate to contact me through the buttons below my profile picture with any questions or requests.
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A-Z Databases: All History resourcesAccess more than 700 databases and search tools that have been identified as relevant to History. Browse all resources, use the Type filter to narrow this list, or search for specific locations, eras, events, and themes.
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IU Libraries Citation LinkerUse this tool from the IU Libraries to locate cited sources found in bibliographies and references. If the tool can't locate the source, it will give you the option to request it via interlibrary loan.
Recommended Starting Points
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IUCAT This link opens in a new windowIUCAT, the online catalog for all titles available through IU Libraries, is often the best place to start a search for books and ebooks, and also includes government documents, videos, and sound recordings.
- Use broad search terms to give IUCAT the best chance of finding relevant titles.
- Use the red Request This button to have print materials delivered to the most convenient library for pick-up.
- Use the filters like Subject and Publication Year on the left side of the page to narrow your search results.
- When you find one title that looks promising, use the hyperlinked Subject headings to locate additional titles.
- Watch this brief video tutorial on searching and accessing books and ebooks in IUCAT.
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OneSearch@IUUse OneSearch when you want to do the broadest search for scholarly articles. Limit your results to Peer Reviewed and open up All Filters to filter search results by Subject.
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Chronicling AmericaSearch for newspaper articles from 1730-1963 in this repository of digitized newspapers from the Library of Congress.
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AM SearchSearch across all Adam Matthew digital collections, including Africa and the New Imperialism, Amnesty International Archives, Defining Gender, Empire Online, Frontier Life, Service Newspapers of World War Two, and many more.
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ProQuest History VaultMajor collection areas in History Vault focus on the Black Freedom Movement of the 20th Century, Southern Life and Slavery, Women's Rights, International Relations, American Politics and Society in the 20th Century, and labor unions, workers, and progressive and radical politics.
