History 301:
Historical Methods and Writing
Professor Anne Lombard
Spring 2003
(United States History)
CSUSM Resources
Internet Resources
Library Main Page
(Gateway to ALL the library online resources and selected information)
Library Catalog
(freely
available—also called PAC, OPAC or WebPAC) and contains:
- CSUSM’s books and journal titles
- SDCircuit, regional shared book catalog, order online to pickup and return at
CSUSM. (Material is usually in hand in one-2 days, but overdues are very
expensive!)
- Electronic reserves (ERES)
- Other libraries’ catalogs (UC’s Melvyl, Palomar...)
Print Resources
-
Annals of
America REF E173 .A793
contains the text of documents in US history. Use the 2-volume
Conspectus to read overviews of topics which reference to the document
set which contains material in chronological order.
-
Documents of American History
REF E 173 .D59 provides full text of
- Early American Newspapers are a rich source on the Colonial,
Revolutionary War and early 19th century period (primarily Northeast.)
-
The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition document
exploration and contact.
- Library of Congress Call Numbers
E and F cover US and North American history. The higher the number
denotes the work is focused to specific groups, regions, cities and
people. (Examples: E45 covers North America in Colonial Times, E173-E176
contains US government issues and documents, E208 is the Revolutionary
War period.)
-
US
Government Documents--CSUSM holds some early US materials in the GovDocs
section of the library.
- Early American Imprints, a
project begun by Charles Evans, is indexed in the CSUSM library catalog.
The aim of this project was to trace and provide a microfilm copy when
possible, of every document printed in the US prior to 1800.
Journal Articles
for CSUSM users
Some databases do not offer
full text of the articles. Use the
button
to check our other resources for full text.
Full-text
(scholarly articles published prior to the last 5 years)
Accessible ArchivesLandmark Documents
(CD ROM only in library, provides text of a wide variety of documents)
Indian Question
(CD ROM only in library, provides text of a wide variety of documents)
Project Muse (complements JSTOR)
Making of America
Abstracts and Bibliographies
- America: History and Life
(US and Canadian history)
- WorldCat--a catalog of library holdings around the world. If you want an item we don’t own or
have through Circuit, you can request to borrow through Interlibrary Loan.
Resources Created or
Gathered by CSUSM Librarians
(including quick guides to APA and MLA citation styles)
American Memory
(Library of Congress, materials are
generally U.S.-centered, with lots of
photographs and scanned documents and some sound files.)
Chronology of US Historical
Documents
(primarily presidential speeches)
Government
Publications Microfilm Collections: American History (Agencies and
Individuals)
(at SDSU...Indexes to microfilm collections you can access at the
library--much of the SDSU government document collection is not listed
in the library catalog.)
Ingenta.com
(indexes a tremendous number of journals)
Internet Modern History
Sourcebook
(you have to wade
through a lot of ‘stuff’, but there are some real jewels in here.) This
is a representative sampling:
Early US
History
US
Immigration
Colonial North
America
Our Documents
(provided by the National Archives and Records Agency) is selective, but
authoritative.
Researching American History Primary Sources Online
(University of Southern Mississippi) Written by a librarian to
librarians, the researcher will find the webibliography (extensive
online bibliography) a useful lead to major sources.
Repositories of Special
Collections
(finding aids for the most part)
For more help feel free to email me:
Judith Downie, Humanities Librarian or call (760) 750-4374
Office: KEL
3424
Hours: By appointment or if my door is open