Subject Guide with Search Tips for U.S. History
Books and Media | Articles | Internet
Getting Started
These sources provide a good
beginning. Some contain general
discussion or an overview. This
kind of background will often suggest topics, jargon, or keywords for further
research.
The
E183.7 .K45 2005,
Use the
Suggested Subject
Headings
History—
Selected Call Numbers
E178
The age of anxiety : McCarthyism to terrorism / Haynes Johnson
E748 .M143 J64 2005,
Alamo
[videorecording] / Arts and Entertainment Network
and Greystone Communications ; producer/director, Craig Haffner
F390 .A43 2003,
E178.1 .T55 1999,
E178.1 .A4937 2000, San Marcos,
CIRCULATING
Escondido, CIRCULATING
American heritage
great minds of history / interviews by Roger
Mudd ; introduction by Richard Snow
E178.6 .M89 1999,
The Civil War
[videorecording] / American Documentaries, Inc.,
Florentine Films and Time-Life Video presents a film by Ken Burns
E468 .C58W 2004, San Marcos, CIRCULATING
Escondido, CIRCULATING
Founding fathers [videorecording] Herrmann, Edward
E302.5 .F68 2000,
A history of the
E178.1 .J35 1997,
Not for ourselves
alone [videorecording] : the story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
/ a Florentine Films production ; a film by Ken Burns
and Paul Barnes written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by Paul Barnes, Ken
Burns
HQ1412 .N89 1999,
Out of many : a
history of the American people / John Mack Faragher
... [et al.]
E178.1 .O935 2000,
Sundown towns : a
hidden dimension of American racism / James W.
Loewen
E185.615 .L577 2005,
Articles are usually identified
by using online research databases or printed indexes. Printed indexes are especially helpful
for older material. Journal,
magazine, and newspaper articles can supply the latest information on a topic
and often contain details not available elsewhere. NOTE: Passwords required to use off-campus http://www.palomar.edu/library/OnlineDatabases/offcampus.htm
·
EBSCOhost http://prozy.palomar.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=web
EBSCOhost provides access to several databases including
magazine, journal and newspaper articles.
For a guide on how to search EBSCOhost, go to Using EBSCOhost at http://www.palomar.edu/library/OnlineDatabases/ebsco.htm
Basic internet
Search Strategies - Use a directory, subject portal, or search engine to focus
your Internet search. In
addition to those listed below, find more sites on the Palomar
Many general sites on American history can be reached from
- AMDOCS Documents for the Study of American History http://www.vlib.us/amdocs/
- Smithsonian National Museum of American History http://americanhistory.si.edu/
Information on Citation Styles – In order to create a bibliography for your
research paper, you will need to follow the rules of a specific style. For a list of styles and information on
how to use them, go to http://www.palomar.edu/library/ResearchAids/SubjectGuides/WritingStyles.htm.
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