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America: History and Life This link opens in a new window
Includes a large collection of scholarly journals by historians. After searching, you can limit by "Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals." You can also try limiting by "Historical Period."
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Search the full text of journals in many disciplines, including over 450 journals in history. You can narrow by date and you can also scroll down to narrow by discipline. Also includes book reviews.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Includes the full text of journals in the humanities and social sciences, including history. After searching, you can limit by subject, year, and more.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Scholarly articles in many disciplines. Also includes newspaper and magazine articles. You can limit by Scholarly (Peer-Reviewed) Journals.

E-Journal Finder
If you want to search a specific publication, such as the American Historical Review, this tool will provide full text links and date coverage.
Google Scholar
Full text searching of articles and books. If you find a book or journal article of interest, try the "cited by" link.

Helmke Library Catalog
Find books, e-books and more available at Helmke Library.

Proquest Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
Search across a large collection of mostly academic e-books. See also eBook Collection (EBSCOhost).
WorldCat This link opens in a new window
Search for books in over 7,000 libraries. After searching, you can use the "Request Item" link to borrow items from other libraries.

Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
Provides overviews and introductions to scholarly topics from a wide range of publishers. May also include suggested readings.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Provides overviews and introductions to scholarly topics from a wide range of publishers. May also include suggested readings.
Oxford Reference Online Premium This link opens in a new window
E-reference books from Oxford University Press.

Helmke Library Catalog
The Library's Catalog includes a large number of primary sources. For example, you could search for books authored by Thomas Jefferson.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. Major Dailies
Historical coverage of major U.S. newspapers, including Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post.
ProQuest U.S. Historical Newspapers: All Available Titles
Search across Helmke Library's collection of ProQuest U.S. historical newspapers, including major newspapers, ethnic and African American titles, regional titles and more. Click on "Databases" to view available titles.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: African American Newspapers
Includes Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003), Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988), Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), Norfolk Journal and Guide (1921-2003), Philadelphia Tribune (1912-2001) and Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002).

National Newspapers Core [now known as U. S. Major Dailies] This link opens in a new window
Current access to full-text articles in the Christian Science Monitor (1990 to present), Los Angeles Times (1985 to present), New York Times (Late ed. East Coast 1980 to present), New York Times Book Review (1997 to present), New York Times Magazine (1997 to present), Wall Street Journal (Eastern ed.) (1984 to present), and Washington Post (1996 to present).
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text access to nearly 6,000 information resources including newspapers, news magazines, wire services, and transcripts of major radio and TV broadcasts. Current access with selected backfiles.
19th Century U.S. Newspapers This link opens in a new window
A collection of 500 U.S. newspapers from the 19th century. Full-text content and images from numerous newspapers from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. This directory can help identify what titles exist for a specific place and time, and how to access them. Also includes online access to selected digital archives.

Magazines and Periodicals
Databases and individual titles available from Helmke Library.

HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
Full text searching and PDFs of U.S. official documents, including the Pentagon Papers, U.S. Statutes at Large, Presidential Library, Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS), as well as a Supreme Court Library, Treaties and Agreements Library, Women and the Law, Legal Classics and World Constitutions Illustrated, among others.
HathiTrust This link opens in a new window
A large-scale online archive with digitized books, journals, documents and more. You can search with the Catalog of Full Text. After searching, try the limits at the left hand side, such as Author (e.g. United States) and Format (e.g. Serial).

HeinOnline Congressional Documents
You can select "Congressional Record" to search for transcripts of what happens on the floor of Congress, including debates.

Vital Speeches of the Day
1934-current, selected speeches of national and international importance.

Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
From Yale Law School, with selected primary documents in law, history, economics and diplomacy.
Primary Documents in American History
From the Library of Congress.
Presidential Debates, 1960 - 2016
From the American Presidency Project at U.C. Santa Barbara.
Founders' Constitution
Selected primary documents, 1600s-1800s, from the University of Chicago Press and the Liberty Fund.
American Founders Online: An Annotated Guide to Their Papers and Publications
From the Library of Congress
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
From Dickinson College.

Making of the Modern World This link opens in a new window
An extensive collection of primary documents, 1450-1914.

Chicago Manual of Style - Purdue OWL
Consult the options at the left hand side of the screen for info. on creating a bibliography. From the OWL Purdue Writing Lab.
Chicago/Turabian Documentation Style
From the University of Wisconsin Madison Writing Center
Turabian Footnote/Endnote Style
From the Georgetown University Library

A Pocket Guide to Writing in History by Mary Lynn Rampolla A Pocket Guide to Writing in History is a brief, inexpensive, and easy-to-use guide to the writing and research skills needed for undergraduate history courses. Its concise yet comprehensive coverage of every step of the research and writing process—including detailed advice on documenting sources and avoiding plagiarism—have made A Pocket Guide to Writing in History the trusted choice in history.
ISBN: 9781457690884
Publication Date: 2015-01-16