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History

Reform, World War and Prosperity: U.S. 1901-1929

Patricia Hardesty, Liaison Librarian for History

Background Information | Journal Articles

Newspapers | Primary Sources

Background Information

gale
American Decades

Online reference book chronicles American events, people, and places for each decade[more info]
blackwell
Blackwell Reference Online - History
A collection of full-text reference books in history.[more info]
guidetoref
Guide to Reference

A selective guide of reference sources, organized by academic discipline...[more info]
oxford
Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection
Database of full-text scholarly reference books on all subjects...[more info]

Journal Articles

Use these databases to find scholarly journal articles for this topic.

Look for and use these icons while searching our databases:

Link Finder Plus

Link to full-text.

ILL/Article Delivery

Library will scan articles from bound and microform journals and email them to you in 24-48 hours or obtain from another library in a week or so, with no charge to you.

For further assistance on using Check for Full Text, go to Check for Full Text FAQ's.

ebsco
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)

Index and full-text source for scholarly journals and magazines ...[more info]
america history & life
America: History and Life (EBSCO)

An index with abstracts to history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present...[more info]
wilson
Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (HW Wilson)

Indexes articles in the subjects of gerontology, history, international relations, journalism, law, linguistics...[more info]
jstor
JSTOR

Full online text and images for back issues of selected scholarly journals in history, economics...[more info]

 

Newspapers

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America's Historical Newspapers: 1690-1922 (Readex)

Cover-to-cover digital facsimiles of 1,000 historic newspapers from every state...[more info]
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Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (Library of Congress)

Collection of digitized American newspapers from 1900 to 1910, as well as a directory of non-digitized newspapers from 1690 to the present. [more info]
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HarpWeek (Harper's Weekly, 1857-1912) (HarpWeek)

A full-text database of Harper's Weekly text and images from the 19th century (1857-1912) ...[more info]
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Nation Digital Archive (Nation Publishing Company)

Index with full-text of the Nation...[more info]
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New York Times: Historical (ProQuest)

Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue to about 3 years ago...[more info]
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Washington Post: Historical (ProQuest)
Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue to about 15 years ago...[more info]

Primary Sources

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American Memory (Library of Congress)
Digitized collections of primary source materials at the Library of Congress on American history and culture...[more info]
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American Periodical Series (ProQuest)
Digitized page images from American magazines and journals of all types. Titles range from some of the first...[more info]
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American Social History Online
A web tool for finding and using digital content from over 175 American Social History research collections.  A project of the Digital Library Federation.[more info]
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ARTstor
Image database containing images of architecture, painting, sculpture...[more info]
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Black Thought and Culture (Alexander Street Press)
Collection of non-fiction published works of leading African Americans...[more info]
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North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories (Alexander Street Press)
Collection of primary sources written by North American immigrants from 1800 to 1950 ...[more info]
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North American Women's Letters and Diaries (Alexander Street Press)
Collection of letters and diaries reflecting on the immediate experiences of 1,017 women ...[more info]
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OAIster Database
OAIster contains thousands of multidisciplinary resources from more than 1,000 contributors worldwide...[more info]
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Oral History Online (Alexander Street Press)
This full-text material includes Ellis Island oral history narratives and rare Black Panther Party interviews...[more info]
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Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 (HW Wilson)
Indexes the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States...[more info]
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U.S. Congressional Serial Set Digital Edition (Readex)
An incomparably rich collection of primary source material on all aspects of American history originating from Congress and other federal agencies...[more info]

 

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-Using Primary Sources on the Web

-Finding Primary Sources in WorldCat

-Peer-Reviewed Journals

Liaison Librarian
Patricia Hardesty

Patricia Hardesty
540-568-6360
hardespn@jmu.edu


I'm your liaison librarian. Feel free to contact me with your questions.

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This page last reviewed by P. Hardesty on 1/9/2009.

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