Research by Subject: History - United States
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Books: Use the Library Catalog
Academic OneFile 1980 - current. Interdisciplinary index covering over 10,000 scholarly and popular journals and magazines. Most references include full-text or links to full-text. Contains all of Expanded Academic Index ASAP. Coverage of scientific journals is limited. Shortcuts: go/onefile (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/onefile (off-campus).
America: History & Life Major index to articles and books on history (from prehistoric times to current period) of United States and Canada. 1964 to current. 
American National Biography Oxford ANB Online is an exploration of American history through the lives of the men and women who shaped the nation.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) 18th Century Collections Online includes a variety of materials — from books and directories, Bibles, sheet music and sermons to advertisements — and works by many well-known and lesser-known authors, all providing a diverse collection of material for the researcher of the eighteenth century. Includes "every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom."
Historical Abstracts Major index to over 2,000 international journals, book reviews, and dissertations on the history of the world, except United States and Canada. Covers topics from 1450 (i.e. the Renaissance) to the present. Indexes publications published from 1955 to current.
JSTOR Full-text archive of over 700 scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences covering all issues published, except for the last 2 to 5 years. This is a subscription resource; for off-campus access, enter your Middlebury username and password when prompted. Shortcuts: go/jstor (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/jstor (off-campus).
Project Muse Offers full-text of over 100 scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics from the 1990s to present. This is a subscription resource; for off-campus access, enter your Middlebury username and password when prompted. Shortcuts: go/muse (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/muse (off-campus).
Social Sciences Citation Index Indexes core scholarly social science journals worldwide. Search by cited authors or works, or search by words in the bibliographic citations. Go shortcut = go/wos Note: access through Web of Science
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe Academic Universe provides access to the full text of national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, and more. It also includes business, financial, and legal information, including laws, regulations, cases, and EU law. The non-English language news link includes news in French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Go shortcut = go/lexis (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/lexis (off-campus)
Newspapers in Microform. Foreign Countries Comprehensive listing by country and city of newspapers available in microform. Middlebury does not have historical runs of most international newspapers (except The Times, LeMonde, PAIS, and several Russian ones - check Midcat for holdings). However, you may be able to borrow several months of a newspaper through Interlibrary Loan if it is on microfilm. You can use the index to another newspaper to help identify dates of important events. If you need assistance, ask a librarian. Note: Located in Interlibrary Loan Office
ProQuest Historical Newspapers Search the digitized full-text and images of the New York Times (1851-2004); Wall Street Journal (1889-1990); Los Angeles Times (1881-1986); Washington Post (1877-1991); Chicago Tribune (1849-1986); Christian Science Monitor (1908-1994); Atlanta Constitution (1869-1939).
Henry Sheldon Museum Catalog Search books, archival and manuscript documents related to Middlebury and Addison County history in the Museum's Research Center.
NExpress Use the
button in Midcat to search for and request items from a consortia of 6 other northeastern libraries, Middlebury borrowers can also visit these libraries and check out items directly. These libraries are: Williams, Bates, Bowdoin, Wellesley, Colby, and Northeastern University. See the NExpress page for full details.
WorldCat Use this union catalog of over 40 million books, documents, reports, and media from libraries worldwide to identify books to request via InterLibrary Loan. If we don't own the book and you want to borrow it from another library, click on the ILL icon from the record.
The American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature Edited by Mary Beth Norton. NY: Oxford University Press, 1995. Note: Print Resource
Use Index in vol. 2 REF D20 A1 A55 1995
Bibliographic Index H.W. Wilson. (Library has 1942-current). Note: Print Resource
REF Z1002 B595
Reference Sources in History: An Introductory Guide Santa Barbara:ABC-Clio, 2004. Note: Print Resource
Main Library Reference D20 A1 F72 2004.
(Earlier edition in stacks)
American National Biography Oxford ANB Online is an exploration of American history through the lives of the men and women who shaped the nation.
The Chicago Manual of Style Online at: In print at:
The Chicago Manual of Style Online Online version of the Chicago Manual of Style - 15th Edition.
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers / Kate L. Turabian This is the "Turabian" style. See also the online Turabian Quick Guide with basic examples, available from the publisher. Note: Print resource
Multiple print copies including:
Ref LB2369 .T8 2007
Ready Ref LB2369 .T8 2007
Armstrong Ref LB2369 .T8 2007
Middlebury Citation & Style Guide This library subject guide links to additional resources pertaining to how to format your paper's footnotes, bibliographies and more.
RefWorks RefWorks will automatically generate bibliographies and format your research papers in any of hundreds of styles including MLA, APA, Chicago, and Turabian. Middlebury College students and faculty may use RefWorks by creating a RefWorks account. For more info, follow the RefWorks link or email refworks@middlebury.edu. Middlebury-specific RefWorks Guide located at http://go.middlebury.edu/refworks?midd.
Using Primary Sources on the Web Along with describing what they are and where to find them, this site created by librarians tells you how to evaluate and cite them. Click on the examples links for more websites.
The Hutchinson Dictionary of World History Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 1993. Note: Print Resource
REF D9 H87 1993
Oxford Reference Online Premium General reference resources, including encyclopedias, bilingual dictionaries, chronologies, and maps and illustrations.
Dissertation Abstracts Online Dissertation Abstracts Online is a subject, title, and author guide to American doctoral dissertations and masters theses from 1861 to the present, Canadian, British and European dissertations from 1988 to the present. Abstracts are included for entries after 1980
Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History: The Black Experience in the Americas 6 volume set searchable as part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library. Covers the U.S., Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
Oxford Reference Online Premium General reference resources, including encyclopedias, bilingual dictionaries, chronologies, and maps and illustrations.
The Craft of Research By Wayne C. Booth Note: Print Resource
Main Library and Armstrong Stacks Q180.55 .M4 B66
Going to the Sources : A Guide to Historical Research and Writing Main Library Stacks D16 .B893 2002 Note: Print Resource
A Guide to Historical Method Chicago: Dorsey, 1980. Note: Print Resource
Main Library Stacks D16 S47 1980.
The Modern Researcher By Jacques Barzun and Henry F. Graff. Note: Print Resource
NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992.
Main Library Reference LB2369 B28 1992.
Reference Sources in History: An Introductory Guide Santa Barbara:ABC-Clio, 2004. Note: Print Resource
Main Library Reference D20 A1 F72 2004.
(Earlier edition in stacks)
A Short Guide to Writing about History Main Library Stacks D13 .M294 2007 Note: Print Resource
Writing History: A Guide for Students Main Library Stacks D16 .S864 2004 Note: Print Resource
Journals/Magazines of the Period
American Periodicals Series Online: 1740-1900 APS collection contains digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals that originated between 1741, when Andrew Bradford's American Magazine and Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine were launched, and 1900. Derives from the American Periodicals Series microform collection and features over 1,100 periodicals spanning nearly 200 years-from colonial times to the advent of American involvement in World War II. Includes publications such as Vanity Fair and Ladies Home Journal.
Archive of Americana Comprehensive historical collections, containing books, pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers, government documents and ephemera. Collections include American broadsides, ephemera, historical newspapers and much more.
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800 Part of Archive of Americana. This digital collection contains virtually every book, pamphlet and broadside published in America over a 160-year period listed in the bibliography by Charles Evans. Publications include: advertisements, almanacs, bibles, broadsides, catalogs, charters and by-laws, contracts, cookbooks, elegies, eulogies, laws, maps, narratives, novels, operas, pamphlets, plays, poems, primers, sermons, songs, speeches, textbooks, tracts, travelogues, treaties and more.
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819 Part of Archive of Americana. Early 19th Century books, pamphlets, broadsides and other imprints listed in the bibliography by Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker. It is an essential complement to Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800.
Early English Books Online (EEBO) EEBO is a digital library containing about 100,000 of over 125,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640) and Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700) and their revised editions, as well as the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661) collection and the Early English Books Tract Supplement. Major subjects include: English literature, history, philosophy, linguistics, theology, music, fine arts, education, mathematics, and science. There is some coverage of other parts of the world (British accounts or other works published or translated in English).
Godey's Lady's Book 1830-1889 Searchable full-text of the famous 19th century womens' magazine, which today is considered among the most important resources of 19th century American life and culture.
Harpers Weekly Full content images of Harper's Weekly from 1857 - 1912. Browse by date or search using the index or within full-text. See printing instructions before proceeding.
International Index to Periodicals 1920 - 1965. Later title: Social Sciences & Humanities Index (no holdings) then split into the separate Social Sciences Index (no holdings) and Humanities Index (have 1974-1980). Use to locate articles in English-language journals and magazines on U.S. and international subjects. For 1907 - 1919, see the earlier title: Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature Supplement (same call number). For articles after 1980, see Academic Onefile. Note: Print Resource
Main Library Reference AI3 .S6 1920 - 1965
The Nineteenth Century in Print: Periodicals The 19th Century in Print presents 23 popular periodicals digitized by Cornell University Library and the Library of Congress. They include literary and political magazines, as well as Scientific American, Manufacturer and Builder, and Garden and Forest: A Journal of Horticulture, Landscape Art, and Forestry.
Periodicals Archive Online (PAO) Searchable archive of hundreds of digitized journals published in the arts, humanities and social sciences from 1665 - 2000. PAO is searchable with the British Periodicals I & ll collection. Formerly called PCI Full-text. Also see Periodicals Index Online for indexing to additional journals titles.
Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature Indexes articles in approx. 375 leading general magazines (mainly popular literature). Beginning with vol. 36 (March 1976) book reviews are listed at the end of the index (previously book reviews are listed under the subject of the book). For earlier film reviews see Moving Picture Plays--Criticism (later under Motion Pictures). See front matter for help with other types of works. Note: Print Resource
Print volumes: Main Library Ref AI3 .S6 (1900 - present)
African American Newspapers: The 19th Century Full-text newspapers articles from: Freedom's Journal; Colored American; The North Star; The National Era; Frederick Douglass Paper; Provincial Freeman; and The Christian Recorder.
America's Historical Newspapers: Early American Newspapers Part of Archive of Americana. Includes Early American Newspapers, Series 1, 1690-1876; Series 2, 1758-1922 and Series 3, 1829-1922.
The Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective Full-text coverage from Nov. 1860 - April 1865 of The Charleston Mercury; The New York Herald; and the Richmond Enquirer. Major events are described in detail in both Union and Confederate papers.
The New York Times Searchable full text back to the first issue (1851 until 2 years ago). The collection includes digital reproductions of text and images, providing access to every page from every available issue. Note: Digital full-text edition from Proquest
Pennsylvania Gazette, 1728 - 1800 Published in Philadelphia, it is considered the New York Times of the 18th Century. Provides a firsthand view of colonial America, the American Revolution and the New Republic, and offers important social, political and cultural perspectives of each of the periods.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers Search the digitized full-text and images of the New York Times (1851-2004); Wall Street Journal (1889-1990); Los Angeles Times (1881-1986); Washington Post (1877-1991); Chicago Tribune (1849-1986); Christian Science Monitor (1908-1994); Atlanta Constitution (1869-1939).
The Times of London Digital Archive 1785-1985 Access the digital archives of The Times of London from 1785 to 1985. Search by keyword, by words in text, or browse by date and retrieve the full text as it appeared in the paper. We are limited to one user at a time so please logout when finished! Note: We are limited to one user at a time so please LOGOUT when finished!
ArcCat ArcCat is a cooperative catalog describing archival and manuscript collections held by various Vermont institutions. It is similar to a library catalog, but instead of telling you about books and periodicals, it lists unpublished material. In this catalog you will find descriptions of the records of governmental entities, individuals, organizations, and businesses. ArcCat does not contain descriptions for everything at the participating repositories.
Archive of Americana Comprehensive historical collections, containing books, pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers, government documents and ephemera. Collections include American broadsides, ephemera, historical newspapers and much more.
The Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective Full-text coverage from Nov. 1860 - April 1865 of The Charleston Mercury; The New York Herald; and the Richmond Enquirer. Major events are described in detail in both Union and Confederate papers.
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800 Part of Archive of Americana. This digital collection contains virtually every book, pamphlet and broadside published in America over a 160-year period listed in the bibliography by Charles Evans. Publications include: advertisements, almanacs, bibles, broadsides, catalogs, charters and by-laws, contracts, cookbooks, elegies, eulogies, laws, maps, narratives, novels, operas, pamphlets, plays, poems, primers, sermons, songs, speeches, textbooks, tracts, travelogues, treaties and more.
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819 Part of Archive of Americana. Early 19th Century books, pamphlets, broadsides and other imprints listed in the bibliography by Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker. It is an essential complement to Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800.
Early Americas Digital Archive "A collection of electronic texts originally written in or about the Americas from 1492 to approximately 1820." Click on Archive, then Advanced Search to search by other criteria such as geographic location, time period, genre, or full-text search. The Gateway page links to texts both within the archive and on other internet sites.
Early English Books Online (EEBO) EEBO is a digital library containing about 100,000 of over 125,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640) and Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700) and their revised editions, as well as the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661) collection and the Early English Books Tract Supplement. Major subjects include: English literature, history, philosophy, linguistics, theology, music, fine arts, education, mathematics, and science. There is some coverage of other parts of the world (British accounts or other works published or translated in English).
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) 18th Century Collections Online includes a variety of materials — from books and directories, Bibles, sheet music and sermons to advertisements — and works by many well-known and lesser-known authors, all providing a diverse collection of material for the researcher of the eighteenth century. Includes "every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom."
Godey's Lady's Book 1830-1889 Searchable full-text of the famous 19th century womens' magazine, which today is considered among the most important resources of 19th century American life and culture.
Henry Sheldon Museum Catalog Search books, archival and manuscript documents related to Middlebury and Addison County history in the Museum's Research Center.
National Security Archive "Online access to critical declassified records on issues including U.S. national security, foreign policy, diplomatic and military history, intelligence policy, and more."
The Times of London Digital Archive 1785-1985 Access the digital archives of The Times of London from 1785 to 1985. Search by keyword, by words in text, or browse by date and retrieve the full text as it appeared in the paper. We are limited to one user at a time so please logout when finished! Note: We are limited to one user at a time so please LOGOUT when finished!
U.S. Congressional Serial Set Contains reports, documents and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives from the 15th to 96th Congresses, originally published in bound volumes. Also includes key Executive Branch documents and thousands of browsable/searchable Serial Set Maps. Now Available: 1817 - 1971. Will go to 1980 when complete. For the 1st - 14th congresses, see American State Papers. Go shortcut = go/usss
Using Primary Sources on the Web Along with describing what they are and where to find them, this site created by librarians tells you how to evaluate and cite them. Click on the examples links for more websites.
Academic OneFile 1980 - current. Interdisciplinary index covering over 10,000 scholarly and popular journals and magazines. Most references include full-text or links to full-text. Contains all of Expanded Academic Index ASAP. Coverage of scientific journals is limited. Shortcuts: go/onefile (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/onefile (off-campus).
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