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What to do with a History Degree

Careers for Students of History-American Historical Association

Possible Jobs for History Majors-Hofstra University

Encyclopedia, Dictionaries and Other Reference Sources

General	U.S. History	World History
Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Word Global Chronology of Conflict	Oxford African American Studies Center Workers of America Movies in American History Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink	The Oxford Encyclopedia of Byzantium The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt Oxford Encyclopedia of the the Islamic World Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation The Holocaust Encyclopedia

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale's Virtual Reference Library is a collection of electronic reference books in the areas of history, arts, medicine, science and more.
Oxford Reference Online
Oxford African American Studies Center
The most comprehensive collection of scholarship available online focusing on the lives and events which have shaped African American history and culture.

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Journal Articles and Book Reviews

History Specific Resources

America: History and Life
America: History and Life is the definitive index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, with indexing for 1,700 journals dating back to 1910.
Historical Abstracts
Provides indexing of more than 2,300 academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1955. Historical Abstracts covers the history of the world (excluding the United States in Canada).
International Medieval Bibliography
The International Medieval Bibliography provides a comprehensive, current bibliography of articles in journals and miscellany volumes.

Specialized Resources from Other Disciplines

When researching topics remember to also consult resources from related fields. Since scholars in other fields may write on historical topics concerning their disciplines, you may find useful material not included in the history databases. For example Medline, our medical database included research on historical topics such as the Black Death, and the Spanish Flu.

Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies

An index of research, policy, and scholarly discourse on the countries and peoples of the Middle East, Central Asia, and North Africa.
SocINDEX with Full Text

Contains over 2 million records from 1,200 core journals including full text from 700 journals.
Political Science Complete

Provides indexing and abstracting for 800 journals, with full-text coverage for 350 of those journals.
SPORTDiscus

Provides full text for 400 journals and 700,000 full-text articles dating back to 1985.
MLA International Bibliography

Produced by the Modern Language Association, the MLA International Bibliography provides access to scholarly research in over 3,000 journals and series, including records pertaining to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore.
Music Index

EBSCO's Music Index provides coverage from 1973 to the present and contains surveyed data from 850 music periodicals from 40 countries.
Women's Studies International

Includes over 255,000 records drawn from a variety of essential women's studies databases.
Computers and Applied Sciences Complete

Covers the research and development spectrum of the computing and applied sciences disciplines.

General Resources

Arts & Humanities Citation Index

Arts & Humanities Citation Index provides bibliographic and citation information for 1,700 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals.
Humanities International Complete

Provides full text to hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world including full text for more than 1,200 journals.
JSTOR

JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources.
Project Muse

A leading provider of digital humanities and social science content for the scholarly community

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Statistics and Government Documents

Statistical Abstracts of the United States 1872-2012
Census of Population and Housing 1790-2010
Historical Census Browser (University of Virginia Library)

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Primary Source Collections

Newspapers and Magazines

Historical New York Times (1851 - 2012)

The New York Times (1851-2012) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.

Early American Newspapers, 1690-1922

America's Historical Newspapers allows users to search more than 1,000 U.S. historical newspapers published between 1690 and 1922, including titles from all 50 states. America's Historical Newspapers enables researchers to explore virtually every aspect of America during the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries.

British Library Newspapers

Contains full runs of influential national and regional newspapers representing different political and cultural segments of British society.

African American Newspapers, 1827-1998

African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 enables users to search more than 270 African American newspapers published in the 19th and 20th centuries. Created in partnership with the Wisconsin Historical Society, the Kansas State Historical Society and the Library of Congress, African American Newspapers chronicles a century and a half of the African American experience.

African American Periodicals, 1825-1995

African American Periodicals allows users to search more than 170 African American Periodicals published between 1825 and 1995. Created by Readex through a partnership with the Wisconsin Historical Society, African American Periodicals enables researchers to explore African American culture, thought and opinion ranging over more than 150 years of African American life.

Books

Early English Books Online

This incomparable collection contains over 96,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475 - 1640) and Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700) and their revised edition.

Twentieth Century Advice Literature: North American Guides on Race, Gender, Sex, and the Family

Twentieth Century Advice Literature: North American Guides on Race, Gender, Sex, and the Family allows students and researchers to immerse themselves in the values and behaviors of Americans of the past. The collection provides a window into American social history by bringing together the instructional, prescriptive, behavioral, and etiquette literature that defined standards of personal conduct for millions of Americans and reflected the prevailing social mores across the twentieth century.

Eighteenth Century Collections Online

Access the digital images of every page from 180,000 books published during the 18th Century. This resource allows access to critical information in the fields of history, literature, religion, law, fine arts, and science.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online

This database is provided courtesy of UW Madison. Access the digital images of thousands of materials published during the 19th Century. This product allows access to critical information in the fields of history, literature, religion, law, fine arts, science and more.

U.S. History

Gilded Age

The Gilded Age brings primary documents and scholarly commentary together into a searchable collection that is the definitive electronic resource for students and scholars researching this important period in American history. In addition to an extensive selection of key treatises that reflect the social and cultural ferment of the late nineteenth century, The Gilded Age offers songs, letters, photographs, cartoons, government documents, and ephemera.

Early Encounters in North America

Documents the relationships among peoples and the environment in North America from 1534 to 1860. It focuses on personal accounts and provides a wide range of perspectives. Includes both published and unpublished accounts including narratives, diaries, journals, and letters.

World History

British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries 1500 - 1900

British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries includes the immediate experiences of approximately 500 women, as revealed in over 100,000 pages of diaries and letters. The collection now includes primary materials spanning more than 300 years.

Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts

Gives researchers immediate, Web-based access to an extensive range of seminal works from the Reformation and post-Reformation eras.

Digital Library of the Catholic Reformation

Gives researchers immediate, Web-based access to an extensive range of seminal works from the Reformation and post-Reformation eras.

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Chicago Style Notes and Bibliography

Helpful Websites

Trent University Academic Skills Documentation Guide; Chicago Style

Secondary Sources

How to cite Books/eBooks
- How to cite a Translated Book
- How to cite a Book Chapter
- How to cite a Reference Book Entry or Article
How to cite Journal Articles
How to cite Newspaper or Magazine Articles
How to cite a Web Page

Primary Sources

How to cite a primary source from a Published Print Collection
How to cite a primary source form an Online Collection
How to cite a primary source from an Archival Collection
How to cite a primary source included within a Secondary Source

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