U.S. Seminar: U.S. History as Global History

Course Number:

HST 522

Instructor:

Fain

Starting Points

Chronological history of United States foreign relations

Encyclopedia of American foreign policy

Encyclopedia of U.S. foreign relations

Articles & eResources

EbscoHost databases can be searched simultaneously by going to the EbscoHost page and selecting the databases you wish to search.

America: History & Life

Indexes 1,700 journals from 1964 to present. (EbscoHost)

JSTOR

Full-text access to Full-text searching of an archive of over 165 history and 58 law journals. Typically excludes the latest 3-5 years of publication.

Project MUSE

Full-text access to over 300 journals, 66 in history. Many of the same titles as in JStor, with current issues available.

Academic Search Complete

A great database for any topic, this database indexes over 5,600 journals, with full-text access for 4,600. (EbscoHost)

WorldCat

This union catalog of 9,000 libraries contains over a billion records. Includes a direct link to the Illiad interlibrary loan service.

ABC-CLIO E-book Collection

Use the Quick Search box to search for American Foreign Relations since 1600.

CQ Electronic Library

Includes the CQ Almanac back to 1945 and Historic Documents back to 1972.

HeinOnline

Full text of law journals, Congressional documents and more.

Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press

English translations of the Soviet and Post-Soviet press, since 1949. On trial until 2/8/10.

LexisNexis Academic

Click on the "Legal" tab to access legal journals, laws and court opinions. The "General" (default) tab provides full-text newspaper and magazine articles, wire services, broadcast transcripts and blogs.

LexisNexis Congressional

Indexes House and Senate Documents back to 1789, and full-text for Congressional documents from recent years.

Public Affairs Information Services (PAIS)

1915-1976.

Websites

Websites that provide mostly primary source material are listed under the Primary Sources category below. These websites may also be of interest.

Presidential Libraries

Senate Historical Office

U.S. House of Representatives. Office of the Clerk. Art & History

Presidential Libraries

Miller Center of Public Affairs

Council on Foreign Relations

Primary Sources

See the guide "Finding Primary Resources for Historical Research" for a more complete discussion of the library's resources.

Search the Randall Library catalog and WorldCat (see below for links) for history makers' names as authors. This should retrieve their memoirs, diaries and correspondence.

As you search subject topics in the catalog and WorldCat, note that the following subdivisions indicate primary source:
Archives*
Caricatures and cartoons
Correspondence*
Diaries*
Early works to 1800
Facsimilies
Interviews
Newspapers [e.g., African Americans -- Newspapers]
Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
Pamphlets
Personal narratives (used in relation to specific events only)
Photographs
Pictorial works
Songs and music
Sources
Speeches, addresses, etc.*
Treaties

*Used with individuals' names,classes of persons (e.g., soldiers), and organizations.

New York Times Archive

1851-3 years ago.

Palmer's Full Text Online

Provides indexing for the Times of London from 1785-1905, and full-text from 1800-1870.

Digital National Security Archive - (DNSA)

Readers' Guide Retrospective

Indexes popular magazines, 1890-1982.

American Rhetoric

Video, audio and transcripts of major speeches.

Public Papers of the Presidents

Onilne versions of the papers of Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. Print copies of presidential papers back to the Teddy Roosevelt administration are in the General Collection J82.