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WISER: Sources for US History

WISER: Sources for US History. Jane Rawson Vere Harmsworth Library. Summary. Finding publications/bibliographic sources Primary sources Special collections & archives On the web Further help and guidance Demonstration & hands-on time. Finding publications. Vere Harmsworth Library

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WISER: Sources for US History

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  1. WISER: Sources for US History Jane Rawson Vere Harmsworth Library

  2. Summary • Finding publications/bibliographic sources • Primary sources • Special collections & archives • On the web • Further help and guidance • Demonstration & hands-on time

  3. Finding publications • Vere Harmsworth Library • Books & journals • Journal articles • Dissertations & theses • Electronic resources • America: History & Life

  4. Early printed books • Early American Imprints I: Evans • Early English Books Online (EEBO) • Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) • Google Books/Internet Archive • Making of Modern Law • Making of America (Cornell, Michigan) • Microform collections in the VHL

  5. Newspapers & magazines • American Periodicals Series • 19th Century US Newspapers • ProQuest Historical Newspapers • Chronicling America • Ethnic NewsWatch • Black Journals • Nexis UK (current) • Early American Newspapers • Print news magazines in VHL & Bodleian • Other libraries/online

  6. Official Papers, Government Publications, etc. (Domestic) • Monthly Catalog • US Congressional Serial Set • Congressional Record & predecessors • House & Senate Journals • Congressional Committee Hearings • American State Papers • Colonial State Papers • Other early State Papers • Presidential Papers • HeinOnline • FDSys

  7. Official Papers, Government Publications etc. (Foreign) • Foreign Relations of the United States • Digital National Security Archive • Declassified Documents Reference System • Confidential Print North America • 19th C Diplomatic Despatches & Instructions • HeinOnline • FDSys

  8. Censuses, Statistics, Data • Print census volumes and www.census.gov • Historical Census Browser (University of Virginia) • Footnote.com Census Project • Historical Statistics of the United States • Online eg. Gallup Presidential Job Approval Center • Opinion polls: iPoll, Gallup Poll

  9. Papers, Archives, Special Collections • VHL microforms • Rhodes House Library • Bodleian Library • Elections Archive (VHL) • Online • Finding aids

  10. Audio-visual sources • Lyndon B Johnson Telephone Conversations • Presidential Recordings Program (Miller Center) • YouTube • Library of Congress • National Archives • Presidential Libraries • Library of Congress (National Jukebox)

  11. Biographical sources • American National Biography • World Biographical Archive • Who’s Who • Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

  12. Other e-resources (OxLIP+) • Early Encounters in North America • North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries and Oral Histories • North American Women’s Letters and Diaries

  13. On the web • VHL on delicious (http://delicious.com/vhllib) • State Digital Libraries & Historical Associations • Library of Congress • American Memory • Hathi Trust • Footnote.com

  14. More guidance and help • Online Guide to US History Sources http://ox.libguides.com/ushistory • US Studies Resources Blog http://vhlresources.blogspot.com • Full presentation http://slidesha.re/lxtcJL • Email jane.rawson@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

  15. Demonstration/Practice http://ox.libguides.com/ushistory

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