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History is a book-oriented field, and so you should expect to do at least part of your research in the library catalog. See the "Books" tab for additional information on the best ways to search for books.
For courses offered in the spring 2012 semester, these links will take you to additional resources on your subject, including print books, ebooks, and web sites:
American History to 1876 [See also Documents (1763-1877)]
Film Noir [See also Film Noir ebooks]
Jazz Age France [See also Jazz Age in France (book)]
U.S. History Since 1876 [See also 20th-Century America; Timeline]
World History (all courses) [See also Dictionary of World History ebook]
To find basic information and to do fact-checking, try the library's e-reference collection, Oxford Reference Online. For a detailed timeline of ancient and modern history, try Oxford's Timelines. See also other reference works listed under the "Books" tab.
If you're asked to use "primary" sources (or original documents from a historical period) in your assignments, check some of the web sites listed on the "Web" tab, which include old newspapers, magazines, and other primary sources. See the "More" tab for some online and print primary document collections available through the Dulaney-Browne Library in certain subject areas.
If you are writing a history term paper or other big project, you may need to use interlibrary loan for items that Dulaney-Browne Library doesn't own. Try WorldCat for the easiest way to borrow books that you need from other libraries. For articles, our EBSCOhost databases have an ILL link on every article that is not full-text, so that ordering them is simple. (Please allow a few days for the book or article to be delivered; you will be contacted by email.)
Please remember always to cite the source where you obtained your information, according to the format outlined in the Chicago Manual of Style (online guide from Purdue University).
If you ever have any trouble finding what you need, please don't hesitate to contact me or askalibrarian. We're here to help you!
Journal Articles and Book Reviews
Books and Reference Works
To find print books and ebooks held by our library, go to OCU’s online catalog and select “Subject” from the drop-down menu, then type a subject of your choice into the search-box. Here are some examples of subject headings:
China—History
Egypt—History
Indians of North America--History
Indians of North America--Religion
Military art and science--History [Warfare--History]
United States—History
Most history books in Dulaney-Browne Library are found in the call numbers 900 through 999 in the reference area on the first floor and on the fourth floor. Some are electronic books available online through ebrary. To find books in other libraries and obtain them through interlibrary loan, try WorldCat.
Reference Works
These books for general and background information are located in the first floor reference area. Some earlier editions may be on the fourth floor shelves or in basement storage (ask at reference desk). For a good selection of history reference works available online, try Oxford Reference Online. There are also online historical dictionaries and encyclopedias available in full-text through ebrary. Here are some examples of both print and electronic:
Africana, 2nd ed., 2005. (5 vols.)
American Indian Religious Traditions: An Encyclopedia, 2005 (3 vols.)
Ashgate Research Companion to Modern Warfare, 2010 (ebrary)
Biographical Dictionary of Ancient Egypt, 1996 (ebrary)
Cambridge Encyclopedia of China 2nd ed., 1991
Dictionary of American History, 3rd ed., 2003. (10 vols.)
Dictionary of the Politics of the People's Republic of China, 1998
Encyclopedia of American History, 2003. (11 vols.)
Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture, 2008. (6 vols.)
Encyclopedia of Modern Asia, 2002. (6 vols.)
Encyclopedia of World History, 2008. (7 vols.)
European Warfare, 1815-2000, (ebrary, 2001)
Great Lives from History (multi-volume sets, by location and period)
Guide to Historical Literature, 3rd ed., 1995. (2 vols.)
Handbook of North American Indians (16 vols.)
Historical Dictionary of Germany's Weimar Republic, 1997 (ebrary)
Historical Dictionary of the 1940s/1950s/1960s/1970s (ebrary).
Hutchinson Dictionary of World History, 2006. (ebrary)
Oxford Companion to World Mythology, 2005. (online)
Regional Surveys of the World (1953-2009)
Who's Who in Military History: From 1453 to the Present Day, 1996.
Web Sites
These online resources are good for finding historical articles, documents, maps, and images:
100 Milestone Documents
American Memory
Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
Avalon Project (Law, History, and Diplomacy)
Center for History and New Media
China Today
European Library [digital collections portal]
History (UC-Santa Barbara portal)
History Links list (Oxford Reference Online)
History Matters
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Making of America
Public History Resource Center
Web Sources for Military History
World History Index and History Central Catalogue
Document Series
These print and online series contain many volumes of authoritative primary source materials, some in translation:
American State Papers
Annals of Communism
Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Congressional Serial Set (1789-2003) [Hearings and reports]
Foreign Relations of the United States (1861-1976)
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
Historical Newspapers
Chronicling America (Library of Congress)
Historical Newspapers Online
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chicago Defender (1910-1975)
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Atlanta Constitution (1868-1945)
Metropolitan Library System has the Los Angeles Times (1881-1987) and the New York Times (1851-2007) available to all users. Log-in requires an MLS library card.
