Entry-Level Sources

• ABC-CLIO American History
  Contains brief reference articles on a variety of topics related to the history of the United States.
• Gale Virtual Reference Library
  This databases contains articles from a variety of general and specialized enyclopedia sources.
• Salem Press
  Gives basic facts as well as why those facts are important. Information is given on people and events. Primary documents are included, too.
• U.S. History in Context

In-Depth Sources

• ABC-Clio Electronic Book Collection
  Full-text e-books covering a wide-range of topics. Features "search within a specific title" option.
• JSTOR
  Contains scholarly journal articles, primary sources and e-books.
• E-Library
• This database includes popular newspapers and magazines as well as scholarly journals. *In order to access only scholarly journals, begin your search by clicking "advanced search". On the next page, be sure to check the box that says "search within scholarly journals only" before beginning your search.
• EBSCO Databases

Primary Sources

• ABC-Clio American History
  To limit your search to primary documents, start your searching in "advanced search" and limit your results by selecting "Media" and "Documents".
• Salem Press
  Conduct your search and then select the tab at the top of the page that says "Primary Source" to refine your search.
• Proquest Historical Newspapers
  Search full-text images of stories, obituaries, and even advertisements from issues of the Chicago Daily Tribune, New York Times, Christian Science Monitor and Chicago Defender. Dates range from 1851-2001.
• Gale Virtual Reference Library
  One primary documents search that gives you many sources is the advanced search. Place the phrase "primary sources" (no quotations) as a publication title in advanced search screen. Then, type in your topic keyword in a different box.
• America's Historical Newspapers (New!)
  Home Access to America's Historical
• DHS Library Free Internet Sites - Primary Sources

Chicago Manual of Style Resources

• The Chicago Manual of Style Online
• Chicago Manual of Style Quick Guide
• Chicago Manual of StyleFrom the Purdue Online Writing Lab
• Chicago Manual Style-Sample Paper
  Please look at this. It will help with formatting your footnotes.
• Citing Indirect Sources
• Citation Chart
• How to do a title page and footnotes-VIDEO
  Jackier Sutton, YouTube 
• Which category or example do I use from Chicago Manual & Style??

Tutorials

• Color Coded Note Taking: How-To
• Finding Print & Electronic Books Using the DHS Library Catalog-VIDEO
• Is the website you are using credible?
  
  

• Library Catalog
• Passwords

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