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U.S. History Research Project
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The resources and links on this page were selected specifically to help guide you during your 3rd quarter project. If you ever have any questions please remember to contact one of your librarians, Ms. Fiorito or Ms. Williams, for individual assistance. We are happy to help.
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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
- ABC-CLIO American History
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Chicago Manual of Style Resources
- The Chicago Manual of Style Online
- Chicago Manual of StyleFrom the Purdue Online Writing Lab
- Chicago Manual of 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
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- Finding Print & Electronic Books Using the DHS Library Catalog-VIDEO
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Check out policy: you may check out 1 book at the end of the day. Books may be checked out for 1 night and must be brought back before 1st period on the day it is due.
