America: History and Life - A&T Abstracts Ref Z1236.A48

Biography and Genealogy Master Index - A&T Ref CT214.B4995

Historic Documents - A&T Ref Indexes E839.H57

Historical Abstracts - A&T Abstracts Ref D299.H5

New York Times Index - A&T Indexes Ref AI21.N44

Poole's Index To Periodical Literature - A&T Indexes Ref AI 2.P7

Reader's Guide To Periodical Literature - A&T Indexes Ref AI 3.R4

Social Sciences Index - A&T Indexes Ref AI3.S62

What They Said In..., The Yearbook of World Opinion - A&T Ref Indexes D410.W46

Electronic Resources (CD-ROMS, Full-Text Databases & Bibliographic Databases

· CD-ROMS

American Journey - Electronic database on CD-ROM that contains a collection of primary

source documents and pictures.

Black Studies On Disc - Provides electronic access to over 108,000 records from the cumulative catalog of the Schomburg Center, the research unit that focuses on black history and culture.

Famous American Speeches: A Multimedia History - 1850 to the Present - Located at the Reference Desk this CD-ROM database contains famous or noteworthy American speeches.

George Washington Carver - This CD-ROM product is located at the Reference Desk and contains the papers, notes and letters of Dr. Carver.

Landmark Documents In American History (Full-Text) - An electronic database on CD-ROM, can be checked out at the Reference Desk, contains over 1,200 key documents on American History. Each document has an introductory essay placing it in historical context.

U.S. History on CD-ROM (Full-Text) - An electronic database on CD-ROM that must be checked out from the Reference Desk. This CD-ROM database contains over 107 books and over 1,000 pictures, illustrations and tables.

· FULLTEXT

Academic Search Elite via EBSCOhost - Provides abstracts and indexing for over 3,200 scholarly journals covering a wide variety of subject areas from 1984 to present.

Includes many complete articles from over 1,000 journals, including 380 journals dating back to 1990.

Academic Universe (Lexis-Nexis) – Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, medical and reference information.

InfoTrac Expanded Academic ASAP via Gale

Coverage is available through 2,600 indexed and 1,400 full-text titles in a wide variety of disciplines including: social science journals, humanities journals, science and technology journals, national news periodicals, general interest magazines, newswires, The New York Times and many others. More than 1,400 journals are refereed, and 20 years of backfile coverage are included.

History Universe - African American Studies

Wide range of sources include over 1,100 reference articles on key subjects, individuals, and organizations from the colonial era through late 20th Century. Select anthology includes hundreds of essential scholarly articles in full-text, as well as government and private manuscripts exploring civil rights, NAACP’s legal campaign against segregation and racism, late 19th and early 20th Century peonage cases in the South, and much more. Hundreds of images of African Americans from the 18th through 20th Centuries, seminal autobiographies of African Americans, and public speeches by prominent African Americans are included.

JSTOR - Provides image and full-text online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, demography, mathematics and other fields of the humanities and social sciences.

MasterFile Premier via EBSCOhost - Covers a wide variety of topics from about 3,100 magazines and journals from 1984 to present. Includes many complete articles from more than 1500 periodicals from 1990 to present

Statistical Universe - Indexes statistical data produced by the U.S. government, by important international intergovernmental organizations, and by knowledgeable professional and trade organizations, business organizations, commercial publishers, independent research organizations, state government agencies, and universities. Includes indexing for the American Statistics Index (1973- ), the Statistical Reference Index (1980- ) and the Index to International Statistics (1983- ). Coverage: Updated regularly.

· BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES

ArticleFirst via OCLC FirstSearch - Index of articles from nearly 12,500 journals in a variety of disciplines from January 1990 to present.

Social Sciences Citation Index From the Web of Science website - Multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the social sciences. Covers 1400 journals spanning 50 disciplines. Has searchable author abstracts. Can view article bibliographies and search cited references and authors. Coverage: 1992- . Updated monthly.

WorldCat via OCLC FirstSearch - Union catalog of materials held in libraries world-wide.

JOURNALS (Printed)

Abacus

African American Review

Africa South in Exile

Afro‑Americans in New York Life and History

Agricultural History

American Heritage

American Historical Review

American History

American History Illustrated

Carolina Comments

Church History

Civilization

Civil War Times Illustrated

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Current History

The Historian; a Journal of History

Historical Journal

History

History And Social Science Teacher

History and Technology

History and Theory

The History Teacher

History Today

The International Journal of African Historical Studies

International Review of Social History

Journal of African History

Journal of Contemporary History

Journal of American History

Journal of Interdisciplinary History

Journal of Negro History

Journal of Social History

Journal of Southern History

Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria

Journal of the History of Ideas

Journal of World History

Magazine of History

Mid-America; an Historical Review

North Carolina Historical Review

Past & Present

ONLINE

Air Power History from PA Research II via Bell & Howell ProQuest

Coverage: January 1, 1996-present

American History from Academic Search Elite via EBSCOhost

Coverage: June 1, 1994-present

American History from MasterFile Premier via EBSCOhost

Coverage: June 1, 1994-present

American History from PA Research II via Bell & Howell ProQuest

Coverage: May 1, 1997-present

American History from Primary Search (Children's Magazines) via EBSCOhost

Coverage: June 1, 1994-present

American History Illustrated from Academic Search Elite via EBSCOhost

Coverage: January 1, 1992-May 31, 199

American History Illustrated from MasterFile Premier via EBSCOhost

Coverage: January 1, 1992-May 31, 1994

American Legacy: Celebrating African-American History & Culture from MasterFile Premier via EBSCOhost

Coverage: June 1, 1998-present

Canadian Journal of History from Academic Search Elite via EBSCOhost

Coverage: April 1, 1990-present

Canadian Journal of History from MasterFile Premier via EBSCOhost

Coverage: April 1, 1990-present

Canadian Journal of History from PA Research II via Bell & Howell ProQuest

Coverage: April 1, 1995-present

Central European History from Academic Search Elite via EBSCOhost

Coverage: June 1, 1996-present

Chinese America, History & Perspectives from Academic Search Elite via EBSCOhost

Coverage: January 1, 1997-present

Chinese America, History & Perspectives from MasterFile Premier via EBSCOhost

Coverage: January 1, 1997-present

Christian History from Academic Search Elite via EBSCOhost

Coverage: January 1, 1990-present

Christian History from MasterFile Premier via EBSCOhost

Coverage: January 1, 1990-present

Church History from Academic Search Elite via EBSCOhost

Coverage: January 1, 1998-present

Church History from MasterFile Premier via EBSCOhost

Coverage: January 1, 1998-present

Church History from PA Research II via Bell & Howell ProQuest

Coverage: March 1, 1994-present

Civil War History from PA Research II via Bell & Howell ProQuest

Coverage: September 1, 1997-present

Complete Idiot's Guide to American History from MasterFile Premier via EBSCOhost

Coverage: January 1, 1998-present

Essential Documents in American History from Academic Search Elite via EBSCOhost

Coverage: January 1, 1997-present

Essential Documents in American History from MasterFile Premier via EBSCOhost

Coverage: January 1, 1997-present

Essential Documents in American History from Primary Search (Children's Magazines) via EBSCOhost

Coverage: January 1, 1997-present

Ethnohistory from PA Research II via Bell & Howell ProQuest

Coverage: April 1, 1997-present

European Review of History from Academic Search Elite via EBSCOhost

Coverage: March 1, 1994-present

European Review of History from MasterFile Premier via EBSCOhost

Coverage: March 1, 1994-present

European Review of History from PA Research II via Bell & Howell ProQuest

Coverage: October 1, 1997-present

Historian; a Journal of History from PA Research II via Bell & Howell ProQuest

Coverage: January 1, 1995-present

History & Theory from Academic Search Elite via EBSCOhost

Coverage: January 1, 1990-present

History & Theory from MasterFile Premier via EBSCOhost

Coverage: January 1, 1990-present

History of Political Economy from PA Research II via Bell & Howell ProQuest

Coverage: January 1, 1997-present

History of the Family from Academic Search Elite via EBSCOhost

Coverage: June 1, 1996-present

History of the Family from MasterFile Premier via EBSCOhost

Coverage: June 1, 1996-present

History Today from Academic Search Elite via EBSCOhost

Coverage: January 1, 1990-present

History Today from MasterFile Premier via EBSCOhost

Coverage: January 1, 1990-present

History Today from PA Research II via Bell & Howell ProQuest

Coverage: January 1, 1992-present

History: Review of New Books from Academic Search Elite via EBSCOhost

Coverage: July 1, 1996-present

History: Review of New Books from MasterFile Premier via EBSCOhost

Coverage: July 1, 1996-present

Journal of American Ethnic History from Academic Search Elite via EBSCOhost

Coverage: January 1, 1990-present

Journal of American Ethnic History from MasterFile Premier via EBSCOhost

Coverage: January 1, 1990-present

Journal of American Ethnic History from PA Research II via Bell & Howell ProQuest

Coverage: October 1, 1997-present

Journal of American History, The from PA Research II via Bell & Howell ProQuest

Coverage: March 1, 1992-present

Journal of Contemporary History from PA Research II via Bell & Howell ProQuest

Coverage: October 1, 1996-present

Journal of Family History from Academic Search Elite via EBSCOhost

Coverage: January 1, 1990-present

Journal of Family History from MasterFile Premier via EBSCOhost

Coverage: January 1, 1990-present

Journal of Family History from PA Research II via Bell & Howell ProQuest

Coverage: January 1, 1998-present

Journal of Interdisciplinary History from Academic Search Elite via EBSCOhost

Coverage: January 1, 1998-present

Journal of Military History, The from PA Research II via Bell & Howell ProQuest

Coverage: January 1, 1994-present

Journal of Modern History, The from PA Research II via Bell & Howell ProQuest

Coverage: September 1, 1998-present

Journal of Social History from Academic Search Elite via EBSCOhost

Coverage: January 1, 1990-present

Journal of Social History from MasterFile Premier via EBSCOhost

Coverage: January 1, 1990-present

Journal of Social History from PA Research II via Bell & Howell ProQuest

Coverage: January 1, 1995-present

Journal of the History of Philosophy from PA Research II via Bell & Howell ProQuest

Coverage: October 1, 1995-present

Journal of Urban History from Academic Search Elite via EBSCOhost

Coverage: January 1, 1990-present

Journal of Urban History from MasterFile Premier via EBSCOhost

Coverage: January 1, 1990-present

Journal of Urban History from PA Research II via Bell & Howell ProQuest

Coverage: November 1, 1996-present

Journal of Women's History from PA Research II via Bell & Howell ProQuest

Coverage: January 1, 1995-present

Journalism History from Academic Search Elite via EBSCOhost

Coverage: January 1, 1990-present

Journalism History from MasterFile Premier via EBSCOhost

Coverage: January 1, 1990-present

Journalism History from PA Research II via Bell & Howell ProQuest

Coverage: January 1, 1994-present

Labor History from PA Research II via Bell & Howell ProQuest

Coverage: April 1, 1997-present

Manitoba History from MasterFile Premier via EBSCOhost

Coverage: July 1, 1999-present

Military History from Academic Search Elite via EBSCOhost

Coverage: June 1, 1996-present

Military History from MasterFile Premier via EBSCOhost

Coverage: June 1, 1996-present

Military History from PA Research II via Bell & Howell ProQuest

Coverage: April 1, 1997-present

Natural History from Academic Search Elite via EBSCOhost

Coverage: May 1, 1990-present

Natural History from MasterFile Premier via EBSCOhost

Coverage: May 1, 1990-presen

Natural History from PA Research II via Bell & Howell ProQuest

Coverage: January 1, 1992-present

Natural History from Primary Search (Children's Magazines) via EBSCOhost

Coverage: May 1, 1990-present

Naval History from Academic Search Elite via EBSCOhost

Coverage: July 1, 1999-present

Oral History Review, The from PA Research II via Bell & Howell ProQuest

Coverage: January 1, 1997-present

Virginia Magazine of History & Biography from Academic Search Elite via EBSCOhost

Coverage: March 1, 1997-present

Virginia Magazine of History & Biography from MasterFile Premier via EBSCOhost

Coverage: March 1, 1997-present

Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, The from PA Research II via Bell & Howell ProQuest

Coverage: January 1, 1994-present

War in History from Academic Search Elite via EBSCOhost

Coverage: January 1, 1999-present

Government Documents

Government Documents cover a broad range of topics including criminal justice; laws and regulations; congressional hearings; Supreme Court opinions; and economic, demographic and agricultural statistics. You can access our Government Documents Collection several ways: through the Innopac Catalog using GPO Access; the printed Monthly Catalog housed in the Index Area; GPO on CD-ROM and using the Internet. These items are classified by the Superintendent of Documents Classification Scheme and must be retrieved using that call number. The library's Government Documents Department is located on the lower level of the library. On the first floor of the library is a workstation dedicated solely to accessing government documents using CD-ROMs or accessing governmental agencies through the Internet.

225 years of service : the U.S. Army, 1775-2000 - A&T GSM FED GOVDOCS D 114.2:SE 6/3

Arming the eagle : a history of U.S. weapons acquisition since 1775 - A&T GSM FED GOVDOCS D 1.2:H 62/13

Assessing the Soviet threat : the early Cold War years - A&T GSM FED GOVDOCS PREX 3.17:AS 7

The Constitution in the public imagination - A&T GSM NC MICROFORM K12 9:C75

Forging progress for women [microform] : North Carolina Council for Women : a brief history of three decades of service, 1963-1993 - A&T GSM NC MICROFORM I21 2:N86

Here was the Revolution : historic sites of the war for American independence - A&T GSM NC MICROFORM I 29.2:R32

Higher education and the United States Office of Education, 1867- 1953 - A&T GSM NC MICROFORM HE 19.102:H 53/867-953

Historic American roads : a collection of paintings - A&T GSM FED GOVDOCS TD 2.30/12:00-002

Historical development of the North Carolina Textbook Commission and its current status [microform] - A&T GSM NC MICROFORM G3.5 2:H67

A History of cancer control in the United States, 1946-1971 - A&T GSM NC MICROFORM HE 20.3152:C 16

The history of education in North Carolina [microform] - A&T GSM NC MICROFORM G5 10:H67

History of the Star-Spangled Banner from 1814 to the present - A&T GSM NC MICROFORM I 29.2:F77

Letters of delegates to Congress, 1774-1789 - A&T GSM FED GOVDOCS LC 1.34:26/CUM.IND

Intentions and capabilities : estimates on Soviet strategic forces, 1950-1983 - A&T GSM FED GOVDOCS PREX 3.17:IN 8

Records relating to personal participation in World War II : military awards and decorations - A&T GSM FED GOVDOCS AE 1.124:92

Urban transportation planning in the United States : an historical overview - A&T GSM FED GOVDOCS TD 1.20/10:97-24

Statistical Sources

Statistics provide a factual basis for your ideas. Most of the handbooks and electronic resources listed will give some general statistics. The following resources can provide information on very specific topics, either giving the actual data or listing citations to books, articles, or reports that will have the needed information.

American Statistics Index - Index Ref Z7554.U5A46

Statistical Abstract of the United States-A&T Ref HA202.A384 (Current edition on Ready Reference)

Statistical Abstract of the World - A&T Ref HA154.S68 (Current edition on Ready Reference)

Statistical Handbook on Adolescents in America - A&T Ref HQ796.S8237

Statistical Handbook on Aging Americans - A&T Ref HQ1064.U5S738

Statistical Handbook on the American Family - A&T RefHQ536.S727

Statistical Handbook on Violence in America - A&T Ref HN90.V5S833

Statistical Handbook on Women in America - A&T Ref HQ1420.T34

Statistical Record of Women Worldwide - A&T Ref HQ 1150.S73

Statistical Reference Index - Indexes A&T Ref Z7554.U5S79

Vital Statistics on American Politics - A&T Ref JK274.S74

INTERNET

Afrigeneas

Afrigeneas is a mailing list focused on genealogical research and resources in general and on African ancestry in particular. This page serves as a focal point for information about African‑ancestored families and for pointers to genealogical sources worldwide.

Access: http://www.msstate.edu/Archives/History/afrigen/

Afro-American Newspapers, Baltimore, MD

News articles and related materials on black american history.

Access: http://www.afroam.org/index.html

American Memory Collection is the online resource compiled by the Library of Congress National Digital Library Program. With the participation of other libraries and archives, the program provides a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States.

Access: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html

Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards.

Access: http://www.amnesty.org/

EducationWorld - Here you will find over 1000 ORIGINAL Reviews of sites selected by the staff at Education World as some of the best on the World Wide Web!

Access: http://www.education-world.com/awards/past/

Index to World History Compass

470 Links to history sites on the Web the World over.

Access: http://www.lexiconn.com/lis/schcomp/whl/whlindex.htm

MEL: United States History Resources

Internet Resources for Students of Afro‑American History.United States History Resources. United States Department of Labor (History of the Department).

Access: http://mel.lib.mi.us/humanities/history/HIST‑us.html

Scout Report Signpost - The Internet Scout Project, which is funded through the National Science Foundation and is located in the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Computer Sciences Department, is charged with assisting in the development of resource discovery on the Internet. The Scout Report Signpost contains only the best Internet resources, as chosen by the editorial staff of the Scout Report, which have been cataloged and organized for efficient browsing and searching. Signpost, which debuted in June of 1997, is a proof-of-concept and is designed to guide U.S. higher education to quality electronic resources. The majority of resources reviewed are free and freely accessible

Access: http://www.signpost.org/signpost/

State Department is the lead U.S. foreign affairs agency. It advances U.S. objectives and interests in shaping a freer, more secure, and more prosperous world through formulating, representing, and implementing the President’s foreign policy. The Secretary of State, the ranking member of the Cabinet and fourth in line of presidential succession, is the President’s principal adviser on foreign policy and the person chiefly responsible for U.S. representation abroad.

Access: http://www.state.gov/

PRIMARY RESOURCES ON THE WEB

This is a select list of primary documents on the web.

Address of a Convention of Negroes held in Alexandria, Virginia, August 1865

Access: http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/index.htm#1851

American Slave Narratives: An Online Anthology (Works Progress Administration [WPA])

Access: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/wpa/reading.html)

Frederick Douglass, “Reconstruction,” Atlantic Monthly, December 1866

Access: http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/flashbks/black/douglas.htm

This page is created and maintained by Donald Bradsher, Head of Reference.

North Carolina A&T State University.

Last Updated March 20,2002