SUBJECT GUIDE

HISTORY

Introduction

This guide identifies some of the sources available in James B. Duke Memorial Library for conducting research in the area of History. Our collection consists of reference materials, periodicals, newspapers and electronic databases. The online catalog provides information by subject, title, author, and words in the title. The General Collection is on the 2nd floor. Reference books, current periodicals, bound periodicals, and microforms are located on the 1st floor. The Library also provides access to a number of resources via subscription based electronic research databases and the World Wide Web. Completing a library assignment or research project will entail consulting a combination of print, electronic and World Wide Web resources.  Internet resources should be evaluated based on their source using the same criteria that one would use for evaluating an individual text source.

Reference Books and Indexes

American Historical Association’s Guide to Historical Literature
Ref 016.9 Am3, 1995

Chronicle of the First World War
Ref 940.3 G79c, 1990 (2 Vols)

Encyclopedia of Native American Biography
Ref  970.004 J59e, 1997

Guide to Civil War Books: an annotated selection of Modern Works
Ref 973.7016 B23g

Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment
Ref  40.2503 En1, 1996

Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture
Ref 980.003 En1, 1996

Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
Ref 90.1 En1, 1995

Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire
Ref 937.06 B88e 1994

Harvard Guide to African-American History
Ref 973.0496 H26, 2001

History of the Arab Peoples
Ref 909.04927 H81h, 1991

Inventions and Inventors
Ref 609 IN8 2002

Medieval Wordbook
Ref 909.07 C82m, 1996

The Oxford Companion to World War II
Ref 940.53 Ox2, 1995

(Books on History are cataloged between 900 and 999.)

 

Websites

American Journeys - Accounts of Early American Exploration and Settlement
American Rhetoric - Database of American Related Speeches

American Memory
- Collections for the National Digital Library

ArchNet-World Wide Virtual Library for Archeology
Documents in Law History and Diplomacy
Best History Sites
- The Center for Teaching History with Technology
Historical Text Archive
Internet Library of Early Journals - A Digital Library of 18th and 19th Century journals
Internet Sacred Text Archive
The Online History Journals Guide
National Anthropological Archives  - National Museum of Natural History
National Archives and Records Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  Historical Maps and Charts
North Carolina- Exploring Cultural Heritage Online
Oriental Institute Research Archives Catalogue - University of Chicago
Physical Geography. Net
Renaissance Secrets
Rutgers Oral History Archive (World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Cold War)
The World Wide Virtual Library: History

Periodicals (Print)

American Historical Review (Bound Periodical)
American Journal of Archeology (Microfiche)
Current History (Current Periodical)
The History Teacher (Current Periodical)
History Today (Current Periodical)
Journal of Geography (Microfiche)
Journal of Latin American Studies (Microfiche)
Journal of Negro History (Microfiche)

 

Periodicals (Electronic)

African Studies Quarterly: the online journal of African studies
B C Asian Review
C R O M O H S
Concilium medii aevi
Delaware Review of Latin American Studies
E-Journal of Portuguese History
Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies
Electronic journal of oriental studies
Episteme NS - Revista del Instituto de Filosofía de la Universidad Central de Venezuela
Eras
The Heroic Age: Early Medieval Northwestern Europe
History of Intellectual Culture
The History Journals News
International Journal of Naval History
Intersections: gender, history & culture in the Asian context
Jenda: A Journal of Culture and African Women Studies
Journal of the Association for History and Computing
Journal of the Australian War Memorial
Jouvert: a journal of postcolonial studies
Leeds International Classical Studies
Mirator
Nordic Notes
North American Journal of Welsh Studies
Pensamiento critico: revista electrònica de historia
Renaissance Forum
Revista Brasileira de História
Safundi: The Journal of South African and American Comparative Studies
Tabularia. Sources écrites de la Normandie médiévale
The Electronic Journal of Australian and New Zealand History
The North Star
Transoxiana - Journal de Estudios Orientales
West Africa Review

 

Electronic Databases

Jstor: The Scholarly Journal Archive
NCLive
American Slavery: a Composite Autobiography
(see NCLive.org)
Daily Life Through History (see NCLive.org)
Military and Government Collection
(see NCLive.org)
North American Women’s Letters and Diaries
(see NCLive.org)
Netlibrary- A Collection of Electronic Books

 

Associations

American Association for State and Local History
American Historical AssociationAssociation of Ancient Historians
History of Science Society
Oral History Association
Organization of American Historians
Phi Alpha Theta
Society for Historians of the Early American Republic
Society for the History of Technology
World History Association