Key Resources:
* Library
Catalog : Search the catalog for books, journals,
microfilms, and government documents.
* WorldCat : Contains millions of records of all types of materials worldwide including
archival materials. Indicates which libraries own the materials.
* Interlibrary
Loan (To request books and articles that are not available
at ODU Libraries)
ILLiad: Users must first register as an ODU patron, then select the
type of item you wish to request, and fill in as much information as
you know about the requested item.
* Microfilm
Collections (small sample -- see History
Collections on Microform ODU for more)
- American Women's Diaries: New England, Western and Southern
- Black Death: Sources Concerning the European Plague
- Early American Imprints: (aka Evans Imprints) Collections that
are individually cataloged of books, pamphlets, and periodical publications
printed in the U.S. from 1639-1820.
- Library of American Civilization: Ultrafiche collection that are
individually cataloged materials realting to virtually all aspects
of American life and literature up to W.W.I.
* Databases and Indexes (to find periodical articles)
www.lib.odu.edu => Databases => Choose from the subject list or choose from the alphabetical
list.
America:
History and Life Indexes journal articles on the history of the
United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
Historical
Abstracts Indexes books and journal articles published 1960 and
later for historical coverage of the world from 1450 to contemporary
times. (Does not include United States and Canada)
JSTOR Fulltext database of older scholarly journal articles,
many dating back to the 1880's.
Project
Muse Fulltext database of scholarly journals 1995 to present.
American
Periodicals Series Over 1,100 fulltext periodicals published between
1740-1900 - keyword searchable.
British
Periodicals Collection Over 160 fulltext journals from the late
1700's -1800's.
C19: The Nineteenth
Century Includes the Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalog, the
Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, and Palmer's Index to the
Times (London).
HarpWeek Full image reproduction of Harper's Weekly 1857-77 including illustrations,
cartoons, literature and ads.
U.S.
Congressional Serial Set 1817-1906 Digital version of all the reports,
documents and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives
- provides a wealth of primary source material on all aspects of American
History.
* Primary Sources -- samples for American History (see
also Resources by Subject: History)
Available through the ODU Library Web site:
Accessible
Archives Primary source material from the 18th and 19th c. including The Liberator, Godey's Lady's Book, The Pennsylvania Gazette, Civil
War Newspapers, and African American Newspapers.
American
Broadsides and Ephemera Contains PDFs of broadsides and ephemera
between 1760-1900. American
State Papers Primary source material from 1789-1838 including Congressional
and Executive publications.
Historical Statistics of the United States Data series covering
topics from migration to health to the Confederate States.
Available on the Web (small
sample!!)
American Memory Provides fulltext documents, books, images, audio files, and other resources
on American History from the Library of Congress.
Avalon
Project Documents in American law, history, economics, diplomacy
and government maintained by Yale University.
Civil
War Women Primary letters and diaries from Duke University.
Documenting the American
South Texts, images, and audio files in Southern history from the
colonial period through the 20th c.
From Revolution
to Reconstruction Primary source documents from the Magna Carta
through the modern period.
Immigration
to the United States 1789-1930 Digitized primary sources from Harvard's
libraries and museums.
Internet
Modern History Sourcebook Collection of historical documents from
the early modern period to the present - with links to the other history
sourcebooks.
Making
of America Digital library of sources in American Social History.
Revisiting
the World's Fairs Bibliography and links to expositions.
Citation Style Guides
Turabian
Style Guide from Ohio State University
Chicago/Turabian
Style Guide from University of Wisconsin Madison
Turabian
Citation Style from C.W Post
If you need further assistance, please use the reference
consultation form, or ask
a librarian.
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