HTY 498-002 Spring 2008

Resources for
HTY 498:
Senior Seminar
in American History

Fogler Resources
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Library Catalogs
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    Other Library Catalogs (LibDex)
    WorldCat
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Government Documents
    URSUS U.S. federal documents 1975 - , Canadian federal documents
    Cumulative Title Index to United States Public Documents, 1789-1976   Ref Index Z1223.Z7 L47
    Cumulative Subject Index to the Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications, 1900-1971
        Ref Index Z1223 .A18
    Monthly Catalog (and variant titles) Ref Index Z1223
    CIS U.S. Serial Set Index Ref Index Z1223.Z9 C65

Guides to the Literature
    The American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature REF D20 A45 1995
    History Matters : A Student Guide To U.S. History Online REF E175.88 .G48 2005
    Guide to Reference Books REF Z1035.1 G89 1996 (ask at Reference Desk)

Indexes and Abstracts
    Academic Search Premier
    America: History and Life (1954- )
    C.R.I.S. : Combined Retrospective Index Set to Journals in History, 1838-1974
        REF INDEX D299 C62
    Proquest Dissertations & Theses
    Web of Science
    National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (1959-1993) REF Z6620.U5 N3
    National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC) (1986- )

Newspapers
    Historical New York Times (1851 to 4 years ago)
    America's Historical Newspapers
    American Newspapers, 1821-1936; a Union List... REF Z6945 .A53
    United States Newspaper Program National Union List REF Z6945 .U5 1985
    Maine Newspaper Archives in Fogler Library
    Maine Newspaper Project (also at the Reference Desk: REF Z6952 M2 M35 1999)

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Directories, and Handbooks
    Dictionary of American History REF E174 A43 1976
    Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History REF HQ1410 R43 1998
    Encyclopedia of Women's History in America REF HQ1410 C85 1996
    Annals of America REF E173 A793
        Annals of American History
    Documents of American History REF E173 D59 1988
    Directory of Archives and Manuscript Repositories in the United States
        REF CD3020 D49 1988
    Repositories of Primary Sources
    Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada REF E172 A538
    Historical Statistics of the United States : Earliest Times to the Present REF HA202 .H57 2006
        Historical Statistics of the United States

Biographical Sources
    Biography and Genealogy Master Index
    Biography Index REF INDEX CT100 B5
    American National Biography REF CT215 A68 1999
    Dictionary of American Biography REF E176 D56

Indexes to Book Reviews
    Book Review Digest (1905- )
    Book Review Index (1965- ) REF INDEX Z1035 A1 B6
    Index to Book Reviews in the Humanities (1960-1990) REF INDEX Z1035 A1 I63
    H-Net Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences
    See also America: History and Life

Style Guides
    Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. REF Z253 .U69 2003 (ask at Reference Desk)
    Chicago Manual Web Site Q & A
    Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 7th ed.
        REF LB2369 .T8 2007 (ask at Reference Desk)
    Citation Guides
    Citing Electronic Information in History Papers

Writing Resources
    Dictionaries and Writing Resources (Fogler Home Page>Quick Reference)
    The Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed. REF PE1625 .O87 1989
        Oxford English Dictionary Online
    The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 4th ed. REF PE1628 .A623 2000
    The UMaine Writing Center

Digital & Full-Text (and Image) Initiatives
     Project Muse
     JSTOR
     History Cooperative
    Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans (1639-1800)
    Early American Imprints, Series II. Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819)

Professional Resources
     American Historical Association (AHA)
     Organization of American Historians (OAH)
     Links for the History Profession (OAH)

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