This guide identifies resources in the field of History. This guide is meant to bea starting point for research and is not comprehensive.

Please contact a Librarian if you need assistance in finding information.

You must login to the OSU-Tulsa Website (Click on Off-Campus Access) inorder to view the following Databases, Journals and Electronic Books.

To view NetLibrary Ebooks remotely you must set up an account in theLibrary.

History Resources

Table of Contents

• Reference Sources

• Books

• Videos, DVDs

• Databases

• Journals

• Websites

Reference • Almanacs

• Atlases

• Bibliographies

• Biography

• Book Reviews

• Dictionaries

• Directories

• Encyclopedias

• Handbooks

• Statistics

• Style Manuals

• Yearbooks

Books

Books, videos, and dvds can be found in the OSU-Tulsa Library Catalog by author, title, keyword, or subject heading. Keyword searching allows you to AND terms together to produce a more focused listof available books.

You may want to check the Library of Congress Subject Headings Reference Z695 .Z8 L524 for acomprehensive list of terms to search in the Online Catalog.

Once you have identified a book you want, note the location and entire call number to identify wherethe book is located in the Library.

We also have approximately 40,000 full-text electronic books. These can be found through the Catalogor by going to the Library Website and clicking on Books, etc. and Electronic Book Collections. To viewNetLibrary Ebooks remotely, you must set up an account in the Library.

Books In Print with Reviews Database - This is a database of books that are currently In-Print. Out-of-print books are noted as well. It is a good source to verify bibliographic information and to see whatbooks have been published on a specific subject.

WorldCat Database Database - This is a database of books cataloged by libraries worldwide. It is agood source to verify bibliographic information, to see what books have been published on a specificsubject and to see what libraries own them.

Africans in America America's journey through slavery (Video)Media E441 .A37 2000

In search of America (Video)Media HN57 .I5 2004

American classics (Video)Media E175 .A64 2001

Last days of the Civil War (Video)Media E468 .L37 2003

American president (Video)Media E176.1 .A44 2000

Last of the Mohicans (Video)Media PN1997.L37 D39 1996

Assassination of Martin Luther King and, the Ku KluxKlan killings (Video)Media HV6783.G64 A66 1996

Lewis & Clark the journey of the Corps of Discovery (DVD) Media F592.7 .B87 2004

Biography of America (Video)Media E17 .B56 2000

Martin Luther King, Jr. the man and the dream (Video)Media E185.97.K5 M26 1997

Birth of a Nation (Video)Media PN1997 .B549 1999Temporarily Shelved in Reserve

Massacre of the tsar and, Stalin and Katyn.(Video)Media HV6783.G64 M36 1996

Century of warfare (Video)Media U27 .C46 2003

New face of terrorism (Video)Media HV6431 .N49 1996

Civil War (Video)Media E468 .C585 2002

Reconstruction the second Civil War (Video)Media E668 .R43 2004

David Halberstam's the fifties (Video)Media E169.O2 H344 1997

Rise and fall of Jim Crow (Video)Media E185.61 .R57 2004

Ellis Island (Video)Media JV6484 .E45 1997

TR (Video)Media E757 .T75 1996

Founding fathers (Video)Media E302.5 .F68 2000

20th century with Mike Wallace (Video)Media PN4784.T4 T85 1996

Glory (Video)Media PN1995.9.H5 G5 2000

Underground Railroad (Video)Media E450 .U63 2002

Great presidents (Video)Media E176.1 L54 2000

Vietnam, the ten thousand day war (Video)Media DS557.7 V54 1998

History of the United States (Video)Media E178.1 .G845 2003

War letters stories of courage, longing and sacrifice (Video)Media E181 .W2732 2002

KKK hate crimes in America (Video)Media HS2330.K63 H38 1996

Woodrow Wilson (Video)Media E767 .W879 2002

KKK hate crimes in America (Video)Media HS2330.K63 H38 1996

 

Videos and DVDs

Databases A full-text database provides full-text access to periodical, journal, and magazine articles. In most cases all you need todo is print out the article.

From the Library Webpage, click on Journals / Databases, click on Journals by Subject, and then click on General or aBroad Subject.

Each database is designed so that you can usually search by keyword, subject, author, title or article, and/or title or theperiodical. You also can limit by date as well as other parameters.

An index database provides a citation to the article, i.e. title of article, author, journal title, volume and issue number, pagenumber, and date. You should check other databases for possible full-text coverage. You may need to consult the Catalogor Journals by Title to determine if the journal isowned by OSU-Tulsa Library in paper or microfiche.

SPECIALIZED GENERALAmerican: History & Life Index Academic Search Elite Selective Full-Text

Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science) Digital Dissertations Database Selective Full-Text

Arts and Humanities Citation Index (FirstSearch) Expanded Academic ASAP Selective Full-Text

Chronicles of Oklahoma (1923-1942) Full-Text Facts On File Full-Text

JSTOR Full-Text MAS FullTEXT Ultra Selective Full-Text

Oklahoma Newspapers MAS FullTEXT Ultra Selective Full-Text ProQuest Reference Library Selective Full-Text

Oklahoma Periodicals Index  Index    Reference Universe Database

STAT USA's National Trade Data Bank Full-Text

(Available On Campus Only - Password Required)

TVNews Archive Selective Full-Text

Journals

Journals are considered to be more scholarly in focus than magazines and are often peer-reviewed.They may be available electronically full-text, in print, in microfiche or in any combination of thesethree formats.

Note that the dates of electronic journals are subject to change due to publisher and database vendoravailability. Dates of coverage for print and microfiche journals can be found in the OSU - Tulsa LibraryCatalog or Journals by Title.

History (91) Abstracting, Bibliographies, Statistics (1) Computer Applications (1) History of Africa (7) History of Asia (19) History of Australasia and other areas (3) History of Europe (29) History of North and South America (62) History of the Near East (11)

Websites Specialized websites are excellent sources of information. Commercial, governmental, and nonprofit organizations, i.e. universities, associations, societies, libraries, etc. maintain websites. These websites provide an overview of the field, historicalinformation, current trends, statistics, publish a newsletter or journal, identify recommended publications in the field, advertiseworkshops and conferences, provide information on career opportunities, and supply contact names, etc.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum IHR- INFO The Institute of Historical Research

America from the Great Depression to WWII History Net

American Association for State and Local History International Institute of Social History

American Historical Association Internet Sacred Text Archive

American Jewish Historical Society Making of America Collection

American Memory National Archives and Record Administration

American Women's History: A Research Guide National Trust for Historic Preservation

Ansel Adam's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar Oklahoma Historical Society

Archiving Early America Oklahoma History Links

Avalon Project ORB: Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies

Beyond Academe Organization of American Historians

Britannia's British History Renaissance Secrets

Documenting the American South Rutgers Oral History Archive of World War II

Douglass - Archives of American Public Address Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Egypt: Secrets of an Ancient World September 11 Digital Archive

50 States.com Terrorism Project

Finding Personal Papers in United States Repositories This Day in History

Flags of the World Tulsa Race Riot Commission Report

George Washington: A National Treasure U.S. Army Center for Military History

H-Net, Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine Using Primary Sources on the Web

Historical Research in Europe: A Guide to Archives and Libraries Vietnam Project

Historical Text Archive Western History Collections (University of Oklahoma)

History Channel Yahoo!'s History List

History in the News -- Middle East

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