LibGuides: United States History: Library Resources

Finding Information in the JSCC Library

JSCC Library Online Catalog
The Library Online Catalog enables you to locate books (print and electronic) and DVDs in the JSCC Library.
All Search
Use this link to search everything in the library at once.

Newspapers

Chronicling America
Great source of information from historical newspapers. Created by the Library of Congress.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers - The Nashville Tennessean
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers, and scholars with online, easily-searchable, first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events from 1812-2002.

American History in Video

Do you want to view a video presentation on a topic that you are studying in U.S. History? Use the JSCC Library's American History in Video series. From off campus, you will be asked for your Netlogon.

American History in Video

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Instruction Librarian

Ruth Slagle

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Subjects: Controversial Issues, Education, Health Sciences, History, Humanities & Fine Arts, Natural Sciences, Social & Behavioral Sciences

Finding Background Information about American History

Here is an excellent resource that provide overviews of topics in American History or provide biographical information.

Credo Reference
Excellent source of background information on a topic.

Finding Journal Articles about Historical Topics

Gale OneFile: U.S. History
40 journals in American History are available in full-text in this database.

JSTOR
JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that creates and maintains an archive of important scholarly journals. JSTOR offers researchers the ability to retrieve high- resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. The journals archived in JSTOR span many disciplines, including ecology, economics, history, language, literature, mathematics and sociology.

Primary Source Materials

Primary Documents in American History
"The Library of Congress is home to many of the most important documents in American history. This Web site provides links to materials digitized from the collections of the Library of Congress that supplement and enhance the study of these crucial documents." Covers the years 1775-1872.
Volunteer Voices
"Volunteer Voices provides a central point for accessing digital collections of primary sources (photos, letters, diaries, oral histories, artifacts, etc.) that document the history and culture of Tennessee."

Research Consultations

For in-depth assistance with your research, please schedule a research consultation with a librarian.

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