LibGuides: United States History: Library Resources

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

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United States History

Finding Information in the JSCC Library

Newspapers

American History in Video

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Finding Background Information about American History

Finding Journal Articles about Historical Topics

Primary Source Materials

Research Consultations