Locating books, government documents, periodical records, manuscript collections, & online resources

For Library Catalog, use "Guided Search" and set limit to NMU Olson Library
To locate primary resources, use the following in search & change to "any of these":
diaries narratives letters speeches interviews autobiograph? correspondence papers

Worldwide, use WorldCat  (Note: To retrieve & view online resources including web sites, enter keywords and click on "Internet Resources").

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Biographical, Census, & Genealogical Reference Resources
Source   = full-text/full-image BR = includes book reviews	Description/Notes	Dates Covered
Gale Literary Index	All Gale biography-related resources including Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, etc.	All years
Biography & Genealogy Master Index	Indexes 1,000's of biographical books, directories, Who's Who, etc.	works published 1900 - present
Biography Reference Bank	Periodical articles, books & book chapters.	works published 1984 - present
U.S. Census (historical data)	Selected Historical Decennial Census Population and Housing Counts.	1790-present
Heritage Quest Online	Includes searchable full-image of U.S. Census Population Schedules (name, address, nationality, etc.). Many online resources.	Census 1790-1930; other works published 1500 - present
Cyndi's List of Genealogical Sites on the Internet	Exhaustive collection of worldwide genealogical resources links.	Varies
Family Search	Massive, searchable site of genealogical records worldwide. Maintained by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.	Varies
Scholarly & Popular Literature Databases
AH Search [Arts & Humanities Search] BR	Indexes Ancient History; major focus as a citator database. Indexes 160+ History titles.	articles published 1980 - present
ECO [Electronic Collections Online]     BR	120+ History titles indexed, 9 subscriptions full-image	articles published 1995 - present
General OneFile      BR	69+ History titles full-text/full-image, 5,000+ total periodicals FT/FI  Note: capitalize AND, OR	articles published 1980 - present
JSTOR      BR	39 History titles, 14 Anthropology titles, & 10 Archaeology titles (all full-image)	articles published 19th century - present
SocAbs (Sociological Abstracts)      BR	Citations & abstracts from over 1,800 journals, including immigration-specific titles. Books, book chapters, dissertations, & conference papers are also indexed.	works published 1952 - present
MLA [literature]  BR	Periodical articles, books & book chapters	works published 1963 - present
ReadersGuideRetro   BR	Popular literature	articles published 1890 - 1982
ERIC [Education]   BR	Journal articles and education-related documents, lesson plans, etc.	works published 1966 - present

 

Newspaper Databases
New York Times     BR		articles published current 365 days
InfoTrac Custom 150     BR	150 national & international newspapers & news services, including L.A. Times, New York Times, and The Times (London)  Note: capitalize AND, OR	articles published 1996 - present
NewsBank    BR	500+ regional and national newspapers	articles published 1992 - present
The Times & Sunday Times (London)     BR	older issues through 1996 on microfilm	Recent 7 days full-image; index 1985 - present
Newspaper Indexes (all located in Abstracts Shelves)
Source	Dates Held	Call Number
New York Times Index (newspaper on microfilm)	1851 - 2002	AI 21 .N45
New York Times Personal Name Index	1851 - present	AI 21 .N4522
The Times Index; Index to the Times (London)  (newspaper on microfilm)	1790 - 1996	AI 21 .T46

 

Scholarly & Popular Literature Indexes (all located in Abstracts Shelves)
Source	Dates Held	Call Number
International Index to Periodicals	1907 - 1955	AI 3 .I58
International Index	1955 - 1965	AI 3 .I58
Social Sciences & Humanities Index	1965 - 1974	AI 3 .I58
Humanities Index	1974 - 1991	AI 3 .H58
Social Sciences Index	1974 - 1991	AI 3 .I582
Poole's	1802 - 1899	AI 3 .P71
Reader's Guide	1900 - 1984	AI 3 .R48
Book Review Digest	1905 - 1983	Z 1035 .A1 B55
Book Review Index	1965 - 1979 1983 - present	Z 1035 .A1 B6

Interlibrary Loan - General Information
Submit requests while in FirstSearch by clicking on ILL at top-left of page. When not using FirstSearch, submit requests via ILL Request Form. Allow minimum of 7-10 days (2-3 weeks during February & October) to receive materials. May take up to 30 days for obscure titles.

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Evaluating Internet Sources - Guide to critically analyze and evaluate web pages & web sites.

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Specific Web Sites