HS 490 Junior/Senior Seminar
Dr. Nicholson

History/Historiography Information Resources
Guide Developed by Prof. Mike Strahan, Olson Library (227-2463)

Olson Library "Ask A Librarian" reference assistance including interactive chat (227-2294) (info@nmu.edu)

Chicago Style (based upon 15th ed., 2003) includes examples of how to cite materials in both paper and online formats.

Turabian Style Reference Formats Guide includes examples of how to cite materials in both paper and online formats.

Library Map

Locating books, government documents, periodical records, manuscript collections, theses, and dissertations

For Library Catalog, use "Guided Search" and set limit to NMU Olson Library

Worldwide, use WorldCat  (Note: To retrieve & view online theses & dissertations, enter key words, click on "Internet Resources" & change "Any Content" drop box to "Thesis/dissertation".

Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Union Catalog - Contains records for many freely available online theses and dissertations held by 204 universities & institutions worldwide. Keyword searchable.

Directory of ETD's Currently in Progress (Humanities) (some not free)

Biographical 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
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, & 10 Archaeology titles (all full-image)	articles published 19th century - present
Sociological Abstracts BR	Citations & abstracts from over 1,800 journals. 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
ERIC [Education]   BR	Journal articles and education-related documents, lesson plans, etc.	works published 1966 - present
ReadersGuideRetro   BR	Popular literature	articles published 1890 - 1982

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 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

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 the library catalog. Allow minimum of 7-10 days (2-3 weeks during February & October) to receive materials. May take up to 30 days for obscure titles.