Selected Resources for: History (general aspects)


Subject Librarian: Rafael Tarrago
E-Mail: r-tarr@tc.umn.edu
Subject Description:This subject covers: all periods of history and all geographical areas. Other related topics are: History, African; History, East Asian; History, European; History, United States.


Abstracts and Indexes

Academic or Scholarly Articles Subject Indexes
America: History and Life Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
This index provides historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. This extensive database covers over 2,000 journals published worldwide. In addition to covering all key English-language historical journals, it also includes selected historical journals from major countries, state and local history journals, books, dissertations and a targeted selection of hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanities. Includes book reviews.
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Historical Abstracts Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
Covers the world's scholarship in history from 1450 to the present.
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Humanities & Social Sciences Retrospective Authentication Required
Humanities & Social Sciences Retrospective searches nearly 1200 of the most important journals in these subject areas. Updated, uniform subject headings facilitate your search, with the original subject headings also provided.
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IMB: International Medieval Bibliography Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
This guide to what has been published about the Middle Ages is interdisciplinary, including conference proceedings, collected essays, and journal articles on philosophy, literature, the arts, etc. in addition to those of historical analysis covering the period between the years 476 and 1500. Covers all aspects of medieval studies for Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Citations classified by date, subject and location. This index is available in an electronic edition through the University of Minnesota Libraries Web Page. In addition to English, the IMB indexes articles published in foreign languages with characters not found in English. In order to view and print diacritics the user will need to download the special fonts from the "Select Database" page.
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Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
Iter is a bibliography of over 230,000 articles and reviews drawn from over 475 medieval and renaissance journal titles.
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Victorian Database Online Authentication Required
This database covers the British Victorian period, from about 1830 to the beginning the War in 1914. It is interdisciplinary, containing information on publications from 500+ journals on painting, architecture and music, philosophy and religion, histories of England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and the British colonial empire, sociology, women's studies, law and education, science, technology and medicine, and literature.
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General Indexes to Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles
Academic Search Premier Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education.
The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.
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MasterFile Premier Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education.
MasterFILE Premier, designed specifically for public libraries, provides full text for more than 2,000 general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much more. In addition to the full text, this database provides indexing and abstracts for 2700 titles. This database features: 5,000 full text Magill Book Reviews, 357 reference and travel books including the World Almanac & Book of Facts 2001; full text from 84,074 biographies, 86,132 full text primary source documents, American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Edition and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. MasterFILE Premier offers PDF backfiles as far back as 1975.
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Palmer's Index to The Times 1790-1905
Subject and keyword index to The Times of London. No abstracts.
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Indexes, Other
Biography and Genealogy Master Index Authentication Required
A comprehensive index to more than 12 million biographical sketches in more than 3,400 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering over 4 million contemporary and historical figures throughout the world. Please note: BGMI allows only one U of M - TC user at a time. If you are denied access, please wait 15 minutes and try again.
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Catalogs and Bibliographies

Catalogs
MNCAT Classic
Search with MNCAT Classic to find books, journals, etc. owned by the library. Search by keyword, subject, title, or author for materials on your topic. MNCAT Classic lacks the faceted searching of MNCAT Plus, but can be easier to use if you already have a good idea of what you're looking for.
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General Reference Sources

Atlases & Maps
Rand McNally atlas of world history

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Times atlas of world history

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Biographical Sources

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Authentication Required
This reference work provides 50,000 specially-written signed biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of the British past, from the earliest times to the end of the year 2000.
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Chronologies
Timetables of history
A horizontal linkage of people and events. New 3rd rev. ed.
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Dictionaries
Dictionary of historic documents
Contains treaties, government acts, court cases, speeches, constitutions.
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Dictionary of historical terms

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Directories

Encyclopedias
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Authentication Required
Concise as well as scholarly articles on a wide range of subjects. Also includes links to related Internet resources, and the Britannica Book of the Year. Search tip: When combining words in search, capitalize AND. For example: revolution AND 1848
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Encyclopedia of world history
Ancient, medieval, and modern, chronologically arranged. 5th ed., rev. and enl. with maps and geneal. tables.
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General Reference Works
Facts on File
A weekly world news digest with of important news stories, providing concise profiles of state, national, and international events; Includes a detailed name and subject index.
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Guides
Primary Sources
History 4961 section 3, Primary Sources.
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Handbooks and Manuals
Reference sources in history
"Designed to provide an introduction to the major reference works for all periods of history and for all geographical areas." Preface.
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Periodical and Newspaper subscriptions

News Sources
University Library News Sources Links
Electronic Full-Text News Sources; Online newspapers; United States and international; Online Collections of Newspaper Links; Online News Services; Newspapers on CD-ROM; Newspapers in Wilson Library(print);Indexes to News Sources; Online Indexes to Articles in Newspapers and News Magazines; Guides to More Information on News Sources. (Some resources linked from this page are available only to students, faculty, and staff of the U of M unless accessing from a U of M campus library.)
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Style Manuals and Writing Guides

Bibliography Software
RefWorks: Personal Citation Manager Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
RefWorks is a web-based citation manager that allows you to create your own databases of citations by importing references from MNCAT and other databases, and then in seconds automatically generate bibliographies in all major styles (MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago, etc.).
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Style Manuals

Writing Guides

Center for Writing
The Rhetoric Department, English Department, Center for the Interdisciplinary Studies of Writing and the General College Writing Center have come together to bring you writing support in one place.
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QuickStudy -- Citing Sources
QuickStudy: Library Research Guide from the University of Minnesota provides examples online for APA, MLA and Turabian styles, including how to cite electronic sources.
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Reading, Writing, and Researching for History: A Student Guide
Includes information on how to read primary and secondary sources; style sheets; grammar for historians; and a paper-writing checklist.
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Library Information

Primary Subject Location


Wilson Library houses the main humanities and social sciences collections of the University Libraries. Wilson Reference Services (General & Specialized) provide support for both undergraduate and graduate research for the humanities and social sciences.
Campus: West Bank, Minneapolis Campus
Address: 309 19th Ave. S.
Telephone: Reference: 612-626-2227; Circulation: 612-624-3321
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