• Background Information and Bibliographies

• Finding Books

• Finding Articles

• Finding Primary Sources

• Internet Resources

• Evaluating Internet Resources

• Citing Sources

American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature, 3rd ed. 1995. Two vols. A. C. Buehler Library, Reference, R 016.9 A512 1995. A good source of bibliographies.

Dictionary of the Middle Ages, 13 volumes, Reference, R 9-9.08 D554.

Great Lives From History: Ancient and Medieval History, Renaissance to 19thCentury, British & Commonwealth, American, 5 volumes, 1988. Reference R920.00901 G786 a good source for biographical information.

Great Lives From History: Ancient and Medieval History, 5 vols., 1988. Reference R 920.00901 G786. A good source for biographical information.

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• Use Illinet Online to find books held in the Elmhurst College library as well as books owned by 44 other Illinois academic libraries.

• Sample Browse Subject terms (Library of Congress Subject Headings): 

 
Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, d.30 B.C.
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945
Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of England 
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227

• Ordering books from other libraries ~ Illinet Online allows you to request books held by 45 academic libraries in Illinois. 

• Humanities Index and Social Science Index via FirstSearch with password

• JSTOR  is an online library currently containing more than 100 journals in 15 different disciplines. JSTOR does not include current issues of journals but is an electronic archive of titles, often going back to the first issue of a journal's existence. All full text.

• Project Muse is an online library of 45 journals from Johns Hopkins University Press, with the full text of articles from 1996 to the present. Journals in this collection cover primarily the humanities and the social sciences.

• ATLA Religion Database An international database covering Biblical studies, world religions, Church history, and religious perspectives on social issues. Covers articles in periodicals as well as books, from 1949 to the present.

  There is no full text available in this database; however, ATLA has developed a new database containing the full text of over 60 religious studies journals. It works best to do a search in ATLA, then go to ATLA Serials (ATLAS) to see if the journal is available full text.

How do I find out if the Elmhurst College Library has the journal I need?

 
• Search for the journal title in Illinet Online.
• For example, search for the title Journal of African History.
• If you don't find the journal you need, take a look at the list,Full Text Periodicals Available Online. You can also call or email the reference department to inquire about a specific title or ask a question.

 

Finding Primary Sources

Books

• Use Illinet Online to find primary sources held in the Elmhurst College library as well as books owned by 44 other Illinois academic libraries.

• The best way to find primary sources is to do an Any word, Anywhere search using terms that describe your topic plus one of the following words:

 
sources
diaries 
correspondence
speeches

• Sample Any word, Anywhere Searches


• england history sources
• nazi germany sources
• world war correspondence
• hitler speeches
• europe history sources
• russia history sources

Also look at More Internet Resources.

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• American and British History Resources on the Internet (Rutgers)
• Academic Info: Modern European History
• Genocide and Holocaust Resources at Elmhurst College
• History Guide at the State and University Library at Goettingen, Germany 
• H-Net ~ Humanities and Social Sciences Online, "H-Net is an interdisciplinary organization of scholars dedicated to developing the enormous educational potential of the Internet and the World Wide Web."
• Internet Modern History Sourcebook ~ World War II
• Library of Congress ~ American Memory primary sources
• Military History ~ World War Two from About.com
• WWW-VL History (University of Kansas)

• "The Historian, the Internet, and the Web: A Reassessment" (February 1998) by Andrew McMichael, writing in Perspectives Online, a publication of the American Historical Association.

• How to Evaluate the Sources You Find

• Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools

• Dissing the King

• Citing Sources

• A Brief Citation Guide for Internet Sources in History and the Humanities 

• Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 6th edition. 1996.
A.C. Buehler Library, Reference R808.042 T929 m6 1997.
• Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 4th edition.

1995.
AC Buehler Library, Reference R808.042 M685 1995.