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Women's History (His 445)

Selected Resources

Elmhurst College Library

Spring, 2001

Dr. Phyllis Soybel

This page was created by Anne Jordan-Baker, Assistant Librarian, Elmhurst College.

 
 

Background Information and Bibliographies

Britannica Online
A good source of background information and bibliographies.
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.

Finding Books

  • Use Illinet Online to find books held in the Elmhurst College library as well as books owned by 44 other Illinois academic libraries.
  • Sample Library of Congress Subject Headings:

    Women--History

    Women -- Employment -- United States -- History

  • Women -- Suffrage

    Sex role -- England -- History

    Suffragists

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Finding Articles

Finding Scholarly Articles (Elmhurst College users only)
  • 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.


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

How can I order a photocopy of an article I can't find at Elmhurst College?

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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 a keyword search using terms that describe your topic plus one of the following words:
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          sources

          diaries 

          correspondence

          speeches

  • Sample Keyword Searches

    • women sources
    • nazi germany sources
    • women correspondence
    • hitler speeches
    • women history diaries

Also look at More Internet Resources.

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More Internet Resources

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Evaluating Internet Resources

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Citing Sources

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This page was created 1/29/2001and was last updated 01/31/2001.
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Email questions or comments to Anne Jordan-Baker, Assistant Librarian, Elmhurst College.