HISTORY 401 GENERAL RESEARCH GUIDE
 

Databases and Indices for Historical Research

Generally useful for finding articles in scholarly journals and other secondary sources, however some Primary Source Material may be uncovered.
 

path to electronic databases: http://www.lehigh.edu/~inref/databases/index.html

America: History and Life. 1964-

Biography and Genealogy Master Index covers 1980-

Biography Index/Abstracts 1984-
     print edition in L-1-Index, 1946-

Book Review Digest 1984-
     print edition in L-1-Index, 1916-1993

Dissertation Abstracts International 1861- (Indexing) 1980- (Abstracts)

Essay and General Literature Index 1900-1993   print edition only. L-1-Index.

Historical Abstracts. 1971-

Humanities Abstracts 1984-
     print edition in L-1-Index, 1974-

International Index to Periodicals. 1907-1964 print edition only. L-1-Index

Pooles Index to Periodical Literature. 1802-1906 print edition only. L-1-Index

Readers Guide Abstracts 1983-
     print edition in L-1-Index, 1900- 1992

Nineteenth Century Reader's Guide in L-1-Index, 1890- 1922

Social Sciences Abstracts 1983-
     print edition in FM-3-South, 1973-1994

WorldCat  (database of books and other materials in libraries in U.S. and internationally) 1200-


Infodome - Scholarly WEB Resource Collections

Utilize this tool developed by the Lehigh University Librarians to find research materials

for specific disciplines.

History Infodome page - http://www.lehigh.edu/library/infodome/humanities/history.html
 

Document Delivery and Current Awareness Service

Uncover Services - see flyer distributed in class

http://csi.carl.org:3001/Scripts/gateway.cgi


Newspaper Resources
 

Bethlehem Globe Times (and successor Express Times) Film:1925 - 1997

Early American Newspapers Collection - newspapers issued in various states, 1704- 1825

Index to Readex microfilm collection of Early American Newpapers - FM- Reserve, 071.3016 K29i

Morning Call (Allentown) Film: 1987-

New York Times Film: 1857-

New York Times Index, FM-1-Index, 1851-

New York Times Obituary Index, FM-1-Index,1858-1978

Pennsylvania Gazette (CD Rom - Linderman) 1776-1783

Pittsburgh Courier Film: 1928-1997

Times (London) Film: 1914 - film

Palmer's Index to the Times (CD Rom- Linderman) 1790-1905

Official Index to the Times (Film: 1937-1955, Paper: FM-1-Index,1957-1997)

Various colonial & early U.S. Newspapers on Microfilm - see list distributed in class.

For more recent newspaper coverage -

Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe
 

World Wide Web

Useful Gateways for Historical Materials on the WWW:
 

InfoDome: Lehigh University's Scholarly Web Resource collection- History

http://www.lehigh.edu/library/infodome/humanities/history.html
 

Rhodes- History Resources

http://www.rhodes.edu/Histhtmls/histnet.html
 

WWW - Virtual Library: History

http://history.cc.ukans.edu/history/index.html
 

AlphaSearch

http://www.calvin.edu/library/as/
 

Search Engines:

A few to try:
 YAHOO   http://www.yahoo.com

 Alta Vista   http://www.altavista.com

 HotBot      http://www.hotbot.com

U.S. Government Documents

Congressional Publications
 

Senate or House Documents or Reports ( U.S. Serial Set) -

American State Papers: Documents Legislative and Executive of the Congress of the United States. Covers the early national period from approx. 1789- 1836. Located in Library Remote Storage.
 

U.S. Serial Set. Pre 1932 volumes housed in the Library's Remote Storage collection. Others in FM-2-DOC Government Documents Collection
 

Indexing:

CIS U.S. Serial Set Index - covering 1789-1969                          015.73 C749c FM-2-DOC-R

CIS Index to publications of the United States Congress -1970-    015.73 C749i FM-2-DOC-R

Checklist of United States Public Documents 1789- 1909,            015.73 U5ch3 FM-2-DOC-R

      ( use this tool to determine which Serial Set volumes are held in the Lehigh Collection.)
 

Congressional Committee Hearings

Lehigh's hearing collection is spotty prior to 1960. After that the collection is very extensive. Located in in Superintendent of Documents classification scheme under "Y4.." in Government Documents Department.

Indexing:

CIS Congressional Committee Hearings Index - 1833-1969       348.731 C579 FM-2-DOC-R

CIS Index to publications of the United States Congress -1970- 015.73 C749i FM-2-DOC-R
 

Congressional Record 1873- Microform and Paper copies         328.732 C74r FM-3-South
 

U.S. Decennial Census Reports

Located in the Government Documents, Reference Area under call number: 317.3 U584
 

1790, First Census of the United States

1800, Second Census

1810, Third Census

1820, Fourth Census

1830, Fifth Census

1840, Sixth Census

1850, Seventh Census

1860, Eighth Census

1870, Ninth Census

1880, Tenth Census

1890, Eleventh Census

1900, Twelfth Census
 

Located in the Government Documents, Reference Area under call number: 317.3 U58
 

1910, Thirteenth Census

1920, Fourteenth Census

1930, Fifteenth Census

1940, Sixteenth Census

1950, Census of Population and Housing

1960, Census of Population and Housing
 

Located in the Government Documents Stacks under the Superintendent of Documents Number:
 

1970 - C 3.223/9: 970

1980 - C 3.223/6: 980

1990 - C 3.223/5: 990 ( also available on CD rom products and http://www.census.gov )
 

SELECTED PRINT RESOURCES FOR HISTORICAL RESEARCH

Bibliographical Resources

National Union Catalogue of Pre-1956 Imprints. 754 vols.
 

British Museum Catalogue. 263 vols.
 

Bibliothèque Nationale. Catalogue générale des livres imprimés. 231 vols. 017 P93
 

Charles Evans . American Bibliography (through 1800) 14 vols. 015.73 E92a
 

Roger Bristol. Supplement to Evans' American Bibliography. 015.73 E92ab
 

Clifford Shipton/James Mooney. Short-title Evans. 2 vols. Alphabetic index 015.73 E92aa
 

Ralph Shaw & Richard Shoemaker. American Bibliography, a Preliminary Checklist for 1801-1819
           22 vols. 015.73 S535a
 

Richard Shoemaker/Gayle Cooper. American Imprints. 1821-1846 20 vols. 015.73 S535aa
 

National Union Catalogue of Manuscript Collections. ca. 26 vols. 016.091 N277
 

Union List of Serials. 5 vols. 016.05 U52
 

Clarence Brigham. A History and Bibliography of American Newspapers (to 1820) 2 vols.

016.07 B855h 1962
 

Winifred Gregory. American Newspapers, 1821-1936. 016.07 A512 1967
 

Biographical Sources
 

Dictionary of American Biography. 22 vols. 920.073 D5
 

National Cyclopedia of American Biography. many vols. 920.073 N277
 

Dictionary of National Biography. 22 vols. 920.042 D55
 

Who Was Who. 14 vols. 920.073 W628
 

New York Times Obituary Index [in Fairchild/Martindale Library]
 
 
 

Guides to Archives, Museums and Collections
 

Company Museums, Industry Museums and Industrial Tours. Doug Gilbert. McFarland and Co., 1994.

L-REF 069.025 G314c
 

Corporate Museums, Galleries, and Visitor Centers: a Directory. Vicot J. Danilov. Greenwood Press, 1991. L-REF 069.025 D186c
 

Guides to archives and manuscript collections in the United States: an annotated bibliography. Compiled by Donald L. DeWitt. Greenwood Press, 1994 L-REF 973.016 D522g
 

National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States: Federal Records, Index 1985.

Compiled by Victoria Agee, et.al. Chadwyck-Healy Inc, 1985. L-REF 081 N277f
 

National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Index 1983. Compiled by Victoria Agee. Chadwyck-Healy Inc, 1983. L-REF 081 N277m
 

Official Museum Directory 2000. American Association of Museums. National Register Publishing, 1999.

L-REF 069.0578 O32
 
 
 


Revised January 2000

Prepared by Roseann Bowerman and Philip Metzger