History 401- Historical Research
General Research Guide and Suggested Selected Sources
History 401- Historical Research
General Research Guide and Suggested Selected Sources
Table of Contents:
ASA, the Lehigh Library online catalog
Databases and Journal Indices
InfoDome - guide to library materials
Newspaper resources
Specialized History Web Gateways
U.S. Government Publications
U.S. Decennial Census materials
Bibliographical Resources
Biographical Resources
Archives, Museums and Manuscript
Collections
Contact information
America: History and Life.
a complete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States
and Canada from prehistory to the present. Published
since 1964, the database comprises almost 400,000 bibliographic
entries, providing an incomparable research tool for
students and researchers of US and Canadian history. Covering
over 2000 journals, this database is also a valuable source of
scholarly book reviews.
Dissertation Abstracts
International 1861- (Indexing) 1980- (Abstracts)
The Lehigh Guide
to Finding Dissertations and Theses describes the coverage of Dissertation
Abstracts, how to locate Lehigh
Dissertations and the various methods you can use to obtain Dissertations
through Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery or
online delivery.
How to Use Digital Dissertations describes the process for downloading
digital dissertations or ordering copies
for a fee.
Historical Abstracts. 1971-
This database provides indexing to the journal literature on the history
of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the
United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and
Life)
WorldCat
Tthis specialized tool is essentially a catalog of the books, manuscripts,
documents , journal holdings and other materials in libraries in
the U.S. and internationally.It is not an index to articles in journals.
Materials in these collections can date back to 1200 .
Other useful databases for historical research:
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
Essay and General Literature Index 1900-1993 print edition only. L-1-Index.
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
Utilize this tool developed by the Lehigh University Librarians to find research materials for specific disciplines. The History Infodome page will lead you to suggested databases, new featured items, print resources and web sites selected particularly in support of the research and curriculum at Lehigh.
History Infodome page - http://www.lehigh.edu/library/infodome/humanities/history.html
Newspaper Resources at Lehigh Libraries: Historical Collections and Runs
Colonial & early U.S. Newspapers on Microfilm at the Lehigh Libraries
For more recent newspaper coverage -
Current Newspaper Subscriptions at the Lehigh Libraries
Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe
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/
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
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
)
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
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]
Corporate Museums, Galleries, and Visitor Centers: a Directory. Vicot J. Danilov. Greenwood Press, 1991. L-REF 069.025 D186c
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
Locating Manuscript Collections
search ASA for the subject - Manuscripts United States Catalogs
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections Linderman
Reference 016.091 N277
The 26 printed volumes of this work provide descriptions of approximately
72,300 collections located in 1406 different
repositories with approximately 1,085,000 index references to topical
subjects and personal, family, corporate, and geographic
names. These volumes were printed from 1959 to 1993. Since that time
the catalog has been continued as an online product
which can be accessed from the Library of Congress NUCMC website:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/coll/nucmc
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
Other web portals to manuscript and archive site:
Archival and Manuscript Repositories in the United States
Ready, Net, Go: Archival Internet Resources
Repositories
of Primary Sources
or:
Philip Metzger
Special Collections Librarian and History Bibliographer
Linderman Library
610-758-5185
pam5@lehigh.edu
or use our Live Reference Chat Line
Revised January 2002 by Roseann Bowerman