HIST 482 American Historiography
A Guide for Library Research Assignments

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Finding Books Reviews - Print Sources

Book Review Digest (1905-1997)
Ref Z 1219 .C9 (Index shelves)

Book Review Index (1965-2002)
Ref Z 1035 .A1 B6 (Index shelves)

Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Humanities Journals (1802-1974)
Ref Z 1035 .A1 C7 (Index shelves)

Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Scholarly Journals (1886-1974)
Ref Z 1035 .A1 C6 (Index shelves)

American National Biography
Reference CT213.A68 24 volumesand Online
Annotated bibliography of reviews often included at the end of essays.

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Finding Book Reviews - Online Databases

Biography Resource Center
Literature Resource Center
Search by author name, then click on the tab for articles. In the results list look for articles with "(review)" as the type.

New York Times Historical Archive
Includes the NY Times Book Review. To limit to review articles, choose to search by the Document Type review.

Academic Search Premier
Under limiters, select "review".

JSTOR
You can limit your search to articles typed as review. Choose multiple disciplines to maximize search results.

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Finding Biographical Information- General

Biography Resource Center

Literature Resource Center

American National Biography
Reference CT213.A68 24 volumesand Online
Lengthy scholarly essays, with helpful bibliographies.

Dictionary of American Biography
Reference E 176. D56 22 volumes plus supplements
Written between 1926-1937.

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Finding Biographical Information - Historians

American Historians, 1607-1865
Reference E 175.45 .A48 1984

American Historians, 1866-1912
Reference E 175.45 .A483 1986

American Women Historians, 1700s-1990s: a Biographical Dictionary
Reference E175.45 .S27 1996

Clio's Favorites : Leading Historians of the United States, 1945-2000
Reference E175.45 .C58 2000

Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writings
Reference D 14. E58 1999 2 volumes

Twentieth-Century American Historians
Reference E 175.45 .T85 1983

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Historiography Bibliographies

Historiography: An Annotated Bibliography of Journal Articles, Books, and Dissertations
Reference D 13.H5 2 volumes

The American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature
Reference D 20.A5 1995 v.2
Volume 2, sections 39-44 (pages 1239-1503) cover North American history. An introductory essay starts each section.

Reader's Guide to American History
Reference E 178 .R43 1997
Essays on the historiography of a multitude of topics in American history. Each topic ends with a bibliography.

United States History: a Bibliography of the New Writings on American History
Reference E 178 .M47 1995
Covers new writings from the 1980s and early 1990s on all periods of American history.

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Finding Scholarly Literature - in Online Databases

Academic Search Premier
Earlham's largest, most general database of scholarly and popular articles. Contains secondary scholarly and popular articles.

JSTOR
Scholarly articles from peer-reviewed journals in multiple disciplines. Includes content from 1850's through the 2000's.

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Finding Books

Find books in the Earlham LIbrary Catalog.

Request interlibrary loans through WorldCat

Helpful Tools

SFX
Discover if Earlham has access to a journal, magazine, or newspaper online or in print.

History Resources Subject Guide

How to Find Book Reviews

How to Write Citations

Interlibrary Loan Form for Articles

Interlibrary Loan Form for Books

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