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History 190X- History of the Atlantic World, 1492-1824

 

• Background Information
  • Encyclopedias
  • Web Sites
• Find Articles
• Find Books
• Primary Sources
• Citation/Bibliography Tools

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Background Information

 

Selected Encyclopedias

 

• Encyclopedia of the Middle Passage
• Pan African Chronology
• Wars of the Americas
• Encyclopedia of Lewis and Clark Expedition
• Encyclopedia of Slave Resistance and Rebellion

 

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Selected Web Sites

 

Not sure if a site you have found is trustworthy? Talk to your professor, librarian and/or consult the library's How to Evaluate Information on the Web guide.

 

• Vanderbilt University Teaching and Researching Links for the Atlantic World
• Selected Library of Congress Sites
  • Library of Congress American Memory
  • Library of Congress - Cultures and History of the Americas
  • Library of Congress Discovery & Exploration Digitized Maps
  • Library of Congress American Notes Travels in America 1750-1920
• American Journeys - Wisconsin Historical Society & Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
• Discovering Lewis & Clark
• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (NYPL) The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade (In Motion exhibit) see especially the web links and references portion of the site as well as the timeline.
• Exploring Africa an Exhibit of Maps and Travel Narratives
• Early American Captivity Narratives see the thorough bibliography, too.

 

Google Scholar - the scholar's Google Search engine.  Use it to find articles, books, use the UC eLinks link to locate items owned by the UC or UCSC libraries.

 

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 Selected Databases - Find Articles, Books, Book Reviews

 

 

• America History and Life
• Historical Abstracts
• Project Muse
• JSTOR
• Empire Online
• Parliamentary Papers
• Early English Books Online
• Early American Imprints
• PAO
• MLA

 

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Selected Journals

 

• Atlantic Studies
• Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History

 

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Selected Primary Resources

 

How To Find Primary Documents in American History

 

• Early Encounters in North America
• Making of the Modern World/Economy
• America's Historical Newspapers
• Early American Newspapers

 

Find Books

 

• Cruzcat
• Melvyl
• Worldcat

 

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Works Cited/Bibliography Tools

 

• America History & Life and Historical Abstracts allow you to email fully formatted citations, make use of this tool to help with your works cited/bibliography organization.
• Endnote Web and Zotero are two free tools available to help format your works cited/bibliography. Attend a FREE workshop on 2/19/09, Science & Engineering Library, Room 215 at 2pm for an introduction to these tools.

 

 

Contact: Kerry Scott

1/28/09