U.S. History-Third Quarter Research Project

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The resources and links on this page were selected specifically to help guide you during your 3rd quarter project. If you ever have any questions please remember to contact one of your librarians, Ms. Fiorito or Ms. Williams, for individual assistance. We are happy to help.
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Entry-Level Sources

Gale Virtual Reference Library
This databases contains articles from a variety of general and specialized enyclopedia sources.
ABC-CLIO American History
Contains brief reference articles on a variety of topics related to the history of the United States.
Salem History E-books
Encyclopedia articles from Salem Press Publishers.

In-Depth Sources

ABC-Clio Electronic Book Collection
Full-text e-books covering a wide-range of topics. Features "search within a specific title" option.
JSTOR
Contains scholarly journal articles, primary sources and e-books.
E-Library
This database includes popular newspapers and magazines as well as scholarly journals. *In order to access only scholarly journals, begin your search by clicking "advanced search". On the next page, be sure to check the box that says "search within scholarly journals only" before beginning your search.
EBSCO Databases

Primary Sources

ABC-Clio American History
To limit your search to primary documents, start your searching in "advanced search" and limit your results by selecting "Media, Visuals, & Maps" and "Documents" on the left-hand side of the page.
Salem History E-books
Conduct your search and then select the tab at the top of the page that says "Primary Source" to refine your search.
Proquest Historical Newspapers
Search full-text images of stories, obituaries, and even advertisements from issues of the Chicago Daily Tribune, New York Times, Christian Science Monitor and Chicago Defender. Dates range from 1851-2001.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
One primary documents search that gives you many sources is the advanced search. Place the phrase "primary sources" as a publication title in advanced search screen. Then, type in your topic keyword in a different box.
DHS Library Free Internet Sites - Primary Sources

Chicago Manual of Style Resources

The Chicago Manual of Style Online
Chicago Manual of Style
From the Purdue Online Writing Lab
Chicago Manual of Style Sample Paper
Be sure to look at this. It will help with formatting your footnotes.

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