HISTORY RESEARCH BASICS

Table of Contents

Library Catalogs - find books and more

Research Databases - find journal articles and more

Database Guides

History Journals

History Class Guides

Internet Links - primary sources

More Research Guides

Library Catalogs - find books, videos, government documents and more

• UNF Library Catalog
• Find Primary Sources Using the Library Catalog
• NetLibrary - electronic books - FAQS - Sign up information
• Local, Florida, National, International Library Catalogs

Research Databases - find articles and more

• History Databases
• General & Multidisciplinary Databases
• Newspaper Databases
• Biography Databases
• All UNF Electronic Research Databases

Database Quick Guides

• How to Find Articles Using Research Databases
• FirstSearch Quick Reference
• JSTOR Quick Reference
• ProQuest Quick Reference
• More Database Guides

History Journals

• List of history databases - find articles in history magazines and journals
• E-Journals -- Find out which database has the full text of a particular journal.
• To find out if the library subscribes to a journal, use the Library Catalog.

History Class Guides

• Age of Elizabeth I - Dr. Furdell
• Ancient Near East - Dr. Kaplan
• Craft of the Historian - Dr. Sheehan-Dean, Dr. Francis and Dr. Bruey
• Death Penalty -- Dr. Courtwright
• Glorious Revolution -- Past Imperfect -- Dr. Furdell
• Honors Seminar -- Dr. Furdell
• Honors Seminar -- Terrorists and Torturers -- Dr. Bruey
• Law and Society - Dr. Courtwright
• Paris - Dr. Clifford
• Women in the Renaissance - Dr. Furdell
• World War I -- Dr. Clifford

History Internet Links - many with primary sources

• History Internet Links
• Florida History Digital Collections

Other Research Guides

• Evaluating Electronic Resources
• Evaluating Internet Resources
• How to Find Book Reviews
• How to Find Both Sides of the Story
• What is a Refereed/Peer-reviewed Article?
• What is an Academic/Scholarly Journal

Some guides use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to access portable document files (pdf).