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Databases on World History

Start with these DATABASES:

World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
(1500 CE ~ Present)
World History in Context (Gale)
Global Issues in Context (Gale)

contains news, global viewpoints, reference materials, country information, primary source documents, videos, statistics, and more on issues of the modern world

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The Interwar Years
A topic overview from ABC-CLIO's World History: The Modern Era database
Cold War
A topic overview from Gale's World History in Context database
Tension in the Post-War World
A topic overview from ABC-CLIO's World History: The Modern Era database
Crises, Confrontation, and Détente
A topic overview from ABC-CLIO's World History: The Modern Era database
The End of the Cold War
A topic overview from ABC-CLIO's World History: The Modern Era database

Primary Sources (on Cold War)
A list of primary sources related to Cold War from Gale's World History in Context database
Primary Sources: Tension in the Post-War World
A list of primary sources from ABC-CLIO's World History: The Modern Era database
Primary Sources: Crises, Confrontation, and Détente
A list of primary sources from ABC-CLIO's World History: The Modern Era database
Primary Sources: The End of the Cold War
A list of primary sources from ABC-CLIO's World History: The Modern Era database

Databases on US History

Depending on your topic, these databases that cover U.S. History can be useful:

Primary Sources: Print Books

World History in Documents by Peter N. Stearns (Editor)
Call Number: 909 WOR
ISBN: 9780814740484
Publication Date: 2008-04-15
(Contains primary sources relating to Francisco Madero, Emiliano Zapata, Sun Yat-sen, Lenin, Bolsheviks, Mussolini, Hitler, Peron, Hiroshima, Han Minzhu, Nelson Mandela, Palestine Liberation Organization, Chinua Achebe, Octavio Paz and more)
Dictionary of Historic Documents by George Childs Kohn; Leonard Latkovski (Foreword by)
Call Number: REFERENCE 909.01 DIC
ISBN: 9780816047727
Publication Date: 2003-03-01
(Includes treaties, pacts, agreements, doctrines, constitutions and more from various countries. In alphabetic order. Index also available. Use time table if unsure of name.)
Documents in World History : Volume 2 by Stephen S. Gosch; Erwin P. Grieshaber; Peter N. Stearns
Call Number: REFERENCE 909.a DOC v.2
ISBN: 9780205619474
Publication Date: 2008-03-17
(Includes sources on German consumerism, Nazism, Lenin and more)

Databases of Periodicals (Journals and Magazines)

Try these first:

GenderWatch

This database includes scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, books, conference papers & proceedings and more from an array of academic, radical, community and independent presses from 1970 to present
JSTOR
provides access to academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in most disciplines

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Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Designed for scholarly research, this database supports high-level research in the key areas of academic study including STEM, social sciences and humanities. It includes resources from journals, periodicals, reports, books and more including peer-reviewed journal articles. (View list of titles)
Academic Onefile (Gale)

Avalon Project - Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
(Yale University)
Briefing Books | National Security Archive
Each briefing book features an introductory essay, individual document descriptions and more for topics from Coup d'Etat in Chile, Polish Crisis and more.
Digital Archive of Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars)
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
World Digital Library
Access significant historical documents from all countries and cultures. Browse by place, time, topic, type of item and more.

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Content on the WDL includes books, manuscripts, maps, newspapers, journals, prints and photographs, sound recordings, and films. Search first by keyword and filter by time period and place.
Virtual Reading Room | National Security Archive
archive of declassified U.S. documents
Marxists Internet Archive
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection (University of Texas, Austin)
A comprehensive collection of historic and current digitized maps. Includes Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe, and the Americas; country, city and other maps.

End of Cold War
(from the Digital Archive of Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars)

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This is a collection of primary source documents covering the collapse of the Soviet Union during the late 1980s. The collection contains documents from archives in most of the former Soviet bloc countries. They discuss the changes occurring in Eastern Europe and the Tiananmen Square events in China.

Historical Newspapers

Historical Newspapers
Featured Journals from Other Databases

Chronicling America: Historical Newspapers, 1789-1963
From the Library of Congress. No password or username required.

Historical New York Times, 1851-2015 (with Index)
International Herald Tribune Historical Archive, 1887-2013

The International Herald Tribune Historical Archive 1887-2013 features the complete archive of the International Herald Tribune from its origins as the European Edition of The New York Herald and later the European Edition of the New York Herald Tribune. The archive ends with the last issue of the International Herald Tribune before its relaunch as the International New York Times.

JSTOR | Journal of International Affairs
Coverage: 1952-2018

WORKING FROM HOME on your ISM Project

Project Requirements

Excerpt from the project description:
Required & approved Sources: Your research paper must include a minimum of two Primary Sources and one Secondary Source. These must all be used and cited in your paper.

One news source must be used
At least two Lucas Library Online Sources - you may access these databases from school or home
Recommended databases:
- Gale, "World History in Context"
- ABC-CLIO, -"Modern World History", "World at War" ,or "Daily Life in History" are excellent resources

World History in Context (Gale)
World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
(1500 CE ~ Present)
World at War (ABC-CLIO)
Daily Life Through History (ABC-CLIO)

Tutorial Slide Decks

Creating a Strong Research Question
If you're having trouble coming up with a strong research question, take a look at this short PowerPoint on creating one.
Recommended Databases: Passwords, Searching, Citing and more
Using NoodleTools from Home, Power Point version
How to create a new NoodleTools account, and how to log in to your current NT account
Using NoodleTools from Home, Google slides version
How to create a new NoodleTools account,and how to log in to your current NT account

Using NoodleTools: Creating a Project, Importing Citations, and More
This is a very helpful video created by Ms, Williams, which shows you how to create a new project and add sources to it.

Creating In-Text Citations
A video on creating in-text citations for your ISM project
Creating an Outline for your ISM Project

Current News Sources

Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO)
Full text access to American and international newspapers, from the early 1980s through approximately 2018. Coverage varies from newspaper to newspaper.

BBC World News

ProQuest Ebook Central (eBrary): Find e-books here!

Ebook Central/eBrary (ProQuest)
Use your 7-digit ID number from your SHP ID card to log in and access e-books from any off campus network.

Off-Site Username and Password List

Off-Site Username and Password List
Updated December, 2019.

Citation Tools (with samples)

NoodleTools
Create a Hanging Indent in Google Docs (video)
MLA Style Center
Writing resources from the Modern Language Assocation
MLA Formatting and Style Guide
from the Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
MLA 8th In-text Citations (aka Parenthetical Citations)
How to create an in-text citation in MLA 8th formatting. Includes the full range of sources, including books, online sources
Documenting Legal Works in MLA Style - The MLA Style Center
Sample MLA Formatted Paper
(from University of Washington's Odegaard Writing & Research Center)

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