History

Journal Articles :

• Academic Search Premier (Ebsco)
• America History and Life
• CQ Library
• Handbook of Latin American Studies
• Historical Abstracts
• JSTOR (1884-)
• Project Muse

Free Online Journals:

• The History Cooperative

Newspapers :

• New York Times (1851 – present)
• Lexis/Nexis Academic (coverage: varies)
• Los Angeles Times historical 1881-1985 | current 1985-present

Books in this and other libraries :

• Snoopy Library Catalog
• LINK+
• ACLS History E-Book Project
• Melvyl (UC Libraries)
• WorldCat

Request from other libraries:
(for background information)

• LINK+ (books only)
• Interlibrary Services (books & articles)

Encyclopedias & Dictionaries:
(for background information)

• Gale Virtual Reference Library
• Search Snoopy:
  • by keyword and/or location, immigra* in Reference
  • by subject Nicaragua
• Biography & Genealogy Master Index
• Contemporary Authors
• Encyclopaedia Britannica
• Oxford English Dictionary (OED)

Subject Web Guides:

• Infomine
• Internet History Sourcebooks Project
• Internet Public Library: History
• Librarians' Index to the Internet lii.org (narrow by topic area)
• Merlot Links to lesson plans, simulations and digital collections (use subject category: history)
• UNESCO/IFLA Directory of Digitized Collections

Statistics:

• Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) - census microdata for social and economic research
• Statistical Resources on the Web (Univ. of Michigan Documents Center)
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
• Counting California
• Local and Genealogical Data including Heritage Quest Online (from The Sonoma County Library Annex)

Other useful resources:

• Historical Associations on the Net
• Dissertation Abstracts 1861-
• Document Analysis Worksheets (NARA)
• H-NET History Book Reviews
• Journal Abbreviations
• Library of Congress Classification Outline
• Oxford English Dictionary (OED)

Help Guides:

• Citation Styles (incl. sample papers)
• Evaluating Information
• Types of information

Related Guides:

• Finding Primary Sources
• Finding Book Reviews
• Historical Newspapers, Indexes and Special Sets in the SSU Library
• Primer on Using Primary Sources (By ALA's Reference and User Services Association)