 | Land of the Unfree? Race and Labor in Early AmericaBackground SourcesBooks Indexes Book Review Sources Contemporary Newspapers |
Background Resources
Encyclopedias and dictionaries can provide historical context for the primary sources you are reading and analyzing. They can also be used to identify key people, events and dates. Many also include short reading lists. *
Britannica Online
http://www.eb.com:180/- Online version of the Encyclopedia Britannica. UW Only. See also the Britannica Guide to Black History.
| Dictionary of American History | Reference, Undergraduate | E174 .D5 1976 |
| Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History | Reference, Undergraduate | E185 .E54 1996 |
| Encyclopedia of American Social History | Reference, Undergraduate | HN57 .E58 1993 |
| The Encyclopedia of colonial and revolutionary America | Reference, Undergraduate | E188 .E63 1990 |
| Encyclopedia of the North American colonies | Reference, Undergraduate | E45 .E53 1993 |
| Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery | Reference, Undergraduate | HT861 .H57 1997 |
| Macmillan encyclopedia of world slavery | Reference | HT861 .M24 1998 |
| Revolutionary America, 1763 to 1800 | Reference, Undergraduate | E162 .P86 1995 |
| The timetables of American history | Reference | E18.5 .T553 1996 |
Books
Use the following databases to locate books in the UW Libraries and in other libraries around the region, nation and world. Books unavailable at the UW can be requested through the Interlibrary Borrowing Service.
- UW Libraries Catalog
Campus Network- A listing of the books, journal subscriptions and other material available at the University of Washington Libraries.
- OhioLINK
http://olc1.ohiolink.edu/search/- Use OhioLink to access chapters of recent books, use the "Words" search option.
- OCLC WorldCat
Campus Network- A listing of books, journal subscriptions and other material available in hundreds of major libraries in the U.S. and abroad. UW only.
- Dissertation Abstracts
http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/- Index to dissertations since 1861, those from 1980 onward include an abstract. 60,000 dissertations available in electronic format (for a fee). UW Only.
General Indexes
Use the following databases to find articles on your topic and citations to book reviews. Articles from journals which the UW does not own can be requested through the Interlibrary Borrowing Service.
- Expanded Academic Index
Campus Network- Index to approximately 1500 journals and magazines in all disciplines. Coverage dates from 1989. UW Only.
- America History & Life
http://serials.abc-clio.com/cgi-bin/nph-AppStart?_appname=ahl- Major index to articles in U.S. and Canadian history. Also includes selected coverage of dissertations and books. UW Only.
- Research Library
http://www.umi.com/pqdauto- Index to articles in all fields, full-text articles available for selected journals and magazines. From the menu, choose Research Library Complete. UW Only.
Book Review Sources
In addition to the indexes listed above, full-text book reviews can be found in the following sources.
- Reviews in American History
- Electronic version of the journal from 1995 on. Part of the Project Muse set of electronic journals which includes approximately 10 history related periodicals. Can be searched.
- American Historical Review
- Electronic version of the back issues of the journal from 1895-1993. Part of the JSTOR set of electronic back issues which includes approximately 10 history journals. Can be searched.
- H-Net Reviews
- Reviews published as part of the more than 100 e-mail discussion groups dealing with various aspects of history. Can be searched.
- History Reviews Online
- Electronic journal of reviews supported by DePauw University.
Contemporary Newspapers
These are a just a few of the newspapers we have available on microfilm in the Microforms and Newspapers Collection on the first floor of Suzzallo. Many of the runs are incomplete but the general date range of coverage is given.
| American Weekly Mercury (Philadelphia) | 1719 - 1745 | A59 |
| Boston Evening Post | 1739 - 1775 | A75 |
| Boston Gazette | 1719 - 1798 | A21 |
| Connecticut Courant (Hartford) | 1764 - 1820 | A445 |
| Connecticut Gazette | 1755 - 1768 | A436 |
| Maryland Gazette (Annapolis) | 1728 - 1734; 1752 - 1758 | A282 |
| New York Gazette and Weekly Post-boy | 1744 - 1773 | A24 |
| New York Weekly Journal | 1733 - 1751 | A23 |
| Pennsylvania Gazette (Philadelphia) | 1728 - 1789 | A14 |
| Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser (Philadelphia) | 1742 - 1793 | A183 |
| South Carolina Gazette (Charleston) | 1732 - 1775 | A800 |
| Virginia Gazette (Williamsburg) | 1736 - 1780 | A157 |