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Welcome
Welcome to the U.S. History Research Guide.
On this guide I have recommended ways for you to find information resources, such as:
- background information to help you learn about a subject when you're beginning your research
- materials in Belk Library's catalog
- newspaper and scholarly journal articles in databases
- primary sources
Please let me know if you have questions; either chat with me by using the blue "Ask Me Now!" button on the left side of the page or email me below.
General Online Reference Sources
- Credo This link opens in a new windowCredo is an easy-to-use tool for starting research. Gather background information on your topic from hundreds of full-text encyclopedias, dictionaries, quotations, and subject-specific titles, as well as 500,000+ images and audio files and over 1,000 videos.
- Gale E-Books This link opens in a new windowE-reference books, biographies on musicians, scientist, contemporary black biography, sport management, business plans and more.
Background Information
REF. in front of a call number indicates that the book is housed in Belk Library's reference collection on the first floor.
American Decades Primary SourcesCall Number: Electronic ResourceISBN: 0787665959Publication Date: 2004Primary papers from 1900 - 1999
Dictionary of American History by Call Number: REF. 973.03 D561ku v.1-10ISBN: 0684805332Publication Date: 2003
Twentieth-century America : a primary source collection from the Associated PressCall Number: REF. 973.921 T918as v.7, v. 8ISBN: 0717274942Publication Date: 1995
