LIBRARY GUIDE TO HST 3010 - Historical Thinking and Writing (Miller)

• Request books be pulled for pickup - shipping and contactless pick-up available
• Request PDF copies of print articles and book chapters
• Electronic course reserves, available for some classes
• Virtual research help

Historical dictionary of the Great Depression, 1929-1940 (Ref.  E 801 .H57 2001)

Library OneSearch
Use the catalog to find books, videos, recordings, and goverment documents we have at the library.

MelCat
A statewide catalog of many of Michigan's libraries. It allows you to request books at another library be sent to Kresge Library for you.

Interlibrary Loan
You may request materials we don't have and we'll borrow them from another library for you.

JSTOR and Project MUSE
Archives the full-text of articles from numerous history journals.

America: History & Life
Allows you to search for history articles beyond Kresge Library

New York Times Historical
Offers full-text, full-image articles of The New York Times, going back to 1851. The database can be used to search national and international news, editorials, obituaries, birth and marriage announcements, plus historical photos and advertisements. The documents are downloadable in PDF format. How to export to RefWorks

Chicago Defender (Proquest Historical Newspapers)
Covers several editions of the Chicago Defender newspaper from 1909-1975.

VAST: Academic Video Online
Videos in American history, including newsreels from the1930 and 1940s

Selected Primary Sources at KL

• Boom and bust; The Twenties and Thirties (KL, E743 .M6)
• The New Deal at Home and Abroad, 1929-1945 (KL, E743 .C462)
• Dear Mrs. Roosevelt : Letters from Children of the Great Depression (KL, E 807.1 .R48 D43 2002 and online)
• Depression, Recovery, and War, 1929-1945 (KL, E173 .D58 v 7)
• Hard times: An Oral History of the Great Depression (e-book)
• A Penny's Worth of Minced Ham: Another Look at the Great Depression (e-book)

Primary sources on the web

• Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library digital collections
• The American Presidency Project (papers of president Roosevelt)
• American Life Histories: manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-940 (LOC)
• America from the Great Depression to WWII: photographs from the FSA (LOC)
• American Demographic History Chartbook, 1790-2000: graphics and data taken from the U.S. Census
• A New Deal for the Arts (National Archives exhibit)
• National Archives documents (selected primary sources for Great Depression history)
• The New Deal and The Grapes of Wrath (DPLA selection of documents)

 See also:

• KL history guide
• Government documents guide.

• America History and Life: How to Limit the Search to a Specific Historical Period
• Finding Primary Sources at Kresge Library
• Locating Historical Newspapers Online
• Locating Primary Sources for a History Assignment

Use the library's plagiarism tutorial to find out when and how to use sources (paraphrase, summary, direct quotations and citation styles)

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