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This guide describes databases, library services, and other resources for senior researchers in history.

The library is here to support you in all your research endeavors. Librarians are happy to answer any questions or provide additional help.

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Find Scholarly Articles

EBSCO Research Databases
A search interface to multiple databases on the EBSCO platform. (Academic Search Premier, MLA, PsycInfo, and more)
JSTOR
An archive of scholarly journals. Content spans many disciplines, primarily in the humanities and social sciences. The most recent 3-5 years of journals are generally not available. JSTOR has a number of other collections to which we do not subscribe. Provided through a cooperative agreement with Stetson's College of Law Library.
ProQuest Research Library
A multidisciplinary database with full-text articles in the arts, business, health, medicine, history, science, technology, social sciences. Includes scholarly articles, professional publication, and magazines.

All databases for Literature
A-Z Database List
Alphabetical list of all databases to which the duPont-Ball Library subscribes.

Finding Books

Books can be secondary sources or primary sources, or may contain both. OneSearch is the best place to begin your search for books at the duPont-Ball Library and beyond.

OneSearch (advanced search page)
Search WorldCat plus Academic Search Complete and Proquest Research Library to find book, eBooks, scholarly articles, news, and more.

Library of Congress Classification System
Find call numbers that may be useful for your research topic.
Library of Congress Online Catalog- Browse
Find subject heading using the "subjects containing" and "subjects beginning with" filters.
Google Books
Scanned sections of books. Useful for deciding if you want to request a book through interlibrary loan, or starting to read while you're waiting for an interlibrary loan to arrive.

Find Background Information

Consider using encyclopedias and other reference sources when you begin researching a topic. Some encyclopedias will provide more in-depth information than others, but any general encyclopedia is a good source to consult for background information of your chosen subject area. Most encyclopedias provide:

Main concepts, including names, dates, places
Keywords and subject terms related to topic
Lists of related articles or additional resources

Credo Reference
A starting point for research and learning that offers unlimited access to hundreds of full text reference books on every subject. Includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations.
Oxford Reference Online
Contains over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. Also includes the Oxford Companions Series.

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ENGL 499: Senior Project

Welcome

Find Scholarly Articles

Finding Books

Find Background Information