Latin American Diplomacy

• The Libraries' book collection includes works that offer comprehensive treatments of historical topics. Use
  PILOT (http://pilot.passhe.edu:8001/) our online catalog to find books in our collection as well as links to the full-text of electronic reserve
   items and other valuable information on the Internet.
• To search the catalogs of other Pennsylvania Libraries, and to borrow from them directly, search PALCI 
  and  log in using your 16-digit I-card number.)
• WorldCat --search the OCLC Database of paper and electronic titles. Books located through this database can
  generally be acquired through Interlibrary Loan.

Scholarly and popular magazines and newspapers offer concise and timely treatment of  many topics of
historical interest. IUP patrons can access large collections of such information through the journal
aggregators.  (To gain access from home,  use your 16 digit I-card number.)

• EBSCOhost--provides access to the full-text of over one thousand periodicals and bibliographic
   access  to thousands more.
• Gale/Infotrac-provides access to the full-text of over one thousand periodicals and bibliographic
   access to thousands more.

• Project MUSE -- provides more than 200 full-text online scholarly journals from academic presses
   covering the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies,
  education, political science, gender studies, and many others.
• JSTOR-- Online archives of over 125 journals in African-American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies,
  Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science,
  Population Studies, Sociology, and Statistics. JSTOR is designed specifically for archiving journals,
  so it does not include the most recent 2-5 years of each title.

Searching for Specific Journal Titles

• Use PILOT (http://pilot.passhe.edu:8001/) our online catalog to check if a journal in any format,
  paper, microform, or electronic journal is available in our library.
• Use JAKE--to determine iwhere a journal is indexed.

Historical Newspapers

• Historical New York Times -- full-text and full-image articles for
  from 1851-2000 for The New York Times.
• Times Digital Archive 1785 - 1985 -- complete digital edition of The Times (London). ON-CAMPUS ONLY
• Newspapers for Historical Research at Stapleton Libraries

• America: History & Life -- coverage of historical literature of the United States and Canada
  from prehistory to the present. 
• Historical Abstracts--historical coverage of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the
  United States and Canada)
• CIAO [Columbia International Affairs Online] --Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
   is the most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. On Campus only!
• Digital Dissertations -- digital dissertations from 1997 to present.
• Essay & General Literature Index --a unique reference database that provides access to nearly
  65,000 essays found in over 5,300 printed anthologies and collections, with coverage
  dating as far back as 1985.
• Humanities & Social Science Retrospective -- that cites
  articles from English-language periodicals published between 1907 - 1984. ON-CAMPUS ONLY
• Nineteenth Century Masterfile:Series I - indexing to periodicals of the late eighteenth
  century through the early twentieth century.  Title list includes: Poole's Index to Periodical Literature(1802-1906),
   Index to Legal Periodical Literature (1786-1922). ON-CAMPUS ONLY
• PAIS International --  international coverage of articles, books, government documents, statistical directories,
  and  publications of international agencies from 1972- Present.
• Other online databases--many other databases are available from the Library's webpage
  under Databases. 

Quick Guide to Government Information

Citing What you have found

• Endnote  Bibliographic Management Software -- availalbe free to IUP students and faculty with
  valid I-card. More information at: http://old.www.iup.edu/ats/helpdesk/lib/enote.shtm .