History

• 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 and government documents  in our collection
  and links to other valuable resources  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.

• Netlibrary-- Electronic versions of copyrighted books available to IUP patrons.
• Nineteenth Century in Print
• Digital Dissertations
• American Counties to 1900 (Accessible Archives)
• University of Pennsylvania On-Line Books Page
• Making of America
• Early English Books Online [EEBO] Early English Books Online (EEBO)
  digital library of almost 100,000 individual titles for the period 1473-1700. On Campus only!
• Early English Books Online [EEBO] -- items published between 1473-1700
  from  STC I (Pollard & Redgrave), STC II (Wing), and Thomason Tracts bibliographies.
• American National Biography ON-CAMPUS ONLY or VPN
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ON-CAMPUS ONLY or VPN
• Google Book Search

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.
• Humanities Full Text --  Periodical coverage includes some of the best-known scholarly journals and
   numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines with indexing from 1983 forward and
  full text from 1995.
• Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies 

Searching for Specific Journal Titles

• Use PILOT (http://pilot.passhe.edu:8001/) to determine if a journal is available in our stacks or through
  one of our databases.

Historical Newspapers, Magazines, and Journals

• Historical New York Times -- full-text and full-image articles
  from 1851-2000 for The New York Times.
• Times Digital Archive  -- digital edition of The Times (London) 1785 - 1985 
  Historical Wall Street Journal -- full-text from 1889-1987.
• Pennsylvania Gazette 1728-1800  -- full-text of the "New York Times of the 18th Century."
• American Periodicals Series Online -- digitized images of the pages of American magazines
   and journals published from colonial days to the dawn of the 20th century.
• Ethnic NewsWatch + ENW, A History -- 240+ publications of ethnic, minority and native presses
  provide access to other voices from 1960-present.
• Humanities & Social Science Retrospective -- cites articles from English-language periodicals from
  1907 - 1984.
• Readers' Guide Retrospective -- indexes articles published from 1890 through 1982.
• Nineteenth Century Masterfile:Series I  periodical indices spanning nearly all the periodicals
   of the late eighteenth century through the early twentieth century. 
• Newspapers for Historical Research at Stapleton Libraries

• Early American Fiction 1789–1875 --full texts of the first editions of American novels and
  short stories written before 1850
• Black Thought and Culture -- monographs, essays, articles, speeches, and interviews
  written by leaders within the black community from the earliest times to 1975.
• In the First Person --In the First Person is a free, high quality, professionally published, in-depth index of more than 3,350
   collections of personal narratives in English from around the world.
• Women and Social Movements -- history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1700 and 2000
• African-American Poetry 1760-1900 ON-CAMPUS ONLY or VPN
• History Resource Center-- History Reference Center features cover-to-cover full text for more
  than 750 historical encyclopedias and other non-fiction books, including award winning titles from many top publishers.
• A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns, 1787-1825.
• Indiana University of Pennsylvania -- Special Collections and Archives
  • Manuscript Collections
  • Exhibits
  • Digital Collections
  • Mining History
• Stapleton Library Guide to Microfilm Collections
• National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
• Repostiories of Primary Sources
• WorldCat --limit search to Archival.

• 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)
• Other online databases--many other databases are available from the Library's webpage
  under Databases. 

 United States Government

• Congressional Universe most comprehensive online resource available for Congressional
  hearings, public issues, legislation, history, and legal research.

Reference, Biographical and Literary Sources

• History Resource Center -- full text history reference database includes reference books, articles,
  and video clips of historical events.
• Biography Resource Center--  database of biographical information on nearly 220,000
  people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
• Literature Resource Center -- A complete literature reference database rich
  in biographical, bibliographical, and critical content offers information on literary figures from all
  time periods writing in such genres as fiction, nonfiction,  poetry, drama, history, journalism,
  and more.

Pennsylvania History

• Bibliography of Pennsylvania History  Special Collections Z1329 .A5 1957
• Pennsylvania historical bibliography  Special Collections Z1329 .A5 1957 Suppl.
• Explore Pa History -- award winning web site offers links to primary sources, intriguing
  essays, and lesson plans for teaching PA history.
   

Locating Primary Sources:

• Finding Primary Source Material in the Library

• Library Research Using  Primary Sources from UC Berkeley

• Using Primary Sources on the Web

Citing What You Have Found:

• Turabian and Chicago Citation Style Examples
• Easybib -- free online bibliography maker.
• Endnote Software is available free of charge with an I-Card from the IT Support Center at the Suites on
  Grant Lower, Suite G35. 724-357-4000.