Finding Books

• The Libraries' book collection includes works that offer comprehensive treatments of historical topics. Use
   PILOT, 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.

E-books

• Nineteenth Century in Print
• University of Pennsylvania On-Line Books Page
• Making of America

Full-text of Scholarly Journal Articles

• 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.

Historical Newspapers

• Historical New York Times--full-text and full-image articles for
  from 1851-2000 for The New York Times.
• Newspapers for Historical Research at Stapleton Libraries

Electronic Indexes

• America:  History and 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)

Local History Links

• Historic Pittsburgh -- digital collection documenting the history of Pittsburgh and the surrounding Western Pennsylvania area on the Internet.
• Pittsburgh History
• Pennsylvania Trail of History 
• Labor Legacy: Labor History Through the Years
• Search for Historical Markers
• Explore Pa History
• Library of Congress and Local History
     Community Roots: Local Legacies Project
     Pennsylvania 

Online Databases of Curriculum Materials and Educational Research

• ERIC ---comprehensive database of educational materials includes articles, reports, and curriculum
  materials.
• Kraus Curriculum Development Library --- searchable database of curricula that brings
  together educational objectives, content, instructional strategies, and evaluative techniques for all
  subjects covered in PreK-12 and Adult Basic Education.
• Primary Search --Primary Search provides full text for more than 50 popular, magazines for
  elementary school research.
• Professional Development Collection -- Designed for professional educators, this
  database provides a highly specialized collection of over 515 full text journals, including nearly 350
  peer-reviewed titles.

Government Information for Educators

• Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kids -- portal for federal government information for
  students, parents, and teachers.

• Google UncleSam--Google search engine which restricts results to government sites

Historical Societies

• Alliance of Pennsylvania County Historical Societies

Citing Sources

• Easybib-- creates bibliographies in APA format by filling in boxes.