LibGuides: History Resources: Reference Materials

MLA Handbook

MLA Handbook by The Modern Language Association of America
Call Number: R 808.027 G437
In Reference and also on Reserve at the Circulation Desk.

Turabian/Chicago Style Guide

A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations by Kate L. Turabian; Joseph Bizup (Revised by); Wayne C. Booth (Revised by); Gregory G. Colomb (Revised by); William T. FitzGerald (Revised by); University of Chicago Press Editorial Staff (Revised by); Joseph M. Williams (Revised by)
Call Number: 808.066378 T929 (Davis Library has two copies of this work available. Copy 1 is located in the General Collection/2nd Floor Stacks. Copy 2 may be found on Reserve at the Circulation Desk.)
"This new edition of the classic reference work on writing research papers recognizes recent developments in information literacy--including finding, evaluating, and citing a wide range of digital sources--and the evolving use of software for citation management, graphics, and paper format and submission while continuing to reflect best practices for research and writing, as adapted from the most recent editions of The Craft of Research and The Chicago Manual of Style."--Provided by publisher.

Historical Statistics Collections

Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new window
Quantitative facts of American history.
Historical Statistics of the United States - Off Campus This link opens in a new window

International Historic Statistics: The Americas
Reference Book: R 310.9 I61
International Historical Statistics: Europe
Reference Book: R 310.9 I612

OhioLINK Online History Reference Databases

Scholarly and Reference E-Books

Biography Reference Bank This link opens in a new window
Provides biographical information on approximately half a million people, from antiquity to the present, along with thousands of images.
Biography Reference Bank - Off Campus This link opens in a new window
HarpWeek This link opens in a new window
An electronic version of Harper's Weekly from the Civil War and Reconstruction eras, 1857-1871.
HarpWeek - Off Campus This link opens in a new window
Morgan Index of Ohio People, Businesses and Institutions, 1796-1850 This link opens in a new window
Includes 132,643 names of Ohio people, businesses and institutions.
Sanborn Historic Maps - Off Campus This link opens in a new window
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia This link opens in a new window
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia - Off Campus This link opens in a new window
OhioLINK Finding Aid Repository This link opens in a new window
Allows researchers to search finding aids across institutions to locate archival materials and primary sources across the state.

Primary Sources Online

America in Class
From the National Humanities Center: Historical documents, literary texts, and works of art — thematically organized with notes and discussion questions.
Avalon Project - Yale Law School
Online documents in law, history, and diplomacy.
Biodiversity Heritage Library
A consortium of natural history and botanical libraries that cooperate to digitize the legacy literature of biodiversity held in their collections.
DOCS Teach
From the National Archives, an online tool for teaching with documents.
Founders Online
From the National Archives, online historical documents of the US.
Google Patents
Full text and international in scope.
History Matters - George Mason University
Serves as a gateway to web resources and offers
materials for the study and teaching of U.S. history.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project - Fordham University
A collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts for educational use.
Library of Congress - Digital Collections
Part of the National Digital Library Program (NDLP): This is a digital library of reproductions of primary source materials to support the study of the history and culture of the United States.
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
An agency of the US government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records for public access.
Smithsonian
A large museum, education, and research complex, with many primary documents online.

Merkle's Mistake

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The New York Giants baseball team, 1913. Fred Merkle, sixth in line, committed a baserunning gaffe in a crucial 1908 game that became famous as Merkle's Boner.

Historical Images and Pictures Collections

Davis Libfrary's Digital Images LibGuide
The USA: A Chronicle in Pictures
Reference Book: R 973 W467

Selected Web Resources

American History : A Documentary Record
American Life Histories - Oral History
Best of History Sites
A portal that contains annotated links to over 1000 history web sites.
Gallia County Historical Society
History World
ipl2: Historical Documents and Sources
Learning Historical Research
Maps of the World
National Museum of American History
Ohio History Central
Pageant of America Photograph Archive
Reviews in History
Smithsonian
World Cultures
Global Gateway is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture.
World Digital Library