SELECTED SOURCES ON EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY, HISTORY 867

 

 

David Lincove, History Librarian, rm. 280D Sullivant Library, 292-2393,  lincove.1@osu.edu

 

 

OSU Libraries Web Site: http://library.osu.edu

OSU Libraries History Web Site:  http://library.osu.edu/sites/history/

 

 

INDEXES TO SCHOLARLY HISTORY PERIODICALS, BOOKS, & DISSERATIONS

 

The American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature.  Ed. by Mary Beth Norton; associate editor, Pamela Gerardi.   New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.        (D20 .A65 1995 in SUL Ref)

 

Reference Sources in History: An Introductory Guide.  ABC-CLIO, 1990.  (Z6201F721990 in SUL Reference).  2004 edition online: http://ebooks.ohiolink.edu/cgi/t/text/textidx?c=ebook;idno=REFL2E.xml.inp

 

America: History and Life.  1959-   Indexes journals, books, and dissertations in American history and culture from pre-colonial times to the present.  Not good for very current literature.  For the most recent articles check Humanities International Complete, Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index. 

 

Dissertation Abstracts International  1861-present

Identify PhD dissertations in your research area; Download text since 1997 and selected titles prior to 1997. See also: http://library.osu.edu/sites/history/historyDBFP.php#Theses

 

JSTOR Search of digitized journals in history and other fields.  May search for book reviews.

 

Writings on American History.  (Publisher varies).  1906-1991 Annual.  (Z1236G85, Z1236W793 in SUL Ref)  Throughout most of the years since 1906 the bibliography appeared annually and was arranged by subject with a subject index.  Recent editions cover several years and include only an author index.

 

American Foreign Relations since 1600 2nd Edition.
Online bibliography to articles, books, and reference materials on US foreign relations.

 

 

LIBRARY CATALOGS:          

 

OSU Libraries Web Site: http://library.osu.edu/sites/
Ohiolink:  http://olc1.ohiolink.edu/search

OCLC  Worldcat (includes items produced since the year 1000) A computerized database of items cataloged by libraries throughout the U.S. and many other countries.

 

 

SELECTED GUIDES TO MANUSCRIPT AND ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS

 

ArchivesUSA   Provides access to many primary source collections throughout the U.S.

    Cumulates and updates the following print sources:

*National Union Catalogue of Manuscript Collections.

*National Inventory of Documentary Sources (United States) Includes microfiche set of finding aids to collections. (CD3065 .N38 MICROFICHE, CD3022 .N38 MICROFICHE, Z6621.U58 N37 MICROFICHE, CD3050 .N38 MICROFICHE) All fiche are located in the Microforms Rm.-ACK

 

Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States.  Washington, DC: GPO, 1995.  3 v.  (CD30261995U541995 in SUL Ref) [Finding Aids in National Inventory of Documentary Sources]

Most updated guide to the record groups in the National Archives.  Vol. 3 is an index to the first two volumes.  Online keyword Archival Research Catalog at a NARA:   http://www.archives.gov/research_room/arc/index.html

 

Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.  Access to guides and finding aids.       http://www.loc.gov/rr/mss/

 

Guide to British Parliamentary Documents at Ohio State University Libraries. Compiled by David Lincove http://www.lib.ohio-state.edu/hisweb/BritParl.htm

 

Selected Primary Source Documents and Guides on the Web.  Compiled by David Lincove
 http://www.lib.ohio-state.edu/hisweb/hismore.html

 

Guides to Archives and Manuscript Collections in the United States: An Annotated Bibliography.  Greenwood  Press, 1994. (CD3022A2D48 in 1994 in SUL Ref) Provides access to many published guides to primary source collections.  

 

 

NEWSPAPER SOURCES

 

OSU owns a collection of newspapers on microfilm (Microforms Dept. In Main Library).  The newspapers range from the colonial to contemporary periods for American history and a broad range of historical periods for other countries.  Check list at  http://library.osu.edu/sites/reference/micper/dates.htm  but know that this list has not been updated in several years.

 

America’s Historical Newspapers  1690-1922  Search & read facsimile text of a growing database of newspapers. Vendor says database continues to add titles. 

 

American Newspapers 1821-1930: a Union List of Files Available in the United States and Canada.  Ed. By Winifred Gregory.  Millwood, NY: Kraus Reprint, 1967.  (Z6951A55 1967 in SUL Ref)

 

Chicago Tribune April 23, 1849 - Dec. 31, 1985  
Search & read facsimile text.  More recent years in Lexis/Nexis Academic

 

History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690-1820. Worcester, Ma.: Am. Antiquarian Society, 1947. 2 Vols. (Z6951B85 in ISD, MAI)  Editions and Corrections... (Z6951B8521961A in SUL Ref)

Arranged alphabetically by state and town, and offers some historical background on many of the papers.

New York Times Online, 1851-present (not including latest 3 years) 
Search & read facsimile text.  Latest 3 years are in Lexis/Nexis Academic.

 

19th Century U.S. Newspapers  1800-1899      Search & read facsimile text of selected U.S. newspapers. ***Search full text by selecting button for  "in entire article content."

 

Pennsylvania Gazette, 1728-1800.  (Full text search and display.)
Microform of original for 1728-1815 in Microforms at ACK, ANU5P4P4P46

 

The Times (London).  1790-1985   (Microforms, International newspaper section)

The Times (London) Index. 1914- (Index also in print at AI21T58 in SUL Ref). 

 

17th-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers.  Gale, 2007-
Search full text and display facsimile of English language newspapers published mostly in London,

however there are also some English provincial, Irish and Scottish papers, and a few examples from the American colonies.

 

19th Century British Library Newspapers.  Gale, 2007.
Search full text and display facsimile of 50 papers originating in England, Scotland, Ireland.  For title list see http://gale.cengage.com/tlist/bl_ncncp.html .

 

 

PUBLICATIONS FROM THE 17TH, 18TH, & 19th CENTURIES

Check OCLC Worldcat for a computerized search for all periods.

 

American Periodicals Series Online, 1740-1900.
Keyword Search and facsimile image of articles on American and international events, issues, and literary writing published from1740-1900.

 

Early American Imprints, 1639-1800 [Evans Digital Edition]
Based on Charles Evans' American Bibliography  E1215E921903a], it includes the full text of books, pamphlets, broadsides etc. published before 1800. 

 

Early American Imprints, 1801-1819 [Shaw Shoemaker]
Keyword access to the full text and facsimile images of books, pamphlets, broadsides etc. published in American 1801-1819.  Publications based on American Bibliography, a Preliminary Checklist for 1801-1819, comp. by  RR Shaw and RH Shoemaker.  Z1215 .S4 in SUL Ref.

 

Eighteenth Century Collections Online 1701-1800
Searchable, full text images of English language books and books in various languages published in Britain during the 18th century.

 

Early English Books Online 1475-1700
Full text images of selected books from the English Short Title Catalog  (catalog of books published in English & in British possessions, 1475-1700

 

Nineteenth Century Masterfile 1801-1906
Includes index to periodicals: Poole’s Index,; Index to Legal Periodical Literature, 1786-1922; Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1800-1900, Royal Society (Great Britain); and index to articles in religion and psychology in the 1890s to 1906.

 

Periodicals Archive Online [FULL TEXT]  1802-1995
An archive of hundreds of digitized journals published in the arts, humanities and social sciences.  Includes journals in English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese and Italian.

 

Periodicals Index Online.  1770-   Only available online; PIO indexes journals in 40 languages, including English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.   

 

 

DIARIES AND AUTOBIOGRAPHIES

 

Check the library catalog or Worldcat for books written by the person of interest.

 

American Diaries: An Annotated Bibliography of Published American Diaries and Journals.  2 Vols. Detroit: Gale, 1983.              (Z5305A1C64 in SUL Ref)

Expansion and revision of Matthews' guide not shown here covering diaries written prior to 1861.

 

American Diaries in Manuscript, 1580-1954: A Descriptive Bibliography.  University of Georgia Press, 1974. (Z5305.U5 M37 in SUL Ref.)

 

North American Women's Letters and Diaries (colonial times to 1950)
A searchable database with the full text of selected diaries.

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS:

 

Quick Guide to US Congressional Documents and Administrative Regulations at OSU Libraries

 

Selected Electronic Resources on Early American Congressional Documents

http://library.osu.edu/sites/history/hismoreFP.php#Congressional

 

Lexis/Nexis Congressional  (1789-present)
Find the full text of Congressional reports and documents [Serial Set 1789-1969 and includes the American State Papers 1789-1833] and the text for many documents, bills, public laws and hearing testimony from the 1990's to the present. Includes bills, laws, legislative histories, committee prints, House and Senate documents and reports; info on members of Congress; federal regulations)

 

Checklist of United States Public Documents, 1789-1909. Vol. 1.    Z1223A113 in SUL Ref

Arranged by classification in three sections.  An index (vol. 2) was not published.

 

A Descriptive Catalogue of the Government Publications of the United States.  2 Vols. By B. P. Poore. (1881, 1962)              Z1223A1311774-1881A in ISD; 1885 edition also available, Z1223A131774-1881 in SUL Ref. Documents from 1774-1881 are arranged by session of congress and then by date of publication.  A subject and name index is available, but the source is known for having many errors.

 

BIOGRAPHY

 

American National Biography.  24 Vols.  Oxford University Press, 1999.  (CT213A68 in SUL Ref) See also Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Scribners, 1928-37.  20 Vols. (CT213D5 in SUL  Ref). Supplements 1944-  (CT213A52 in SUL Ref) 

 

STATISTICS

 

Historical Statistics of the United States  Colonial times to 2000

Searchable database of a wide range of statistics in United States history;  Paper text (5 Vols.) located at HA202 .H57 2006 in SUL Ref.