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Class Research Guides - Fall 2023

HSTAA 110: History of American Citizenship

Citation & Writing Help

Historians generally use the Chicago Style format. For information to other citation formats see the Citing Sources guide.

Writing help is available in person and via zoom. You can schedule an appointment online.

Additional information on researching history and on writing.

Starting Points: Books & eBooks

See the eBook FAQ for directions to limit your search to ebooks only.

By Topic - Type in the keywords that broadly describe your topic. For example: missionaries india women history
By Title - Type in the first few words of the book title in quotations. For example: "sovereign trickster".
By Author - Type in the last name followed by the first name of the author in quotations. For example: "giebel christoph"

Starting Points: Journal Articles

The following research databases will help you identify articles in the field of history. For additional research databases see those listed under History by Region & History by Topic.

America: History & Life with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Best database to articles written on American & Canadian history
Historical Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Best database to articles written on modern world history (Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe & Latin America from 1450 onward)
International Medieval Bibliography This link opens in a new window
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Best database for identifying articles & book chapters on all aspects of Medieval Europe, 300-1500
L'Année Philologique This link opens in a new window
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Best database for identifying articles & book chapters in classics and Greek & Roman history
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Fulltext collection of scholarly journals & books in all disciplines

Starting Points - Primary Sources

This is a tiny sampling of primary source collections available at Libraries. More comprehensive lists can be found under History by Region, History by Topic & Primary Sources by Type. UW only digitized collections of primary sources are also listed on Digital Collections A-Z.