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A guide to high quality resources for EWU history students.
Last update: Feb 19th, 2010 URL: http://research.ewu.edu/history  Print/Mobile Guide  RSS Updates

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Find a Particular Journal, Magazine, Newspaper

  • EWU Library Catalog  
    Search to see if we have a particular journal online, in print or microfilm. Carefully note date ranges available. If online, offers links to the databases. If print or microfilm, note the call number and format for the year you need.
  • Electronic Journals A-Z  
    This resource will tell you if a particular journal, magazine or newspaper is available full text in any of our databases. However, it does not know what we have in print or microfilm.
 
 

Access Databases from Off-Campus

All of our databases may be accessed from any computer connected to the Internet, with your iTech username and password. This username/password is the same one that you use to log into campus computers, the wireless network, NetStorage,etc.

  • For students, your username is the first letter of your first name, your last name, and the last 2 digits of your EagleCard number.
  • For faculty/staff, your username and password are the same ones you use to access EWU email.

If you have not created your password, go to accounts.ewu.edu. See iTech Account for more information.

 

General History

  • Humanities Full Text (WilsonWeb) -- 1984-present  
    Covers over 500 core journals and magazines in the humanities (archaeology, art, film, history, journalism, linguistics, literature, music, philosophy, religion, etc.)
  • JSTOR--Advanced Search  
    Full-text back files of around 950 core scholarly journals in the arts, business, humanities, sciences, and social sciences, from the first issue up to 3-5 years ago.
 

American History Databases

  • African American Experience  
    Offers full-text information from over 300 scholarly books and encyclopedias, as well as thousands of primary source documents.
  • America: History & Life (EBSCOhost) -- 1954-present  
    Comprehensive database for U.S. and Canadian history, indexing articles from over 1700 history journals, book reviews from around 100 core history journals, & relevant dissertations.
  • American State Papers 1789-1838  
    Over 6000 full text Congressional and Executive Branch reports, complementing the U.S. Congressional Serial Set.
  • American Indian Experience  
    Offers full-text information from around 150 scholarly books and encyclopedias, as well as hundreds of primary source documents and photographs.
  • Bibliography of Native North Americans (EBSCOhost)  
    Indexes articles from around 100 journals and another 60 magazines on all aspects of Native North American culture and history, back to the 1950s.
  • Early American Imprints 1639-1800  
    Full-text books, pamphlets, broadsides and other imprints listed in the renowned bibliography by Charles Evans.
  • Early American Imprints 1801-1819  
    Full-text books, pamphlets, broadsides and other imprints listed in the renowned bibliography by Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker.
  • Historical Statistics of the United States  
    Thematic essays and over 37,000 data sets on population, economics, labor, government, crime, etc., from Colonial times up to to 2000. You may download the data into Excel as well as dynamically create graphs.
  • Latino American Experience  
    Offers full-text information from over 150 scholarly books and encyclopedias, over 1500 images, as well as hundreds of primary source documents.
  • Smithsonian Institution Research Information System  
    "Search over 2 million records, with 210,500 images, video and sound files from dozens of Smithsonian museums, archives, and libraries." Free resource.
  • U.S. Congressional Serial Set -- 1817-1980  
    Full-text Congressional reports, documents & journals. As of May 2009, they have completed digitization up to 1969; eventually it will include materials up to 1980.
 

World History

 

Dissertations

  • Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest)  
    Covers doctoral dissertations and master's theses back to 1861. Recent (1997-present) records include a 24 page preview. If you would like to borrow a copy, go to EWU WorldCat Catalog and search for the title/author, then request via Summit or Interlibrary Loan.
 

Library Liaison to the History Department

Profile ImagePaul Victor
Contact Info:
Room M04D, JFK Library
816 F Street
Cheney, WA 99004
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Subjects:
Medieval Studies, general history

 

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