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Doing Historical Research
The Information-Literate Historian: A guide to research for history students by Call Number: JFK Upper Level Book Stacks: D16.2 .P715 2007ISBN: 0195176529Publication Date: 2006-09-01
Useful Words for Finding Primary Sources in the Library Catalog
To find books that reproduce primary sources on your topic, you need to enter the topic (or person) you are researching and one of the following subjects:
Archives, correspondence, diaries, interviews, letters, manuscripts, maps, memoirs, narratives (personal, slave, etc.), photographs, propaganda, sources, speeches.
If you want to find reproductions of important primary sources from U.S. history, then you can do a subject search for United States History Sources in the EWU catalog.
Another way of finding primary sources written by a specific historical figure is to enter the person's name into one search box and then the term author in another search box (do it as a Subject search). It should return materials that were written by that person.
Find Books, Videos
Having problems requesting items via Summit? Please contact the JFK Circulation Desk at 509.359.7888, circulation@ewu.edu, or in person on the main level.
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Finding Local History Materials (Spokane, Cheney)
In order to find materials on Spokane area history, try searching the EWU catalog using the following terms:
- Buildings Washington (State) Spokane
- Historic buildings Washington (State) Spokane
- Spokane History
- Spokane History Pictorial works
- Spokane Social Conditions
- Spokane Economic conditions
- Spokane County History
- Cheney (Wash.) History
- Inland Empire (Pacific Northwest) History
You can find historical materials by following this basic formula (as a keyword or subject term search):
[region you're researching] Spokane AND history
[topic you're interested in] railroads AND Spokane AND history
Finding Washington State & Pacific Northwest History
To find materials on regional history, try searching the EWU catalog using the following terms:
- Pacific Northwest History
- Pacific Northwest Social Conditions
- Washington (State) History
Finding Books by Call Number
Call # Subject
D 1-2027 World History (excluding the Americas)
D1-24.5 General History
D 111-203 Medieval history, 476 AD-
D 204-475 Modern history, 1453-
D 501-680 World War I (1914-1918)
D 731-838 World War II (1939-1945)
D 900-2009 Europe (General)
*Most history books can be found in these call number ranges on the top floor of the JFK Library. Use our floor map to find the exact shelf location.
See also call numbers DA-DX for history by specific regions or countries of the world.
Call # Subject
E-F History (Americas)
E 11-143 America
E 151-904 United States
E 186-199 Colonial history (1607-1775)
E 201-298 Revolution (1775-1783)
E 300-453 Revolution to the Civil War (1775/1783-1861)
E 441-453 Slavery in the U.S. Antislavery movements.
E 456-655 Civil War period (1861-1865)
E 660-738 Late 19th century (1865-1900)
E 740-837 20th century
E 838-889 Later 20th century (1961-2000)
E 895-904 21st century
F 1-975 U.S. local history
F 1001-1145 British America (Including Canada)
F 1170 French America
*Most history books can be found in these call number ranges on the top floor of the JFK Library. Use our floor map to find the exact shelf location.
For a more detailed breakdown of Library of Congress Subject Headings, click here.