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HIS 3150
DR. LOWE
LIBRARY RESOURCE PAGE
INSTRUCTOR : LYN LAVIGNE
mlavigne@fau.edu
297-4318
The selected sources listed below are useful for finding
books, articles, and primary sources.
HOW TO FIND LIBRARY RESOURCES
AND ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
FAU LIBRARIES CATALOG
BOOKS
For example: medieval history--tudor
Click on the
"Catalog". This source
lists the books, government documents, videos, and other
materials owned by the FAU libraries. It will tell you what
books and journals, etc. the library owns. To find the
actual journal articles you may choose to search by subject
or keyword in the databases listed below.
A.
Keywords:
May search for two keywords using the terms and/or/not to limit
search.
B. Author's Name:
Use last name first with no commas.
C. Title:
If the title begins with A, An or The, skip the first
word and begin searching with the next word.
D. Subject: Must be specific to
Library of Congress search terms. Use dashes in narrowing your
search.
WAYS TO FIND ARTICLES
A. Use
EZ Proxy
link for off-campus access. The link is on the Libraries' Home Page
under Connect from Off Campus
B.
Interlibrary Loan
a service through which one library lends an item
from its collection, or provides a photocopy of an item, to another
library.
C. SFX
is extremely helpful in searching for articles that cross databases.
D. CENTRAL SEARCH 360 degree
searching
OTHER HELP
D.
Research Help
E.
What's Your Major
ELECTRONIC
DATABASES
Electronic Databases are
available from the FAU Libraries home page at
http://www.fau.edu/library
by selecting "Indexes/Databases" under the
heading "Quick Links." When accessing the databases
remotely, be sure to select the "Off Campus Connect" link
for the "EZproxy"
server.
Databases help you locate journal and magazine articles that are
relevant to your specific research topic. You may search the
databases by title or subject.
America: History and Life |
1964-present | Vendor: ABC-CLIO Inc.
Contents/Info: Covers United States and Canadian
history from prehistory to the present.
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800 Full
Text |
Contents/Info: Based on the renowned American Bibliography by
Charles Evans. The definitive resource for every aspect of life in
17th- and 18th-century America, from agriculture and auctions
through foreign affairs, diplomacy, literature, music, religion, the
Revolutionary War, temperance, witchcraft, and just about any other
topic imaginable. Upon completion, Evans Digital will consist of
more than 36,000 works and 2,400,000 images.
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819 |
Full Text |
Contents/Info: Books, pamphlets, broadsides and other
imprints listed in the distinguished bibliography by Ralph R. Shaw
and Richard H. Shoemaker.
Early
English Books Online (EEBO) |
Full Text |
Contents/Info: From the first book printed in
English by William Caxton, through the age of Spenser and
Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War, Early English
Books Online (EEBO) will contain over 125,000 titles listed in
Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640), Wing's
Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700), and the Thomason Tracts
(1640-1661).
Historical Abstracts |
1954-present |
Contents/Info:
Indexes journals covering the history of the world from 1450 to the
present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered
in a companion database America: History and Life)
JSTOR
| Full Text |
Contents/Info:
Journal Storage (More than 500 scholarly journals in education,
humanities, mathematics, science [including the General Science
Collection and Ecology and Botany Collection], and social science
disciplines)
Medieval and Early Modern Sources Online (MEMSO) |
Full Text |
Contents/Info: Provides access to a large
and growing resource of essential medieval and early modern sources
online.
ADDITIONAL
HELP
Ask-A-Librarian:
email reference help
Chat/Instant Message:
NEW:
Add FAUReference for Meebo Instant Messenger
Reference help, M-F, 9am-5pm
Reference desk phone number: 561-297-3785
Make an
appointment with a librarian:
One-on-one reference consultation
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