Library Guides: HIST 14203: Doing History: Theory and Practice: Overview

About this Guide

This guide is designed to assist you with the activities presented in the practicum section of each class, as well as your bibliography and final proposal.

Additional resources and content will be added throughout the quarter.

Starting Points

Here are a few key starting points for using the University of Chicago Library.

University of Chicago Library Catalog This link opens in a new window

Find items in all campus libraries, including books, periodicals, sound recordings, videos, DVDs and more.
America: History and Life This link opens in a new window
An index to articles published from 1953 to the present on US and Canadian history.

America: History & Life is the definitive index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. With indexing for 1,700 journals from 1964 to present.
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
An index to articles on world history, excluding North America, published from 1955 to the present.

Historical Abstracts is an exceptional resource that covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more - essential for libraries supporting upper-division and graduate research. This authoritative database provides indexing of more than 1,700 academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1955.

(Description taken from EBSCO website.)

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