Library Guides: HIST 29632: The CIA and American Democracy: Home

Getting Started - Background Research

The Oxford, Cambridge and Blackwell titles listed below are high-caliber introductions into a field.

Oxford Bibliographies Online
Excellent peer-reviewed, annotated bibliographies; browseable by subject area and searchable by keyword.

Regularly updated annotated bibliographies. University of Chicago Library subscribes to many sections of Oxford Bibliographies Online such as African Studies, Anthropology, Art History, Atlantic History, Buddhism, Childhood Studies, Chinese Studies, Cinema and Media Studies, Classics, Environmental Science, Geography, International Law, International Relations, Islamic Studies, Latin American Studies, Medieval Studies, Military History, Music, Political Science, Renaissance and Reformation, Social Work, and Sociology.

American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature
A survey of the "most useful books and articles" in every field of historical scholarship. At the end of volume two is a listing of core journals arranged by subject and sub-field.
Harvard Guide to American History
Though dated, a useful guide to topics in political, social and economic history before 1970. Print.

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Includes bibliographical references to materials in political, social, constitutional, and economic history. Divided into nine parts: 1) Research Methods and Materials, 2) Biographies and Personal Records, 3) Comprehensive and Area Histories, 4) Histories of Special Subjects, 5) America to 1789, 6) U.S., 1789-1860, 7) Civil War and Reconstruction, 8) Rise of Industry and Empire, and 9) Twentieth Century. Volume II also contains an index of names and a subject index.