History

The following terms are found in the subject headings of records for published and unpublished primary sources.

• sources
• diaries
• correspondence
• interviews
• personal narratives 
• pamphlets
• oral history
• maps
• speeches
• early works to 1800
• census
• pictorial works (for compilations of photographs or other visual materials)
• translations into english
• newspapers
• periodicals
   

In the library catalog:

From the Library's homepage, select the SUBJECT index from the drop-down menu.

• Immigrants -- United States -- Correspondence
   
• European Union--Sources

• France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799 --Pamphlets
   
• Great Britain--History--Civil War, 1642-1649--Personal Narratives
   
• Chicago (Ill.)--Maps
   
• Cuba -- Census, 1899
   
• Latin America--Social Conditions--Pictorial Works

Use the ADVANCED option in the catalog:

• SUBJECT Speeches, addresses, etc. AND KEYWORD Howard Zinn or Abraham Lincoln (for a single orator) or African Americans (for collected speeches).
   
• SUBJECT pictorial works and KEYWORD latin america AND social conditions

For less precise results, use KEYWORD search:

• European Union sources (optional laguage facet limit)
   
• France pamplets
  (flip sort to "oldest first" OR can select Special Collections location facet)
   
• Great Britain personal narratives 1642
   
• immigrants letters
   

Use these databases to identify repositories and collections beyond campus.