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Article Databases
Finding Books
Selected Web Sites
Skyline
College/North San Mateo County Online Oral History Archives
Related
links pages: Ethnic Studies ; Immigration ; Global Issues
Article Databases (to access articles from magazines, journals,
newspapers & books):
Gale History Resource Center- on campus or off-campus w/ library
card
Reference articles, primary documents, and full-text magazine, journal and
newspaper articles covering all aspects of
Best for general/background history information, especially “Overview” articles under the
“Reference” tab, and
some in-depth journal articles under “Periodicals”.
JSTOR - Scholarly
journals archives - on campus or off-campus w/ library
card
Back issues of
important academic journals, including many historical journals (no current
issues) going back to 1838.
Best for in-depth academic journal articles on all historical topics except
very recent history
Gale
PowerSearch databases - on campus or off-campus w/ library card
Articles from academic
journals, popular magazines, newspapers and books; excellent set of general periodical databases.
Best for articles on recent historical topics (within the last 10 - 20 years)
o To narrow searches, combine concepts with AND or use the Advanced search mode to search for multiple concepts.
o To limit searches to academic journal articles, click in the check box: “to peer-reviewed publications ” under “Limit results:”
o
PLEASE NOTE: When
search results are first displayed, only magazine
articles are shown, if available for your search.
Click on the “Academic Journals” tab to display journal articles, click on
"News" to display news articles; click on "Books"
to display book articles.
Ethnic Newswatch - on campus or
off-campus w/ library card
Full-text articles from
about 200 newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native
press, in English and Spanish. info
Alt-Press Watch - on campus or off campus w/ library card
Articles from about
175 magazines, newspapers & journals from
alternative and independent presses.
info
History Cooperative - on campus or
off-campus w/ library card
Database of
full-text journal articles from the following history journals: Journal of
American History, American Historical Review, Law and History
Review, The History Teacher, Western Historical Quarterly, Common-place,
Labour/Le Travail, Labour History, Journal of World History,
History of Education Quarterly & Environmental History.
ACLS
History E-Book Project - on campus or off-campus w/ library card
Over 1,125 electronic books of major importance to historical studies. You can search to find topics discussed
within specific sections of books.
CQ Historic Documents - on campus or
off-campus w/ library card
Database of over
3200 full-text documents covering the most significant events of each year from
1972 to the present. These documents range from presidential speeches,
international agreements, and Supreme Court decisions to
CountryWatch - on-campus - OR - off campus w/
library card
Political, economic,
business and historical information on any country.
Lands & Peoples - on-campus - OR - off campus w/
library card
Encyclopedia of countries, cultures & current events
Gale
Virtual Reference Library Sources (subject encyclopedias):
- Early Civilizations in
the Americas
- Encyclopedia of
Multicultural America
- U.S. Immigration and
Migration Reference Library
- U*X*L American Decades
Gale Biography Resource Center - on campus or
off-campus w/ library card
Database of biographical articles on famous people.
N.Y. Times Archives: Search articles from 1851--1980 (pdf files) or 1981--present (text files). Full-text articles from 1851--1922 & from 1987--present are free. Articles from 1923-1986 cost $3.95 per article. Full-text of articles are also available at Skyline Library on microfilm for 15 cents per page. more info
Historical N.Y. Times (San Francisco Public Library card
required; ask librarian for more information):
Full-text of all N.Y. Times articles from 1851-2001.
California History Quarterly Subject Index: This index allows you to look up articles in the California
History Quarterly journal by subject so you can then find the print volumes
in Skyline Library. Select the alphabetical letter of your subject & then
use the browser's Find command (on Edit pull-down menu) to find the volume
& page numbers of articles on the subject. Skyline Library carries back
issues of this journal for the following volumes, issues and dates: v. 9, 10,
12, 14,16, (1930, '31, '33, '37); v. 15 #1, 2, 3, (1936); v. 26-49, (1947 -
1970); v. 51 - 55, 1972 -1976; v.56, 1977 (Incomplete set); v. 57, 1978 -
present. (Note: This journal was previously titled: California Historical
Quarterly and
The PLS Online Catalog is the online catalog to find books in Skyline Library and in all libraries in the Peninsula Library System. After clicking on the link above to access the catalog, follow the steps below:
Selected
Web Sites:
Primary Sources
U.S. History
California & Bay Area History
Women's History
Holocaust
Statistics
Government Documents
General/World
History
History Topics: Links to recommended websites on all historical topics (from Librarians Internet Index)
Historical Text Archive: Comprehensive and eclectic directory of historical resources. Includes primary documents, related links, and electronic versions of print books.
WebChron: The WebChronology Project: This ongoing project contains a
series of linked chronologies that depict world, regional, and cross-cultural
history. There is a major World History Chronology, and Regional Chronologies
that range from Africa South of the Sahara to
Network Subject Gateways History Guide: Links to scholarly relevant websites and digital texts in history. All resources are described and evaluated. Use "Advanced Search" to search for sites by keyword.
HyperHistory Online: 3,000 years of world history with a combination of synchronoptic lifelines, timelines, and maps.
20th Century Year by Year: Overview/timeline of 20th Century events, issues, people & milestones year by year.
Multiple time periods:
Library Research Using Primary Sources: A research guide from U.C. Berkeley Library.
American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library: A Library of Congress Website containing thousands of primary historical sources.
Avalon Project: Extensive collection of documents in Law, History,
Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. From
Internet
History Sourcebooks Project: Collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical
texts presented cleanly for educational use.
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Hundreds of primary source texts
intended to serve the needs of teachers and students in college survey courses
in modern European history and American history, as well as in modern Western
Civilization and World Cultures. (Part of the Internet History Sourcebooks Project.)
Many Pasts: Primary documents in text, image,
and audio about the experiences of ordinary Americans throughout
A
Chronology of US Historical Documents: Key historical documents of the
Core Documents of U.S. Democracy: Current and historical
Documents For The Study Of American History: Important documents in
Electronic Text Center: Thousands of literary and historical
texts. From
Eye Witness to History: Narratives and other first person sources for historical events prior to the 1940's, such as the World Wars, the Civil War, Medieval Europe, the Old West, and many others.
Hanover Historical Texts Project: Primary texts from all time periods and regions available to students and faculty for use in history and humanities courses.
In the
First Person:
Index to more than 3,350 collections of personal narratives in English from
around the world.
National
Archives and Records Administration: Extensive
archives of primary sources. Click on “Research Room” “Digital Classroom” and “The Exhibit Hall”. The Access to Archival Databases (AAD) System provides access to material from more than 30
archival series of electronic records, which include well over 50 million unique
records. The series selected for AAD identify specific persons, geographic
areas, organizations, or dates. Some of these series serve as indexes to
accessioned archival records in non-electronic formats.
Our
Documents: 100
milestone documents that chronicle
Online
Archive of California: Listing of materials such as manuscripts, photographs, and works of
art held in libraries, museums, archives, and other institutions across
Project Gutenberg: Thousands of digitized historical and literary texts.
Regional Oral History Office: Transcripts of oral histories from
U.C. Berkeley's Regional Oral History Project in the following subject areas:
The Free Speech Movement, Women's Suffrage Movement, Disability Rights and
Independent Living Movement, The Earl Warren Oral History Project, and Health
Care, Science, and Technology.
Specific time periods (rough chronological order):
The Chinese-American Experience: 1857-1892: From Harper's Weekly magazine.
Making
of America: Collection of late-nineteenth-century American books and journals covering social
history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is
particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American
history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. The collection
currently contains approximately 8,500 books and 50,000 journal articles. From
the
Nineteenth Century Documents Project: A collection of nineteenth century
North American Slave Narratives: Narratives of fugitive and former slaves published
in broadsides, pamphlets, or book form from beginnings to 1920 and many of the
biographies of fugitive and former slaves published before 1920.
The Chinese in California, 1850-1925: About 8,000 images and pages of
primary source materials that describe the experiences of Chinese immigrants in
First-Person Narratives of the American South,
1860-1920:
diaries, autobiographies, memoirs, travel accounts, and ex-slave narratives,
including not only prominent individuals, but also of relatively inaccessible
populations: women, African Americans, enlisted men, laborers, and Native
Americans.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: On March 25, 1911, a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in
Early Arrivals Records Search (EARS) database: Case files for early immigrants to
San Francisco & Hawaii from 1882-1943, a collaboration with the National Archives and Records
Administration, Pacific Region in
U.S. Latinos and Latinas & World War II Oral History Project: More than 400 interviews documenting Latino WWII experiences.
World
War II Primary Source Document Collection: This Collection includes several complete books and
several hundred individual documents, all original material relating to WWII;
plus the Pearl Harbor Archives hold more than 5,000 pages of documents,
exhibits, and testimonies surrounding the attack on
Densho:
The Japanese American Legacy Project: Personal testimonies of Japanese Americans who were
unjustly incarcerated during World War II.
Suffering Under a Great Injustice: Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese
American Internment at Manzanar: In 1943, Ansel Adams documented the
Orchard Chronicles: Oral History from Santa
Clara County & Beyond: Small number of oral histories from
Skyline College/North San Mateo County Oral History Archives: Student audio interview projects, largely first-person accounts related to 20th century Filipino-American history.
Article Databases
Finding Books
U.S. History Links from Librarians' Internet Index
A Biography of America: This public television telecourse, video series, and Web site explores United States history via 26 topics, each including interactive maps, key events, transcripts of the series, and Web links. Searchable.
Africans in America: "
The
American Revolution--H-Net
Liberty!: The American Revolution--PBS
These two sites are
companion sites to the 1997 PBS documentary Liberty!: The American
Revolution. "Chronicle of the Revolution" contains significant
successes and setbacks in the revolution, as well as a bibliography, time line,
index of varied related subjects, and collection of annotated links.
Documents For The Study Of American History: Important documents in
Documenting the American South: Thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs including "North American Slave Narratives", "First-Person Narratives of the American South" & "The Church in the Southern Black Community" and more.
First-Person Narratives of the American South, 1860-1920: diaries, autobiographies, memoirs, travel accounts, and ex-slave narratives, including not only prominent individuals, but also of relatively inaccessible populations: women, African Americans, enlisted men, laborers, and Native Americans.
HistoryMatters U.S. History Links: Annotated list of Web sites for U.S. History survey courses.
Making
of America: Collection of late-nineteenth-century
American books and journals covering social history from the antebellum period
through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject
areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science
and technology. The collection currently contains approximately 8,500 books and
50,000 journal articles. From the
U.S. Historical Census Data Browser: Data describing the people and the
economy of the
U.S. National Historic Landmarks Search: Search for information on National
Historic Landmarks by name or location. National
Historic Landmarks (NHLs) are exceptional places that form a common bond
between all Americans. NHLs can be found in our national parks and in
communities in every state and territory. Through the National Historic
Landmarks Program, the National Park Service oversees the designation of these
special places and helps to preserve them.
Also see: U.S.
National Historic Landmarks in Wikipedia
Vietnam
Passage: Journeys from War to Peace: Companion site to PBS documentary that brings the last 25
years in
Article Databases
Finding Books
California History Links from Librarians' Internet Index
Before and After the Great Earthquake and Fire: Early
Films of San Francisco, 1897-1916: Topics in this collection of twenty-six films include the
1906 earthquake, the Panama Pacific Exposition (1915), and a 1903 Chinese funeral.
Searchable by keywords, and browsable by subject and film title. Also features
brief information on early
Bits of History: Exploring San Mateo County Historical Photographs: Historical photos from collections at South San Francisco Public Library, Redwood City Public Library and the San Mateo County Historical Society.
California Ballot Propositions Database: A "comprehensive, searchable
source of information on
California Heritage Digital Image Access Project: Archive containing over 28,000 historical photographs, pictures, and manuscripts from the collections of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley.
California Historical Landmarks: Photographs of site and/or plaque, explanation of
significance, and location of
California Historical Society: includes a California History Online exhibit with over 400 images from the society's collections, a California Cultural Directory (under resources in Programs section) listed by county, with links to those organizations with Web sites, descriptions of the society's collections (with a slide show), and links to related sites.
California History Online: Brief overview of
California Recall
Election: Links
to information on the October 2003 election to recall Gov. Gray Davis in which
Arnold Schwartzenegger was elected to replace
Chinese
Historical Society of America: Located at
The Chinese in California, 1850-1925: About 8,000 images and pages of
primary source materials that describe the experiences of Chinese immigrants in
Cliff House: Brief, illustrated history of the
"Daly City among top 5 in nation for foreign-born" S.F. Chronicle 20 December 2003.
Digger
Archives: A
historical commentary from the perspective of the Diggers, a
Filipino
San Francisco: Articles from the Shaping San Francisco website
The Fillmore Museum: A history of a
Five Views: An Ethnic Historic Site Survey for California: To "help people more fully recognize and appreciate the accomplishments and contributions of California's varied communities," the California Office of Historic Preservation recruited experts to write narrative histories and identify one hundred recorded historic property sites for each of five ethnic minorities in California: California Indians, Black Americans, Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, and Mexican Americans. Especially useful are the lists of historic sites, some with photographs and links to more detailed reports. .
Gold Rush! California's Untold Stories: Virtual tour of the Oakland Museum of California's Gold Rush exhibition, including sections on art, Natives and Immigrants, a quiz, links to "tales from the mines," and curriculum materials for educators. The exhibit includes photographs, artifacts, primary documents, audio files (some in Chinese), maps, and much more.
Gold Rush City: San Francisco in the California Gold Rush: A few selective Web resources and
an extensive print bibliography about
H-California: Resources: History: Links to
Haight-Ashbury Archives: Includes a bibliography, glossary, and annotated links to
several sites about one of
History of Daly City California: “This site is being created
by the Daly City Public Library for the purpose of
preserving and making available to the community information and artifacts from
KQED Education Network: Find pages related to
KQED programs, such as Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of S.F. (The Fillmore, The Castro,
Marin County digital historical archives: The Anne T. Kent California
History Room includes oral history transcripts of prominent
Museum
of the City of San Francisco: Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906, 1989 San Francisco
Earthquake, 1991 Oakland-Berkeley Hills Fire, Chronology of S.F. Rock 1965-69,
WWII history, Flags of SF, and more. The Biographies section features
biographical sketches and/or links to material on about ninety prominent
Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of S.F. : Pages related to KQED programs, including: The Fillmore, The Castro, Chinatown, and The Mission.
Orchard Chronicles: Oral History from Santa
Clara County & Beyond: Small number of oral histories from
Rugged Justice: The 9th Circuit court of Appeals and
the American West, 1891-1941: Full-text online version of the book by David C.
Frederick, published by
San Francisco After the '06 Earthquake: "Images from the days after
the 1906
San
Francisco Cable Car Museum: Historical information on
San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection: searchable database provides access to nearly 30,000 photographs covering S.F. history from the 1850s to the present (from S. F. Public Library). You can also browse images by subject.
San Francisco History Index: Includes full texts of books on the city's history; contemporary news articles (largely from San Francisco newspapers); and reference works such as an annotated list of alcaldes and mayors, the first telephone directory, a 1910 street guide, and a history of the cemeteries. News articles cover such topics as "first families," tunnels, and city railroads.
San
Francisco Museum and Historical Society: In addition to information about the organization,
this searchable site includes several online exhibits (for example,
San Francisco Voter Pamphlets and Propositions:
San
Mateo County Historical Association and Museum
Santa
Clara City Library. Oral History Archive: Links to information on history of
Shaping San Francisco: An interactive multimedia excavation of the lost history of San Francisco - featuring history from the perspective of labor, ecology, African Americans, Filipinos, women, transportation, literary SF and the gay liberation movement.
Skyline College/North San Mateo County Oral History Archives: Student audio interview projects, largely first-person accounts related to Filipino-American history.
Suffering Under a Great Injustice: Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese
American Internment at Manzanar - In 1943, Ansel Adams documented the
Subject Index to California History Quarterly
journal: This
index allows you to look up articles in the California History Quarterly
journal by subject so you can then find the print volumes in Skyline Library.
Select the alphabetical letter of your subject & then use the browser's
Find command (on Edit pull-down menu) to find the volume & page numbers of
articles on the subject. Skyline Library carries back issues of this journal
for the following volumes, issues and dates: v. 9, 10, 12, 14,16, (1930, '31,
'33, '37); v. 15 #1, 2, 3, (1936); v. 26-49, (1947 - 1970); v. 51 - 55, 1972
-1976; v.56, 1977 (Incomplete set); v. 57, 1978 - present. (Note: This journal
was previously titled: California Historical Quarterly and
Western
Neighborhoods Project (WNP): Western San Francisco: the
Article Databases
Finding Books
American Women's History: A Research Guide: Excellent guide to women's history resources, on and off the Internet. Includes: bibliographies, scholarly books, encyclopedias, biographical sources, Internet multimedia exhibits, and state-specific research guides. Check out Women's History Bookmarks, for the most useful sites in the field on a single page.
Women's History Links: Links to a wide variety of quality sites, from Librarians' Index to the Internet (LII).
WWW Virtual Library Women's History: Links to Internet resources on
women's history from around the world.
Article Databases
Finding Books
Holocaust Links: Links to recommended websites (from Librarians Internet Index).
Fedstats: Links to all federal government web pages that have statistics.
General Statistical Resources on the Web: Comprehensive, annotated directory of the best resources for statistics on the Web. The place to start when you want to find a good source for statistics on most topics.
U. S. Historical Census Data Browser: Data describing the people and the
economy of the
U.S. Government Documents: A Web site of frequently used government titles at Columbia University Library with their equivalent Web links. While this is not a comprehensive government publications listing, it is nevertheless, a handy directory to popular government reports on topics such as business, crime, education, energy, environment, health, and transportation.
Frequently Used Sites Related to U.S. Federal Government Information: This is a directory of links to popular government documents on the Internet. The links are organized by topics including major government indexes, business, crime, census, congress, consumer information, copyright, education, foreign countries, health, impeachment, natural resources, law, scientific reports, and tax forms.
Government (UMich Documents Center): Excellent meta-index of local, national, and international government information.
History Journal Article Assignment (Spring ’08 - Wong)
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