University Libraries Research Guide Subject

 

 

HIST480 : Wars of Expansion.

 

Suggested Library of Congress Subject headings:

• Mexican War, 1846 - 1848. Can be either a main heading or a sub heading (i.e. United States. Army - History - Mexican War, 1846 - 1848)

• China - History - Boxer Rebellion, 1899 - 1901 (See also: China Relief Expedition, 1899 -1901)

• Philippines - History - Philippine American War, 1899 -1902

• United States. Army - History - Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1916. (See also: Mexico - History - Revolution, 1910 - 1920; Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860 - 1948; Villa, Pancho 1878 - 1923; etc.)

• Spanish - American War, 1898 (Can also be a sub-heading)

• World War, 1914 - 1918 (Can also be a sub-heading)

• Spanish - American War, 1898

• World War, 1914 - 1918

• World War, 1939 - 1945

• Korean War, 1950 - 1953

• Vietnamese Conflict, 1961 - 1975

• Persian Gulf War, 1991

• Iraq War, 2003

• War on Terrorism, 2001 - (books about U.S. military activity in Afghanistan after 9-11 tend to have this subject heading).

• You also might find useful material under more general subjects such as "United States - Foreign Relations" or "United States - History, military", "Soviet Union - History - Allied Intervention, 1918 - 1920.  You may also find useful material under more specific subjects such as "prisoners of war" or "Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-45".

Finding Books

The Source - UNC's online catalog.

WorldCat (FirstSearch) - A catalog of books and other materials from libraries worldwide.

 

Online Reference Resources

Gale Virtual Reference Library. A database of specialized encyclopedias and other reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

Oxford Reference Online. A collection of over 100 subject specific reference sources and dictionaries from Oxford University Press.

Xreferplus. A digital reference library containing approximately 200 reference books from a variety of publishers. Including dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, books of quotations, and many subject-specific titles, Xreferplus is a good place to begin research.

 

Magazine, newspaper and journal literature

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) (article index) A large academic multi-disciplinary database providing indexing for over 8,000 journals and full text for nearly 4,700 (including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals). PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for some journals.

America: History and Life (ABC-CLIO) (article index) Covers Canadian and U.S. history indexing from 1964-present.

Historical Abstracts (ABC-CLIO) (article index) Covers indexing from 1954-present for post-1450 history excluding U.S. and Canada.

InfoTrac OneFile (Gale/InfoTrac) (article index) 1980-present. A comprehensive periodical resource that includes over 9,000 popular and scholarly titles, with over 5,000 in full text. Allows searching across multiple InfoTrac databases, including Expanded Academic Index, General Reference Center Gold, Business and Company Resource Center, Health and Wellness Resource Center, and National Newspaper Index.

Readers' Guide Retrospective (WilsonWeb) 1890-1982 (article index) Contains indexing of popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and Canada. Note that the content of this product is historical rather than current.

 JSTOR (article index) JSTOR's Arts & Sciences I Collection and Mathematics & Statistics Collection provide complete backfiles of 161 core scholarly journal titles starting with the first issues. Note that there is a gap, usually 1 to 5 years, between the most recent issue and the back issues available in JSTOR.

Humanities International Complete (EBSCOhost) (article index) Indexing and links to full text content for over 1,700 journals in the humanities, as far back as 1929 for some titles. Includes all data from American Humanities Index and Humanities International Index plus unique full text content.

Project MUSE (article index) Over 200 full text journal titles covering the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others. Project MUSE titles are included in the Full Text Journals search in The Source.

PAIS International (CSA) (article index) 1972-present. Covers public and social policy issues related to a wide variety of disciplines including economics, law, education, political science, sociology, public administration, public health, science and technology. Contains references to journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, and Internet material.

LexisNexis Academic (article index) News, business, legal, and reference information. Full-text newspapers include the Denver Post, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Times (London), Financial Times (London), and many others.

LexisNexis Congressional (government resources) U.S. legislative information.

 

Indexes to Historic Government Publications:

Congressional Serial Set Index:

• Index to the Congressional Serial Set, which is the collection in Government Publications where you're most likely to find old (pre - 1966) Government Publications.

• We don't have access to an electronic version yet. 

Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications:

• We have the print version of this from 1915 to the present.

• Online version(s) cover the period from 1976 to the present. FirstSearch GPO, or  GPO Access

 

A very incomprehensive list of Government Publications that you might find useful:

American State Papers

• 38 Voumes, collected documents from the period 1775-1828. Assembled in several series with, Foreign Relations, Indian Affairs, Commerce and Navigation, Military Affairs, Naval Affairs, Finance and Public Lands.
• Indexed by the CIS Congressional Serial Set Index
• Also included in the Readex microprint set.
• Online at: memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsp.html

Congressional Serial Set

• Collections of Congressional Committee reports, reports from executive branch agencies and other materials that constitute a documentary history of the U.S. Congress.
• The American State Papers and vol. 1 - 3346 (1775 - 1885) of the Serial State are contained in a Readex Microprint Collection. A special microprint reader is necessary to read it.
• The library has most of the bound volumes from 1789 to the present, but some gaps exist.
• Some volumes online at: memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwss.html

Congressional Record 1789 - present

• The official transcripts of the proceedings and floor activities of Congress.
• previously titled, Annals of Congress, Register of Debates, and the Congressional Globe.
• Up to the 43rd Congress (1874-75) online at: memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwcr.html

Public Papers of the Presidents (AE 1.114: )

• Speeches, papers, press releases and transcripts of press conferences.
• Volumes for Presidents Hoover through Clinton (excluding Roosevelt) are under this call number. Volumes from pre-Hoover Presidents are included in volume 3265 of the Congressional Serial Set.

League of Nations Treaties (microfilm)

United States Treaties and Other International Agreements 1776 - 1949 (S 9.12/2: )

• Arranged by Country.

United States Treaties and Other International Agreements 1949 - present (S 9.12: )

• Arranged chronologically.

Foreign Relations of the United States (S 1.1: & S 1.3: )

• Fairly comprehensive collections of official papers (laws, treaties, executive orders), statements (speeches, press conferences, press releases), along with declassified private memos and correspondence.
• Some volumes available online at the State Department's web site - http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/
• In print goes back to Lincoln administration, online only goes back to the Eisenhower administration

State Department Bulletin/Dispatch (S1.3:)

• Weekly compilation of  foreign relations-related speeches, press conferences, and other public documents.
• Goes back to 1935.

American Foreign Policy Current Documents (S 1.71/1: )

• Another collection of public documents and statements.
• More current but less comprehensive than the FRUS.

United States Treaties and Other International Agreements 1776 - 1949 (S 1.12/2: )

• Arranged by country.

United States Treaties and Other International Agreements 1949 - present (S 1.12: )

• Arranged chronologically.

 

U.S. Army in the World War   (Gov Fed - D 114.8: )

Congressional Serial Set

• Collections of Congressional Committee reports, reports from executive branch agencies and other materials that constitute a documentary history of the U.S. Congress.
• The American State Papers and vol. 1 - 3346 (1775 - 1885) of the Serial State are contained in a Readex Microprint Collection. A special microprint reader is necessary to read it.
• The library has most of the bound volumes from 1789 to the present, but some gaps exist.
• The Library of Congress has a very limited number of these online at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwss.html

Congressional Record 1789 - present

• The official transcripts of the proceedings and floor activities of Congress.
• previously titled, Annals of Congress, Register of Debates, and the Congressional Globe.
• 1994 to the present available at GPO Access.

 

Congressional Reports and Hearings   (Y 1.1: and Y4: )

 

Other Useful Library Services:  

 

Prospector (prospector.coalliance.org) - shared cataloging of several front range academic and public libraries. If UNC doesn't have a copy of a book you need (or our copy is checked out) you can order another library's collection.

 

Webzap - online interlibrary loan service for requesting books or journal articles from other libraries nationwide.             

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Last Updated: January 25, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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