This wiki is meant to be a collaborative work between the APUSH student researchers and the PHS teacher librarian. Please feel free to add information that would help your fellow classmates with their APUSH research. To do this you will need to login. The username is apush2013 and the password is on the back of your ID card. If you are unsure about how to add to the wiki, try putting it in the comments, or email the resource to kpowell@powayusd.com and I'll do it for you. For additional benefits, add your name to any source you suggest. Prizes are always awarded to those researchers that add plum sources.
Historical Research:
Encyclopedias
- Wikipedia: Please use it with care. Verify the facts. Do not cite from it in your papers.
- World Book Online: Good starting place for most research. K-12 PUSD resource. Login with username and password on back of ID card. Citation information at bottom of all articles. Primary Source Documents and weblinks available.
Books
- Search the library catalog using keywords, colonies, 1920s,racism, immigration, women. Explore more to locate subject headings for a more precise search.
- Reference Print History Encyclopedias- These are all multiple volume sets. They may be checked out overnight (or over a weekend). Use the index or table of contents to access information. Some of the most comprehensive are listed by Call Number below.
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Reference Room
Recommendations:
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Ref 973 Adams |
Ref 973 Annals |
Ref 973 Hakim |
Ref 973 Life |
Ref 973.03 Encyclopedia |
Ref 973.9 American |
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Hopkins, J.G.E., ed. Album of American History. Vol. 5. New York: Scribner's, 1960. 86-89. Print.
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Ewing, Stephen. "The Mocker of American Divorce." Harpers Monthly July 1928. Rpt. in The Annals of America. Vol. 14. Chicago: Encyc. Britannica, 1976. 577-583. Print.
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Hakim, Joy. "Mom, Did You Vote?" A History of US. 3rd ed. Vol. 9. New York: Oxford UP, 2003. 29-33. Print. |
May, Ernest and the Eds. ofTime-Life Books. The Life History of the United States: Boom and Bust. Vol. 10. Chicago: Time-Life, 1974. 102-103. Print. |
Zorea, Aharon W. " Marriage." Encyclopedia of American History. Eds. Donald T. Critchlow and Gary B. Nash. Vol. X. New York: Facts on File, 2003. Print. |
"Prohibition and the Temperance Movement." American Decades: 1900-1909. Ed. Vincent Tompkins. Detroit: Gale, 1996. 277-278. Print. |
Reference Books Available online via Gale (you will need to login with username on the back of your ID card):
American Decades American Decades Primary Sources
Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-Bottoms: Pop Culture of 20th-Century American
Development of the Industrial U.S. Reference Library
American Civil War Reference Library
Great Depression and the New Deal Reference Library
U.S. Immigration and Migration Reference Library
Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
Public and Academic Libraries Circuit:
Students with a public library card can borrow books from UCSD, USD, CSUSM, SDSU by searching and requesting on the Circuit catalog. Students may only request books that state the are "AVAILABLE". Please remember you will need to allow time for these books to be delivered to your local public library. If you do not have a public library card you can apply online and use your confirmation number to reserve books and use their databases for up to a month or until you pick up your actual card.
Databases
Our subscription to Proquest has lapsed due to lack of student use. If you would like it back please let us know by using this trial. Your usage over the next month could make it available the entire year.
These are the databases we now have on trial.
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Large range of research and curricular demands. More than 2,500 full-text and multimedia sources, and can access History Study Center and ProQuest Learning: Literature resources with a single search.
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Carafano, James Jay. "West Point at War: Officer Attitudes and the Vietnam War 1966-72." Journal
of Popular Culture 21.4 (7 June 1996): 25. History Study Center. Web. 25 Jan. 2010.<http://www.historystudycenter.com>.
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Stoddard, Lothrop. "Should the Negro Be Encouraged to Cultural Equality?" Forum Oct. 1927: 510-519. Sirs Decades. Web. 10 May 2009. <http://decades.sirs.com>.
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Mittelstadt, Michelle. "Civil Rights Act of 1964 Changed the Face of America." Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 04 Jul. 2004: 7A. eLibrary. Web. 25 Aug. 2011.<http://elibrary3.bigchalk.com>.
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Four history databases including American History, World at War, World History: The Modern Era, and World Geography. Just added 5 more databases: Daily Life Through History, Pop Culture, American Government, Issues, and World Religions. Keyword search, browse by eras and unique Analyze feature. Primary sources, multimedia and reference. MLA citations.
Powersearch across multiple databases. Narrow down your results by looking at the Subject headings or doing an Advanced Search with boolean logic.
The new Academic OneFile is the comprehensive research database Gale provides to colleges and universities. Peer reviewed, scholarly journals dominate this database. Search with specific keywords, limit to full-text and review article type in your results. Can be added to a powersearch. A brief peek of what lies ahead.
We have expanded our subscription to the EBSCO databases. It now includes a History and Biography database that might be helpful in your research. There is an amalgamated search feature in the Ebscohost Research Databases. You will need to search the Biography database separately. The Visual Search feature is a new method of searching that allows you to define broad topic searches.
Salem Press, a book publisher has made much of it's reference books available online. Once you are at the site, click on the Remote Login tab and enter the PHS database password. You will need to register to send or save articles and citations but this is a quick and easy process.
Internet Resources
- American Memory Collection from the Library of Congress, click on ' War, Military' for the Civil War section. This site is especially good for women's history, African American and Native American history, and immigration.
- National Archives: Civil War Photographs by Matthew Brady and soldier 1st person accounts of war.
- The American Presidency Based on the Smithsonian's traveling exhibit. Includes all presidents and artifacts and information about their era in history.
- Making of America "Primary source materials reflecting American social history dating from the period before the Civil War through reconstruction (roughly, 1830-1902)" from the Univ. of Michigan digital libraries.
- AMDOCS Documents for the Study of American History, from Univ. of Kansas, part of CARRIE network.
- History Matters Primary source documents, weblinks from City University at New York and George Mason University.
- American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century From the Kingwood College Library
- Primary Sources of American Popular Culture by the Authentic History center complete with artifacts and sounds
- 20th Century History by the Decades from Chico High School
- History Central: Major Events of the 20th Century For national and international news
- American History from the Multnomah County Library
- Internet Public Library Social Sciences, see particular topic subheading e.g Ethnicity, Culture & Race
- Time Magazine Archive 1923 - present
