For your microhistory assignment, you are being asked to incorporate several kinds of sources.
The box below will share some library and web resources to help you get started in researching the topic of your Olympic microhistory.
What's included?
*Full-text access to over 15,000 news, business, and legal sources
*Company Dossier containing company information
*Shepard's Citations service for all federal and state court cases from 1789 to the present
**To access LexisNexis from off-campus, you must first register (create an account) while on campus.
What's included?
*News sources from Illinois, United States, and the world covering various topics
What's included?
*Full access to 16,100+ newspapers and publications from 1607 to the present
*Content from 48 countries
What's included?
*Full-text to newspapers relating to various topics
*Access to St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Washington Post, USA Today, and more
What's included?
*Full coverage from national and international newspapers from 1980 to present
*Newspapers include, but limited to:
1. Boston Globe
2. Chicago Tribune
3. Denver Post
4. Los Angeles Times
5. New York Times
6. Washington Post
7. Wall Street Journal
What's included?
*Full coverage to historical Black newspapers including the following:
1. Atlanta Daily World
2. Baltimore Afro-American
3. Chicago Defender
4. Los Angeles Sentinel
5. New York Amsterdam News
6. Norfolk Journal & Guide
7. Philadelphia Tribune
8. Pittsburgh Courier
For additional newspaper databases OR to search for specific, popular newspapers (Chicago Tribune, New York Times, etc), visit the Newspapers & Magazines page on the Primary Sources for US History Guide OR visit the full list on the A-Z page here.
What's included?
*Citations to resources related to world history (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present
What's included?
*Citations to resources related to the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present
What's included?
*Citations and full-text to resources relating to multiple subject areas
*Access to articles in the journal Science from 1990 to the present
What's included?
*Full-text to academic journals and primary sources in multiple disciplines
What's included?
*Collection of eBooks related to gender, race, sexual orientation, physical ability and religious beliefs
*Use the Advanced Search and select “DEI Subscription” on the right hand side of the screen to search for books in this collection.
What's included?
*Collection of full-text eBooks on multiple subject areas
What's included?
*Full access to reference books covering multiple subject areas
What's included?
*Online encyclopedias covering multiple subject areas
What's included?
*Citations and full-text resources related to history
*History journals
*Historical reference books
*Primary source documents
*Biographies
