Historical Research Methods

• Digitized Primary American History Resources
  
  • http://guides.lib.uni.edu/digitized-history
• Historical Census Browser
  
  • http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/
• American Memory Project
  
  • http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
• U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
  
  • http://www.archives.gov/index.html
• Rod Library Digital Collections
  
  •  http://cdm.lib.uni.edu/cdm/
• Historical Diaries and Journals in Rod Library
• University of Northern Iowa Rod Library Special Collections
• Iowa Digital Heritage Collection
  
  • http://www.iowaheritage.org/
• Iowa Digital Library
  
  • http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/
• Iowa History Project
  
  • http://iagenweb.org/history/
• State Historical Society of Iowa
  
  • http://www.iowahistory.org/
• Iowa Legislature Heritage
  
  • http://www.legis.state.ia.us/heritage/
• Digitized World History Sources
• Google Books
  
  •  http://books.google.com/
    
    • Advanced Book Search
    • Google Book Library Partners
    • http://books.google.com/googlebooks/partners.html
• Project Gutenberg
  
  • http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
• Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (GPO Catalog)
  
  • http://catalog.gpo.gov
• Documenting the American South
  
  • http://docsouth.unc.edu
• Registry of Digitized Government Documents
  
  • http://registry.fdlp.gov/
• FDSys
  
  • http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/home.action
    

Rod Library Resources (Databases A-Z)

• Panther Prowler by Field of Study
• ProQuest Congressional
• America: History and Life
• HathiTrust Digital Library
• Historical Abstracts
• History Cooperative
• JSTOR
• Reader’s Guide Retrospective
• Reader’s Guide Index
• New York Times (1851-2007): ProQuest Historical Newspapers
• Des Moines Register (1999-current online, 1916-current available in print/microfilm)
• Des Moines Register Index (September 1965-June 1976)
• Iowa History Guide
• Newspapers and Indexes
• World History

American Culture Series 1493-1875
UNI Microfilm E12.A756
600+ reel set of primary sources

American Culture Series 1493-1875: A Cumulative Guide
UNI Reference Z1215.A583
 
C.R.I.S.: the Combined Retrospective Index Set to Journals in History, 1838-1974
UNI Index/Abstract D1.C634

If you are having trouble on finding resources for your topic, schedule a research consultation with one of the librarians: http://www.library.uni.edu/library-instruction/request-research-consultation  or call (319) 273-2838.