Historical Research Methods

Course Web Page - Joanne Goldman

Digitized Primary American History Resources
- http://guides.lib.uni.edu/digitized-history [1]
Historical Census Browser
- http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/ [2]
American Memory Project
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html [3]
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
- http://www.archives.gov/index.html [4]
Rod Library Digital Collections
- http://cdm.lib.uni.edu/cdm/ [5]
Historical Diaries and Journals in Rod Library [6]
University of Northern Iowa Rod Library Special Collections [7]
Iowa Digital Heritage Collection
- http://www.iowaheritage.org/ [8]
Iowa Digital Library
- http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/ [9]
Iowa History Project
- http://iagenweb.org/history/ [10]
State Historical Society of Iowa
- http://www.iowahistory.org/ [11]
Iowa Legislature Heritage
- http://www.legis.state.ia.us/heritage/ [12]
Digitized World History Sources [13]
Google Books
- http://books.google.com/ [14]
  - Advanced Book Search
  - Google Book Library Partners
  - http://books.google.com/googlebooks/partners.html [15]
Project Gutenberg
- http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page [16]
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (GPO Catalog)
- http://catalog.gpo.gov [17]
Documenting the American South
- http://docsouth.unc.edu [18]
Registry of Digitized Government Documents
- http://registry.fdlp.gov/ [19]
FDSys
- http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/home.action [20]

Rod Library Resources (Databases A-Z)

Panther Prowler by Field of Study [21]
ProQuest Congressional [22]
America: History and Life [23]
HathiTrust Digital Library [24]
Historical Abstracts [24]
History Cooperative [24]
JSTOR [25]
Reader’s Guide Retrospective [26]
Reader’s Guide Index [26]
New York Times (1851-2007) [27]: ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Des Moines Register [28](1999-current online, 1916-current available in print/microfilm)
Des Moines Register Index [28] (September 1965-June 1976)
Iowa History Guide [29]
Newspapers and Indexes [30]
World History [31]

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 [32] or call (319) 273-2838.

Updated 9/11

Angela Cox

Wei-Chih Tung