Course Guides: History

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• Printable Guides & Handouts
• Suggested Databases
• Selected E-Books
• Locations of History Resources in the Library
• Selected Books in the Library
• Selected Journals, Magazines, & Newspapers
• Online Resources
• Research Guides: includes citation help
• Louisiana Historic Museums & Institutions

PRINTABLE GUIDES & HANDOUTS:

• Course Guide Handout-History (PDF)

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SUGGESTED DATABASES:

• Academic Search Complete - Provides full-text articles from more than 5,500 multi-disciplinary, scholarly journals and publications.
• American History in Video - Provides access to 2000 hours of video on American history, including documentaries, newsreels, and more. Uses a unique login; see RPCC Library Services under RPCC Support in Moodle, or stop by the Library for more information.
• Biography Resource Center - Provides biographies, magazine articles, images, and website links for more than 900,000 people; searchable by name, occupation, etc.
• CQ Researcher - Provides in-depth, non-biased articles on topics and issues in the news. Includes archives back to 1923 and a bibliography of sources.
• Encyclopædia Britannica Online - A full-text encyclopedia with video downloads, maps, statistics, classic literature, and more. Uses a unique login; see RPCC Library Services under RPCC Support in Moodle, or stop by the Library for more information.
• History Reference Center - Provides full-text information from thousands of reference books, history magazines, historical documents, and videos.
• JSTOR - The Scholarly Journal Archive - Provides a multi-disciplinary archive of scholarly journals and other resources across the humanities, social sciences and sciences.
• Oxford Reference Online - Provides full-text access to many subject dictionaries and encyclopedias, maps, timelines, and more. Uses a unique login; see RPCC Library Services under RPCC Support in Moodle, or stop by the Library for more information.
• Salem History - Includes the full-text reference sets Decades: 60s, Great Events, Great Lives, and Milestone Documents. Uses a unique login; see RPCC Library Services under RPCC Support in Moodle, or stop by the Library for more information.
• World Book Advanced - Includes access to primary sources and related information, such as the Declaration of Independence, including images, biographical information on the signers, etc. Uses a unique login; see RPCC Library Services under RPCC Support in Moodle, or stop by the Library for more information.

Please note that when accessing the databases from off-campus, you will be prompted to login.

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SELECTED E-BOOKS:

eBook Collection from EBSCOhost is our largest provider of ebooks (electronic copies of printed books PDF format), available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. eBook Collection has an easy-to-use search interface. You will be prompted to login with your 12-digit Library User ID to access these e-books from off-campus. Please see our Tutorials on eBook Collection from EBSCOhost for more information.

World History

• Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first Century, 2007, by Tony Jaques.
• Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800-1914, 2008, by Carl Cavanaugh Hodge.
• Encyclopedia of the Age of Political Revolutions and New Ideologies, 1760-1815, 2007, by Gregory Fremont-Barnes.
• The Hutchinson Chronology of World History in 4 volumes, 2004.
  • V.I: Prehistory - AD 1491
  • V.II: 1492-1775
  • V.III: 1776-1900
  • V.IV: 1901-2003
• World Military Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary, 2007, Facts on File.

U. S. History

• American History from a Global Perspective: An Interpretation, 2000, by David J. Russo.
• The Hutchinson Dictionary of American History, 2005.
• Other Immigrants: The Global Origins of the American People, 2nd Edition, 2005, by David M. Reimers.
• Revolutionary War Almanac, 2006, by John C. Fredriksen.
• The Routledge Atlas of American History, 5th Edition, 2006, by Martin Gilbert.
• The United States in World History, 2006, by Edward J. Davies, II.

African-American History

• African American History, 2006, by Carl L. Bankston.
• Black Lives: Essays in African American Biography, 1999, by James L. Conyers.
• Landmarks of African American History, 2004, by James Oliver Horton.
• Righteous Propagation: African Americans and the Politics of Racial Destiny After Reconstruction, 2004, by Michele Mitchell.
• Slavery and the Making of America, 2005, by James Oliver Horton.
• Witness for Freedom: African American Voices on Race, Slavery, and Emancipation, 1993, by C. Peter Ripley.

Louisiana History

• Africans in Colonial Louisiana: The Development of Afro-Creole Culture in the Eighteenth Century, 1992, by Gwendolyn Midlo Hall.
• The Founding of New Acadia: The Beginnings of Acadian Life in Louisiana, 1765-1803, 1987, by Carl A. Brasseaux.
• Historical Atlas of Louisiana, 1995, by Charles Robert Goins.
• Historical Memoir of the War in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814-15: With an Atlas, Expanded Edition, 1999, by Arsène Lacarrière Latour.
• Louisianians in the Civil War, 2002, by Lawrence L. Hewitt.
• Louisiana Hayride: Radio and Roots Music Along the Red River, 2005, by Tracey E. W. Laird.

Visit our eBook Collections for links to eBook Collection from EBSCOhost and other e-book collections. Please note that books that are still protected by copyright may not be available online in full-text from the free sources.

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LOCATIONS OF HISTORY RESOURCES IN THE LIBRARY:

History-related topics can be found in resources located in these Library of Congress call number ranges:

• C - History - General
  • CB3 to CB482 - History of Civilization
  • CT21 to CT9999 - Biography
• D - World History - General and History of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, etc.
  • D51 to D90 - Ancient history
  • D111 to D203 - Medieval history
  • D204 to D475 - Modern history
• E - F - History of the Americas
  • E11 to E143 - America
  • E151 to E904 - United States
    • E186 to E199 - Colonial history
    • E201 to E298 - The Revolution
    • E456 to E655 - Civil War Period
    • E740 to E837.7 - Twentieth century
  • F1 to F975 - United States local history
    • F366 to F380 - Louisiana
    • F965 - Territories of the United States
  • F1001 to F1145.5 - British America
  • F1201 to F3799 - Latin America

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SELECTED BOOKS AVAILABLE IN THE LIBRARY:

World History

• Chronology of World History, 1999.
  Call number: D 11 .M39 1999 REF, in 4 volumes.
• Encyclopedia of the Renaissance, 1999.
  Call number: CB 361 .E52 1999 REF, in 6 volumes.
• Great Events from History, Series.
  The Ancient World, Prehistory-476 C.E.,
  Call number: D 20 .G743 2004 REF, in 2 volumes.
  The Middle Ages, 477-1453,
  Call number: D 20 .G7438 2005 REF, in 2 volumes.
  The 20th Century, 1901-1940,
  Call number: D 20 .G74384 2007 REF, in 6 volumes.
  The 20th Century, 1941-1970,
  Call number: D 20 .G74384 2008 REF, in 6 volumes.
  The 20th Century, 1971-2000,
  Call number: D 20 .G743848 2008 REF, in 6 volumes.
• The Illustrated History of the World, 1998.
  Call number: CB 69.2 .R62 1999, in 11 volumes.
• International Dictionary of Historic Places, 1994-1996.
  Call number: CC 135 .I585 1994 REF, in 5 volumes,
  located in the Oversized section.
• Oxford Encyclopedia of World History, 1998.
  Call number: D 21 .E577 1998 REF

U. S. History

• The 50 States, 2nd Edition, 2007.
  Call number: E 180 .A15 2007 REF
• The American Presidents, 2000.
  Call number: E 176.1 .A6563 2000
• Encyclopedia of American Cultural & Intellectual History, 2001.
  Call number: E 169.1 .E624 2001, in 3 volumes.
• Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates, 10th Edition, 1997.
  Call number: E 174.5 .C3 1997 REF
• Great Events from History: North American Series, 1997.
  Call number: E 45 .G74 1997, in 4 volumes.
• Great Lives from History: American Series, 1987.
  Call number: CT 214 .G74 1987 REF, in 5 volumes.
• Milestone Documents in American History, 2008.
  Call number: E 173 .M62 2008 REF, in 4 volumes.

African-American History

• African American Frontiers: Slave Narratives and Oral Histories, 2000.
  Call number: F 376 .H66 2000
• African-American Historic Places, 1994.
  Call number: E 185 .A2534 1996
• Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895: from the Colonial Period to the Age of Frederick Douglass, 2006.
  Call number: E 185 .E545 2006 REF, in 3 volumes.
• Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present: from the Age of Segregation to the Twenty-first Century, 2009.
  Call number: E 185 .E5453 2009 REF, in 5 volumes.
• Timelines of African-American History: 500 Years of Black Achievement, 1994.
  Call number: E 185 .C86 1994

Louisiana History

• The Encyclopedia of Louisiana, 1999.
  Call number: F 369 .E53 1999
• Louisiana: An Illustrated History, 2003.
  Call number: F 370 .R52 2003
• Louisiana Biographical Dictionary, 1999.
  Call number: F 368 .L65 1999
• Louisiana: The First 300 Years, 2001.
  Call number: F 369 .G56 2001.
• Louisiana, Yesterday and Today: A Historical Guide to the State, 1996.
  Call number: F 369 .W55 1996

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SELECTED JOURNALS, MAGAZINES, & NEWSPAPERS:

Print periodicals are located in C-119 (LRC)

• American Heritage
• American History
• American Legacy
• Classical World
• Current History
• Smithsonian

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ONLINE RESOURCES:

• Best of History Websites, is a portal that includes annotated links to over 1000 history web sites. Sites are rated and the portal offers an easy-to-use interface.
• Country Studies, from the Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, offers historical, social, political, economic information on countries around the world.
• History.Com, from The History Channel, this site offers video and audio clips, images, and more.
• infoplease: World History, offers a text-based timeline of world history, with links to articles, descriptions and definitions.
• Library of Congress, offers access to numerous online collections of primary documents as well as other resources.
• LOUISiana Digital Library, an online collection of over 144,000 digitized materials from archives, libraries, museums, and other institutions from around the state.
• The National Archives and Records Administration, is the repository for the nation's records. Digital images and transcripts of "100 Milestone Documents" are available for viewing online.
• National Geographic: Archaeology, a section of the National Geographic website, includes videos (including many full episodes), images, news, and interactives.
• PBS: History for documentaries on events in history ranging from topics of local interest to global events.
• Smithsonian, the website if the Smithsonian Institution, offers a rich collection of resources and information.
• World History Matters, is a portal developed by the Center for History and New Media, at George Mason University leading users to numerous online history resources; the portal offers in-depth reviews of the sites listed as well as help using different resources to conduct research.

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LOUISIANA HISTORIC MUSEUMS & INSTITUTIONS:

• The Historic New Orleans Collection, located in the French Quarter, this institution houses major collections from Louisiana's past. Some images are available online from the LOUISiana Digital Library (see above).
• Louisiana History Museum, in Alexandria.
• Louisiana State Archives, the repository for the documents and artifacts of Louisiana's past.
• Louisiana State Museum, maintains several historic properties throughout the state, including the Cabildo, Presbytere, and the Old U. S. Mint, in New Orleans.
• The National WWII Museum, formerly known as the D-Day Museum, is located in New Orleans.

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