Theresa Smith-Ennis-Librarian
Welcome
Welcome to the Research Guide for American History with Professor Taylor. In this guide you will find resources you will need for your upcoming projects.
In order to access any of the electronic resources, please use your MySCF credentials.
Recommended Resources
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ABC-CLIO This link opens in a new window
Search across all of our ABC-CLIO databases in history, government, religion, and culture. Funded by SCF Group License.
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Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
MOST RECOMMENDED. Cross disciplinary coverage from Astronomy to Zoology. Scholarly journal articles, industry magazines and top newspapers. Text with screen reader and translator. Funded by FLVC.
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African American Experience (ABC-CLIO) This link opens in a new window
More than 80 journal articles that provide original, peer-reviewed scholarly arguments on such complex topics as the notion of a post-racial society and the long-term efficacy of Reconstruction.
Contains biographies of such famous political and social figures as W.E.B. DuBois, Barack Obama, Frederick Douglass, and Mary McLeod Bethune as well as such fascinating contemporary figures as Amiri Baraka, Muhammad Ali, Drake, and Oprah Winfrey. Primary and secondary sources, including the complete WPA Slave Narratives collection, speeches, court cases, quotations, advertisements, and statistics. Also contains photographs, maps, and other images. Funded by SCF Group License. -
History Reference Center (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
750+ history reference books, encyclopedias, and the full-text of 60 history magazines. This database contains 58,000 historical documents; 43,000 biographies, 12,000 photos and maps; and 87 hours film and video. Funded by FLVC.
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History Vault: Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Law and Order, 1636-1880 This link opens in a new window
Primary documents on the international and domestic traffic in slaves in Britain’s New World colonies and the United States, providing important primary source material on the business aspect of the slave trade. Funded by SCF Group License.
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Sources in US History: The Civil War (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Digital collection of primary documents, including narratives, monographs, regimental histories, collected essays, sermons, songs, legal tracts, and political speeches. Funded by FEL.
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U.S. History in Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window
"Provides a complete overview of our nation’s past that covers the most-studied events, decades, conflicts, wars, political and cultural movements, and people. Comprehensive, contextual, media-rich information is provided on topics ranging from the arrival of Vikings in North America, to the stirrings of the revolution, through to the Civil Rights movement, 9/11, and the War on Terror." Funded by SCF Group License.