History 302
Research Resources for History of Monopolies
Context and Background Resources | General Article Databases to Know About |
Sources for Assignment 1 | Sources for Assignment 2 |
Sources for Assignment 3A | Sources for Assignment 3B | Sources for Assignment 3C
Context and Background Resources
- American Decades
- UP Copy: Call # E169.12.A419 1994, Social Sciences Encyclopedias, 2nd Floor Paterno
American National Biography Online, http://www.lias.psu.edu/alall.html
- CQ Electronic Library
- Collection of essays and documents on Congress and public policy issues
- Encyclopedia of the American Constitution
- UP Copy: Call # KF4548.E53 2000, Social Sciences Encyclopedias, 2nd Floor Paterno
- Encyclopedia of the Great Depression and the New Deal
- UP Copy: Call # E806.C543 2001, Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Paterno
- Federal Trade Commission. Bureau of Competition, http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/antitrust.htm
- Sites includes files on recent cases.
- Historical Dictionary of the Progressive Era, 1890-1920,
- UP Copy: E661.H6 1988, Arts & Humanities Reference, Stacks 2
- Historical Statistics of the United States, http://www.lias.psu.edu/alall.html
- Also: Statistical Abstract of the U.S., 1878-present, http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/past_years.html
- Gale Virtual Reference Library, http://www.lias.psu.edu/alall.html
- Online reference works.
- U.S. Department of Justice. Antitrust Division, http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/
- Enforces antitrust laws. Site includes documents on recent cases.
General Article Databases to know about
- Academic Universe
- A wide range of news and legal sources. Most are full text for 10-20 years.
- America: History and Life
- Use to find out what historians have written about a topic.
- ProQuest Direct
- A mostly full-text collection of over 5,000 magazines, journals, and newspapers.
SOURCES FOR ASSIGNMENT # 1: Standard Oil during the Progressive Era
CONTEMPORARY NEWS AND MAGAZINE ARTICLES
- American Periodicals Series, 1741-1900+
- Full-text of over 1,000 magazines up to around 1930.
- Hampton University Peabody Newspaper Clippings File (roughly 1873-1940)
- MICRO 4 HAMP, News & Microforms, Ground Floor, West Pattee
For articles on specific topics consult the printed guide, Call # CD3569.H364H36
- JSTOR
- Full-text of articles from economics and other academic journals.
- Nation Digital Archive, 1865-present
- Full-text of a prominent liberal magazine.
- Periodicals Archive Online
- Full-text from 22 economics journals.
- Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature, 1890-present
- Call # AI3.R4, Arts and Humanities Index Tables, Pattee Level 2.
See Context and Background Resources and General Article Databases sections to help place the contemporary articles in context.
SOURCES FOR ASSIGNMENT 2: 1930’s commentary on Big Business or Trusts
Use The CAT to identify and locate Books written during the 1930’s. Use the Advanced Search to limit your search to items written between 1930-1939.
ARTICLES FROM THE 1930’s
The databases below contain full-text of articles written by philosophers, political scientists, and economists.
- JSTOR
- Full-text of articles from economics and other academic journals.
- Periodicals Archive Online
- Full-text from 22 economics journals.
- Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature, 1890-present
- Call # AI3.R4, Arts and Humanities Index Tables, Pattee Level 2.
SOURCES FOR ASSIGNMENT 3A: Analyze reaction to the AT & T Divestiture.
- Editorials on File (reproduces newspapers editorials from 1970-1992)
- Call # D410 .E4, Pattee Stacks Level 1
- Nation Digital Archive, 1865-present
- Full-text of a prominent liberal magazine.
- Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature, 1890-present
- Call # AI3.R4, Arts and Humanities Index Tables, Pattee Level 2.
SOURCES FOR ASSIGNMENT 3B: Article by economist on antitrust.
- EconLit
- An index to essays and articles in hundreds of economics sources.
- JSTOR
- Full-text of articles from economics and other academic journals.
- Periodicals Archive Online
- Full-text from 22 economics journals.
SOURCES FOR ASSIGNMENT 3C: Critically evaluate a 1960/1970s Antitrust Court case.
Congressional Hearings, Reports, and Debates
Century of Lawmaking, (to 1873)
Congressional Record, Call # J11.G5, 2nd Floor Paterno (Debates in Congress)
- Congressional Universe
- An index to Congressional documents, some full-text. Copies of most documents are in the Social Sciences Library.
Court Decisions and Laws
- Academic Universe
- Provides full text of court rulings and opinions. Supreme Court decisions are free online at: http://supreme.justia.com/
- U.S. Statutes at Large (Texts of U.S. laws from 1789-present)
- Call #, KF50.A3, Legal Alcove, Social Sciences Library, 2nd Floor Paterno.
See Context and Background Resources for legal encyclopedias to help with analyzing a case.
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