History 302
SEX AND VIOLENCE IN
19TH CENTURY AMERICA
LIBRARY RESEARCH GUIDE
Searching for Books | Collections of Primary Documents | Reference Works |
Government Publications |
Article Indexes and Bibliographies
Searching for Books
Use a Library Catalog to search for materials (books, videos, maps, etc...). You can access the library catalogs listed below by going to the Fast Track list of databases (http://www.lias.psu.edu/alall.html).
- The CAT (Penn State's catalog)
- OCLC WorldCat (Libraries worldwide)
Collections of Primary Documents
Major Collections of Source Documents
American Civil War: Letters and Diaries
Online via Fast Track, http://www.lias.psu.edu/al/all.html
American Culture Series, 1493-1875 (over 5,700 books and pamphlets)
Call # FILM D50, Microforms & Newspapers, Ground Floor, West Pattee
Search for individual titles in the CAT
American Fiction, 1774-1900 (novels, short stories, etc...)
Call # Micro 3 & 4, Microforms & Newspapers, Ground Floor, West Pattee
Search for individual titles in the CAT, some years available online at: http://w ww.letrs.indiana.edu/web/w/wright2
American Memory (Online at http://memory.loc.gov)
Digital library of materials from the Library of Congress, including books, photographs, pamphlets, speeches, songs, etc...
Dime Novels: Escape Fiction of the 19th Century (Popular Fiction titles)
Call # FILM D310, Microforms & Newspapers, Ground Floor, West Pattee
To locate specific titles use the printed guides: Call #PS374.D5D5
Documenting the American South (Online at http://docsouth.unc.edu)
A collection of documents including poetry, diaries, travel accounts and slave narratives illustrating Southern life and culture
English and American Drama of the 19th Century
Call # Microprint.e55, Microforms & Newspapers, Ground Floor, West Pattee
Library of American Civilization (12,000 titles on all aspects of American life up to WWII)
Call # Micro 3 LAC, Microforms & Newspapers, Ground Floor, West Pattee
Making of America (Online at http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/)|
Online collection of books and periodicals, mostly from the years 1850-1877
Collections Focusing on Particular Ethnic Groups in America
American Colonization Society Records, 1792-1964
Call # FILM A66, Microforms & Newspapers, Ground Floor, West Pattee
To identify topics consult the printed guide, Call # E448.A44
Black Abolitionist Papers, 1830-1865 (letters, essays, diaries, etc...)
Call # FILM A131, Microforms & Newspapers, Ground Floor, West Pattee
To locate topics in the collection consult the guide, Call # E446.B5
Book Collection on Microfilm Relating to the North American Indian
Call # FILM D287, Microforms & Newspapers, Ground Floor, West Pattee
Search for individual titles in the CAT
Hampton University Peabody Newspaper Clipping File
Call # MICRO 4 HAMP, Microforms & Newspapers, Ground Floor, West Pattee
For articles on specific topics consult the printed guide, Call # CD3569.H364H36
Collections Focusing on Women
American Women's Diaries (New England Women, and Southern Women)
Call # FILM A239, Microforms & Newspapers Library, Ground Floor, West Pattee
Call # FILM A246, Microforms & Newspapers Library, Ground Floor, West Pattee
Engendering America: A Documentary History
Call # HQ1410.E54 1999, Social Sciences Library, 2nd Floor Paterno
History of Women (over 10,000 books as well as periodicals and photographs)
Call # FILM D285, Microforms & Newspapers Library, Ground Floor, West Pattee
For individual titles search the CAT
North American Women: Letters and Diaries
Online via Fast Track, http://www.lias.psu.edu/alall.html
Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
Call # FILM A297, Microforms & Newspapers, Ground Floor, West Pattee
For individual topics consult the printed guide, Call # HQ1413.S689P37
Women's Rights in the United States: A Documentary History
Call # HQ1236.5.U6W68 1994, Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Paterno
Collections Focusing on Labor Relations
American Federation of Labor Records, Samuel Gompers Era, 1877-1937
Call # FILM A116, Microforms & Newspapers, Ground Floor, West Pattee
Pamphlets on Socialism, Communism, Bolshevism, 1849-1930
Call # FILM D188, Microforms & Newspapers, Ground Floor, West Pattee
Papers of Eugene Debs, 1834-1945
Call # FILM A207, Microforms & Newspapers, Ground Floor, West Pattee
For individual topics consult the printed guide, Call # HX84.D3P36 1983
Reference Works
Annals of Murder: A Bibliography from Colonial Times to Present
Call # Z6455.C9 M2, CATO Annex, request via the CAT
Female Experience in 18th and 19th Century America: A Guide to the History of Women
Call # Z7961.C64, Arts & Humanities Reference, Pattee Level 2
Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970
Call # HA202.B87, Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Paterno
See als Historic U.S. Census Statistics, 1790-1970, http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census
Victorian American Women, 1840-1880: An Annotated Bibliography
Call # HQ1418.M43 1992, Social Sciences Library, 2nd Floor Paterno
Violence in America: An Encyclopedia
Call # HN90.V5V5474, Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Paterno
What American Women Did, 1789-1920
Call # HQ1164.C665, Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Paterno
Indexes to Biographical Sources:
Government Publications
Century of Lawmaking (Online at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html)
Contains searchable text of debates in Congress, laws and bills up to 1873.
Checklist of U.S. Public Documents (1789-1976)
Call # Z1223.Z7C47, Social Sciences Reference Coll., 2nd Floor Paterno
Congressional Hearings Index
Call # KF40.C58, Social Sciences Legal Alcove, 2nd Floor Paterno
Congressional Record (debates in the U.S. Congress)
Call # J11.G5, 2nd Floor Paterno
U.S. Executive Branch Documents, 1789-1909
Call # CIS U.S. Executive, Social Sciences Library, U.S. Documents
For topics consult the printed guide, Call # J83.P87
U.S. Government Documents on Women, 1800-1990
Call # HQ1410.H85, Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Paterno
United States Serial Set (Congressional documents)
Social Sciences Library, 2nd Floor, Paterno.
Article Indexes and Bibliographies
Indexes to Contemporary Publications
Accessible Archives (18th and 19th century news sources)
Online via Fast Track, http://www.lias.psu.edu/alall.html
American Periodicals Series (magazines on microfilm)
Call # FILM D16, Microforms & Newspapers, Ground Floor, West Pattee
Early American Periodicals Index to 1850
Call # Microprint.e765, Microforms & Newspapers, Ground Floor, West Pattee
London Times Index, 1790-1905
Online via Fast Track, http://www.lias.psu.edu/alall.html
New York Times Index, 1851-present
Call # AI21.N44, News and Microforms Library, Ground Floor Pattee
Poole's Guide to Periodical Literature, 1806-1900
Call # AI3.R4, Arts and Humanities Index Tables, Pattee Level 2
Indexes to Secondary Sources
America: History & Life (Articles published since 1964 in history journals)
Online via Fast Track, http://www.lias.psu.edu/alall.html
International Bibliography of Historical Sciences
Call # Z6205.I61, Arts and Humanities Reference, Pattee Level 2
JSTOR (full text from selected journals in history, Asian Studies, Economics, etc...)
Online via Fast Track, http://www.lias.psu.edu/alall.html
MUSE (Recent years of articles from selected journals in all fields)
Online via Fast Track, http://www.lias.psu.edu/alall.html
PsycINFO (Articles in Psychology journals from 1887-present.)
Online via Fast Track, http://www.lias.psu.edu/alall.html
QUESTIONS????
Ask at the arts and Humanities Reference Desk, 2nd Floor, Pattee (865-6481). Or contact Eric Novotny, ecn1@psu.edu, 865-1014.
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