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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
A primary source gives the words of the witnesses or the first recorders of an event. Primary sources include manuscripts, archives, letters, diaries, and speeches. ... Secondary sources are 'descriptions of the event derived from and based on primary sources'. The line between primary and secondary sources is often indistinct, for example, a single document may be a primary source on some matter and a secondary source on others." (Helen J. Poulton, The historian's handbook (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1972), p.175-76).
Collected Works of Gandhi
Call # DS481.G3A1, Pattee Stacks Level 1
Documents of the History of the Communist Party of India
Call # JQ298.C6A744, Social Sciences Library, 2nd Floor Paterno
Indian Nationalist Movement, 1885-1947: Selected Documents
Call # JQ215 1979.I52, Social Sciences Library, 2nd Floor Paterno
Selected Works of Govind Ballabh Pant
Call # DS480.45.P367, Pattee Stacks Level 1
Tuskegee Institute News Clippings File
Call # Film A401, News and Microforms Library, Ground Floor West Pattee. Guide: Call # Z1361.N39K58
To locate other primary sources in the CAT try searching for the following:
- Sources
- Documents or Documentary
- Letters or Correspondence
- Works (for collections of individuals' writings)
- Speeches
- Memoirs
- Autobiography
- Eyewitness or Narratives (for personal accounts of historical events)
Reference Works
Chronology of World History
Call # D11.M39, Arts & Humanities Reference, Pattee Level 2
Encyclopaedia of India
Call # DS405.E53 1992, Arts & Humanities Reference, Pattee Level 2
Historical Dictionary of India
Call #DS405.M27 1996, Arts & Humanities Reference, Pattee Level 2
International Historical Statistics, 1750-1993: Africa, Asia, Oceania
Call # HA4675.M551, Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Paterno
Who was Who in British India
Call # CT1503.R53, Arts & Humanities Reference, Pattee Level 2
Indexes to Biographical Sources:
Government Publications
British Documents
British Parliamentary Papers Relating to India, 1662-1947
Call # JQ231.B75 1992
Great Britain. House of Commons. Sessional Papers
Microprint.G798s, Social Sciences Library, 2nd Floor Paterno
House of Commons Journals (Debates in the British Parliament) 1547-1900, 1950-1996.
Call # Microprint G798j, Social Sciences Library, 2nd Floor Paterno
United States Documents
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 Location: 2nd Floor Paterno
United States Serial Set (Congressional documents)
Social Sciences Library, 2nd Floor, Paterno. Index online via Congressional Universe
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
Call # J80.A283, Social Sciences Library, 2nd Floor Paterno
Article Indexes to Contemporary Publications
International Index to Periodicals,1911-1964
Call # A19.B7, Arts and Humanities Reference, Pattee Level 2
JSTOR (full text from selected journals in history, Asian Studies, Economics, etc.)
New York Times Index, 1851-present
Call # AI21.N44, News and Microforms Library, Ground Floor Pattee
Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, 1900-present
Call # AI3.R4, Arts and Humanities Index Tables, Pattee Level 2
Times (London) Index, 1790-1905 online, 1905-present in print
For articles published after 1905 use the paper index to the London Times, Call # AI 21.T46
Article Indexes to Secondary Sources
Bibliography of Asian Studies (Publications on all aspects of Asia)
Comprehensive Annotated Bibliography on Mahatma Gandhi
Call # DS481.G3P36 1995, Reserves 1st Floor Paterno
Historical Abstracts (Articles published since 1954 in history journals)
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.)
MUSE (Recent years of articles from selected journals in all fields)
South Asian History, 1750-1950: A Guide to Periodicals, Dissertations, and Newspapers
Call # Z3185.C3, Arts and Humanities Reference, Pattee Level 2
Selected Internet Sites
Internet Indian History Sourcebook Collection of online documents.
Questions????
Ask at the Reference Desk, 2nd Floor Arts and Humanities Library, OR contact:
Eric Novotny, Humanities Librarian for History 814-865-1014 ecn1@psu.eduIM: HistoryLibrarian