HIST 302: Cario Research Resources

Find Books

To find materials at Penn State use the library's catalog, The CAT.

Use "I Want it" to request items that are checked out or at other campuses.

Use WorldCat to search for materials in libraries worldwide. Use the "Request via ILL" link to have items delivered to you.

Note:  Be aware of alternate spellings when searching, for example:  Bin Laden, Bin Ladin, Osama, Usama

Some works can be hard to find in library catalogs, especially fiction and creative works. For these use the following indexes:

• American Film Institute Catalog (movies)
• ArtSTOR (works of art)
• Music Audio
• Play Index,  UP Copy: Call #Z5781 .P53, Arts & Humanities Desk 2nd Floor Pattee
• Short Story Index,  UP Copy: Call #Z5917.S5 C61, Arts & Humanities Desk, 2nd Floor Pattee

• American Periodicals Series, 1740-1900+ (full-text of over 1,000 publications)
• America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1900 (full-text of early U.S. newspapers)
• Ethnic Newswatch, (Recent news sources, including some Arab-American papers)
• Film Literature Index, (Articles about films)
  
• Historical Abstracts, (Articles in academic history journals)
• JSTOR (Full-text of selected academic journals. Years vary by journal)
• Project Muse (Full-text of selected academic journals. Years vary by journal)
• London Times Digital Archive, 1785-1985
• MLA International Bibliography, Articles appearing in literature journals
• New York Times Historical, 1851-2005 (Digital Archive)
  
• Proquest (Full-text magazines, journals and newspapers from 1980s-present)
• Women's Studies International, 1972-present

Index Islamicus.  Publications about all aspect of Islamic society (history, literature, religion, politics, etc.)  UP Copy: Call # Z7835.M6L62, Arts and Humanities Ref. Desk, 2nd Floor Pattee

Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, 1890-present (Popular Magazines)
UP Copy: Call # AI3.R4 Arts & Humanities Indexes - 2nd Floor Pattee

Eric Novotny
History Librarian
Arts & Humanities Library
W321 Pattee Library
Penn State University
814-865-1014
ecn1@psu.edu

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