for HS222: Historical Method

Public Access Catalogs and the Internet                   

• OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog, local)

• PALNI (Private Academic Libraries of Indiana)

• INCat – Indiana Library Catalog

• Worldcat

• Internet Sites

  • Mr. Kaehr’s Reference page on History (http://www.huntington.edu/library/rkaehr/reference_guides/hist.html)

  • GPO Access (www.access.gpo.gov) and FindLaw (www.findlaw.com)

  • American Memory

  • Web Search Enginges – Google, Yahoo, Altavista, Alltheweb –

Reference and General Stacks

• Bibliographies (TOPIC – Bibliography)

• Annals of America (R 973 A613)

• Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents (R 973 R523)

• English Historical Documents (942 E58)

Government Documents

 Congressional

• Congressional Record (X 1.1:)

• House Journal (XJH)

  • House Journal (historical 1789-1875)

• Senate Journal (XJS:)

  • Senate Journal (historical 1789-1875)

• Legislative hearings and reports

  • Congressional Hearings

  • Congressional Committee Prints

 Executive

• Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents

•  Public Papers of the Presidents (general stacks 973.9… U58)

  • Hoover, Truman-

• Foreign Relations of the United States (S 1.1:)

• American Foreign Policy : Current Documents (S 1.71/2:)

 Judicial

• United States Reports (JU 6.8:)

  •  Supreme Court Decisions (1937-1975)

  • Supreme Court Collection (historic, Cornell Law School)

United Brethren Historical Center

·        Church Information

·        College Information

·        Rare and fragile books