General Reference Materials

AHA Guide to Historical Literature. 1995. (Ref. D 20 A4 1995)

International Historical Statistics: Africa, Asia, and Oceania, 1750-1993. 1998. (Ref. HA 4675 M552 1998)
International Historical Statistics: Europe, 1750-1993. 1998. (Ref. HA 1107 M5 1998)
International Historical Statistics: The Americas, 1750-1993. 1998. (Ref. HA 175 M55 1998)

Oxford Companion to United States History. 2001. (Ref. E 174 O94 2001)

Oxford English Dictionary   [*OFF-CAMPUS: use Nautilus Card or Library Access number to log in]

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Journal Articles and Online Databases

America: History and Life and Historical Abstracts  [*OFF-CAMPUS: use Nautilus Card or Library Access number to log in]

Premier index for all aspects of U. S. and world history. America: History and Life covers the United States and Canada, while Historical Abstracts covers the rest of world history.

JSTOR   [*OFF-CAMPUS: use Nautilus Card or Library Access number to log in]

A full text database with archival holdings of scholarly journals in several disciplines of interest to History students, including African-American Studies, Latin AMerican Studies, Political Science, and general History.

Project MUSE   [*OFF-CAMPUS: use Nautilus Card or Library Access number to log in]

A full text database indexing more than 300 scholarly journals in the liberal arts. Coverage ranges from the last 2 to 10 years.

Primary Sources

American Memory

The Library of Congress' multimedia collections of digitized documents, photographs, recorded sound, moving pictures, and text from the Library's Americana collections.

American State Papers, 1789-1838   [*OFF-CAMPUS: use Nautilus Card or Library Access number to log in]

Legislative and executive documents from 1789-1838.

New York Times   [*OFF-CAMPUS: use Nautilus Card or Library Access number to log in]

Index and full text of the New York Times from 1851 to present.

Statutes of The Realm. 1225-1713. (Microfiche 636)

Original laws and statutes of Great Britain, covering legislation passed from 1225 to 1713.

The Times (London). 1788- (Microfilm 505)

See Index to the Times, 1785-1786 and 1938-2004 (Ref. AI 21 T46) and Palmer's Index to the Times, 1790-1941 (Ref AI 21 .T5)

U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1859 (pre-Civil War segment)   [*OFF-CAMPUS: use Nautilus Card or Library Access number to log in]

Includes reports, documents, and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives between 1817 and 1859.

UWF Special Collections

The collections comprise some 700 individual manuscript and archival collections, 30,000 photographs, 2,000 maps, and 10,000 Bibliography of West Florida items. Subject areas include history, geography, genealogy, environmental studies, art and architecture, health and medicine, biography, technology, legal history, archaeology, and other subjects pertinent to West Florida, its people, organizations, and institutions.

Research Assistance

Subject Research Guides

• Ancient & Medieval History
• British History
• History
• Presidential Papers & Primary Sources
• United States History
• Additional relevant Research Guides available at: http://library.uwf.edu/eli2/index.shtml

Online Tutorials

The library has developed several online tutorials to help students with the research process. Some of the topics include plagiarism, critical thinking, and scholarly journals. Visit the Online Tutorials page for more information.

Plagiarism

          AHA - Plagiarism: Curricular Materials for History Instructors          

          AHA - Statement on Standards of Professional Conduct

UWF Plagiarism Policy