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History 262: Piracy in the Americas

Spring 2008 — Prof. Guasco

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Reference Works
Biographical Works | Colonial History | Maritime & Naval History

  • Biographical Works
    • American National Biography. Ed. John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. 24 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999-2002.
      Reference R 920.073 A512
    • Biography Reference Bank. H.W. Wilson, 2003- .
    • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. ed. H.C.G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2004.
      Reference R 920 N2111
  • Colonial History
    • Colonialism: An International, Social, Cultural, and Political Encyclopedia. Ed. Melvin E. Page. 3 vols. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2003.
      Reference R 325.3 C719
    • Encyclopedia of Colonial and Revolutionary America. John Mack Faragher. New York: Facts on File, 1990.
      Reference R 973.3 E56
    • Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture. Ed. Barbara A. Tenenbaum. 5 vols. New York: Scribner's, 1996.
      Reference R 980 E56
    • Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies. Ed. Jacob Ernest Cooke. 3 vols. New York: Scribner's, 1993.
      Reference R 973.1 E56
    • Encyclopedia of the Renaissance. Ed. Paul F. Grendler. 6 vols. New York: Scribner's, 1999.
      Reference R 940.2 E56
    • Gale Virtual Reference Library
      A collection of over 150 electronic reference books, including:
    • Historical Atlas of Central America. Carolyn Hall and Héctor Pérez Brignoli. Norman, OK: Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 2003.
      Reference R 911.72 H174h
    • Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism. Ed. James S. Olson. New York: Greenwood, 1991.
      Reference R 903 H673
    • Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Empire, 1402-1975. Ed. James S. Olson. New York: Greenwood, 1992.
      Reference R 914.6 H673
    • Historical Dictionary of Tudor England, 1485-1603. Ronald H. Fritze. New York: Greenwood, 1991.
      Reference R 942.04 H673
    • Tudor England: An Encyclopedia. Arthur F. Kinney and David W. Swain. New York: Garland, 2001.
      Reference R 942.05 T912
  • Maritime & Naval History
    • The American Navy, 1789-1860: A Bibliography. Myron J. Smith, Jr. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1974.
      Reference R 016.359 A512 v.2
    • Atlas of Maritime History. Christopher Lloyd. New York: Arco, 1975.
      Reference Atlas Stand R 911 L793a
    • Atlas of Maritime History. Richard Natkiel and Antony Preston. New York: Facts on File, 1986.
      Reference R 912 N278a
    • A Bibliography of American Naval History. Comp. Paolo E. Coletta. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1981.
      Reference R 016.359 C694b
      Note: See also Coletta's A Selected and Annotated Bibliography of American Naval History (Lanham, MD: Univ. Press of America, 1988), shelved in Reference at call number R 016.359 C694s.
    • Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. 8 vols. Washington, DC: Navy Dept., 1959-1981.
      Reference R 623.8 U58d
    • English/British Naval History to 1815: A Guide to the Literature. Eugene L. Rasor. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2004.
      Reference R 016.359 R225b
      Chapter 12 covers "Piracy, Plunder, and Privateering." Also consult the index.
    • Great Sailing Ships: An Illustrated Catalogue and History of 150 Extant Barks, Barkentines, Brigs, Brigantines, Frigates, Schooners, and Other Large Sailing Vessels Built since 1628. Otmar Schäuffelen. Trans. Inge Moore. New York: Praeger, 1969.
      Reference R 387.2 S313g
    • Historical Dictionary of the United States Navy. James M. Morris and Patricia M. Kearns. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 1998.
      Reference R 359 M876h
    • Naval & Maritime History: An Annotated Bibliography. Robert Greenhalgh Albion. 4th ed. Mystic, CT: Marine Historical Association, 1972.
      Reference R 016.35 A337n
      See also A Supplement (1971-1986) to Robert G. Albion's Naval & Maritime History: An Annotated Bibliography, by Benjamin W. Labaree (Mystic, CT: Mystic Seaport Museum, 1988), shelved in Reference at call number R 016.35 A337n-S.
    • Naval Warfare: An International Encyclopedia. Ed. Spencer C. Tucker. 3 vols. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2002.
      Reference R 359 N318
    • Navies in the American Revolution: A Bibliography. Myron J. Smith, Jr. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1973.
      Reference R 016.97 S655n
    • The Oxford Companion to Ships & The Sea. Ed. I.C.B. Dear and Peter Kemp. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005.
      Reference R 623 O98
    • The Sailor's Word-Book: An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms. W.H. Smyth. Rev. E. Belcher. 1867. London: Conway Maritime Press, 1991.
      Reference R 623.8 S667s
    • Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia. Lincoln P. Paine. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997.
      Reference R 623.8 P145s


Primary Sources
General Search Tools
Contemporary Books & Pamphlets (1475-1860) | Government & Legal Documents | Diaries | Periodicals | Other Examples

  • General Tools
    See also the bibliographies of primary sources in the reference works listed above.

    • Library Catalog
      To locate primary sources, do a keyword search and add one or more of the following words:
      • sources
      • correspondence
      • diaries
      • interviews 
      • personal narratives
      You can also do a keyword search and limit your search by publication date.
    • WorldCat
      To locate primary sources, do a keyword search and add one or more of the following words:
      • sources
      • correspondence
      • diaries
      • interviews 
      • personal narratives
      Note: Rare and archival materials cannot be borrowed on interlibrary loan. You can sometimes locate microfilm or microfiche copies of these documents in WorldCat; try doing an advanced search, enter your keywords or subject terms, and then apply a "subtype limit," choosing "Microform" as the format.
  • Contemporary Books, & Pamphlets (1475-1860)
    • Archive of Americana
      (c. 1639-1980) A collection of digital facsimiles of American books, broadsides, pamphlets, newspapers, and government documents. Includes:
    • British Piracy in the Golden Age: History and Interpretation, 1660-1730. Ed. Joel H. Baer. 4 vols. London: Pickering & Chatto, 2007.
      Little library Stacks 910.45 B862
    • Early English Books Online (EEB0) (1475-1700)
      Includes over 125,000 books, pamphlets, broadsides, proclamations, almanacs, and other publications printed in Great Britain, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and British North America from the fifteenth through the seventeenth centuries.
      Note: Does not include periodicals or newspapers.
      To print more than one page of a document, you need to "Add this Document Images set to your marked list," view your "Marked List," and then download the document images (not the citation). Once the document is downloaded, you can print out a range of pages or the entire document using the print function in Adobe Acrobat Reader.
    • Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) (1701-1800)
      Includes the full text of 155,000 150,000 books, pamphlets, almanacs, advertisements, songs, and other materials published in Great Britain and British North America during the eighteenth century; also includes digital facsimiles of each of the works.
    • Travels in the Old South [microfiche]
      Microfiche cabinet A-3
      Guide: Reference R 016.975 C595t
      A collection of travelers' accounts of their visits to the Old South (1607-1860).
      Also consult the bibliography on which this collection is based:
      • Travels in the Old South: A Bibliography. Ed. Thomas D. Clark. 3 vols. Norman, OK: Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1956-1959.
        Reference R 016.917 C59tr
        Vol. 1: The Formative Years, 1527-1783
        Vol. 2: The Expanding South, 1750-1825
        Vol. 3: The Ante Bellum South, 1825-1860
    • Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society
      The Hakluyt Society, founded in 1846, publishes narratives of voyages, travels, and expeditions as well as other early works on geography, navigation, and exploration. Works originally written in other languages are translated into English. To date, more than 270 titles have been published in three series.
      Library has:
      • First Series: microfiche cabinet A-1A
      • Second Series: microfiche cabinet A-1A (2nd ser. nos. 1-107) and Little Library Stacks 910.8 H15w (2nd ser. nos. 109-190 plus misc. earlier nos.)
      • Third Series: Little Library Stacks 910.8 H15w (nos. 1- ) [ongoing]
      To find works in these series, do a keyword search in the Library Catalogue; add the phrase "works issued by the hakluyt society."
      Example: barbados and "works issued by the hakluyt society"
  • Government & Legal Documents
    • Acts of the Privy Council of England, Colonial Series, Volumes 1-6: 1613/1680-1783. 6 vols. 1908-1912. Nendeln, Liechtenstein: Kraus Reprint, 1966.
      Little Library Stacks 942 G78a
    • Archive of Americana
      (c. 1639-1980) A collection of digital facsimiles of American books, broadsides, pamphlets, newspapers, and government documents. Includes:
      • American State Papers
        (1789-1838) Contains the fully-searchable text of early American Congressional and Executive Department documents.
      • U.S. Congressional Serial Set
        (1817-1980, but see note below) Contains the fully-searchable text of the Serial Set, a rich collection of primary source materials on all aspects of U.S. political, military, cultural, economic, ethnic, and social history. Includes U.S. Senate and House of Representatives reports, documents, and journals.
        Note: this digital collection is not yet complete, but all volumes through 1932 have been digitized.
    • Archives of Maryland Online, from the Maryland State Archives
      (c. 1637 to the present) Contains fully-searchable page images of the Archives of Maryland, a series of documents related to the constitutional, legal, legislative, judicial, and administrative history of Maryland.
    • Britain and the Independence of Latin America, 1812-1830: Select Documents from the Foreign Office Archives. Ed. C.K. Webster. 2 vols. New York: Octagon Books, 1970.
      Little Library Stacks 980.02 W378b
    • British Naval Documents, 1204-1960. Ed. John B. Hattendorf et al. Brookfield, VT: Gower, 1993.
      Little Library Stacks 942.006 N327p v.131
    • British Piracy in the Golden Age: History and Interpretation, 1660-1730. Ed. Joel H. Baer. 4 vols. London: Pickering & Chatto, 2007.
      Little library Stacks 910.45 B862
      Includes some facsimiles of several popular accounts of trials.
    • British Royal Proclamations Relating to America, 1603-1783. Ed. Clarence Brigham. New York: B. Franklin, [1968].
      Little Library Stacks 970.02 G78b
    • Calendar of State Papers: Colonial Series. 43 vols. 1860-1939. Vaduz: Kraus Reprint, 1964.
      Little Library Stacks 942 G78c
      A collection of documents on the British Colonies; includes correspondence to and from colonial governors and covers topics such as piracy, slavery, business and economy, agriculture, boundary disputes, and more.
    • A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
      From the Library of Congress's American Memory project. Contains the full text of American State Papers (1789-1838), Statutes at Large (1789-1875), and a wealth of other resources.
    • Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, from Documenting the American South, the University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
      Contains the full text of The Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, edited by William Saunders and Walter Clark (26 vols.; Nash, 1886-1907).
      The Little Library also has copies of the print set:
      • The Colonial and State Records of North Carolina. Ed. William Saunders and Walter Clark. 26 vols. Goldsboro, NC: Nash, 1886-1907.
        Little Library Stacks 975.6 N8r
    • Colonial Connecticut Records, 1636-1776, from the University of Connecticut Libraries
      Contains The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, from April 1636 to October 1776 (15 vols; Hartford, CT: Brown & Parsons, 1850-1890).
    • The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia. Comp. Allen D. Chandler. 26 vols. Atlanta, GA: C.P. Byrd, 1904-1916.
      Little Library Stacks 975.8 C71
    • Early American Imprints
      See above for full description.
      Contains a handful of American publications of individual British statutes and laws as well as some popular accounts of trials.
    • Early English Books Online (EEBO) (1475-1700)
      See above for full description.
      Contains a number of early collections of English statutes as well as some popular accounts of trials. You can search EEBO by title, keyword, or subject.
      See also:
      • A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland & Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad, 1475-1640. Comp. A.W. Pollard and G.R. Redgrave. 2nd ed. London: Bibliographical Society, 1976-1986 (Reference R 015.42 P77s2).
        To find lists of English statutes, look in volume 1. Titles of general collections of statutes appear on pages 416-419. Titles of collections of statutes on special subjects appear on pages 419-420. Titles of statutes published during particular reigns are listed on pages 420-436.
      • Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America and of English Books Printed in Other Countries, 1641-1700. Comp. Donald Wing. 2nd ed. 4 vols. New York: Modern Language Association, 1972-1998 (Reference R 015.42 W76s2).
        To find lists of English statutes, look in volume 1 on pages 849-853; acts of Parliament are listed on pages 855-931.
    • LexisNexis Congressional
      Choose the "Historical Indexes" option to search Congressional Indexes (1789-1980) and Indexes to Unpublished Hearings Through 1980.
      Note: many of the early records and statutes are available full-text through A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation; for a full description, see above. The Davidson College Library also has print copies of American State Papers (1789-1838) and the Annals of Congress (1789-1824).
      Search Syntax:
      • Truncation: use an exclamation point !
      • Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
      • Wildcard: use an asterisk *
    • Naval Documents of the American Revolution. Ed. William Bell Clark. 10 vols. Washington, DC: USGPO, 1964- .
      Government Information Stacks D 207.12
    • The Proceedings of the Old Bailey London, 1674 to 1834
      Provides the full text of the proceedings of over 100,000 trials along with original page images and background information on trial procedures, verdicts, and the types of crimes tried. The Old Bailey was the central criminal court for the City of London and the County of Middlesex.
    • The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, from the First Session of the Legislature, in the Year 1619. William Waller Hening. 13 vols. Richmond, VA: Samuel Pleasants, 1809-1823.
      Little Library Rare Book Room 345.12 V8s
      Contains acts from 1619 to 1792.
      See also:
      • The Laws of Virginia; Being a Supplement to Hening's The Statutes at Large, 1700-1750. Comp. Waverly K. Winfree. Richmond, VA: Virginia State Library, 1971.
        Little Library Rare Book Room 345.12 V8s-L
      • The Statutes at Large of Virginia, from October Session 1792 to December Session 1806 [1807]. Samuel Shepherd. 3 vols. 1835. New York: AMS Press, 1970.
        Little Library Stacks 345.12 V8s, 1970
    • The Statutes at Large of South Caroline. Ed. Thomas Cooper, Columbia, SC: A.S. Johnston, 1836-1837. 2 vols. [n.p.]: South Carolina Bar Association, 1970.
      Little Library Stacks 345.22 S726s
      Contains acts from 1682 to 1716.
    • The Statutes, from the Twentieth Year of King Henry the Third to the [Tenth Chapter of the Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Years of King George the Sixth,] A.D. 1235-[1948]. Ed. Robert Drayton. 3rd rev. ed. 32 vols. London: HMSO, 1950.
      Reference Extension 346 G78s
      Also known as The Statutes Revised, Third Edition. Covers British statutes dating from 1235-1948 and still in force, or not repealed, in 1948. This is therefore an incomplete set of British statutes. Each volume does contain a subject index as well as a useful chronological table of statutes omitted in whole or part, with information on year and session of repeal, where appropriate.
      If you know the title of the statute, if the statute dates from before 1700, and if it does not appear in this set, try the search tips listed under EEBO, above.
  • Diaries
    • American Diaries: An Annotated Bibliography of Published American Diaries and Journals. 2 vols. Laura Arksey et al. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1983-1985.
      Reference R 016.92 A721a
      Vol. 1: Diaries Written from 1492 to 1844
      Vol. 2: Diaries Written from 1845 to 1980
    • American Women's Diaries [microfilm]
      Microfilm cabinet C-2
      This collection includes handwritten diaries from the colonial period through the beginning of the twentieth century. It is in three parts of this collection: New England Women (8 diaries), Southern Women (32 diaries), and Western Women (600 diaries).
      Guides:
         Segment 1, New England Women: Reference R 016.973 A5121n
         Segment 2, Southern Women: Reference R 016.973 A5121s
         Segment 3, Western Women: Reference R 016.973 A5121w
    • And So to Bed: A Bibliography of Diaries Published in English. Patricia Pate Havlice. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1987.
      Reference R 016.92 H388a
    • North American Women's Letters & Diaries
      This collection provides the full text of letters, diaries, and excerpts of diaries from the colonial era to the mid twentieth century. The texts were written contemporaneously; memoirs are not included.
  • Periodicals
    Newspapers | Other Periodicals

    • Newspapers
      • 17th & 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers
        (c. 1603-1800) Contains digital facsimiles of approximately 1,270 seventeenth and eighteenth-century English newspapers from the British Library's Burney Collection; includes many London papers as well as some English provincial, Scottish, Irish, and colonial North American papers. The full text of these newspapers, including all articles, advertisements, and other contents, is keyword-searchable.
      • America's Historical Newspapers (1690-1922)
        Contains digital facsimiles of over 1,375 seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth-century newspapers; the full text of these newspapers, including all articles, advertisements, and other contents, is keyword-searchable.
        Based on Brigham's History and Bibliography of American Newspapers and Gregory's American Newspapers 1821-1936: A Union List of Files Available in the United States and Canada, listed below.
      • To locate newspapers on microfilm in the E.H. Little Library, do a keyword search in the Library Catalogue for the word "newspapers" and then limit by date and by material type "newspapers."
        Newspapers in our collection include:
        • Aurora General Advertiser (1794-1812) [microfilm]
        • Cape Fear Mercury (1769-1775) [microfilm]
        • Georgia Gazette (1797-1802) [microfilm]
        • The New York Time (1851 to present)
        • Newbern Gazette (1798-1804) [microfilm]
        • North Carolina Gazette (1789-1798) [microfilm]
        • Raleigh Register (1799-1886) [microfilm]
        • Virginia Gazette (1790-1809) [microfilm]
        • The [London] Times (1785 to present) [microfilm]
          Index: Reference Index Area R 070 T58
        • Washington Gazette (1796-1821) [microfilm]
        • The Wilmington Gazette (1797-1815) [microfilm]
      • American Newspapers, 1821-1936: A Union List of Files Available in the United States and Canada. Ed. Winifred Gregory. New York: Kraus, 1967.
        Reference R 016.05 A51
      • British Newspapers and Periodicals, 1641-1700: A Short-Title Catalogue of Serials Printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, and British North America. Carolyn Nelson. New York: Modern Language Association, 1987.
        Reference R 015.42 N425b
      • A Census of British Newspapers and Periodicals, 1620-1800. R.S. Crane and F.B. Kaye. New York: Johnsonian Reprint Corp., 1963.
        Reference R 016.05 C891
      • A Checklist of American Eighteenth Century Newspapers in the Library of Congress. Henry S. Parsons. New ed. New York: Greenwood, [1968].
        Reference R 015.73 U58c
      • Guide to North Carolina Newspapers on Microfilm. Comp. Roger C. Jones. 5th rev. ed. Raleigh, NC: Dept. of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives and History, 1982.
        Reference R 016.07 N86 1982
      • A Hand-List of Irish Newspapers, 1685-1750. R.L. Munter. London: Bowes & Bowes, 1960.
        Reference R 016.07 M971h
      • History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690-1820. Clarence Saunders Brigham. 2 vols. Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1947.
        Reference R 016.07 B85h
        See also
        • Additions and Corrections to History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690-1820 (Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1961), shelved in Reference at call number R 016.07 B85h
      • Pennsylvania Newspapers: A Bibliography and Union List. Ed. Ruth Salisbury. Pittsburgh, PA: Pennsylvania Library Association, 1969.
        Reference R 016.07 S 167p
      • South Carolina Newspapers, 1732-1782. Charleston, SC: Charleston Library Society, 1956.
        Reference R 016.07 S726
      • Union List of North Carolina Newspapers, 1751-1900. Ed. H.G. Jones and Julius H. Avant. Raleigh, NC: State Dept. of Archives and History, 1963.
        Reference R 016.07 N86u
      • Virginia Gazette Index, 1736-1780. Lester J. Cappon and Stella F. Duff. 2 vols. Williamsburg, VA: Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1950.
        Reference R 016.07 V817
    • Other periodicals
      • 19th-Century Masterfile
        Indexes articles in 479 British and American periodicals published in the nineteenth century.
        Note: The print version of Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (1802-1906), which is part of 19th-Century Masterfile, is available in the Reference Index Area at call number R 050 P82.
      • Making of America
        Contains the full text of journals and books from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
        Note: There are two sites for the Making of America:
      • Periodicals Index Online
        (c. 1665-1995) Indexes journal and magazine articles as well as book reviews in a broad array of humanities, social sciences, and science subjects.
        Search Syntax:
        • Truncation: use an asterisk *
        • Phrase searching: automatic
  • Other Examples
    • Black Culture Collection from Atlanta University. Wooster, OH: Bell & Howell, 1972-1973.
      Microfilm cabinet C-7
      Library has:
      • South America & the West Indies
      • Slavery in History
      Guide: Reference R 016.972 A881b
      Includes eighteenth, nineteenth, and early-twentieth century books and pamphlets.
    • Guide to the Manuscripts in the National Maritime Museum. Ed. R.J.B. Knight. 2 vols. London: Mansell, 1977.
      Reference R 016.35 G786g
    • Hakluyt, Richard. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation. 12 vols. 2nd ed. rev. New York: AMS Press, 1965.
      Little Library Stacks 910.8 H15p
      The original 1589 edition is available online through EEBO. The 1907 Dunt edition is also available online through Perseus.
    • Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping
      Reference R 387 L79
      Library has volumes for 1764, 1776, 1790, 1800, 1812, 1820.
    • New American World: A Documentary History of North America to 1612. Ed. David B. Quinn. 5 vols. New York: Arno Press, 1979.
      Little Library Stacks 970.01 N532
    • New Iberian World: A Documentary History of the Discovery and Settlement of Latin America to the early 17th Century. Ed. John H. Parry and Robert G. Keith. 5 vols. New York: Hector & Rose, 1984.
      Little Library Stacks 980.01 N532
    • A Reference Guide to the Literature of Travel: Including Voyages, Geographical Descriptions, Adventures, Shipwrecks and Expeditions. Edward Godfrey Cox. 3 vols. New York: Greenwood, [1969].
      Reference R 016.91 C877r
    • Purchas, Samuel. Purchas his Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Lande Travells by Englishmen and Others. 20 vols. New York: AMS Press, 1965.
      Little Library Stacks 910.8 P98h
      The original 1617 edition is available online through EEBO as are several other early editions.


  • Secondary Sources
    Books | Articles

    • Books
      • Library Catalog
        Includes information about books, government documents, and journals, magazines, and newspapers in the Library.
        • To locate appropriate Library of Congress Subject Headings, start with a keyword search and then browse records.
        • To locate works about a person, do a subject search for the person's name (last name first).
        • To locate bibliographies on a person or topic, do a keyword search and add the following: su bibliography.
        Search Syntax:
        • Truncation: use a dollar sign $
        • Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
        • Wildcard: use a question mark ?
      • WorldCat
        Indexes books, periodicals, and other materials held by libraries around the world. Search WorldCat to identify additional books on your topic and then order the books on interlibrary loan.
        Note: It can be helpful to identify relevant Library of Congress Subject Headings in the Library Catalog first; you can then do a subject search in WorldCat to find additional items with these subject headings.
        Search Syntax:
        • Truncation: use an asterisk *
        • Phrase searching: insert a "w" between the words in a phrase (for example, "cold w war")
        • Wildcard: use a question mark ?
    • Articles
      Core Resources | Other Resources | Notable Journals

      • Core Resources
        • Historical Abstracts & America: History & Life
          (Time period covered: 1450 to present [world history]; prehistory to present [U.S. and Canadian history]. Publication coverage: 1954 to present). Indexes journal articles, book chapters, doctoral dissertations, and book reviews. (Each database can also be searched separately.)
          Search Syntax:
          • Truncation: use an asterisk *
          • Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
          • Wildcard: use a question mark ?
        • ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
          (400-1700 [historical time period covered]; 1842 to present [publication date of articles and books indexed]) Indexes scholarly articles and books on topics related to the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
          Search Syntax:
          • Truncation: use a dollar sign $
          • Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
          • Wildcard: use a question mark ?
        • Web of Knowledge
          (c. 1900 to present) A multidisciplinary resource that provides citations to articles in thousands of journals in the social sciences, humanities, and sciences.
          Search Syntax:
          • Truncation: use an asterisk *
          • Phrase searching: use double quotations marks " "
          • Wildcard: use a question mark ?
      • Other Resources
        • Academic Search Premier
          (1975 to present) Indexes popular and scholarly articles in a broad range of subject areas; also includes citations to book reviews and citations to articles in several national newspapers.
          Search Syntax:
          • Truncation: use an asterisk *
          • Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
          • Wildcard: use a question mark ?
        • Essay & General Literature Index
          (1985 to present) Indexes chapters and essays in edited collections.
          Search Syntax:
          • Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *
          • Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
          • Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?
        • Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) Online
          (1935 to present) Indexes journal articles, books, book chapters, and conference papers covering topics related to Latin America; covers the fields of anthropology, archaeology, art, economics, geography, history, international relations, languages and literatures, music, philosophy, political science, and sociology.
        • HAPI (Hispanic American Periodicals Index) Online
          (1970 to present) Indexes journal articles, book reviews, and original literary works and covers the literature, history, culture, and politics of the Caribbean, Mexico, Central and South America, and the United States-Mexico border. Also covers works related to Hispanics in the United States.
          Search Syntax:
          • Truncation: automatic
          • Phrase searching: automatic.
        • Humanities Abstracts
          (1907 to present). Indexes articles in over 500 English-language journals in the fields of archaeology, art, classics, communication, film, folklore, history, languages and literatures, music, philosophy, religion, and theatre. Also includes citations for book, theatre, and film reviews as well as interviews, obituaries, and some original creative works. Includes the full text of selected articles from 1995 to the present.
          Search Syntax:
          • Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *
          • Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
          • Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?
        • JSTOR
          Includes pdf copies of scholarly articles from a core collection of journals; also includes book reviews. Note:JSTOR does not contain articles from the most recent 3-5 years.
          Search Syntax:
          • Truncation: use a plus sign +
          • Phrase searching: automatic
        • Periodicals Index Online
          (c. 1665-1995) Indexes journal and magazine articles as well as book reviews in a broad array of humanities, social sciences, and science subjects.
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        • Project Muse
          Includes pdf and HTML copies of journal articles published by university and scholarly presses.
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        • Social Sciences Abstracts
          (1907 to present) Indexes journal articles and some book reviews on all social sciences subjects, including history, political science, international relations, law, economics, area studies, gender studies, anthropology, psychology, and sociology.
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      • Notable Journals
        • The American Neptune: A Quarterly Journal of Maritime History
          Paper version: Library has 1943 to present
          Microfilm version: Library has 1941-1947
        • The Journal of American History
          Paper version: Library has 1914 to present
          Online JAH publishes an online list of Recent Scholarship which can be a useful tool for finding relevant articles on your topic.
        • The Mariner's Mirror
          Paper version: Library has 1983 to present
          Note: The Mariner's Mirror Bibliography (1983 to present) is shelved in Reference at call number R 016.359 M338.
        • William and Mary Quarterly
          Paper version: Library has 1892 to present
          Online