General information

• Research help
  • Consultations
    • Drop in during librarians' office hours (M 1-3, T 3-5, W 3-5, Th 1-3)
    • Make an appointment
  • Questions
    • Stop by the reference desk (a librarian is always on duty)
    • Text a Librarian
      Login with a davidson\username and password to view the instructions.
    • Email us (referencedesk@davidson.edu)
• Extended loans
  • Request at check out
  • Due date: Thursday, 10 December 2009 (Reading Day)
  • Subject to recall if others need them
  • Only for books needed for your thesis
  • Does not apply to books borrowed from other libraries

Tips

• Secondary Sources
  • History indexes and databases page
  • Be sure to search indexes and databases in other disciplines too
  • Print bibliographies, indexes, &c.
• Primary Sources
  • Choose the right tool/technique
  • Search the Library Catalog and WorldCat
    • Library Catalog
    • WorldCat
  • Identify libraries and archives with collections related to your topic
    • WorldCat
    • Directories
      • Directory of Special Libraries and Information Centers. 35th ed. Detroit, MI: Gale, 2008.
        Reference R 026 Y74d
      • Research Centers Directory. 34th ed. Detroit, MI: Gale, 2006.
        Reference R 061 R429
      • Subject Collections: A Guide to Special Book Collections and Subject Emphases. Comp. Lee Ash and William G. Miller. 7th ed. New Providence, RI: Bowker, 1993.
        Reference R 026 A81s7
      The library also has directories of libraries and archives in other countries. See, for example,
      • Archives of Russia. Ed. Patricia Kennedy Grimsted. 2 vols. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2000.
        Reference R 027 A673
      • British Archives. Ed. Janet Foster and Julia Sheppard. 4th ed. New York: Palgrave, 2002.
        Reference R 027 F755b
      • Directory of Irish Archives. Ed. Seamus Helferty and Raymond Refaussé. 4th ed. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2003.
        Reference R 027 D598
      • The Europa World of Learning. 59th ed. [2009]. 2 vols. New York: Routledge, 2008.
        Reference R 060 W92
      • ... and more
    • Other Library Catalogs
      • North Carolina Libraries
      • Out-of-State Libraries (major research institutions)
      • Libraries Worldwide
      • Catalogs of Special Materials
        Archival resources, online collections, manuscripts, and more.
  • Specific types of sources
    • Periodicals
      1. Popular Magazines
         Including weekly and monthly consumer, news, and opinion magazines.
         • 19th Century Popular Magazines & Journals
           • Guides to and Bibliographies for 19th Century Popular Magazines & Journals
           • Indexes to 19th Magazines and Journals
           • 19th Century Popular Magazines & Journals in Little Library
         • 20th Century Popular Magazines
           • Bibliographies and Guides to 20th Century Popular Magazines
           • Indexes to 20th-Century Popular Magazines
           • 20th Century Popular Magazines in Little Library
      2. Newspapers
         • 19th Century Newspapers
           • Indexes to 19th Century Newspapers
           • 19th Century Newspapers in Little Library
         • 20th Century Newspapers
           • Indexes to 20th-Century Newspapers
           • 20th Century Newspapers in Little Library
         See also:
         • Newspapers held by Other Libraries: How to Find Them
    • U.S. Government Documents
      Search the resources listed on the Government Resources indexes and databases page.
    • Diaries