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	Additional Guides in the Area of History • African History • Ancient Near Eastern History • Canadian History • East Asian History • European History • Latin American History • Medieval History • Middle Eastern History • South Asian History • Teaching Social Studies • The American West • U.S. History

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	Research Databases (Consult this list for interdisciplinary databases) America: History & Life Covers over 1,700 journal titles published worldwide and includes article citations and book/media reviews of special interest to historians of United States and Canadian history and related fields. View: Online H-NET Reviews H-Net Reviews is an online scholarly review source for books in the Humanities and Social Sciences. H-Net Reviews are published online via discussion networks and the H-Net web site. This format permits reviews to reach scholars with a speed unmatched in any other medium and makes possible discussion between reviewers, authors and readers. View: Online History E-Book Project Now comprising the full text of over 1500 titles, HEB has expanded to include most humanities disciplines and area studies. Included are works of major importance to historical studies. These books will remain vital to both scholars and advanced students, and are frequently cited in the literature. HEB is growing by over 300 titles a year. View: Online JSTOR JSTOR is a database consisting of only full-text articles from interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journals. Journals are included on the basis of number of subscribers the journal has, citation analysis, recommendations from experts in the field, and the length of time that the journal has been published. Coverage for each title begins with the first publication, with most titles ending coverage between three and five years ago. View: Online


	Reference Materials Encyclopedia of the American West - F591 .E485 1996 Covers the history of the American West (defined as the 23 states west of the Missouri River, during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries). Includes bibliographies and indexes. 4 volumes. View: In Print Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century - E169.1 .E626 2001 Articles on events, trends, movements, technologies, inventions, and other aspects of nineteenth-century United States history. Includes bibliographies. 3 volumes. View: In Print New Encyclopedia of the American West - F591 .N46 1998 A one-volume encyclopedia which complements the Encyclopedia of the American West. View: In Print


	Web Sources Doing History: A Guide to Historical Research A guide to doing historical research, with links to a variety of web sites covering various historical events and eras. Maintained by Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. View: Online WestWeb A topically organized Web site about the study of the American West created and maintained by Catherine Lavender, Prof. of History at CUNY. View: Online


	Periodicals ejournal locator (SFX) The Hekman Library ejournal locator provides title and subject access to all the electronic journals subscribed to by the Hekman Library. View: Online Annotation History Cooperative A convenient way to see the full-text of more recent issues of important historical journals. These are made available through Hekman Library's institutional subscriptions, so most of them are not accessible to non-Calvin users. View: Online

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Schemper, Lugene

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