History Resources @ McNeese Library

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HISTORY RESOURCES

Book Reviews        Legal Resources

Careers                   Louisiana History

Dept. of History     Maps

Finding Articles     Primary Sources

Finding Books        Turabian Style

History Journals    Women's Studies

Resources marked with an asterisk * are only available to McNeese students and faculty, Friends of the Library, and Distance Education students.

Book Reviews:

Academic Search Premier *
One source for book reviews is this database which covers many areas of academic study, including history. Many of the articles are full text---it has full text articles from nearly 4,000 scholarly publications, including more than 3,100 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage goes as far back as 1975. Updated daily.

America: History and Life
This index has citations to book reviews (as well as citations to dissertations and also abstracts of articles) and covers the United States and Canada. The 1954-1992 volumes of this index are available in the Reference Department on the first floor of the Library.

Book Review Digest *
An EBSCOhost database indexing book reviews. A good source to find reviews of history books. The database has some advantages over the print source, among them that it indicates if the article is available in the Library in print and it links to full text articles when available. It is not identical to the print Book Review Digest located in the Reference Department on the 1st floor of the Library---the print index has some history journals the online database lacks.

Book Review Digest
A print index to book reviews which is located in the Reference Department. A good source to find reviews of history books. Search under the author's name the year the book was published and a year or two afterward to find citations and excerpts from book reviews in journals. Then check to see if the journal is available in the McNeese Library either online or in print. Ask the friendly Reference staff for help.

Book Review Index
Another print index to book reviews which is located in the Reference Department. A good source to find reviews of history books. Search under the author's name the year the book was published and a year or two afterward to find citations and excerpts from book reviews in journals. Then check to see if the journal is available in the McNeese Library either online or in print. Ask the friendly Reference staff for help.

Humanities International Index *
Citations and some full text articles and book reviews in the humanities area. Coverage less comprehensive than JSTOR, but it is an EBSCOhost database so it is easy to use.

Index to Book Reviews in Historical Periodicals
Located in the Reference Department (Ref. D20 .B7), this source is primarily useful as an index to book reviews in state historical journals (which are often not indexed in other databases/indexes). The index covers 1972-1977.

JSTOR *
Full text articles, including book reviews, for the complete archives (up to about the last 3-5 years) of scholarly journals.

LexisNexis (news) *
Another source for book reviews is this database which has full text articles, primarily from newspapers, including the New York Times. Updated daily.

Project Muse *
Full text articles, including book reviews, from more than 200 scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences.

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Careers:

AHA Data on the Historical Profession
American Historical Association site giving information on the job market and salaries for History PhDs.

Careers for Students of History
An online book, published by the American Historical Association, the National Council for Public History, and the University of South Carolina's Public History Program, with information for history students about careers, training, and the job market in different occupations.

History Departments Around the World
Note: Use the full name for a state, rather than the abbreviation, when searching for a history department in the United States. Searchable by university name or by location (city and/or state). See also American universities and international universities for websites for universities---these sites are helpful when you are not certain about a university's name.

Occupational Outlook Handbook
Job descriptions, salaries, and employment outlook---from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.

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Dept. of History:

Department of History (McNeese)
History courses offered at McNeese, information on a minor in history, and curricula for 4 degrees offered by the History Department:

1) Associate of Arts in General Studies
2) Bachelor of Arts in History
3) Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies
4) Bachelor of Arts in Social Studies Education

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Finding Articles:

Academic Search Premier *
Covers many areas of academic study, including history. Many of the articles are full text---it has full text articles from nearly 4,000 scholarly publications, including more than 3,100 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage goes back to 1975. Updated daily.

America: History and Life
Article abstracts and citations to reviews and dissertations (covering the United States and Canada). The 1954-1992 volumes of this index are available in the Reference Department on the first floor of the Library.

Available at McNeese
If you want to see if a journal is available at McNeese, click the Serials Department page (Journals/Newspapers by Name on the Library website). To see if the journal is available full text at McNeese, click the "A to Z List of Full Text Electronic Journals" on that page and then type the name of the journal in the "Find" box at the top right. If it is available full text you will get links to databases which have the journal full text. To see if the journal is available in print in the McNeese Library, see the "Journal Holdings List in Print" on the Journals/Newspapers by Name website. If the journal is not available online or in print, you can request a copy from another library through Interlibrary Loan.*

Bayou State Periodical Index
An index to articles in Louisiana periodicals.

Biography Resource Center *
A quick source for biographical information covering worldwide figures throughout history. Includes information from books and articles, as well as websites when available.

Humanities International Index *
Citations and some full text articles and book reviews in the humanities area. Coverage less comprehensive than JSTOR, but it is an EBSCOhost database so it is easy to use.

JSTOR *
Full text articles for the complete archives (up to about the last 3-5 years) of scholarly journals.

LexisNexis (news) *
Full text articles, primarily from newspapers, including the New York Times. Updated daily.

Louisiana Historical Quarterly and Louisiana History are journals available in the McNeese Library. Indexes to articles in these two journals are located in the Reference Department. Note: Louisiana History Indices gives online access to recent issues of Louisiana History.

New York Times
This newspaper is available from 1851 to the present in the McNeese Library. It is also available online from 1980 to the present through LexisNexis (news)*--- click on "Guided News Search" and type the name of this newspaper in the "Search this publication title" search box.

New York Times Article Archive
An online index, hosted by ProQuest, to New York Times articles from 1851 to 1995 and from 1996 to the present, providing searching for citations to articles. Note: When searching the online index, it is helpful to click on Sort By "Closest Match." The articles themselves are available for a fee, but New York Times articles from 1851 to the present are available in the McNeese Library---ask for them in the Serials Department on the 2nd floor of the Library. Full text New York Times articles from 1980 to the present are also available online through LexisNexis (news) *--- click on "Guided News Search" and type the name of this newspaper in the "Search this publication title" search box. There are also print indexes to the New York Times from 1851 to the present in the Reference Department on the 1st floor of the Library.

Newspaper Source *
Updated daily, this database provides selected full text for about 30 U.S. and international newspapers and 200 regional U.S. newspapers, as well as full text television and radio news transcripts. Click "Publications" to see the list of sources included. Click the Advanced Search tab if you want to specify a particular newspaper to search.

Project Muse *
Full text articles from more than 200 scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences.

Times-Picayune
The New Orleans newspaper is available from 1837 to the present in the McNeese Library, and indexes are available from 1922-1944 and from 1972 to the present. The Times Picayune is also available online from 1991 to the present through Lexis-Nexis (news)*---click on "Guided News Search" and type the name of this newspaper in the "Search this publication title" search box.

World History Collection *
Content from Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America, and the Middle East. Cover-to-cover full text for about 150 titles, many of them peer-reviewed journals.

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Finding Books:

Find Books, etc. in the Library
To find books, ebooks, DVDs, videos, government documents, and special collections in the McNeese Library.

See also these resources:

Biography Resource Center *
A quick source for biographical information covering worldwide figures throughout history. Includes information from books and articles, as well as websites when available.

Books in Print *
Search for books which are available in print and for videos (often with reviews included).

Digital Dissertations and Theses *
Citations for dissertations and theses from 1861 to the present. Abstracts are also available for dissertations from 1980 onward and for theses from 1988 onward.

Find Books, etc. in LA Libraries
To find books in other Louisiana university libraries.

Interlibrary Loan *
To borrow books which are available in another library.

Reference Universe *
This database helps you find reference books on a subject because it indexes the article titles and the back-of-the-book indexes in subject encyclopedias and other reference works. Most importantly, you can limit your search to titles in the McNeese Library. Additional note: Some reference books available in the McNeese Library are not in Reference Universe. Ask the staff in the Reference Department on the 1st floor of the McNeese Library for help.

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History Journals in McNeese Library:

In Print
A list of the history journals which are available in print on the 2nd floor of the Library. See the Journal Holdings List to check the dates of the Library's holdings of a particular journal.

Online
See the list of full text history journals available at McNeese and the databases in which they are found. Click the drop-down menu under "Select a Subject," click the History subject areas, and then click the specific subjects under each broader subject. You can also search under a specific journal name: Click on the "Titles" tab at the top of the screen and type the journal name in the search box next to "Find"---this will steer you to the database or databases in which the journal is available full text.

To find contact & subscription information for all journals, including history journals, see the Serials Directory:

Serials Directory *
General information about all magazines and journals---including contact and subscription information.

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Legal Resources:

Code of Federal Regulations
Federal agency rules and regulations codified.

Federal Register
The register of federal agency rules and regulations as issued every business day.

Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties
U.S. government treaties from 1778-1883 with Native Americans, and U.S. laws and executive orders from 1871-1970 concerning Native Americans. See also Kappler Revisited: An Index and Bibliographic Guide to American Indian Treaties, by Charles D. Bernholz (on the 2nd floor of the Library---KF8203 2003) which supplements the website.

Introduction to Basic Legal Citation
Instruction, with examples, in legal citation from the Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School.

Law by Source: Global
Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute site for constitutions, statutes, and other legal information by country, as well as other links to international law.

Law By Source: State
Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute site for state constitutions, statutes, pending legislation, and judicial opinions.

Legal Dictionary
FindLaw's online legal dictionary.

Louisiana Administrative Code
The codification of rules adopted and amended by state agencies in Louisiana.

Louisiana Register
The register of state agency rules and regulations as they go through the formal rulemaking process in Louisiana.

Louisiana Law
Click on "Louisiana Laws" (on the left side of the screen) on the Louisiana State Legislature website to access Louisiana law (Constitution, statutes, civil and criminal codes, etc.).

Multilaterals Project (Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy)
Multilateral treaties and agreements, most from the mid-twentieth century onward, and links to other websites.

Native American Legal Resources
This information is from the University of Oklahoma Law Center, the National Indian Law Library, and the Indian tribes.

Oyez: U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia
Especially useful for finding recent Supreme Court cases.

Supreme Court Opinions (FindLaw)
The text of all Supreme Court cases from 1893 to the present, browsable by year or by U.S. Reports volume number and searchable by citation, name of one party, or words in the text. Note: The Library has U.S. Reports (U.S. Supreme Court cases) from 1790 to the present in the Reference Department on the 1st floor of the McNeese Library.

THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
From the Library of Congress, historical as well as current information on congressional bills, committees, and roll call votes. It includes the text of congressional bills and the Congressional Record from 1989 to the present. Note the Historical Documents part of the Thomas website.

U.S. Code
Access to the official codification of federal laws (from Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute). Note: The U.S. Code, the U.S. Code Annotated (which updates the U.S. Code), and the U.S. Statutes at Large (which is the chronological, rather than subject, arrangement of federal laws--- from 1776 to the present) are available in print in the Reference Department of the Library---these sources have a subject index as well as an index by the popular name of the law. Additional note: The U.S. Code can also be searched in the online database LexisNexis (legal research) *---search under "Federal Code."

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Louisiana History:

Archives (McNeese Library)
A wealth of information, including oral histories about the Lake Charles area, correspondence, newspaper articles, the Southwest Louisiana Legislative Delegation Collection, the Veterans History Project with videotaped and audiotaped interviews, a new online bibliography on Jean Lafitte, and other online bibliographies including one on Hurricane Audrey. Ask the staff in the Archives Department on the 1st floor of the Library to help you access these materials.

Bayou State Periodical Index
An index to articles in Louisiana periodicals.

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: 1774 - Present
Very useful because it can be searched by name, year, congress, or state---one can search by Louisiana and get a historical list of all of Louisiana's members of Congress, or search by 1994 and get a list of all members of Congress in that year. It has biographical information, bibliographies and links to research collections. This website is provided by the Library of Congress.

Find Books, etc. in the Library
Search the McNeese Library's online catalog for historical information about Louisiana.

Governors of Louisiana
Brief biographies and pictures of Louisiana governors from 1699 to the present.

Lake Charles American Press
The Library's holdings of the Lake Charles newspaper date back to the 1800's.

Louisiana Digital Library
Online photographs, documents, maps, and oral histories in collections on the Antebellum Period, the Louisiana Purchase, and many other topics. See especially the Historic Photographs of Southwest Louisiana.

Louisiana Historical Quarterly and Louisiana History are two of the journals available in the McNeese Library. Indexes to articles in these journals are located in the Reference Department on the 1st floor---ask the Reference staff for help locating and using these indexes. Note: Louisiana History Indices gives online access to recent issues of Louisiana History.

Louisiana Legislators
Click on "Legislators" at the top of the page to see links to current members of the Louisiana Legislature as well as lists of members from 1874 (House) and 1880 (Senate) to the present.

Times-Picayune
The New Orleans newspaper is available from 1837 to the present in the McNeese Library, and indexes are available from 1922-1944 and from 1972 to the present. The Times Picayune is also available online from 1991 to the present through Lexis-Nexis (news). Click on "Guided News Search" and type the name of this newspaper in the "Search this publication title" search box.

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Maps:

Find Books, etc. in the Library
To find historical atlases and maps in the McNeese Library.

France in America/France en Amerique
This is a bilingual digital library from the rare book, map and manuscript collections of the Library of Congress and the Bibliotheque nationale de France exploring the history of the French presence in North America from the 16th-19th centuries. See "Collections" and then "Maps."

Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection: Historical Maps
Worldwide historical maps online, as well as some "Online Maps of Current Interest" and other maps.

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Primary Sources:

Academic Search Premier *
Database covering history as well as many other areas of academic study. Under "Publication Type" on the search screen one can limit to "Primary Source Document."

American Memory
Primary sources on American history and culture---from the Library of Congress.

American Presidency Project
This website from the University of California, Santa Barbara has all of the Inaugural Addresses and State of the Union Addresses, as well as Public Papers of the Presidents and FDR's Fireside Chats. The text of the presidential candidates' debates from 1976-2004 and the Kennedy-Nixon debates of 1960 can be found here.

American Women's History: A Research Guide
This website, covering many topics and time periods in American history, has primary as well as secondary sources in women's history.

Archives (McNeese Library)
A wealth of information, including oral histories about the Lake Charles area, correspondence, newspaper articles, the Southwest Louisiana Legislative Delegation Collection, the Veterans History Project with videotaped and audiotaped interviews, a new online bibliography on Jean Lafitte, and other online bibliographies including one on Hurricane Audrey. Ask the staff in the Archives Department on the 1st floor of the Library to help you access these materials.

Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
Text of historical documents worldwide from pre-18th century to the present.

Documenting the American South
A collection of primary source texts on the South from colonial times to the early twentieth century---from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. See, for example, the North American Slave Narratives.

EuroDocs: Online Sources for European History
Links to sites with primary documents. A few of the documents are before 1066.

Famous Trials
This interesting site from a law professor at the University of Missouri - Kansas City has excerpts and sometimes complete trial records of famous trials including Galileo in 1633, Susan B. Anthony in 1873, the Scopes "Monkey" Trial in 1925, the My Lai Court Martial in 1970, and many other trials.

Find Books, etc. in the Library
Search the McNeese Library's online catalog for primary sources on your topic---letters or correspondence, diaries or journals, and books written by people who lived in that time period. Many of these sources have the subject heading "personal narratives," so you may want to try a word/phrase search of your time period or subject or historical figure and add "and personal narratives." Also try an author search of your historical figure to find accounts of that time period written by that person. Two additional word/phrase searches you may want to try are "primary source$" (the "$" is the truncation symbol, so it will search for singular and plural forms of the word), and "primary document$"---and then click "Details" and then click "Catalog Record" to see if it is a primary source or includes primary source materials. Ask the staff in the Reference Department on the 1st floor of the McNeese Library for help.

Historical Census Browser
U.S. Census information from 1790-1960.

In the First Person: An Index to Letters, Diaries, Oral Histories and Personal Narratives
A growing database which currently indexes over 2500 oral history collections worldwide. It also links to full text, audio, and video when available. Can search numerous ways, including by historical event.

Louisiana Digital Library
Online photographs, documents, maps, and oral histories in collections on the Antebellum Period, the Louisiana Purchase, and many other topics. See especially the Historic Photographs of Southwest Louisiana.

Making of America
University of Michigan's digital library of primary sources in American history covering social history from the antebellum period through Reconstruction. See also the complementary site Cornell University Library's Making of America Digital Collection.

National Security Archive (George Washington University)
Declassified documents, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, on U.S. foreign policy.

New York Times
This newspaper is available from 1851 to the present in the McNeese Library. It is also available online from 1980 to the present through LexisNexis (news)*--- click on "Guided News Search" and type the name of this newspaper in the "Search this publication title" search box.

New York Times Article Archive
An online index, hosted by ProQuest, to New York Times articles from 1851 to the present, providing searching for citations to articles. Note: When searching the online index, it is helpful to click on Sort By "Closest Match." The articles themselves are available for a fee, but New York Times articles from 1851 to the present are available in the McNeese Library---ask for them in the Serials Department on the 2nd floor of the Library. Full text New York Times articles from 1980 to the present are also available online through LexisNexis (news) *--- click on "Guided News Search" and type the name of this newspaper in the "Search this publication title" search box. There are also print indexes to the New York Times from 1851 to the present in the Reference Department on the 1st floor of the Library.

Times-Picayune
The New Orleans newspaper is available from 1837 to the present in the McNeese Library, and indexes are available from 1922-1944 and from 1972 to the present. The Times Picayune is also available online from 1991 to the present through Lexis-Nexis (news)*---click on "Guided News Search" and type the name of this newspaper in the "Search this publication title" search box.

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Turabian Style:

Turabian Style - Examples
Sample citations for research papers in Turabian style.

Women's Studies:

Women's Studies Homepage (McNeese)
Information about the interdisciplinary Women's Studies Concentration, as well as services, resources, links, and campus events.

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Note: The randomly rotating images of historical figures (Augustus, Elizabeth I, Frederick Douglass, Thomas Jefferson, and Napoleon I) on the top left side of the page are portraits in the public domain (from the Perry-Castaneda Library, University of Texas at Austin).

This page last updated on September 01, 2006 .

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