Course Research Guides
HIST 395: Poverty and Social Welfare
Professor Susannah Ottaway
Spring 2009
Primary Sources
Digitized Collections
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)
Digital images of nearly 150,000 books published in the eighteenth century.
Periodicals Index Online
Indexes a broad range of publications in the arts, humanities and social sciences from the 1600s to the mid 1990s.
Times (London)
Indexing: The Times: 1785 - 1980
Full Text: 1785 - 1870
New York Times
(1851 - 2005)
Finding Primary Sources in the Library
Search BRIDGE
- Do an author search for persons, organizations, or group central to your topic.
Ex) AU: Booth, Charles gives us:
Life and labour of the people in London
CC Books: HV4088.L8 B72
Ex) AU: Great Britain. Royal Commission on Poor Laws and Relief of Distress give us:
Minority Report of the Poor Law Commission
CC Books: HV241 .H3 1909
- Do a keyword search for words representing your topic and words that indicate primary source (source, letters, narrative, laws)
Ex) KW: poor and KW: Laws gives you:
Summary of state laws relating to the dependent classes, 1913
AND
German workman; a study in national efficiency, by William Harbutt Dawson
- Do a subject search using a LCSH, then limit your search to publications produced during the era you are researching.
Ex) Child Welfare--United States sorted by year gives us:
Care of destitute, neglected, and delinquent children
CC Books: HV881 .F63
Center for Research Libraries
The Center for Research Libraries has a number of microfilmed manuscript, document, and newspaper collections from around the world, including from the Public Records Office of Great Britain.
Secondary Literature
There are many avenues into the secondary literature on a topic.
Start with what you have...
- Look at the notes and bibliographies of monographs and articles which you are already familiar. Search for these titles in BRIDGE or WorldCat to find the books.
Indexes (for articles, book chapters, essays)
Historical Abstracts (and America: History and Life)
Most comprehensive resource for searching secondary literature in the field of history outside the U.S. To find the text of the article, click the "Find It" button. This will tell you if we have the article online or in print.
Some Tips:
- Generate many keywords
- Notice subjects in relevant records
- Use subject index to find more
- Advanced Search: Use time period limit, especially for concepts like gender, power, race, citizenship
- Advanced: Use document type limit
- Advanced: Historiography and Review articles can be useful subjects
- Academic Search Premier
Broad multi-disciplinary database includes history. Excellent source for book reviews. - Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences Citation Index
Use AH and SS Citation Indexes to find out who has cited a given work. Also, an excellent source for book reviews. - Humanities International Complete
Indexes humanities journals from around the world.
Catalogs (for books)
- Search BRIDGE to find books in the Carleton and St. Olaf libraries.
- Search WorldCat to find books elsewhere.
Getting Organized
There are several and varied options for keeping track of your research. Many people find text documents or handwritten notes meet their needs. Below are some other options for managing your research. Find something that works for you and fits into how you work.
- EndNote or EndNote Web
- Zotero
- Online Bookmarks (like delicious)
Citing Your Sources
Chicago Manual of Style
Online and in Reference (Ready Ref: Z253 .U69 2003)
This Research Guide By:
Heather Tompkins- Reference and Instruction Librarian
- x7172
- htompkin@carleton.edu
- Library 467
