Why Use This Page?
This site is meant to be a research guide for people who are researching history topics. It is important to:
1) Verify you understand your assignment. Can you use books and articles? Do you need to locate primary sources? Does your information have to be from a certain time period?
2) Can you use reference materials? These often give a great brief overview of your topic. You can see some suggestions in the Encyclopedias & Dictionaries tab above.
3) Do you need resources specific to a certain class? Your history classes come with a prefix (i.e. HIEU, HIUS, etc.). We've outlined some specific resources for those courses in the "Specific / Additional Resources" section.
4) Do you need help writing your paper? The writing center can help you. If you're an online student, please contact the Online Writing Center.
5) Ask Us. Finally, don't forget you can also ask us if you need help.
** So, what do you need? **
1 article or 1 primary source -- Try our general resource list under our Databases tab.
To get a better understanding of my topic -- Ask your professor for help, ask a libarian for help, or try our Encyclopedia and Dictionaries listed in one of the tabs above.
A lot of books -- Try our Books & E-books tab
As much as we have -- 1) Be sure you understand your assignment, 2) Get an overview of the topic, 3) Do some general research, 4) Try course specific tools under "Specific / Additional Resources". 5) Plan enough time to get materials from other libraries. 6) Ask us if you need any help.