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Welcome
Welcome to the University of Dayton Libraries' guide to HST299. Click on the tabs to explore the many resources available to support the research requirements for this course.
Research guide url: libguides.udayton.edu/hst299rathge
Research needs, per Dr. Rathge:
Section 2: What is your headline news topic, what are the immediate/systemic issues, why is your topic important, and what is missing? [cite at least 5 representative, headline news sources]
Section 3: What do scholarly secondary sources reveal about the historical background of your topic? [cite at least 3 scholarly secondary sources]
Section 4: What do primary sources reveal about the historical background of your topic? [cite at least 5 primary historical sources]
Strategies for Finding History Sources
It can sometimes be challenging to find resources that address a topic from a historical perspective, and not from the perspective of another academic discipline. Here are some strategies you can use to find historical works:
1. When looking for scholarly articles, start your searches in history databases. I particularly recommend America: History and Life and Historical Abstracts.
2. If using a more multidisciplinary database, narrow your results to key in on history results. For example, in JSTOR you can use the subject limiter to select results coming from history journals. In other databases such as Academic Search Complete, you can use the Publication limiter to only see results from particular journals. Look for journals that have a history focus.
3. If you're not sure whether an author is a historian or if a journal focuses on history, the simplest way to find out is to Google them.
4. When looking for books, look for subject tags that include the "History" subheading.
