UTEP Library Research Guides: National History Day: Researching

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General Databases

Gale Virtual Reference Library (Gale)
A good place to start. This is a collection of subject-specific encyclopedias. Look up your topic and look for an “overview” article. This will help you put your topic in historical context and get the key dates, names, and ideas related to your topic. These will help you refine your focus and expand your search vocabulary.

NOTE: This database is funded in its entirety by the Academic Library Collection Enhancement Program (ALCEP) through the General Libraries of the University of Texas at Austin.
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
A general database of magazine and journal articles that covers all topics. Limit your search to Full Text in the left column.
America: History and Life (EBSCO)
Magazine and journal articles that focus on American history. Limit your search to Full Text in the left column.

See also: Historical Abstracts (EBSCO).
Current Biography Illustrated - H.W. Wilson (EBSCO)
Biographical essays on people from 1940 - present
JSTOR
Scholarly journal articles. Enter a very specific search. For example, in the first search box, enter the term Marco Polo; in the second box, enter the term Persia. Unclick the two boxes that say “Include only content I can access” and “Include links to external content”. Under Narrow by, select Articles. Now select disciplines under Journal filter, such as Asian Studies and History.

Primary Source Databases

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Includes Vital Speeches International and Vital Speeches of the Day; speeches are primary sources. Enter your topic in the first search box and “speeches, addresses, etc.” in the second search box. Limit your search to Full Text in the left column.
Access Newspaper Archive
Selected articles from American newspapers from 1759 – present. It includes some years of the El Paso Herald-Post, El Paso Times, and UTEP Prospector.
African American Newspapers (1827-1998) (NewsBank/Readex)
Newspapers from 1827-1998
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Selected newspapers from 1836-1922
Declassified Documents Reference System (DDRS) (Gale)
Selected government documents (FBI, CIA, State Department, President’s office) from 1945-1979
Early American Newspapers (1690-1876), Series I (NewsBank/Readex)
Selected newspapers from 1690-1876
Hemeroteca Digital de Chihuahua (INPRO)
Chihuahua and U.S.-Mexico border publications from 1976- present
Newspaper Archives of The Prospector
UTEP’s Prospector from 1915-2010

NOTE: Online access to more recent issues of The Prospector (August 31, 2010 - present) and Minero Magazine (Volume X, Spring 2010 - present) are available on DigitalCommons@UTEP. Additional and breaking news stories as well as videos, slide shows, and podcasts from the most current issues of The Prospector are available at the publication's official web site."
ProQuest Congressional Publications (ProQuest)
The proceedings of the U.S. Congress from 1789-1969. We have later volumes in paper.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers - Los Angeles Times (ProQuest)
From 1881-1990
ProQuest Historical Newspapers - The New York Times (ProQuest)
From 1851-2010

NOTE: This database is partially funded by the Academic Library Collection Enhancement Program (ALCEP) through the General Libraries of the University of Texas at Austin.
Texas Historical Newspapers Archive (1813-1922) (NewsBank/Readex)
Selected newspaper articles from 1813-1922
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600 - 2000 (Scholar's Edition) (Alexander Street
Documents 1600-2000
Women and Social Movements, International: 1840 to Present (Alexander Street Press)
Documents 1840-present

Specific Topics: Ask a Librarian if Your Area is Not Listed

ARTstor
Images of art works and architecture from ancient to modern times

NOTE: This database is funded in part by the Academic Library Collection Enhancement Program (ALCEP) through the General Libraries of the University of Texas at Austin.
Art Full Text - H.W. Wilson (EBSCO)
Journal articles about art
Business Source Complete (EBSCO)
Journal articles about business
Contemporary Women's Issues (CWI) (GALE)
Materials from 1992 - present
Education Full Text - H.W. Wilson (EBSCO)
Journal articles about education
Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text (EBSCO)
Journal articles about movies & TV
PAIS International (ProQuest)
Various types of documents on political, economic, and public policy issues. Includes some full text and some primary source material.
RILM (Repertoire International de Littérature Musicale) Abstracts of Music Literature (EBSCO)
Various types of materials, including scholarly journals, on music. Limit your search to Full Text in the left column.
Science and Technology Collection (EBSCO)
Magazine and journal articles about science and technology
SPORTDiscus (EBSCO)
Magazine and journal articles on sports, physical therapy, etc.

Chronologies

Chronology of Women's History by Kirstin Olsen
Call Number: HQ1121 .O47 1994
ISBN: 0313288038
Publication Date: 1994-06-30
Chronology of World History by Helicon Editors
Call Number: REF D11 .M39 1999 v.1-4
ISBN: 1576071553
Publication Date: 1999-05-01
Timelines of War by David Brownstone; Irene Franck
Call Number: REF D25.A2 B76 1994
ISBN: 0316114030
Publication Date: 1994-09-01
Worldmark Chronology of the Nations by Timothy L. Gall (Editor); Susan B. Gall (Editor)
Call Number: REF G133 .W93 1999 v.1-4
ISBN: 0787605212
Publication Date: 1999-11-19

History Books

History in the Making by Kyle Ward
Call Number: E175.85 .W37 2006
ISBN: 1595580441
Publication Date: 2006-10-01
See link for contents. This book has about 3-4 pages on each topic under contents
Reporting the Revolutionary War by Todd Andrlik
Call Number: E203 .R44 2012
ISBN: 9781402269677
Publication Date: 2012
The American Revolution 1775-1783 by Richard L. Blanco (Editor)
Call Number: REF E 208.A433 1993 v.1-2
ISBN: 082405623X
Publication Date: 1993-03-01
Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men who Changed America by Andrea Pinkney; Brian Pinkney (Illustrator)
Call Number: Children's 973.0496073 P656h
ISBN: 9781423142577
Publication Date: 2012
Benjamin Banneker : Surveyor of the Sky -- Frederick Douglass : Capital Orator -- Booker T. Washington : Polished Pioneer -- W.E.B. DuBois : Erudite Educator -- A. Philip Randolph : Always Striding Ahead -- Thurgood Marshall : Mr. Civil Rights -- Jackie Robinson : Game-Changer -- Malcolm X : Spark-Light -- Martin Luther King, Jr. : Nonviolent Visionary -- Barack H. Obama, Jr. : Holding on to Hope -- Timeline.
The Britannica Guide to Political and Social Movements That Changed the Modern World by Heather M. Campbell
Call Number: 322.4 B777psm
ISBN: 9781615300167
Publication Date: 2009
Located in Children's Collection on the 3rd floor.