LIBRARY RESOURCES & WEBSITES FOR HISTORY 386L
WAR AND MEDICINE

infoLINK - The Binghamton University Libraries catalog of books and journal titles
Subject Headings : <Topic> -- <Place> -- History -- <Time Period>

• use broad terms; then narrow down
• use Keyword search ; then identify subject headings and redo search
• combine using terms like “health” or “medical”
• subheadings “Health and hygiene” or “Health aspects”
• find corporate authors

Primary Sources

Although most historical primary source research is done in archives or other record depositories, the Binghamton University Libraries do have both published primary source material and some manuscript material in microform.

To locate published primary source material in the Library, look in INFOLINK under the subject heading

[PLACE]--HISTORY--SOURCES and under similar historical subject headings.

The following microform primary source collections are listed on the Library’s History Subject Resources page.

1. SELECTED U.S. HISTORY PRIMARY SOURCE MATERIAL IN MICROFORM
2. SELECTED U.S. NEWSPAPERS IN MICROFORM

Secondary Literature

Academic Search Premier . Academic Search Premier is a scholarly, full-text database designed for academic institutions. The database includes full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications and indexing and abstracting for more than 8,200 journals in nearly every academic field of study

Historical Abstracts/America History & Life . An index to over 1,700 scholarly journal titles published worldwide covering the history of the United States and Canada from pre-history to the present. Coverage Dates: 1964 – present.

• Keyword & Subject searching
• Advanced Search allows subject time period searching
• Includes links to full-text

JSTOR. Archival collection of scholarly journals in all disciplines including history. Coverage Dates: First issue to current "moving wall". The moving wall represents the time period between the last issue available in JSTOR and the most recently published issue of a journal. It is specified by publishers in their license agreements with JSTOR, and generally ranges from 3 and 5 years.

• Keyword searching only
• Full-text searchable
• PDF images

Secondary/Primary LiteratureThe following databases include scholarly literature before coverage available in America: History & Life or JSTOR. Since the databases include citations from the 17 th-20 th centuries, they can also be considered primary source material.

American Periodical Series Online - Over 1,100 periodicals that first began publishing between 1740 and 1900 (coverage extends to 1940), including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines, and many other historically-significant periodicals. Over 1,100 periodicals that first began publishing between 1740 and 1900, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines, and many other historically-significant periodicals. Coverage Dates: 1740-1940.

• Keyword searching only
• Full-text searchable
• Publication date searching

Periodicals Index Online. An electronic index to 13 million articles published in over 3935 periodicals in the humanities and social sciences. Includes journals in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and other Western languages. Coverage Dates: 1665-1990.

• Keyword searching of article authors and titles
• Broad journal subject searching only, e.g., “History (The Americas)”
• Citations only

Readers Guide Retrospective - Comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States, 1890-1982. Citations only. Links to full-text availability.. Contains comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America. Coverage Dates: 1890-1982.

• Keyword & Subject searching
• Advanced Search allows subject time period searching
• Includes links to full-text

Primary Literature

New York Times Historical Backfile - Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue in 1851.

Times (London) Digital Archive - A full-image online archive of every page published by The London Times from its first issue in 1785 to1985.

Making of America Project - A digital library of primary sources in 19th century American history. Includes books and journals published in the United States from the collections of Cornell University and the University of Michigan.

• Full-text searchable
• Keyword searching only
• PDF images

AMERICAN MEMORY PROJECT. Primary source materials from The Library of Congress, includes digital items such as George Washington's letters, Civil War photographs, women sufferage materials, early maps, etc. Coverage Dates: 16 th century to the present.

• Organized by collection
• Collection-level browsing by description, place, time period, material type
• Individual collections may be full-text searchable
• PDF images & text format

19th Century Masterfile. T his index is the largest resource for pre-1920 studies. Search every relevant printed index to material of the period including New York Times and London Times, which are digitally available in full-text via the New York Times Historical Backfile (1851-2001) and The Time Digital Archive (London Times 1785-1985).

Modified March 17, 2008
http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/subjects/history/HIST386L
Comments to Ed Shephard