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Pacific Northwest History
Exploring Washington's Past: A Road Guide to History Ref F 889.3.K56
Oregon Geographic Names Ref F 874.M16 1965
Washington State Place Names Ref F 889 P47
Washington State Place Names from Alki to Yelm Ref F 889.B75 1993
Pacific Northwest Ref F 852.3.P335 1991
Traveler's History of Washington Ref F 891.G85 1996
Historical Atlas of the Pacific Northwest Ref F 851 H38 1999
General United States History
The Routledge Atlas of American History Ref G1201.S1R68 2003
Dictionary of American History Ref E174.D52 2003
On Reserve -- request from the Circulation desk
The Hoko River Archaelogical Site Complex E78.W3 C76 1995
Northwest Passages
Terra Pacifica: People and Place in the Northwest States and Western Canada
The Pacific Northwest: An Interpretive History
American Environmental History
Finding Books
Search the NSCC library online catalog by going to the Library homepage to find books, journals and other material in our collection. http://dept.sccd.ctc.edu/nslib/
Library of Congress Call Numbers for the Pacific Northwest
Pacific Northwest F851-852
Oregon F871-885
Washington F886-900
Finding Journal Articles
An efficient way to find scholarly journal articles is to look in a paid subscription database. See the list below for the subscription databases that you can access through NSCC.
JSTOR
Accessible at the NSCC library and at home with your student net ID. JSTOR provides the full text of journals such as the American Historical Review, Journal of American History, Journal of Southern History and William and Mary Quarterly.
Academic Search Premier
Accessible at the NSCC library and at home with your student net ID. Indexes over 8,000 journal titles, including more than 4,600 full-text journals.
Proquest Direct
Accessible at the NSCC library and at home with your student net ID. The ProQuest Direct database provides access to articles from over 2,000 magazines, journals and newspapers.
History Resource Center
The History Resource Center: U.S. provides access to historical (primary) documents, reference articles, and full-text journals covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present.
List of Scholarly History Journals in print at NSCC Library
| Title | Print Holdings | Indexed In: |
|---|---|---|
| American Historical Review | 10/2001 to present | Academic Search Premier -- |
| Journal of American Ethnic History | 2002 to present | Academic Search Premier -- |
| Oregon Historical Quarterly | 09/1970 to present | History Research Center |
| Pacific Northwest Quarterly | Vols. 49 to 98. 1936 to present | See PNQ website |
| The Western Historical Quarterly | 5/1991 to present | Academic Search Premier-- |
| William and Mary Quarterly | 01/1997 to present | Academic Search Premier Proquest -- Citations January 1989 to present . |
When searching for primary sources on the internet a good starting place is one of the databases listed below.
AMDOCS:Documents for the Study of American History
Primary source documents listed chronologically by the year they were originally created starting with the chronicles of Eric the Red.
American Memory Collection
Fabulous collection of primary sources created and maintained by the Library of Congress.
History Matters: The U.S. History Survey Course on the web
Excellent site for information on United States History. This web page will take you to an annotated list of history databases, many of which include extensive holdings of primary sources.
Primary Sources in Print at NSCC
The Annals of America
Ref E173.A793
Twenty volume set organized chronologically. Great place to quickly find a primary source document for a particular time period.
Want to learn more about Primary Sources?
--For a brief overview of primary sources go try this page from the Library of Congress http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/educators/video/prsource/prsrc.html
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Or this one from the American Library Association http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/RUSA/
--For Making Sense of Evidence (Primary material) see this site from History Matters.
Carefully evaluate websites for authority, accuracy, bias and relevance. For tips on evaluating web sites try this site, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, or Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Sources. Hint: pay close attention to the Criteria information.
To limit your search to government, museum or educational sites, use Google Advanced Search -- and limit by site. Or, for example to find only government sites on George Washington you would put this in the google search box: George Washington site:.gov.
Need Additional Help?
Your friendly librarians at North are happy to assist you. We love to talk to you at the library, but if you can't get to the library send us your question via meebo.
You will be able to find me at the reference desk
Monday 9-1;
Tuesday 8-11;
Wednesday 11-2;
Thursday 2-6.
Or schedule an appointment with me, Ann Ewel, your Social Science Librarian, by emailing me at aewel@sccd.ctc.edu .
This page created by Ann Ewel. Last update, May 2008.