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Introduction to Library Resources

Henry G. Bennett Memorial Library

Resources for National History Day

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The Henry G. Bennett Memorial Library contains many resources to help in answers to simple questions to providing information for a report or research paper. This paper will outline the main tools that use can use to pinpoint the exact resources that you need. Here at the Henry G. Bennett Memorial Library there is much useful information that is available in many different locations in the library and also in many different formats. This document will hopefully point you in the right direction in locating the right materials for your project, report, or paper.

SIRSI ILINK CATALOG

This is the SE library catalog. Use this to search for books, videos, government documents on a topic. The catalog is one of the main access points to the SE Library's collection.

It can be used in the library or away from the library.

How Our Books are Arranged

We use the Dewey Decimal System to Arrange our books in the library. The Dewey system arranges every subject under a number system, where each number in a 1,000 number classification scheme corresponds to a specific subject. Here are some of the Dewey numbers in the 900's that correspond to history:

920-929	Biography	930-939	History of the Ancient World to ca. 499	940-949	History of Europe
950-959	History of Asia: Far East	960-969	History of Africa	970-979	North American history
971	Canada	972	Middle America	973	United States
974	NE United States	975	SE United States	976	South Central United States
977	North Central United States	978	Western United States	979	Great Basin, Pacific Slope
980-989	History of South America

Research in History: What is a Primary Resource?
Primary sources enable the researcher to get as close as possible to what actually happened during an historical event or time period. A primary source reflects the individual viewpoint of a participant or observer. Under this definition, primary resources are: Diaries, speeches, journals, interviews, letters, memoirs, autobiographies, records collected by government agencies, records of organizations, published materials (such as books, magazine articles, newspaper articles) that are written at the time of a particular event, photographs, audio recordings, moving pictures and video recordings. There is more information about primary sources and examples of more primary sources at the Library Research Using Primary Sources Page at: http://www.se.edu/lib/primarySources.html

Reference Works

Use reference works as a starting point for research. For example, Encyclopedias give short descriptive articles on a topic, plus references that can be used to build a research paper or to find starting information for your National History Day project.

General Encyclopedias

There are many publishers of general encyclopedias that contain some information on almost any topic. These would be good places to start by finding basic information on a topic or to look for a topic.

Encyclopedia Britannica
Compton's Encyclopedia
Worldbook Encyclopedia
Collier's Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia Americana

Subject Specific Encyclopedias

There are many, many encyclopedias that contain one subject. These can be used to find more detailed information on a topic, and also to find basic information on a specific topic. Here are a few of the many subject specific encyclopedias that there are in the reference collection:

General

Encyclopedia of American Religious History Facts on File, 1996. R 200.97303 Q3e
Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History. Charles Scribner's Sons, 2001. (R 973.03 En1c)
Encyclopedia of American Economic History Charles Scribner's Sons, 1980 (R 330.973 En1)
Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations Oxford University Press, 1997 (R 327.73 En1)
Encyclopedia of American Military History Facts on File, 2003 (R 355.003 En1t)
Encyclopedia of American Social History Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993 (R 301.0973 En3)
Poverty in the United States: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, and Policy ABC-CLIO, 2004 (R 362.5 P86m)
Dictionary of American History Charles Scribner's Sons, 1976 (R 973.03 D56)
Encyclopedia of American History Facts on File, 2003. (R 973.03 En1n)
Encyclopedia of American Studies. Grolier Educational, a Division of Scholastic Incorporated, 2001. (R 973.003 En1k)
The Encyclopedia of North American Sports History. Facts on File, 1992. (R 796.097 H52e)

Biography

American National Biography Oxford University Press, 2002 (R 920.073 Am3g)
Encyclopedia of World Biography Gale Research, 1998 (R 920.02 W17b2)
Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1996 CQ Staff Directories, 1997 (R 923.2873 B52)
Who Was Who in World Exploration Facts on File, 1992 (R 929.1 W14w)
Encyclopedia of Western Lawmen and Outlaws Paragon House, 1992 (R 923.64 En1)

Legal

Fundamentals of Sports Law West Publishing Co, 2004 (R 344.73099 C35f)
Deskbook Encyclopedia of American School Law Center for Education & Employment Law, 2005 (R 344.7307 D46)
Gender and American Law Garland Publishing, 1997 (R 346.730134 G28m)
Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Macmillan Reference USA, 2000 (R 342.73 En5L)
West's Encyclopedia of American Law West Publishing Company, 1998 (R 348.7303 W52w)

By Period

The Christopher Columbus Encyclopedia. Simon & Schuster, 1992. (R 970.015 C726be)
Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies Charles SCribner's Sons, 1993. R 970.02 En2
The American Revolution 1775-1783: An Encyclopedia, 1993. R 973.3 Am3
The Louisiana Purchase: A Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia ABC-CLIO, 2002 (R 306.36203 H62r)
The United States and Mexico at War: Nineteenth Century Expansionism and Conflict Macmillan Reference USA, 1998 (R 973.62 Un3f)
The Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery ABC-CLIO, 2002 (R 306.36203 H62r)
Slavery in America: An Eyewitness History Facts on File, 2001 (R 306.362 Sch5s)
Encyclopedia of the American Civil War ABC-CLIO, 2000 (R 973.703 En1h)
Encyclopedia of the Confederacy. Simon and Schuster, 1993 (R 973.713 En3)
Encyclopedia of American Indian Wars ABC-CLIO, 1997 (NA R 355.020899703 K25e)
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History Macmillan Library Reference USA, 1996 (R 973.0496 En1)
Encyclopedia of the American West Simon and Schuster, 1996 (R 978 En1)
The Marshall Cavendish Illustrated Encyclopedia of World War I Marshall Cavendish, 1986 (R 940.3 M35)
The Historical Dictionary of the Progressive Era, 1890-1920 Greenwood Press, 19882 (R 973.910321 H62)
Historical Dictionary of the New Deal: From Inauguration to Preparation for War Greenwood Press, 1985 (R 973.917 H62)
Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century Charles Scribner's Sons, 2001 (R 973.503 En1f)
Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century Charles Scribner's Sons, 1996 (R 973.003 En1)
Encyclopedia of Japanese American History Facts on File, 2001 (R 973.004956 En1n)
Encyclopedia of the Industrial Revolution Greenwood Press, 2002 (R 973.03 Ol8e)
World War II: America at War 1941-1945 Random House, 1991 (R 940.53 P751w)
Encyclopedia of the Korean War ABC-CLIO, 2000 (R 951.904203 En1t)
Cold War America: 1946-1990 Facts on File, 2003 (R 973.92 G86c)
Encyclopedia of the Cold War Facts on File, 1994 (R 909.82 Ar5e)
The Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America Sharpe Reference, 1998
Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War ABC-CLIO, 1998 (R 959.704303 En1t)
Encyclopedia of The Persian Gulf War ABC-CLIO, 1995 (R 956.70442 G91e)
Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/

SELECTED MAJOR REGULAR CIRCULATING COLLECTION ITEMS
The books in the regular circulating collection can be checked out by students. They are on the second floor, Floor 2A and the third floor Here are some of the more important ones for history:

Public Papers of the Presidents Federal Register Division, National Archives and Records Administration, 1929- (R 351.03 Un3p)

Opposing Viewpoints Series Greenhaven Press (various locations: look in catalog for series Opposing Viewpoints)

Foreign Relations of the United States Government Printing Office 1918-1976 (R 327.73 Un3f)

Annual Report to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs

Abel, Annie Heloise.The Slaveholding Indians Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1919-1925
(NA 976.603089 Ab3s)
Vol 1: The American Indian as Slaveholder and Secessionist
Vol 2: The American Indian as a Participant in the Civil War
Vol 3: The American INdian under Reconstruction

Oklahoma Politics: A History (976.605 SCA4o)

Thoburn, Joseph B. A Standard History of Oklahoma Chicago: The American Historical Society, 1916 (976.6 T 35s

Litton, Gaston. History Of Oklahoma at the Golden Anniversary of Statehood. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1957.

Thoburn, Jospeh B. and Wright, Muriel H. Oklahoma: A History of the State and its People. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1929 (976.6 T35o)

Duncan, Robert Lipscomb. Reluctant General: The Life and Times of Albert Pike (B P63D)

Alsopp, Frederick William. The Life Story of Albert Pike. (B P63A)

The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies Published by the United States Government Printing Office, this extensive and multi volumed work is a treasure trove for those studying the Civil War. It is divided into four series:

Series I: Contains formal reports and correspondence of both Union and Confederate armies. This is arranged by theatre of war and by campaign. This is the largest of the series, with fifty volumes. It contains a one volume index. Volume 49 of this series contains, at the beginning, a list of the contents of the preceding volumes, from which you can look and see that volumes 3, 8, 22, 34, 41, 48 could be useful in your present research.
Series II: Contains reports, correspndence orders pertaining to prisoners of war.
Series III: Contains reports, orders, correspondence of Union authorities (government)
Series IV: Contains reports, orders, correspondence of the Confederate authorities (government)

Legal Works

LEGISLATIVE LAWS

R 348.76602 OK4w	Oklahoma Statutes This source contains all laws of a general and permanent nature including laws and amendments passed by the first regular and first extraordinary sessions of the 48th legislature, with supplement volumes taking it to the 50th legislature in 2006.. The statutes are arranged by title and indexed by subject. The most current year is available in the reference section. Past years and their supplements can be located in the circulating collection. Also available on the Internet at: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/osStatuesTitle.html , or through LoisLaw
R 348.76602 OK4w	Oklahoma Statutes Annotated This source contains all laws of a general and permanent nature including laws and amendments passed by the first regular and first extraordinary sessions of the legislature up to 1993 and a pocket part that updates the Statutes until 2001. The statutes are arranged by title and indexed by subject. The difference between this and the regular Oklahoma Statutes is the annotations.
348.76602 OK4w	Oklahoma Session Laws This source contains all laws of a general and permanent nature including laws and amendments passed by the first regular and first extraordinary sessions of the legislature up to 1993 and a pocket part that updates the Statutes until 2001. The statutes are arranged by title and indexed by subject. The difference between this and the regular Oklahoma Statutes is the annotations.
R 348.7323 Un3c	United States Code Codified text of the U.S. laws. This is the official edition of the code containing all the general and permanent laws of the United States. The last complete edition is the 2000 edition. It is arranged by title (subject) and section number and is supplemented annually. The title that is most concerned with Education is Title 20. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is found in Title 20, paragraphs 1400-1491. You can also search the U. S. Code on the Internet at http://uscode.house.gov/, or at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html, or through LoisLaw
AE 2.111	United States Statutes at Large The official text of all public laws passed by the Congress of the United States. This reference gives the law as it was originally passed by Congress. The public laws in this set are organized by the number of the Congress that passed them. Public laws are also available on the Internet for the 101st through the 109th Congress at http://thomas.loc.gov/ You can find the United States Statutes at Large online at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/statutes/index.html.

LOISLAW

Loislaw offers a wide range of legal content and supporting materials, including: up-to-date cases, statutes, rules and regulations, and other primary law for all 50 states and federal jurisdictions; expert-authored online treatise libraries, focused around practice areas, including Wigmore on evidence, Ginsberg and Martin on bankruptcy, and Price on estate planning; and extensive public records for individuals and corporations.

LoisLaw is accessed by going to the Electronic Resources page at: http://www.se.edu/lib/electres.htm, and then going down to the LoisLaw link under legal resources on that page. Once there, you will be asked for a user id and password to access the site. See the information desk in the library for the user id and password.

MAGAZINES, JOURNALS, NEWSPAPERS

A magazine or journal is something that is published periodically, and so in libraries they are called periodicals. A magazine is a periodical that can be published daily, weekly, or monthly. Magazines usually contain fairly short articles written in a style of writing that is easy to understand. There are usually lots or advertising in a magazine. A journal, however, contains the results of research or experiments done. Usually in a journal article there is data presented about a research project, and the language can be quite technical, and there are few advertisements.

Unlike books, the contents of journals are not available in the SE library catalog. So where are they located? They are located in magazine and journal indexes. Magazine and journal indexes assign a subject to each article in each journal indexed in the magazine and journal index. Until the 1990's most magazine and journal indexes were in paper, now they are almost all on the Internet. Some of these journal indexes on the Internet index popular magazines, other scholarly, while others are devoted to one subject area, NO Journal Index indexes every journal that is published, so they are selective.

HOW TO FIND ARTICLES IN JOURNALS, MAGAZINES

Step One: Look in a Periodical Index

A periodical index is a publication that indexes the content of periodicals. There are many different periodical indexes, some general and some subject specific. One thing needs to be made clear: There is not any periodical index that indexes every single periodical being published today. So each index is selective in what periodicals it indexes. Periodical indexes tend to index the most important or most popular or most respected or well known periodicals.

PAPER PERIODICAL INDEXES

For many years periodical indexes were published in paper, like a book. They would usually come out every few months with an update, and then come out at the end of the year with an annual cumulation. Paper periodical indexes are cumbersome to use and take some take to look at every year, but they can contain information on many valuable articles written sometimes years ago, and paper indexes are valuable places to search for topics in music, drama, art, literature and history.

Basement	International Index An index to periodical literature in the social sciences and humanities. The index begins in 1907 and ends in 1964.
basement	Social Sciences and Humanities Index An index to articles appearing in several hundred magazines and journals. Coverage begins in 1965 and continues to 1974.
Basement	Humanities Index An index to articles found in several hundred magazines and journals in the humanities. Coverage begins in 1974 and continues until 1993.
Basement	Social Sciences Index An index to articles found in several hundred magazines and journals in the social sciences. Coverage begins in 1974 and continues until 1998.
Basement	Art Index An index to articles found in several hundred magazines and journals in the arts. Coverage begins in 1967 and continues until 2002.
Basement	Poole's Index to Periodical Literature A guide to periodical literature published in 1802-1906.This is a hard index to use, so see a reference librarian.
Basement	Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature A general subject index to about 200 popular magazines. We have this index from 1915 to the present.
Basement	New York Times Index Index to the New York Times, a major national newspaper. The library has the New York Times from 1851 to the present on microfilm. The index is subject arranged. Paper indexes begin in 1929, and from 1851 to 1928 they are on microfiche. There is an online Index to the New York Times available at: http://www.nytimes.com/ref/membercenter/nytarchive.html

ONLINE PERIODICAL INDEXES

In the 1980's many Paper Periodical Indexes became digitized and now most periodical indexes are online on the Internet. In this form they can still be called indexes, but they are usually referred to as DATABASES.

Why use online databases?

It is much easier to use online databases, and you can search years of a database with one search
You can also find the most recent articles on any topic because most online databases are updated daily or weekly

There is a disadvantage to online databases for those who are researching topics in history or literature

Most online databases go back only to the 1990's or the 1980's, and so many potentially valuable articles in older magazines and journals can be missed if you search only in online databases.

Some Online Databases that the SE Library Has

FirstSearch	Article First This database contains citations to articles that appear in journals in science, technology, social science, business and humanities, and popular culture. With over 15,000 journals indexed, this is one of the largest journal databases in the SE Library's collection. It covers from 1990 to the present, and is updated daily.
EBSCOhost	Academic Search Elite Academic Search Elite provides full text for nearly 2,050 academic, social sciences, humanities, general science, education and multi-cultural journals, and abstracts for about 1330 more. Over 1,500 journals are peer reviewed. Full text backfiles go as far back as January of 1990, while indexing and abstract backfiles go as far back as January of 1984. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.
EBSCOhost, and FirstSearch	ERIC ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center, is a very large education database that has been around since 1966. It was funded by the U.S. Department of Education until 2003, and since has been in limbo. So the database is current as of the end of 2003. IT contains over 1 million records in two types: (1) ERIC Documents, which are classroom guides, results of research not published, dissertations, manuals, results or research, and (2) Journal articles from almost 1000 journals. A new contractor for ERIC, called CSC, is currently putting 2004-2005 materials into the ERIC database. About 107,000 of the ERIC Documents from 1993-2004 are available full-text online. There is another online version at the Department of Education website, at: http://www.eric.ed.gov/ For more information on ERIC, go to the following website: http://www.se.edu/lib/eric.htm
EBSCOhost	Professional Development Collection Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of more than 550 full text journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world.
EBSCOhost	PsychInfo PsychInfo contains nearly two million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in the field of psychology. Journal coverage, which dates back to the late 1800's includes international material selected from nearly 2,000 periodicals in over 35 languages. More than 60,000 records are added each year.
EBSCOhost	PsycARTICLES "PsycARTICLES is a definitive source of searchable full text articles on current issues in psychology. The PsycARTICLES database covers general psychology and specialized, basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research in psychology. The database contains more than 39,000 searchable full text articles from 44 journals published by the American Psychological Association and 8 from allied organizations. It contains all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each of the 52 journals. Examples of titles offered in PsycARTICLES include: American Psychologist, Behavioral Neuroscience, Canadian Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychoanalytic Psychology, Psychotherapy: Theory/Research/Practice/Training, etc. Coverage spans from 1985 to the present."
EBSCOhost	Communication and Mass Media Complete "Communication & Mass Media Complete provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media. CMMC incorporates CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals to create a research and reference resource of unprecedented scope and depth in the communication and mass media fields."
FirstSearch	H.W. Wilson Select Full Text Covers 1,600 periodicals from 1994 to the present. Contains records from: *Readers'* *Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, General Science* *Abstracts, and Business Abstracts* and other Wilson databases. It is updated weekly. An important feature of this database is that all articles are full text.
EBSCOhost	MasterFILE Premier Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 2,050 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes more than 350 full text reference books, 84,606 biographies, 88,463 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost
EBSCOhost	MAS Ultra School Edition Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database provides full text nearly 600 popular general interest and current events publications with information dating back as far as 1975 for key magazines. MAS Ultra – School Edition also provides more than 500 full text pamphlets, 268 full text reference books, 84,606 biographies, 88,463 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
EBSCOhost	Middle Search Plus Middle Search Plus provides full text for more than 150 popular, magazines for middle and Junior high school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,606 biographies, 88,463 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost
EBSCOhost	Primary Search Primary Search provides full text for more than 60 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.
FirstSearch	MLA Bibliography This database is compiled by the Modern Language Association, and is one of the top indexes of literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore. It contains over 1.3 million citations to over 6,500 periodicals and other publications. It covers from 1963 to the present, and is updated 9 times a year.
ABI-Inform	ABI-Inform This is a large business database, and indexes over 3000 journals, magazines and newspapers.
The online	*The Oklahoman* Archives** This database contains the complete contents of the Oklahoman (Daily Oklahoman) newspaper from September 1901 to the present. The archives of this newspaper are available under History Resources on the Electronic Resources page at: http://www.se.edu/lib/electres

1. Where the Databases are located
These databases are all to be found on the SE Library's Electronic Resources Page at: http://www.se.edu/lib/electres.htm

2. What EBSCOHost and FirstSearch are
The word EBSCOhost or FirstSearch to the right of the database name in the table above indicates the name of the database vendor where you can find these databases. If you look at the list of links on the ELectronic Resources page, you will see the links organized by the type of database that they are. You will find EBSCOhost and FirstSearch under the listing of databases called Periodical Databases. When you go down the list, you will see at least two links for both EBSCOhost and FirstSearch. The first link is for those that are on the SE campus. Click on that link, and you will be taken to the list of databases under EBSCOhost or FirstSearch. The second link is the off campus link. This link is necessary to use if you are off of the SE Campus. This link takes you to a page where you will be asked to type in a userid or authorization number, and a password. The userid or authorization number and password to gain access to EBSCOhost and FirstSearch is available at the SE Library Reference Desk, and also is on the proxy server.

What the Electronic Resources Page looks like on the SE Library's Webpage. You can see the links to EBSCOhost and FirstSearch

Step Two: Check to see if the article is available online Full-Text

(the steps from here on pertain only to online databases)

Databases have changed much in the last ten years. it used to be that databases contained only the citation (information needed to find the article) and sometimes a summary, or abstract of the article. Starting about ten years ago, database vendors began to offer some articles in full-text, that means that the entire article was available online, making it unnecessary to find the article in a library. Now there are fewer databases that offer no titles in full-text, and so after doing research in one of SE's databases, check to see if the article that you are interested is available full-text. There will be a link that say something like this: HTML full text, or PDF full text. When you click on the link, you are presented with the full-text of the article, and you are finished. What if the full-text of the article is not available in the database that you are searching? If that is the case, then we move onto Step Three

Step Three: Check to see if the article is available online Full-Text in another database

If you can't find an article full-text in one database, then look to see what other databases have a journal title available full-text. You do that by checking another database called A-to-Z A-to-Z is located at: http://atoz.ebsco.com/home.asp?id=seosu, or you can also get to A-to-Z from the electronic resources page at: http://www.se.edu/lib/electres.htm. A-to-Z is a list of journals that are available full-text, either in an online database that we subscribe to or available in the library in paper in the basement on in microform.

Step Four: Check to see if the the SE Library has the journal in paper

The library subscribes to almost one thousand journals, magazines, and newspapers. In many cases the journal article that you want is located in a journal that we have downstairs in the basement, or on microform. How do you check to see if the library has a journal? By checking A-to-Z, or checking a copy of the SE Library's Periodicals Holding List http://www.se.edu/lib/perhold.htm

Step Five: Use InterLibrary Loan to obtain the article from another college library that has the journal that you want

If you have determined that you cannot locate a journal article full-text on any online database, AND the SE library does not have the journal that the article is in, then what do you do? Give up? You can, but if the article is an important one for your research, you would still like to get it, right? There is one last way for you to get a copy of this article. You can obtain a copy of an article from almost any journal by using a service called Interlibrary Loan. Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a service that the SE Library provides to students where you can ask (through us) another library that has the journal title that you want . The process of doing this is simple.

1. Obtain an Interlibrary loan form from the circulation desk or go to an online InterLibrary Loan form at: http://www.se.edu/lib/illjournalreq.htm for a journal article and http://www.se.edu/lib/illbookreq.htm for Interlibrary loaning a book. 2. Fill out the form, take note that those fields of the form that have an asterisk in front of them are required fields that are needed to send the information via e-mail. Click submit after filling out the form. 3. The process of receiving something from InterLibrary loan takes about 4 days to two weeks, so if InterLibrary Loans are needed,

Some Magazines and Journals with Historical content

Basement and Microfilm and microfiche	U.S. News and World Report This weekly magazine reports news and commentary. The library has this publication from 1936.
Basement, microfilm and microfiche	Time This weekly magazine reports news and commentary. The library has this publication from 1923.
Basement, microfilm and microfiche	Newsweek This weekly magazine reports news and commentary. The library has this publication from 1933.
Basement	New Republic This is a weekly magazine of commentary and opinion of current events. THe Library has this publication from 1923 to 1998.
Basement	The Nation This is a weekly magazine of commentary and opinion of current events. THe Library has this publication from 1925 to 1980.
Basement	The Chronicles of Oklahoma This is the official publication of the Oklahoma Historical Society, and contains articles on Oklahoma history. This would be a good place to search for information on historical events, people and places in Oklahoma. There are over eighty years of this publication to search.
Basement	The National Review This is a weekly magazine of commentary and opinion of current events. THe Library has this publication from 1979 to 1996.
Basement	Life Magazine This is a weekly magazine news and "life" as it appeared every week from 1936 to 1972. Each weekly issue contains many quality photographs, some of which are well-known historical photographs.
Basement	Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report This is a weekly magazine of news and commentary on the events of the United States Congress. THe Library has this publication from 1987 to the present.
Basement	TIMES PICAYUNE NEW ORLEANS, LA This is a daily newspaper from New Orleans. We have from 1860 to 1868 on microfilm.
Basement	Harper's Weekly This is a weekly newspaper. We have from 1857 to 1876 on microfilm.

GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS

The United States government publishes many materials each year. Different agencies of the government publish research, handbooks, how-to-manuals, periodicals maps, statistics and reports. Congress publishes results of Congressional hearings. These are all called Government documents. Our government documents are housed in a special room on Floor 2A of the library.

Reference	United States Statutes at Large Government Printing Office (AE 2.111) This is where all public laws passed by the United States Congress go. They are arranged first by the Congress number and then by Law number 2001.
Reference	United States Code Government Printing Office, 2001 (R 348.7323 Un3c) This contains all United States Federal Laws as of January 2001.
Reference	Code of Federal Regulations Government Printing Office (AE 2.106/3:34) This contains all regulations that are needed to enforce the laws that the United States Congress passes Title 34 is the regulations for Education.
Basement, storage	Congressional Record This publication contains all the speeches, debates, and official proceedings in the houses of the United States Congress. THe Library has this publication from 1873 to the present.
FirstSearch	Proceedings Contains over 149,000 citations of every congress, symposium, conference, and workshop from all over the world that was received at the British Library from October 1993 to the present. This database is updated twice a week.
FirstSearch	PapersFirst Contains citations to papers presented at worldwide meetings, conferences, expositions, workshops, congresses, and symposia. To be included the information must have been received by the British Document Supply Center. It covers from October 1993 to the is updated monthly. It has 4.9 million records and is updated 24 times a year.
FirstSearch	WorldCat A database of over 52 million records of materials representing 400 languages, such as: books, magazines, films, slides, journals, manuscripts, maps, musical scores, newspapers, videocassettes, audio-cassettes, computer data files, and computer programs, that have been cataloged by OCLC members worldwide. The records cover items from 1000 BC to the present, and this database is updated daily.
FirstSearch	GPO Monthly Catalog This contains citations to 522,000 publications of the United States Government, such as: Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; documents issued by an executive department or federal agency (defense, education, justice) The database covers documents that have been published since July 1976.

Many of the government publications are now available online. See the Internet Resources for the address of many online government documents.

INTERNET RESOURCES
There are many good, quality resources on the Internet today. Some important Internet links to sites are listed below:

Government Documents
http://www.se.edu/lib/govdocs/govdoc%20home.html
This is a page of links to government documents, which are documents and databases published by the United States government on many different topics. There are many useful reports and statistics published by the government on the Internet.

Electronic Resources
http://www.se.edu/lib/electres.htm
This page contains links to electronic databases that the SE Library subscribes to or free databases that were put on this page.

Internet Resources by Subject
http://www.se.edu/lib/search2.htm
This is a page that has been put together by librarians that contain a list of links to resources on the Internet by topic.

FirstGov
http://www.firstgov.gov/
At this site you can search many different government agencies at once to find information about many different topics.

Alex: A Catalog of Electronic Texts
http://www.infomotions.com/alex/

NetLibrary
http://www.netlibrary.com/

The Online Books Page
http://www.digital.library.upenn.edu/books/
This site is an index of many older books and magazines that are available on the Internet.

Google Books and Google Scholar
http://www.google.com/
This huge search engine has begun to scan the contents on millions of books. Books under copyright are available in small parts, but many older books are available in thier entirety. This is a good place to find older books on a historical topic. Just go to the main Google Page and then click on the more button at the top left of the page, and other parts of Google will appear in a list, including Books and Scholar.

RESOURCES HELPFUL IN WRITING YOUR PAPER
After you have found your information, the next step is to put it together into an essay, research paper, or report. There are several resources that the SE Library has to help in this effort.

R 808.02 L18T3	10,000 Ideas for Term Papers, Projects, Reports, and Speeches
R 808.02 T84m6	A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations This is commonly known as the Turabian style manual, because it was written by Kate L. Turabian. It is commonly used in history papers.
R 808.02 Am3p	Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association This is a common style manual used in the sciences and social sciences. It is published by the American Psychological Association, and is commonly known as the APA style manual.
R 808.027 G35m	MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers This style manual is used some in the humanities and english. It is commonly known as the MLA style.
R 808.042 F82L6	The Little, Brown Handbook This is an excellent book in helping you to write better. It contains chapters on grammar, and style, tense, spelling rules, plus how to document sources.
R 808.042 C86r6	The Random House Handbook This is a guide to good writing, and it covers how to compose whole essays, how to construct a research essay, how to support a thesis, how to construct good paragraphs, sentences, and good usage of words, punctuation, and more.
R 428.2 L98s	The St. Martin's Handbook This is a good book to use in writing a term paper, and takes you through the process of choosing a topic, gathering sources, evaluating and analyzing a resource. The next section takes you through the grammar lessons, and word usage.
808.06	How to Write Term Papers and Reports This book takes you through the whole term paper process, from choosing your topic to how to do research, to how to write the term paper and cite your sources.
Internet	General Research Information http://www.se.edu/lib/generalresearch.htm This is a link on the Research Aids to Library Resources Page. It contains links to sites that contain hints to doing research, how to avoid plagiarism, how to cite sources that you used in your paper, and more.

last updated: June 23, 2008