Available at PUC: Use keywords to search the library catalog or scroll through lists of books by subject. Most of the links below will open a list of narrower topics. Clicking a narrower topic will open a list of books you can check out or read full text online.
World history, divided by century or topic. World History
African history, divided by dates or topic. Africa -- History
European history, divided by century or topic. Europe -- History
Medieval history, 500-1500 A.D. ("middle ages") OR (medieval)
Renaissance history, 1450-1600 A.D. Renaissance
Latin American history, divided by dates or topic. Latin America -- History
South American history, divided by dates or topic. South America -- History
United States history, divided by dates or topic. United States -- History
Modern history, from about 1600 to today. History, Modern
Available online: Search digital libraries.
HathiTrust Digital Library
Contains scanned historical works, some full text.
Google Books
Scanned books and magazines, some full text.
Open Library
Searchable database of books, a few full text, with links to WorldCat to borrow physical copies.
World history, divided by century or topic. World History
African history, divided by dates or topic. Africa -- History
European history, divided by century or topic. Europe -- History
Medieval history, 500-1500 A.D. ("middle ages") OR (medieval)
Renaissance history, 1450-1600 A.D. Renaissance
Latin American history, divided by dates or topic. Latin America -- History
South American history, divided by dates or topic. South America -- History
United States history, divided by dates or topic. United States -- History
Modern history, from about 1600 to today. History, Modern
Available online: Search digital libraries.
HathiTrust Digital Library
Contains scanned historical works, some full text.
Google Books
Scanned books and magazines, some full text.
Open Library
Searchable database of books, a few full text, with links to WorldCat to borrow physical copies.
These lists of primary sources are not complete. Much more is available at the library and online. If you don't find what you're looking for, ask a librarian for help.
BrillOnline Primary Sources: Cold War Intelligence 1945-1991
History, Political Science. 2,360 documents. Information once classified Top Secret or higher. Covers the successes and failures of the U.S. intelligence community in its efforts to spy on the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
BrillOnline Primary Sources: U.S. Intelligence on the Middle East 1945-2009
History, Political Science. 189 reports. Covers the U.S. intelligence community's activities in the Arab world, including the Middle East, the Near East, and North Africa. World War II-present. Topics include the 2002-03 Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) assessments, the Global War on Terror, the Iraq War, and Iran's nuclear program.
Calisphere 
Multi-subject More than 200,000 digitized items — including photographs, documents, newspaper pages, political cartoons, works of art, diaries, transcribed oral histories, advertising, and other unique cultural artifacts. Searches more than 500 University of California websites on subjects ranging from history, math, literature, and anthropology to film, contemporary art, marine sciences, medical and health issues, and much more.
Daily Life through American History in Primary Documents Four volumes that present daily American life from colonial times to the 21st century through primary documents that include diaries, letters, memoirs, speeches, sermons, pamphlets, and public and private writings.
GPO Monthly Catalog: Government Documents (FirstSearch)
History, Political Science. 500,000 documents listed. 1976-present. Congressional reports, judiciary materials, and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.).
Military & Government Collection (EBSCO)
History, Political Science. 300 full-text titles, indexing to an additional 400. Covers all branches of the U.S. military and government.
Online Archive of California
Multi-subject Access to descriptions of primary resource collections. Included 220,000 digital images and documents from libraries, special collections, archives, historical societies, and museums throughout California.
ProQuest Military Collection
Aviation, History, Political Science. 400 full-text titles, indexing to an additional 150. 1990-present, selected titles as far back as 1920. Content covers all government and military branches, as well as international relations, political science, criminology, defense, aeronautics and space flight, communications, civil engineering.
The PUC library also contain primary sources such as diaries, manuscripts, correspondence, postcards, photographs, videos, artifacts, oral histories and more on a variety of subjects, such as:
BrillOnline Primary Sources: Cold War Intelligence 1945-1991
History, Political Science. 2,360 documents. Information once classified Top Secret or higher. Covers the successes and failures of the U.S. intelligence community in its efforts to spy on the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
BrillOnline Primary Sources: U.S. Intelligence on the Middle East 1945-2009
History, Political Science. 189 reports. Covers the U.S. intelligence community's activities in the Arab world, including the Middle East, the Near East, and North Africa. World War II-present. Topics include the 2002-03 Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) assessments, the Global War on Terror, the Iraq War, and Iran's nuclear program.
Calisphere
Multi-subject More than 200,000 digitized items — including photographs, documents, newspaper pages, political cartoons, works of art, diaries, transcribed oral histories, advertising, and other unique cultural artifacts. Searches more than 500 University of California websites on subjects ranging from history, math, literature, and anthropology to film, contemporary art, marine sciences, medical and health issues, and much more.
Daily Life through American History in Primary Documents Four volumes that present daily American life from colonial times to the 21st century through primary documents that include diaries, letters, memoirs, speeches, sermons, pamphlets, and public and private writings.
GPO Monthly Catalog: Government Documents (FirstSearch)
History, Political Science. 500,000 documents listed. 1976-present. Congressional reports, judiciary materials, and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.).
Military & Government Collection (EBSCO)
History, Political Science. 300 full-text titles, indexing to an additional 400. Covers all branches of the U.S. military and government.
Online Archive of California
Multi-subject Access to descriptions of primary resource collections. Included 220,000 digital images and documents from libraries, special collections, archives, historical societies, and museums throughout California.
ProQuest Military Collection
Aviation, History, Political Science. 400 full-text titles, indexing to an additional 150. 1990-present, selected titles as far back as 1920. Content covers all government and military branches, as well as international relations, political science, criminology, defense, aeronautics and space flight, communications, civil engineering.
The PUC library also contain primary sources such as diaries, manuscripts, correspondence, postcards, photographs, videos, artifacts, oral histories and more on a variety of subjects, such as:
- PUC, Angwin, and Napa Valley history
- Adventist church history, including major debates about beliefs
- Life on the Pitcairn Islands
- Mission work in the Pacific
- Soviet propaganda posters
- Military uniforms and the fashion merchandising collection
- 17th century France
- Currency collection, mostly European coins from the 1800s
Start your search for articles in these databases.
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
Multi-subject. 4,600 journals full text. Indexing for articles in 8,500 additional journals.
ArticleFirst (FirstSearch)
Multi-subject. 16,000 journals indexed. 1990-present. Full text of these articles can be found in other library databases or through interlibrary loan.
Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS) Library
Theology, History, and religion. 7000 articles. Biblical Archaeology Review (1975-present), Bible Review (1985-2005), Archaeology Odyssey (1998-2006). Related books are also indexed. Selected video lectures and seminars given by some of the world’s top Biblical scholars and archaeologists are available.
JSTOR
Multi-subject, Business, English & Literature, History, World Languages & Cultures. Full-text scholarly journals, books, and documents.
LexisNexis Academic [now Nexis Uni]
Multi-subject, History, Business, Political Science, Journalism, Social Work. 15,000 business, legal, and news sources. Includes The New York Times, The Washington Post. Information for over 80 million companies.
Literary Reference Center (EBSCO)
English & Literature, World Languages & Cultures, History. Information on thousands of authors and their works. All literary disciplines and time periods. Included are full-text pllot summaries, literary criticism, biographical essays, book reveiws, full text poetry and short stories, author interviews.
Literature Resource Center (Gale)
English & Literature, World Languages & Cultures, History. Information on 130,000 authors and their works. Critical essays, full-text works, biographies, articles. 1926-present.
ProQuest Complete
Multi-subject. Select individual databases for merged search results: 40 databases (mostly full-text), Academic Video Online, and Ebook Central.
Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 (EBSCO)
Multi-subject, History. Three million articles from 550 journals. Full text of these articles can be obtained through interlibrary loan. Provides access to information about history, culture, and science across nearly a century.
From the list of all journals, you can find specific titles or filter by subject, such as "History -- General," or "History of Europe."
Publication Finder (EBSCO)
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
Multi-subject. 4,600 journals full text. Indexing for articles in 8,500 additional journals.
ArticleFirst (FirstSearch)
Multi-subject. 16,000 journals indexed. 1990-present. Full text of these articles can be found in other library databases or through interlibrary loan.
Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS) Library
Theology, History, and religion. 7000 articles. Biblical Archaeology Review (1975-present), Bible Review (1985-2005), Archaeology Odyssey (1998-2006). Related books are also indexed. Selected video lectures and seminars given by some of the world’s top Biblical scholars and archaeologists are available.
JSTOR
Multi-subject, Business, English & Literature, History, World Languages & Cultures. Full-text scholarly journals, books, and documents.
LexisNexis Academic [now Nexis Uni]
Multi-subject, History, Business, Political Science, Journalism, Social Work. 15,000 business, legal, and news sources. Includes The New York Times, The Washington Post. Information for over 80 million companies.
Literary Reference Center (EBSCO)
English & Literature, World Languages & Cultures, History. Information on thousands of authors and their works. All literary disciplines and time periods. Included are full-text pllot summaries, literary criticism, biographical essays, book reveiws, full text poetry and short stories, author interviews.
Literature Resource Center (Gale)
English & Literature, World Languages & Cultures, History. Information on 130,000 authors and their works. Critical essays, full-text works, biographies, articles. 1926-present.
ProQuest Complete
Multi-subject. Select individual databases for merged search results: 40 databases (mostly full-text), Academic Video Online, and Ebook Central.
Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 (EBSCO)
Multi-subject, History. Three million articles from 550 journals. Full text of these articles can be obtained through interlibrary loan. Provides access to information about history, culture, and science across nearly a century.
From the list of all journals, you can find specific titles or filter by subject, such as "History -- General," or "History of Europe."
Publication Finder (EBSCO)
Katy Van Arsdale
Special Collections Librarian
Tel: 965-6244
Chicago manual of style:
Official website Quick Guide
Guide to the Chicago manual from OWL at Purdue
You can browse the table of contents on the Chicago manual of style's official website. To read further, check the library copies, linked below.
The Chicago manual of style, 15th ed.
The Chicago manual of style, 16th ed.
Official website Quick Guide
Guide to the Chicago manual from OWL at Purdue
You can browse the table of contents on the Chicago manual of style's official website. To read further, check the library copies, linked below.
The Chicago manual of style, 15th ed.The Chicago manual of style, 16th ed.
Newspapers are available online and also in bound volumes at the library.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1841-1955)
Searchable, zoomable archive of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, a newspaper that reported on local and national events. Archive provided by the Brooklyn Public Library.
Canadian Newsstand (ProQuest)
Multi-subject, History, Journalism, Political Science. 300 Canadian newspapers. 1970-present.
Chronicling America
Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1836-1922 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Available from the Library of Congress.
Newspaper Source (EBSCO)
Multi-subject, Journalism, Communication, Film & Television, History. 40 full-text U.S. and international newspapers, selective full text for 400 regional newspapers. Includes full-text television and radio news transcripts.
The New York Times.
Searchable full text archives available after creating an account.
Seventh-day Adventist Obituary Index
History, Theology. Contains citations for obituaries printed in journals published by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 1850-present.
The Times (London) approx. 1870s-1940s.
Bound volumes of the original paper available from the library.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1841-1955)
Searchable, zoomable archive of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, a newspaper that reported on local and national events. Archive provided by the Brooklyn Public Library.
Canadian Newsstand (ProQuest)
Multi-subject, History, Journalism, Political Science. 300 Canadian newspapers. 1970-present.
Chronicling America
Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1836-1922 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Available from the Library of Congress.
Newspaper Source (EBSCO)
Multi-subject, Journalism, Communication, Film & Television, History. 40 full-text U.S. and international newspapers, selective full text for 400 regional newspapers. Includes full-text television and radio news transcripts.
The New York Times.
Searchable full text archives available after creating an account.
Seventh-day Adventist Obituary Index
History, Theology. Contains citations for obituaries printed in journals published by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 1850-present.
The Times (London) approx. 1870s-1940s.
Bound volumes of the original paper available from the library.
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Biography in Context (Gale)
Short biographies of famous people.
Britannica Academic: The Online Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia entries with links to related videos, images, ebooks, and articles.
Oxford English Dictionary
Dictionary that includes historical uses of words and when or where they were invented.
Oxford Reference Online
Dictionaries, encyclopedias, and ebooks arranged by subject.
Salem Press
Articles that introduce subjects and time periods.
Atlases and Maps
Atlases at the library. Atlas
David Rumsey Map Collection
Search more than 150,000 maps of the World, North and South America, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania. Items range in date from about 1550 to the present.
Library of Congress Map Collections
Old Maps Online
OldMapsOnline.org indexes over 400,000 maps from museums, libraries, and government agencies around the world.
Statistics and Population information
The United States Census Bureau
Historical census data (1790-1960)
Books about United States population statistics. United States -- Population -- Statistics.
Biography in Context (Gale)
Short biographies of famous people.
Britannica Academic: The Online Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia entries with links to related videos, images, ebooks, and articles.
Oxford English Dictionary
Dictionary that includes historical uses of words and when or where they were invented.
Oxford Reference Online
Dictionaries, encyclopedias, and ebooks arranged by subject.
Salem Press
Articles that introduce subjects and time periods.
Atlases and Maps
Atlases at the library. Atlas
David Rumsey Map Collection
Search more than 150,000 maps of the World, North and South America, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania. Items range in date from about 1550 to the present.
Library of Congress Map Collections
Old Maps Online
OldMapsOnline.org indexes over 400,000 maps from museums, libraries, and government agencies around the world.
Statistics and Population information
The United States Census Bureau
Historical census data (1790-1960)
Books about United States population statistics. United States -- Population -- Statistics.
Links to common research questions and related guides.
How to Select a Research Topic
Copyright (From UNC)
Evaluating Resources (from OWL at Purdue)
Avoiding Plagiarism: Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing (from OWL at Purdue)
How to Select a Research Topic
Copyright (From UNC)
Evaluating Resources (from OWL at Purdue)
Avoiding Plagiarism: Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing (from OWL at Purdue)
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