| DATABASES & RESEARCH GUIDES | INDEXES
| HISTORY DICTIONARIES AND SUBJECT ENCYCLOPEDIAS |

Country Studies/Area Handbooks |
New York Times | Immigrant in America compilation | MAGIC searches

DATABASES & RESEARCH GUIDES

List of All Electronic Resources in History Available to the MSU Community

American Studies: Guide To Materials In The MSU Libraries

Genealogy

National Automotive History Collection (Detroit Public Library)

U.S. Military History

INDEXES:

America; History & Life -- U.S. & Canada

Historical Abstracts -- rest of the world

Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature (1900/04-present) REF AI 3 .R48

HISTORY DICTIONARIES AND SUBJECT ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Almanac of American History REF E l74.5 .A45 1983

American Heritage encyclopedia of American history REF E174 .A535 1998

American mass-market magazines REF PN4877 .A48 1990

Dictionary of American History REF E l74 A43 1976

Encyclopedia of American History REF E l74.5 .M847 1982

Oxford Companion to American History REF E l74 .J6

Reader's Companion to American History. REF E 174 .R43 1991

Reader's Guide to American History. REF E 178.1 R.43 1997

Country Studies/Area Handbooks (Library of Congress) -- "on-line versions of books previously published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Army. Because the original intent of the Series' sponsor was to focus primarily on lesser known areas of the world or regions in which U.S. forces might be deployed, the series is not all-inclusive. At present, 101 countries and regions are covered. Notable omissions include Canada, France, the United Kingdom, and other Western nations, as well as a number of African nations."

New York Times -- considered the U.S.' "newspaper of record" since its inception. The MSU Library has a full run on microfilm from 1851 to the present. We keep the printed version until the microfilm arrives. The film is located in the first section of microfilm shelves in MICRO .

• Online full text (1851-2000) -- Accessed through ProQuest searching software.
• Online full text (last 90 days)-- Accessed through Factiva searching software.
• Online full text (last 365 days)-- Accessed through somewhat clunky Infotrac searching software.
• Online full text (1980-current)-- Accessed through Lexis/Nexis searching software.
• Online citations and abstracts (1989--present) -- Accessed through Newspaper Abstracts. Choose the "Advanced" searching option. Type "New York Times" in the box to the right of "Search for" and then select "source phrase" from the first drop down menu.
• Online citations (1863-1905; 1913-1922) -- The search software is somewhat clunky.
• Print citations (1851-present) -- Available from New York Times Index REF AI21 .N44

Immigrant in America (MICRO Microfilm 19148; Guide: MIC GUIDE Z7164.I3 I57 1983) -- A compilation of books on microfilm; it deals with immigrants and immigration from 1789 through 1929. The set is arranged as follows:

USEFUL SUBJECTS FOR MAGIC SEARCHES

[Location] Description and travel, e.g., Detroit (Mich.) Description and travel
[Location] Emigration and immigration, e.g., United States Emigration and immigration
[Location] History, e.g., Indiana History; Northwest Old History
[Location] Politics and government, e.g., Flint (Mich.) Politics and government
[Location] Social conditions, e.g., Ontario Social conditions
[Location] Social life and customs, e.g., Southern States Social life and customs

[Nationality] [Nation, region, or state] [city] Cubans Florida Key West
[Nationality]-Americans [Nation, region, or state] [city] Arab-Americans Michigan Dearborn; East Indian Americans California San Francisco

LOCATIONS:

MAIN General Collection in the Main Library
MIC GUIDE Microform Guides, 2^nd Floor, West Wing
MICRO Microforms Library, 2^nd Floor, West Wing
REF Reference Collection, 1^st Floor, East Wing