Western Studies Research Guide (07-08 version)

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Specialized Reference Databases	Scholarly Journal* (you must select “Peer Reviewed” or “Scholarly Journal” to filter out non-Scholarly material)	Primary Sources: Databases	Other Material (images, video, timelines, grouped study units, etc).
History Study Center History Reference Center Oxford Reference (multiple reference titles) Grove Art Grove Music	History Study Center History Reference Center JSTOR (all material is “scholarly”) ProQuest Platinum Advanced Placement Source MAS Ultra Student Resource Center SIRS Knowledge Source	History Study Center History Reference Center See web links below	History Study Center History Reference Center Student Resource Center

Tale of Two Cites integrative paper: Best of History Websites – Early Modern Europe England (General) BBC History of Britain British History Online Proceedings of the Old Bailey My Time Machine (British History) France (General) History of 18^th Century France French Revolution British Newspaper Coverage of the French Revolution French Revolution Exploring the French Revolution European Enlightenment Transportation History of Transportation Timeline From History World Death / Burial From Historyworld

General Online resources for Primary Source material University of Washington Libraries has two good resources European History Sources - http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/tm/europe.html - has links to sites grouped by region AND Primary Sources on the Web – http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/resources/usingprimarysources/index.cfm - Explains what primary sources are and lists several resources for finding them. Both sites include a link to EuroDocs ( http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page ) which offers Western European Primary Historical Documents

Primary Sources Voltaire’s “Letter to the English” from WorldBook online. The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle Account of the Funeral of George II Search term ideas n for Burial Practices: Funeral, Burial, Mortuary, customs, rites, practices, “Bills of Mortality”, death and dying, undertaker

Other resources include- Multnomah County Library European History Page -http://www.multcolib.org/homework/eurohist.html – offers links to information organized by subject matter Hanover Historical Texts Project – http://history.hanover.edu/project.html - makes primary texts readily organized by region and time period. Internet Public Library – http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum30.30.00/ - lists descriptions of and links to sites on a wide variety of subjects within European history and other subjects St. Ambrose University Best Information on the Net – http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Majors/History/hiswordoc.htm - links to historical and world documents Academic Info History Digital Library - http://www.academicinfo.net/histaalibrary.html - directory of Online Publications, Special Collections, Exhibits, Journals & Historical Documents The European Ombudsman Historical documents http://ombudsman.europa.eu/historical/en/default.htm - lists more modern, highly specialized documents regarding the European Union Early Journals Historical Text Archive http://historicaltextarchive.com/ -articles, ebooks, etc.