Research Links
A collection of links for begining historical research.
NOTE: Many of these links will only work on USM's campus or with a USM login.
General
History Research Links
USM's
Cook Library Home Page
The place for USM students to begin their research.
USM's Library Collection--the Anna Catalog
Books and materials actually in USM's libraries.
WorldCat
Search the libraries of the world for books and other materials (not journal articles).
America: History and Life & Historical Abstracts
The place to start looking for history articles, reviews, and other works in periodicals; AHL for North American
topics, HA for the rest of the world. Offers citations and some links to full-text articles.
JSTOR
Journal Storage: home of some of the best scholarly articles on the web, most full text.
Dissertation Abstracts
The place to begin an advanced search for Ph.D. dissertations on all topics.
Oxford English Dictionary On-Line
The place to look up words and word origins, also great in finding archaic word meanings for historical research
The Central History Catalog for the World Wide Web
A great place to start web research in history.
The place for USM students to begin their research.
USM's Library Collection--the Anna Catalog
Books and materials actually in USM's libraries.
WorldCat
Search the libraries of the world for books and other materials (not journal articles).
America: History and Life & Historical Abstracts
The place to start looking for history articles, reviews, and other works in periodicals; AHL for North American
topics, HA for the rest of the world. Offers citations and some links to full-text articles.
JSTOR
Journal Storage: home of some of the best scholarly articles on the web, most full text.
Dissertation Abstracts
The place to begin an advanced search for Ph.D. dissertations on all topics.
Oxford English Dictionary On-Line
The place to look up words and word origins, also great in finding archaic word meanings for historical research
The Central History Catalog for the World Wide Web
A great place to start web research in history.
Selected Early American History Research Links
Colonial Connecticut
Records, 1636-1776
The records of the colony of Connecticut from its founding to the American Revolution.
Early Americas Digital Archive
Primary documents about the Americas from 1492 to 1820, supported by the University of Maryland.
Early English Books On-Line
The place for research in early books printed in English from 1473 to 1700, including those printed in
colonial America.
Plymouth Colony Archive Project
Presents a collection of fully searchable texts, including: court records, colony laws, seventeenth century journals and memoirs, probate inventories, wills, town plans,
maps, and fort plans; biographical profiles of selected colonists; and architectural, archaeological and material culture studies.
Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County
The court records for early Essex County, Massachusetts Bay--which includes the period of the founding of the county and King Philip's War.
Sabin Americana 1500-1926
An amazing collection of full-text primary documents on American history.
The records of the colony of Connecticut from its founding to the American Revolution.
Early Americas Digital Archive
Primary documents about the Americas from 1492 to 1820, supported by the University of Maryland.
Early English Books On-Line
The place for research in early books printed in English from 1473 to 1700, including those printed in
colonial America.
Plymouth Colony Archive Project
Presents a collection of fully searchable texts, including: court records, colony laws, seventeenth century journals and memoirs, probate inventories, wills, town plans,
maps, and fort plans; biographical profiles of selected colonists; and architectural, archaeological and material culture studies.
Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County
The court records for early Essex County, Massachusetts Bay--which includes the period of the founding of the county and King Philip's War.
Sabin Americana 1500-1926
An amazing collection of full-text primary documents on American history.