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This guide provides an overview of information resources available at the Oliver Wendell Holmes Library. Selected print and electronic resources are provided. There are many more excellent sources.
The following steps will assist you in the research process.
Think about what you are required to do. What do you want to write about? What are some search terms or key words you may use in locating information for your topic?
Plan your time wisely.
Step 2: Gather Information
Begin your research with reference sources located in the Garver Room. Reference books will provide you with an overview of your topic, a vocabulary of terms to search for more information, and will frequently give you a bibliography of works related to your topic.
Reference Sources:
Ref 306 En192 Encyclopedia of European Social History Ref 909.82 B82d Dictionary of the 20th Century Ref 909.82 C67 Cold War Ref 909.82 G91e Encyclopedia of the Interwar Years Ref 940 Gr797 Great Events from History: Modern European Series Ref 940.2 N42 New Cambridge Modern History Ref 940.3 H622 History of World War I Ref 940.3 Sh26w World in Conflict 1914-1945 Ref 940.53 En32 Encyclopedia of the Holocaust Ref 940.53 H742 Holocaust and World War II Almanac Ref 940.53 P76w World War II: An Encyclopedia of the War Years Ref 940.54 En32 Encyclopedia of World War II Ref 940.55 Eu742 Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia Ref 941 V66 Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia Ref 941.6 El58c Conflict in Northern Ireland: An Encyclopedia Ref 942 Ox22 Oxford Companion to British History Ref 942 T375gr Great Britain a Reference Guide Ref 943.6 R66au Austria-Hungary a Reference Guide Ref 944 R55fr France a Reference Guide Ref 945 Sa77it Italy a Reference Guide Ref 947 B66ru Russia a Reference Guide Ref 947 C332 Central and East European Handbook Ref 947 En19 Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe Ref 927 P28e Encyclopedia of Russian History Ref 947 W38L Central and Eastern Europe Since 1919 Ref 949.7 C76 Conflict in the Former Yugoslavia
** Remember that each of the encyclopedia sources will provided you with bibliographies of useful titles for further research.Books:
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Documenting and Citing Sources:Databases and Periodicals:
The library subscribes to several full-text and bibliographic databases that will provide you with information on all aspects of European History. Try searching your topic in one of the following:
Historical Newspapers Searches 4 newspapers; Christian Science Monitor (1908-1991), New York Times (1851-2001), Wall Street Journal (1889-1987), and the Washington Post (1877-1988).JSTOR(Journal Storage) A full text collection of scholarly journals, many going back to the first issue.
Readers’ Guide Retrospective An electronic version of the Readers' Guide Index to Periodical Literature. Indexes several hundred periodicals, from 1900 to 1982. Also available in print from 1900 to present. (Ground floor index tables)
Older bound periodicals owned by OWHL that might contain useful information include the following:
Current History Foreign Affairs Illustrated London News London Times* World's Work 1915-1938
1949-200
1922-1968 1952-1981 1893-1963 1900-1932 *See a librarian for help with the London Times
Consult the Readers’ Guide and indexes in individual periodicals for topic indexes.
Internet Sources:
**Remember to evaluate web sites just as you evaluate books for authority and content.
Eurodocs from Brigham Young University, a collection of online primary source documents concerning the countries of Western Europe URL:http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/
Yale Avalon Project from Yale University, includes a collection of documents on European topics from pre-18th to the 20th century URL:http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
The WWW-VL History Links is a gateway site with links to over 4,000 history related sites including European countries and topics URL:http://vlib.iue.it/history/index.html
Step 3: Use the Information
Synthesize
the information, make an outline, take notes, organize the information,
write the paper and document your sources. Capture the information you
will need for your bibliography the first time you use each source.
Use the paper or electronic Turabian style sheets to format you bibliography
and footnotes. Be sure to collect all the bibliographic information that
you need for documenting your sources including author or editor,
title, publisher, and place and date of publication. Print examples
of the format styles are available at the Help Desks. On-line versions
of the formats is available at: http://www.andover.edu/library/rprocess/turabian.htm
Be sure to check with a librarian if you need help.
You can also create your documentation using 
an electronic citation tool that allow you to create bibliographies and
footnotes in a variety of styles.
Step 4: Take time to Reflect
Ask yourself: did you accomplish what you wanted to do? If you take the time to evaluate what you did you will become a better researcher.
