Social Sciences & History Librarian
Finding Books
To find books on your research topic, use the library catalog (for books in Randall Library) or WorldCat (for books worldwide that you can borrow via interlibrarian loan).
- WorldCat [FirstSearch Interface]Find books and other materials in libraries worldwide.
- Library CatalogRandall Library's online catalog. Search for books, journals, dvds, cds, government documents and many other resources held by Randall Library.
Finding Secondary Source Articles
These will be most useful for finding secondary source articles to support your argument.
- Historical AbstractsHistorical Abstracts covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) focusing on the 15th century forward, including art history, world history, military history, women's history, history of education, foreign languages and literatures, and more. Find more information.
- JSTORArchive of selected scholarly journals in anthropology, art, art history, communication studies, criminology, ecology, economics, education, English, film studies, foreign languages and literatures, geography, geology, history, mathematics, music, philosophy, political science, public and international affairs, religion, social work, sociology, statistics, theatre, and other humanities and social sciences. Find more information.
- Project MUSEProject MUSE is a unique collaboration between libraries and publishers providing 100% full-text, to high quality humanities, arts, art history, creative writing, education, English, film studies, foreign languages and literatures, history, religion, theatre, and social sciences journals from scholarly publishers.