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United States History Research Guide

Primary and secondary sources for the study of US History.

Background Research

What topic are you interested in? Try to identify the who, what, whenwhere and relevant source types related to your topic.These will help you generate search terms. Not sure where to start? Try searching for "Cold War" and your area of interest in the search tools below.

Curated Cold War Collections

You can find curated collections of primary sources in the library book stacks and in online databases. 

Print: Here are some collections of documents that you can find in the Emory catalog. 

Digital: Search for "Cold War" to find materials in places like DP.LA (the Digital Public Library of America), Gale Primary Sources, and Archive Explorer.

Source Types

The library has over 1,000 databases, many of which have primary sources related to the Cold War. Here are a few examples to get you started.

Newspapers & Magazines

Film

Art