Research Guides: United States History Research Guide: HIST385W: Black & Indigenous Histories

Research Guides

Reference Sources

Oxford Bibliographies Online
Guide to scholarly literature in a variety of subject areas. The above link will take you to a wide-ranging list of articles related to Indigenous studies from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.
Learning Historical Research
A Primer for Environmental Historians and Others
HistoryProfessor.Org
Insights from Zachary Schrag, author of The Princeton Guide to Historical Research.

Journals & Book Reviews

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Access a wide variety of journal articles in the humanities and other disciplines. To find book reviews, do an "advanced search" and select "reviews" under item type.
Note: You may not be able to access the most current 2–7 years of certain journals—but many of these recent publications are found in Project MUSE.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides indexing and abstracts for thousands of journals and other publications. To find book reviews, select "review" under "publication type."
Access broad ranging resources that include full-text journals, monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and video content from the Associated Press, etc.
America: History and Life This link opens in a new window
Prominent source for scholarly journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations in U.S. & Canadian history. Covers sources published from the 1960s to present.

Books, Music and Film

Emory's Library Catalog: Library Search
Search the library catalog to find books, music and film that Emory has purchased.

Digitized Primary Sources

There are many databases that provide access to digitized primary sources related to Native American and African American histories. Here are a few to get you started.

Archive Explorer (Adam Matthew) This link opens in a new window
Access primary sources for a wide variety of themes and topics. Materials concentrate on English language archival documents from the UK and the U.S.
History Vault This link opens in a new window
Access historical documents and digitized microfilm collections.