Industrial Age - DeCesare

Databases: (CCHS Library>Databases & eBooks

When you are off campus, log in with username: creek and password: bear, for most databases.

In the History column:

ABC-CLIO databases, especially American History

U.S. History in Context - Gale

Salem History

Annals of American History - (Primary Sources)

Issues and Controversies in American History

• Good to use to form an argument or a thesis
• Note the two ways to filter your search: by subject or by era
• Note the article sections in the left sidebar

History Reference Center - EBSCO

ABC-CLIO eBook Collection

Virtual Reference Library (Gale)

Try these ebooks: (off campus - user name: creek; password: bear)

Industrialism

The Gilded Age and Progressivism: 1891-1913

Unions and Labor Laws

Workers in America: A Historical Encyclopedia

Workers and Their Unions in Late Gilded Age New York

Catalog: (CCHS Library>Catalog)

• Brainstorm possible keywords and search the catalog.
• Non-fiction -circulating books in the "stacks" - find a call number for a book on your topic and browse for other books on your topic in the same area
• Reference: Consult specialized encyclopedias for your topic or region. Use indexes - sometimes the index is in the last volume of a set.
• eBooks - To search for eBooks only in the catalog, click on: "Electronic Resources>Include". Note: not all eBooks are listed in the catalog. Those in the catalog will have "online" before their call number.