Almanacs & Facts
- CIA World Factbook (online)
Country profiles from the U.S. government including information on geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues- The Ohio Almanac: An Encyclopedia of Indispensable Information about the Buckeye Universe - REF AY271.L6 O52 2004 (print)
- The World Almanac and Book of Facts - REF AY67.N5 W7 (current edition) (print)
AY67.N5 W7 2000 - 2004 eds. (previous editions)- World Almanacs (online)
Online search access to four reliable almanacs and one encyclopedia: Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia, The World Almanac and Book of Facts, The World Almanac of the U.S.A., The World Almanac of U.S. Politics, The World Almanac for Kids
Article Databases / Indexes
General Article Databases / Indexes
- Academic Search Complete (about)
- JSTOR (about)
- OhioLINK Quick Search (about)
- OmniFile Full Text Mega (about)
- Research Library (about)
Subject-Related Article Databases / Indexes
- America: History and Life (online)
America: History and Life is a comprehensive bibliography of articles on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. AHL offers abstracts and citations for articles appearing in over 2,000 journals published worldwide in history, related humanities, and the social sciences. Coverage also includes citations to book reviews from approximately 140 major journals of American history and culture, and relevant dissertations from Dissertation Abstracts International.- CQ Weekly (online)
Weekly summary of congressional activities. Continues Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report.- HeinOnline (online)
HeinOnline is an ever expanding, comprehensive and image-based collection of over 350 legal periodicals, providing each journal from its inception and continuing to the most current volume allowed under contract between Hein and the journal. US titles dominate but an increasing number from the UK and other jurisdictions are included. In most cases coverage starts from the first issue of a journal. Pages appear as they would in the original hardcopy including all charts, graphs and photographs.- Historical Abstracts (online)
Historical Abstracts is a reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life). Over 2,000 journals published throughout the world are covered in the database. In addition to including the key historical journals from virtually every major country and journals of regional history, Historical Abstracts includes a targeted selection of hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanities that are of special interest to researchers and students of history. Historical Abstracts also cites new books reviewed in key English-language history and review journals. Dissertation citations relevant to the serial's subject scope are derived from Dissertation Abstracts International.- Left Index (online)
The Left Index (LI) — A complete guide to the diverse literature of the left, with an emphasis on political, economic, social and culturally engaged scholarship inside and outside academia. A secondary emphasis is on significant but little known sources of news and ideas. Other topics covered include the labor movement, ecology & environment, race & ethnicity, social & cultural theory, sociology, art & aesthetics, philosophy, history, education, law, and globalization. Historically significant early Left publications such as The People (est. NY 1891), and The Class Struggle (1931-1937) along with classic texts by Marx, Lenin, Trotsky, Engels and others, written in the formative years of the Left, also are covered.- Legal Collection (online)
This database contains full text for nearly 250 of the world's most respected, scholarly law journals. The Legal Collection is an authoritative source for information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world.- LexisNexis Congressional (online)
Full text of congressional reports, documents, prints, bills and the Congressional Record. Prepared statements and selected question & answer transcripts. Public laws and the United States Code Service. The Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations. Biographical and financial information and voting records and more…- Nineteenth Century Masterfile (online)
Nineteenth Century Masterfile (formerly Poole's Plus) describes itself as "the digital index of the nineteenth century." The original component was an online version of W.F. Poole's Index to Periodical Literature, 1802-1906. The database is now enhanced with indices to other periodicals, books, newspapers, and government documents of the 19th century.- Oral History Online (online)
Oral History Online is a landmark index to English language oral histories. Working with archives, repositories and individuals Alexander Street Press has indexed oral histories that are publicly available on the Web and that are held by repositories and archives around the world. Their intent is to make it possible to find and explore the voices of more than 300,000 individuals.- PAIS International (online)
The PAIS International database covers the literature of public affairs -- current issues and actions which affect world communities, countries, people, and governments. This database provides access to articles, books, and documents addressing important political, economic and social issues. PAIS concentrates on topics that are or might become the subject of legislation.- Periodicals Archive Online (online)
Periodicals Archive Online is the new name for PCI Full Text - an archive of hundreds of digitized journals published in the arts, humanities and social sciences. It provides researchers with access to more than 200 years of scholarship, spread across a wide variety of subject areas, direct from their computer.- SIRS Researcher on the Web (online)
SIRS Knowledge Source™ is an online resource that provides integrated access to thousands of full-text articles, documents and graphics from SIRS highly-acclaimed reference databases -- SIRS Researcher, SIRS Government Reporter, and SIRS Renaissance via one graphical interface.- Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet (online)
A Library of Congress service that provides legislative information including: Bill text, Congressional Record text, Bill summary & status, the Congressional Record Index, Public Laws by law number, Roll Call Votes, Committee Reports, House Committees and Senate Committees, and historical documents including the Constitution.- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (online)
(via Dataware) Worldwide Political Science Abstracts provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy. (replaces ABC POL SCI).
Books
Searching for Books
Books, as all library materials, can be found through the Library's Catalog using Title, Author, Subject, Keyword, or other numeric index searches.
Using the Library's Catalog, students can check on an item's location, availability, and bibliographic information. The Library's Catalog is University wide; however, all searches can be limited to only materials owned by the RWC Library.
RWC students can borrow all available materials from any of the UC libraries, as well as all available materials through the OhioLINK Catalog. The OhioLINK Catalog is a statewide library catalog consisting of library materials from colleges, universities, and public libraries throughout Ohio. To request materials from libraries other than the RWC Library, use the convenient online request option to request available materials.
New History Titles at RWC with Reviews
New Political Science & Law Titles at RWC with Reviews
Common Call Numbers & RangesHistory
- D1-2009 - History (General)
- D111-203 - Medieval History
- D204-475 - Modern History, 1453 –
- D501-680 - World War I (1914-1918)
- D731-838 - World War II (1939-1945)
- D900-2009 - Europe (General)
- DA1-995 - History of Great Britain
- DB1-3150 - History of Austria. Liechtenstein. Hungary. Czechoslovakia
- DC1-947 - History of France
- DD1-905 - History of Germany
- DF10-951 - History of Greece
- DG11-999 - History of Italy
- DK1-949.5 - History of Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics
- DP1-402 - History of Spain
- DS1-937 - History of Asia
- DT1-3415 - History of Africa
- DU1-950 - History of Oceania (South Seas)
- E11-143 - America
- E151-889 - United States
- E186-199 - Colonial history
- E201-298 - The Revolution, 1775-1783
- E300-453 - Revolution to the Civil War, 1775/1783-1861
- E337.5-738 - Nineteenth Century
- E740-837.7 - Twentieth Century
- E895-904 - Twenty-First Century
- F1-975 - United States Local History
- F1001-1145.2 - British America
- F1170 - French America
- F1201-3799 - Latin America, Spanish America
Political Science
- JA1-92 - Political Science (General)
- JC11-605 - Political Theory. The state. Theories of the state
- JK1-9993 - Political institutions and public administration (United States)
- JS39-8500 - Local Government. Municipal Government
- JV1-9480 - Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
- JZ5-6530 - International relations
Law
- K1-7720 - Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence
Common Subject Headings
History
- History
- Africa -- History
- Asia -- History
- Europe -- History
- France -- History
- Germany -- History
- Iraq War, 2003-
- Italy -- History
- Korean War, 1950-1953
- Russia -- History
- Spain -- History
- United States -- History
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1939-1945
Political Science
- Democracy
- Federal Government
- International Relations
- Political Parties
- Political Science
- Public Administration
Law
Citation & Style Guides
- Assembling a List of Works Cited - Duke University Libraries (online)
- The Chicago Manual of Style - REF Z253 .U69 2003 (print)
- Citation Resources (online)
- A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers -
REF LB2369 .T8 2007 (print)
Encyclopedias
General Encyclopedias
- Encyclopedia Americana - REF AE5 .D333 2004 (print)
- The New Encyclopedia Britannica - REF AE5 .E363 2007 (print)
- World Book Web (online)
Subject Encyclopedias
- Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History - REF D23 .B45 2005 (print)
- The Blackwell Encyclopedia of the American Revolution - REF E208 .B635 1991 (print)
- Civil Rights in the United States - REF E184.A1 C47 2000 (print)
- Encyclopedia of Africa south of the Sahara - REF DT351 .E53 1997 (print)
- Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History: The Black Experience in the Americas
REF E185 .E54 2006 (print)- Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties - REF KF4747.5 .E53 2006 (print)
- Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy: Studies of the Principal Movements and Ideas - REF JX1407 .E53 2002 (print)
- The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History (online)
- Encyclopedia of Islam in the United States - REF BP67.U6 E53 2007 (print)
- Encyclopedia of Political Communication - REF JA85 .E65 2008 (print)
- Encyclopedia of Politics: The Left and the Right - REF JA61 .E54 2005 (print)
- Encyclopedia of World Constitutions - REF K3157.E5 E53 2007 (print)
- Encyclopedia of World War II: A Political, Social and Military History - REF D740 .E516 2005 (print)
- Encyclopedia of the American Constitution - REF KF4548 .E53 2000 (print)
- Encyclopedia of the Holocaust - REF D804.3 .E53 1990 (print)
- Encyclopedia of the United States Congress - REF JK 1021 .D48 2007 (print)
- Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History - REF DS557.7 .E53 1998 (print)
- Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law - REF KF387 .G27 2006 (print)
- Great Debates at the United Nations: An Encyclopedia of Fifty Key Issues 1945-2000 - Stacks KZ4968 .G67 2001 (print)
- Historical Encyclopedia of American Labor - REF HD8066 .H57 2003 (print)
- Ohio History Central (online)
- Oxford Reference Online (online)
The Core Collection is a huge and comprehensive resource that contains over 100 dictionaries and reference titles covering the complete subject spectrum: from General Reference and Language to Science and Medicine, and from Humanities and Social Sciences to Business and Professional.- Worldmark Encyclopedia of Nations - REF G63 .W67 2004 (print)
Journals
Journals, as all library periodicals, can be found through the Library's Catalog using Title, Subject, Keyword, or other numeric index searches. Using the Library's Catalog, students can check on an journal's location, availability, and holdings.
Full-Text Journals
All full-text journals can be found through the Library's Full Text Journal List using Title or ISSN searches, or browsed by subject.
News & Newspapers
- Cincinnati Enquirer (online)
- LexisNexis Academic (online)
LexisNexis Academic. This service provides Internet access to some of the most popular files of LexisNexis with easy, forms-based searching. There are nearly 20 basic libraries including: General News, Company News Industry & Market News, Company Financial Information Country Profiles, State Profiles, Biographical Information, Reference & Directories Law Reviews, Federal Case Law, Accounting, Auditing & Tax -- Many of the sources available on the traditional plan with some limitations on searching capabilities.- Newsdex (online)
Newsdex is an index to newspaper articles pertaining to Cincinnati and Hamilton County. Selected coverage began in 1811 and full coverage began in 1990. Newsdex indexes the Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati Post, Cincinnati Herald, Cincinnati Magazine, Business Courier, and the Downtowner.- Newspaper Source (online)
The database provides full text for 245 regional U.S. newspapers, eighteen international newspapers, six newswires, and nine newspaper columns, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Los Angeles Times.- Television News Archive, Vanderbilt University (online)
The Television News Archive collection at Vanderbilt University holds more than 30,000 individual network evening news broadcasts from the major U.S. national broadcast networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN, and more than 9,000 hours of special news-related programming including ABC's Nightline since 1989.- World News Connection (online)
World News Connection (WNC) is an online news service, only accessible via the World Wide Web, that offers an extensive array of translated and English-language news and information. Particularly effective in its coverage of local media sources, WNC provides you with the power to identify what really is happening in a specific country or region. Compiled from thousands of non-U.S. media sources, the information in WNC covers significant socioeconomic, political, scientific, technical, and environmental issues and events. The information is obtained from full text and summaries of newspaper articles, conference proceedings, television and radio broadcasts, periodicals, and non-classified technical reports. New information is entered into WNC every government business day. Generally, new information is available within 48-72 hours from the time of original publication or broadcast.
Web Sites
African American History
- In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience - The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Ethnic & Multicultural History
- Ethnic & Multicultural History Internet Resources - The Library of Congress
- Jews in America: Our Story - Center for Jewish History
Genealogy
- Genealogists/Family Historians - The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Government & Law
- GPO Access - U.S. Government Printing Office
- Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) - U.S. Department of Homeland Security's National Preparedness Directorate, FEMA and the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security
- USA.gov - U.S. Government Web portal
History - General
- American Memory - Library of Congress
"American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience." [from American Memory's Mission]American Memory also includes the following exhibits:
- A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
- Frontline Diplomacy: The Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training - Library of Congress
- September 11, 2001: Documentary Project - American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- American Presidency Project - University of California, Santa Barbara
- Civil Rights Digital Library - Digital Library of Georgia
- History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web - American Social History Project / Center for Media and Learning (Graduate Center, CUNY) and the Center for History and New Media (George Mason University)
- New Deal Network - Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute and the Institute for Learning Technologies at Teachers College/Columbia University
- The Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century - Learning Technology Center in The University of Texas at Austin College of Education, Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum and Terra Incognita Productions
- Veterans History Project - American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- Voice of the Shuttle: Web site for Humanities Research - University of California, Santa Barbara
Maps
- Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin
Military History
- Military History Resources - The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Ohio & Cincinnati History
- Greater Cincinnati Memory Project - SouthWest Ohio and Neighboring Libraries (SWON)
- Ohio Memory: An Online Scrapbook of Ohio History - Ohio Historical Society
- Oral History Digital Collection - Youngstown State University
Political Science
- American National Election Studies - Stanford University and the University of Michigan
- Federal Election Commission
- The University of Michigan Documents Center: Elections 2008
Women's History
- Military Resources: Women in the Military - The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
- American Women's History: A Research Guide - Digital Collections of Primary Sources from Middle Tennessee State University Library
World History
- World History: Primary and Secondary Sources - The Library of Congress
Additional History Web Sites & Political Science Web Sites from UC Libraries
Additional History & Political Science Resources from UC Libraries
This page was last modified on 08/05/2008 by Lauren Wahman.