The Former Soviet States
Research Guide
Twentieth Century
Reference
Works
Specialized reference works like the ones listed below are very
useful for research. All of the titles here are located on the
first floor of the Library. Browse around the same areas to find
other useful titles.
Biographies
- Dictionary of World Biography
Reference CT 104 .D54 1998
- Women in World History
Reference HQ 1115 .W6
Chronologies
- Chronology of European History
Reference D 11 .C54 1997
- Chronology of World History
Reference D 11 .C57 1999
- Great Events from History: WorldWide Twentieth Century
Series
Reference D 421 .G63 1980
- Great Events from History: Modern European Series
Reference D 209 .M29
- Magill's History of Europe
Reference D 20 .M28 1993
- A Political Chronolgy of Europe
Reference D 11 .P655 2001
Encyclopedias and other reference works
- Central and South-Eastern Europe
Reference D 1058 .C46 2003
- Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia
Reference D 1058 .E37 2003
- Encyclopedia of Conflicts since World War II
Reference D 843 .C568 1999
- Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe
Reference DJK 6 .E53 2000
- Encyclopedia of European Social History from 1350 to 2000
Reference D 20 .E6 2001
- Encyclopedia of Russian History
Reference DK 14 .E53 2004
- Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations
Reference D 860 .M56 2002
- Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern
- Historical Atlas of Central Europe
Reference DJK 38 .H5 2002
- History Behind the Headlines: The Origins of Conflicts
Worldwide
Reference D 410 .H5 2001
- International Historical Statistics: Europe 1750-1993
Reference HA 154 .M513 1998
- Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States 2002
Reference DJK 1 .S452 2002
Library
Catalogs
Use the catalogs below to locate print and audio-visual materials.
Primary
Sources
There are several ways to locate primary sources in the College
of DuPage Library.
Some may be found in the Reference and Periodical sections
- Cold War International History Project Bulletin
Current Periodicals
- Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States: Documents,
Data, and Anaylsis
Reference DJK 1.5 .R876 1996
There are considerably more sources available in the General
Collection. To locate them use the College's Library Catalog.
- Do an author search.
Anything written by a participant would be a primary source.
For example, for a primary source about socialism, look up "Marx,
Karl" as an author and find his Germany: Revolution
and Counterrevolution. Sometimes organizations publish documents,
for example the Cold
War International History Project has publshed several volumes.
- Do a title search.
Some primary sources have no known authors.
- Do a subject search.
- Primary sources often contain one of these subheadings:
sources, personal narratives, diaries, or correspondence.
For example, look up "Russia" and scan the results
for those subheadings.
- Sometimes primary sources are found in broad collections
with or without the subheadings above. Look up a broader
heading such as "women" or "agriculture"
and limit the search results to "source material"
to find some useful collections.
Many of the Internet Sites mentioned below also have collections
of primary sources. Using Primary Sources on the Web is an excellent guide to finding and evaluating web-based primary sources.
Indexes
In addition to print or online indexes specifically for history, many
of these general sources cover the topic well. In many cases,
the databases will have the full text article available online.
If you are using these databases from off-campus, please be sure
to have your library
card available.
- Online Indexes
- Academic Search Premier
(1984-present)
Indexes over 3,000 journals and magazines.
- Discovering
Collection (Prehistory to present)
Includes some primary sources, mostly useful for topic overviews
like in the Great Events books listed above.
- Essay
and General Literature Index (1985-present)
Indexes chapters or essays in books.
- Expanded
Academic Index (1980-present)
Indexes over 2500 journals and magazines.
- Historical
New York Times (1851-1999)
Full images of the entire paper.
- History Study Center
Primary and secondary sources
- JSTOR
JSTOR is an archive of digitized journal articles ranging in date from the 1700's to the early 2000's. These collections span a variety of subjects in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Physical Sciences.
- Newspapers
(1980s-present)
Full text of the Washington Post, Wall Street
Journal, and the New York Times (last 90 days
only).
Internet
Sites
The Internet is an excellent place to find
primary sources for the study of history. Primary sources are
original documents from the time period. These texts are the foundation
upon which other studies and interpretations are made. The Internet
is also a good place to find images on historical topics. While
there are good sites with secondary information, they are often
not in enough depth for academic research. It is best to critically
evaluate
these sites before using them.
Writing
Papers
Here are some helpful sources to help you
research and write papers in history.
Citing
Sources
The MLA format (Modern Language Association) is commonly used
to create bibliographies or works cited pages. The sources below
may help you.
Professors in other disciplines or professors at other schools
may prefer a different citation style. It's always best to ask
to be sure what style they would like you to use. For professional
writing in the field of history, the Chicago Manual of Style is
the prefered citation format. These are some sources to help with
that format
Marianne Berger, Reference Librarian
630-942-2338
berger@cdnet.cod.edu
18 August 2003
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