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History Senior Thesis Resources

An evolving guide of resources for thesis writers in history

About this guide

This guide includes useful resources to support the research and writing process for your history senior thesis. In this guide you'll find the following:  

  • Resources for finding historiographical essays, annotated bibliographies, and other sources to help you  begin your research and hone your topic.
  • General and specialized reference sources to help you find background information on your topic
  • Catalogs and e-book collections to search for books in print and online
  • Databases for locating scholarly journal articles, reviews, and working papers
  • Reliable strategies for finding and sources of data and statistics
  • Databases and websites for locating primary sources such as news articles, transcripts, and videos; U.S. government documents; and other primary source digital collections
  • Resources for citing your sources and writing in historu

If you need assistance identifying additional resources, developing search terms or strategies, please schedule a research consultation with me.