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History: Methods

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The Modern Researcher: A Classic

Bibliographies of Reference Books

The American History Highway: A Guide to Internet Resources on U.S., Canadian, and Latin American History (available soon)
American Reference Books Annual  (REF/Z/1035.1/A55)
Guide to Reference Books  (Reference Desk)
Handbook for Research in American History  (REF/E/178/P78)
The History Highway: A 21st Century Guide to Internet Resources (REF/D/16/117/H55)
Reference Sources in History  (REF/D/20/F74-Shelved at Reference Desk)
Sources of Information for Historical Research  (REF/D/20/S64)
A Student's Guide to History (MAIN/D16.3 .B4 2004)

United States History: A Selective Guide to Information Sources
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Bibliographies on Historical Topics

The American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature (REF/D20/A53)
Combined Retrospective Index to Journals in History  (REF/D/1/C74)

Archives

Articles Describing Archives and Manuscript Collections in the United States
(REF/CD/3022/A2/D478)
A Guide to Archives and Manuscripts in the United States  (REF/CD/3022/A45)
Catalogue of British Parliamentary Papers 1801-1900 (REF/Z/2029/I7)
Descriptive Inventory of the Archives of the State of Illinois
(GI/ILLINOIS 016.353 I29d)
Guide to the Smithsonian Archives (GI/Q/11/S8S64)
Mormon Collection, 1839‑1903 (Archives)
Native American Libraries, Archives, and Information Services
(GI/Y4.IN2/11:S.HRG.102229)
Sources of Mormon History in Illinois, 183948
(ARCH/Z/7845/M8K5)
Special Collections in the Library of Congress: A Selective Guide
(GI/LC1.6/4:C68)
Subject Collections (REF/Z/731/A78)

Doing History

  • Clues, Myths, and the Historical Method  (MAIN/D/16/G5213)
  • Constructing the Past: Essays in Historical Methodology  (MAIN/D/16/F32513)
  • The Contemporary Relevance of History: A Study in Approaches and Methods (MAIN/D16.8/B3145)
  • Going to the Sources: A Guide to Historical Research and Writing (REF/D/16/B893)
  • Historians' Fallacies; Toward a Logic of Historical Thought (Main/D/16/F53)
  • The Historical Method of Herodotus (MAIN/D56.52/H45L38)
  • The Modern Researcher  (REF/LB/2369/B28) (2nd copy in MAIN)
  • Which Road to the Past?: Two Views of History (MAIN/D16/F69)
  • Writing, Teaching and Researching History in the Electronic Age(MAIN/D/16/W95)

Historiography

The American Past: Conflicting Interpretations of the Great Issues (MAIN/E/178.6/F523)
American Women Historians, 1700s-1990s (REF/E/175.45/S27)
Beyond Liberalism: The New Left Views American History (MAIN/E/178.6/U46)
The Blackwell Dictionary of Historians  (REF/D/14/B58)
Dictionary of Concepts in History  (REF/D/13/R49)
Encyclopedia of Historians & Historical Writing  (REF/D/14/E53)
Essays in Ancient and Modern Historiography (MAIN/D/13/M63)
The Gender of History: Men, Women and Historical Practice (MAIN/D/13/S567)
A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing  (REF/D/13/G47)
Great Historians of the Modern Age  (REF/D/14/G75)
Historical Interpretations (MAIN/E/178.6/G68)
Historiography: Ancient, Medieval, Modern  (MAIN/D/13/B686)
History and Histories Within the Human Sciences (MAIN/D16.8/H62418)
Insights on American History (MAIN/E/178.6/I495)
Maps and History: Constructing Images of the Past (MAIN/D/13/B54)
The Past Before Us: Contemporary Historical Writing in the United States (MAIN/D/13/P36)
Puzzles of the Past: An Introduction to Thinking About History (MAIN/D13/I745)
Time's Reasons: Philosophies of History Old and New (MAIN/D13/K7)
What Was History? The Art of History in Early Modern Europe (MAIN/D/13.5/E85)

Historians and Numbers

Chronologies

American Decades  (REF/E/169.1/A42)
American Eras  (REF/E/169.1/A47)
Book of Days (REF/D/11/B66)
The Book of Calendars  (REF/CE/11/B66)
Chronology of African-American History (REF/E/185/H64)
Chronology of the Ancient World (REF/D/54.5/B5)
Facts on File Yearbook, 1941-  (REF/D/410/F3)
Handy Book of Rules and Tables for Verifying Dates with the Christian Era (REF/CE/11/B7)
Keesing’s Contemporary Archives, 1931- (REF/D/410/K4)
Monarchs, Rulers, Dynasties, and Kingdoms of the World (REF/D/107/T36)
The Oxford Companion to the Year (REF/CE/73/B553)
The Timetables of History (REF/D/11/G78)

Historical Metrology

A Dictionary of English Weights and Measures: From Anglo‑Saxon Times to the
Nineteenth Century (REF/QC/82/Z8)
French Weights and Measures Before the Revolution: A Dictionary of Provincial and Local Units (PSL/QC/89/F8Z86)
Historical Metrology: A New Analysis of the Archaeological and the Historical Evidence (PSL/QC/83/B45)
How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index (REF/HB/235/U6)
Scales and Weights: a Historical Outline (PSL/QC/83/K5)
Value of a Dollar: 1860-2004 (REF/HB/235/U6)
Value of a Dollar: 1600-1865 (REF/HB/235/U6/V34)
Weights and Measures: An Informal Guide (PSL/QC/82/J6)
Weights and Measures: Their Ancient Origins and Their Development in Great Britain Up to A.D. 1855 (PSL/QC/83/S56)

Historical Statistical Sources (General)

Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition (Reference Desk HA/202/H57)
International Historical Statistics: Africa, Asia, & Oceania, 1750-1993 
(REF/HA/4675/M55)
International Historical Statistics: Europe, 1750-1993 (REF/HA/1107/M5)
Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1879- (GI/C3.134)
Statistics Sources (REF/Z/7551/S84)

Historical Statistical Sources (Specific)

British Employment Statistics: A Guide to Sources and Methods (MAIN/HD/5765.A6B89)
State and Statistics in France, 1789-1815 (MAIN/HA/37/F8P47)
The Suicide Cycle: Suicides in War, Peace, and Depressions in Twenty Western and Eastern Nations (MAIN/HB/1323/S8L85)
The Wages of War, 1816-1965: A Statistical Handbook (MAIN/U/21.2/S57)