Important History Research Guides

Advice, Conduct, and Etiquette Literature
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American Newspapers
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American Periodicals
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ANCH 026: Ancient Greece
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Archival Indexes
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Area Studies Collections @ Penn
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Basics of Legal Research
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Book Reviews - Research Guide
A selective bibliography of sources for reviews of works primarily in the social sciences and humanities....   [more]
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British Foreign Relations
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British Government Publications - Research Guide
Also Known as: British Government Documents - Research Guide
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British National Archives Documents Related to Colonial America
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Catalogue of British parliamentary papers in the Irish University Press 1000-volume series
Website providing title lists for the Irish University Press 1000-volume collection of 19th-century British parliamentary papers. Search Franklin for individual subseries titles in this collection....   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    IUP 1000-volume set: Colonies: Africa

City Directories of the United States - Microform Collection
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Confederacy: Primary Documents and Histories
This guide provides information to primary source material related to the Civil War and the Confederacy. Most of the resources mentioned in this guide are in the libraries' Libra Storage collection. Y...   [more]
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Data sets--Historical Archives
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Early National Bibliographies - Research Guide
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European Histories
This guide directs you to the monumental histories for individual countries in Europe. Many of these histories are not stored in the offsite location, Libra. If they are located in Libra, you may requ...   [more]
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FBIS Daily Reports
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Finding Autobiographies - Research Guide
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Finding Diaries - Research Guide
This research guide should assist you in finding diaries in the Penn Library collections, published and unpublished personal writings at other libraries and archives, and books about diaries and perso...   [more]
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Finding Newspapers at Penn - Research Guide
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Finding Speeches, Transcripts and Sermons-Research Guide
Guide to finding speeches, transcripts and sermons using indices, online collections and print collections....   [more]
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Foreign Relations of the United States - Research Guide
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French Government Documents
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French Histories
The Penn Libraries have strong holdings for the French Revolution and other aspects of French history. Many of these resources are primary materials. Sets that are not in Van Pelt are in the libraries...   [more]
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French History - Reseach Guide
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French Revolution Research Collection / Images of the French Revolution - Microform Collection
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Globalization
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Guide to History Databases
The most frequently used history databases, divided by categories of primary significance and with descriptions of coverage, holdings and full-text availability. ...   [more]
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Guide to the USC Shoah Foundation Institute Visual History Archive
This is a guide to using the Visual History Archive (VHA) at the University of Pennsylvania. The VHA is a software tool created by the Shoah Foundation that allows users to both search for and view t...   [more]
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Henry Charles Lea Library - Microform Collection
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Historic Advertisements
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Historic American Radio
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Historical Books Online
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Historical Film Archives Online
This is a guide to Internet sites that provide historical films, newsreels, shorts, animation, and other types of motion pictures online as streaming video....   [more]
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Historical Newspapers Online
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Historical Statistics - Research Guide
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Historical Trial Literature
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History 126: Europe 1789 to 1914
Course guide to support Professor Steinberg's History 126 course. ...   [more]
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History 349: History of Sexuality
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History and Sociology of Sexuality
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History of Science - Research Guide
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History of the Middle East - Research Guide
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History of Witchcraft - Research Guide
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Iroquois Indians - Microform Collection
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JPRS Reports
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Korea in the Age of Empires
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Latin and Greek Texts: Early Christian Church
Links to databases, and significant collections ...   [more]
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Magazine Cover Images
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Major Microform Sets in the Penn Library
This guide lists useful microfilm and microfiche sets available in the Van Pelt Library....   [more]
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Medieval History - Research Guide
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Medieval Manuscript Catalogs - Research Guide
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Medieval Manuscripts - Microform Collection
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Newspaper Circulation Statistics, 1869-
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Newspapers on Microform and Philadelphia Newspapers
This database provides holding and location information for over 800 newspapers on microfilm owned by Van Pelt Library. It also includes those newspapers published in Philadelphia in all formats. ...   [more]
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Pennsylvania County Repository Guides - Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania research guide
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Philadelphia 1700-2000
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Philadelphia County - Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania research guide
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Philadelphia History - Research Guide
Primary and secondary sources for the study of Philadelphia history....   [more]
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Places In Time : Historical Documentation of Place in Greater Philadelphia
Provided by Bryn Mawr College. This is an effort to bring together resource for pursuing historical information about place in the five-county Philadelphia area: Bucks, Chester, Delaware. Montgomery, ...   [more]
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Race, Slavery and Revolution in the French Atlantic World
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Reference Sources Relating to the British Empire
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Regional Histories of Germany
links to collection of histories for specific states and cities of Germany. Many of these sets are in Libra storage but can be requested and checked out ...   [more]
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Researching the Holocaust
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Russian 213: Saints and Devils in Russian Literature and Tradition
Also Known as: Saints and Devils in Russian Literature and Tradition
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The Crusades
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The Spanish Civil War
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Theater Reviews - Research Guide
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Theme Indexes for Short Stories and Novels
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Travel and Exploration Narratives and Guide Books---Research Guide
Guide to finding narratives and other first person accounts of travels, voyages and explorations, as well as guide books for travellers. ...   [more]
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Treaties and Other International Agreements - Research Guide
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U.S. Census - Research Guide
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U.S. Elections: Historical and Contemporary - Research Guide
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U.S. Government Documents - Research Guide
Also Known as: U.S. Government Publications - Research Guide
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U.S. Legislative Process - Research Guide
Information and links to government publications produced in the federal legislative process of the United States, from the proposal of a bill to the enactment of a public law....   [more]
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U.S. Social History, 1900-1960-research guide
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Urban Poverty: Philadelphia 1970-
Guide to statistical and bibliographic resources relevant to the study of Urban Poverty in Philadelphia, with an emphasis on Kensington, Mantua, and North Philadelphia....   [more]
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Using Franklin to Find Primary Resources - Research Guide
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Victoria Research Web
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Witchcraft in Europe and America - Microform Collection
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World War I Primary and Secondary Sources: Print and Online
Primary source material coming out of the war of 1914. Some of this material will be in the libraries' storage facility, Libra. If so, you may request it and check it out or use it in the library. ...   [more]
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Related History Research Guides

20th Century African History and Politics - Research Guide
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Einfuhrung in die historische Fachinformation...
A guide to online resources in history....   [more]
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Hist 107: Comparative Capitalist Systems-Course Guide
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History 106-302 - Course Guide
Religion and Resistance in Colonial Africa (Fall 2002)...   [more]
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History 388-001: Hunger and Poverty in Market Economies - Course Guide
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History 479-604: Society, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East -Course Guide
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Latino Studies
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Penn Libraries Global
Penn Libraries is a rich network of information resources, innovative collaborative spaces, and human expertise, offering access to knowledge throughout the University of Pennsylvania and around the g...   [more]
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