History 331: The Family in Europe.
A Brief Guide To Resources
 Using the Catalog to locate materials
INNOPAC is the libraries' catalog. It lists books, newspapers, journals, audio-visual materials, databases, internet resources, maps, and recordings which are available through the Grinnell College Libraries.
For more information about using the library catalog see http://www.lib.grinnell.edu/research/InstructionGuides/opac.html
Keyword and subject searching
Keyword searching allows you to select your own terms to describe your topic. Subject heading (controlled vocabulary) searching relies on assigned terms chosen by experts to describe your topic. Keyword and subject heading searches do not generate the same results and both are useful and often necessary to find the best information for your topic.
For more information about using keywords and subject headings, see http://www.lib.grinnell.edu/research/InstructionGuides/subjectkeywords.html
Keywords to try:
households
family
marriage
economic history
Following are some subject headings which may be useful for locating books in our collection:
- France--History--16th Century
- Women--Europe--History
- Social Classes-Europe--History
- France--Social life and customs
- Marriage--France--History
- Manners and customs
- Family size
- Homosexuality, Male -- Europe -- History
- Marriage -- Italy -- Florence -- Case studies
Tips: 1. When a subject heading is assigned to a book, it is assigned at the most specific level. For example ,a study of marriage in 16th century France may be found under the heading Marriage--France--History, but not under the more general heading France--History.
Boolean Searching
In order to perform searches well, you need to know how to do a Boolean Search. For a review of Boolean Searching, see http://www.lib.grinnell.edu/research/InstructionGuides/booleanmodule.html
 Locating primary source material
To locate primary source material in library catalogs or WorldCat, use the terms "sources," "case studies," "personal narratives," or "diaries." For example: Family -- England -- History -- Sources
Series which include primary documents
Records of Civilizations: Sources and Studies This series includes a variety of material from many countries. Because each volume is cataloged individually, call numbers vary. Browse this series by using the keyword search in the library catalog.
Records of Social and Economic History (HC 251 .B7 n.s.)
We have seven volumes of this series. The series also includes diaries and personal papers.
English Historical Documents (DA 26 .E55 and DA 26 .E55 1979)
Volumes 1-8 cover 500 AD through 1832 AD.
Bibliographies
Bibliographies are essential research tools for scholars. Always check the footnotes and bibliography in your readings. This is how scholars identify primary source materials, secondary resources, and key authors. Separately published bibliographies, often with annotations, can provide a good starting point for any research project. Specialized bibliographies also provide a means to identify archival and manuscript resources which may be available in microform or on the internet.
AHA Guide to Historical Literature (Oxford UP, 1995) . (Ref. D20 .A43x 1995)
Research Guide to European Historical Biogrtaphy, 1450 - Present (Ref. CT 759 .R47x 1992
Short-title Catalog of Books Printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad, 1475-1640 (Z2002 .P77 1956)
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/)
Repositories of Primary Sources (http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html)
RefWorks is a tool to help you manage your own growing bibliography.
 Indexes to Journal Articles and Scholarly Resources
Historical Abstracts is the scholarly index for history excluding North America. Journal articles, books, and dissertations in all areas of history (political, cultural, intellectual, etc.) are included.
Arts and Humanities Search offers a unique way of searching for relevant materials by generating a bibliography from a single known source. The Social Sciences Citation Index is available through a mediated search with a reference librarian.
Humanities Abstracts covers major English-language journals in religion, philosophy and literature.
JSTOR is a collection of full-text articles from major journals published in the social sciences, humanities, arts, and some sciences. The most current issues of journals are not included.
Project Muse is another database that offers full-text journal articles from a number of academic journals.
Social Sciences Abstracts covers general English-language journals in history, political science economics, sociology and psychology.
World Cat is an international cataloging database of books, periodicals, manuscripts, web sties and other materials held by public, academic, government, and private libraries around the word. It currently includes over 52,000,000 items.
Center for Research Libraries http://www.crl.edu/ is a consortium of libraries that acquires, preserves, and shares materials with member institutions.
 Reference Sources
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Ref. DA 28 .O95 2004)
Dictionary of the Middle Ages (Ref. D 114 .D5 1982)
Cambridge Medieval History (D 117 .C3)
New Cambridge Modern History (D 208 .N4)
New Dictionary of the History of Ideas (Ref. CB 9 .N49)
Encyclopedia of the Renaissance and the Reformation (Ref. CB 359 .B47 2004)
Companion to the Reformation World (BR 309 .C62 2004)
Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment (Ref. B 802 .E53 2003)
Encyclopedia of the Renaissance (Ref. N6370 .C84x 1993)
Blackwell's Companion to the Enlightenment (Ref. CB 411 .B57 1991)
Dictionary of Concepts in History (Ref. D13 .R49 1986)
Key Journals
Continuity and Change
Journal of Family History
Journal of the History of Ideas
Sixteenth Century Journal
Social History
 Web Resources and Images
Web Resources
Early Modern Resources (http://www.earlymodernweb.org.uk/emr/)
Old Bailey Online (Proceedings of the Old Bailey) (http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/)
ITER (literature pertaining to the middle ages and Renaissancce) (http://www.itergateway.org/databases.cfm)
Early Modern Texts (http://www.earlymoderntexts.com/)
Renascence Editions (http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~rbear/ren.htm)
Teams Middle English Texts Online (http://www.teamsmedieval.org/texts/index.html)
Eighteenth Century Resources - History (http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/18th/history.html)
Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page)
The Records of Earls Colne (http://linux02.lib.cam.ac.uk/earlscolne/intro/index.htm)
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution (http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/)
Gallica (Bibliotheque Nationale de France) (http://gallica.bnf.fr/)
Court of Chivalry (http://www.court-of-chivalry.bham.ac.uk/index.htm)
Word on the Street (broadsides) (http://www.nls.uk/broadsides/index.html)
Labyrinth, from Georgetown Univesity, is devoted to the study of medieval culture. (http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/)
Modern History Sourcebook from Fordham University make available primary and other resource material on a variety of historical topics.
(http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html)
Imges
ArtStor
http://www.artstor.org/info/
This is a growing collection of images from a number of sources, including Grinnell College.
Sunsite
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Collections/
This is from Berkeley and lists a number of good image collections on the web.
Google Images
http://www.google.com/
This is the Google search engine for images.
Interlibrary Loan
You may request materials through Interlibrary Loan simply by completing the form available on the libraries' website. You will be asked to enter your name and ID number; then you may request materials. Be sure all information is correct and complete. Plan ahead, since it may take two weeks to receive material.
If you have any questions, please contact me at rod@grinnell.edu, or consult any of the other Reference Librarians .
Created by: Catherine Rod on January 26, 2007
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