Hist 3100 Contemporary American History: Books & Databases

Start your research by browsing a host of controversial topics, from Abortion to Capitol Punishment. For an overview of all topics, choose the Browse Issues tab and click away. Once you have your area of interest, hop over to Academic Search Complete and America: History & Life to find scholarly articles, using the topics as keywords.

Awesome general database: try limiting to "full text" and "peer reviewed", update the publication date (2000-2014) and use complex keyword searching such as "civil rights" AND "freedom of speech" or "great migration" AND "new york"

Full-text journal articles are ONLY available from 1999 -2014: (1) Check mark “SAGE Content Available to Me” and (2) Specify a DATE RANGE from 1999 through 2014. Enter keywords such as civil rights to get started.

E-books in wide-ranging areas including contemporary American history topics, such as Civil Rights, Cold War. Search using keywords such as "civil rights" and "freedom of speech, or "cold war" and "class".

Browse documentary and archival films on such topics as Wikileaks, Out in America, and Spying on the Home Front

Search the catalog by choosing "Books & Videos" on the library's homepage and then entering in keywords such as "occupy movement" AND "gender" or "Cold War" AND "race"