History of the United States   Tags: history  

Look for articles on your topic in the library databases. Use the Find Articles in Periodicals tab in this libguide for databases that contain history articles. 

All of the databases allow you to limit your search to "Peer Reviewed" or Scholarly articles.  The History Reference Center allows you to limit your search to Primary Sources if you need to.

Welcome to the CCC  Lib Guide for the History of the United States (Hist 201 & Hist 202).  This guide is intended to help you start your research projects and to guide you to the history sources that the Cayuga College Library provides.

If you are unfamiliar with your subject area, start by searching in the Reference section of the library.  Check out the tab for Find Reference Sources in this libguide. 

In Reference you may find a source that contains the important persons and dates or summarizes the main events of the period you are researching. The Reference section includes Encyclopedias and special subject encyclopedias, general histories and chronologies. 

If you are able to come into the library to browse,  the specialized United States history reference sources are located in the E and F call numbers. 

Next, look for books on your topic.  Use the Search CAYLIB for books and Media box below or check out the Find Books & Media tab in this libguide to locate books through Cayuga's on-line catalog. 

Books give you background material and add detail about the period that you are researching.  A book can help you identify the main currents of thought on your topic and discover which historians have written on this period of history. 

If you need a book that is not found in the CCC on-line catalog, you can borrow from other libraries by filling out a request using Illiad.  See the "Create an Illiad Account" box to the right. 

CAYLIB is used to search for books, videos, DVDs, audiobooks, music CDs, and periodical titles owned by this Library.

Type your search terms in the search box, then click Go or press Enter on the keyboard.

Words Anywhere Words in Title Title begins with... Words in Author Author (lastname, firstname) Words in Subject Subject begins with... Words in Series Name Series name begins with... Publisher Place of Publication ISBN ISSN System Number Find Barcode
 

Click this link to open the Caylib advanced search screen in a new tab.

Books, media, or periodical articles not owned by Cayuga Community College libraries may be requested through the ILLiad Inter-library Loan Service.

If you have an ILLiad account, click here to logon.

If you do not have an ILLiad account, please click on "First Time Users."