Wolcott. Violence

Violence in America:
A Guide to Resources in Miami University Libraries

Jenny Presnell | History Bibliographer

212 King Library | presnejl@muohio.edu | 529-3937

Background Information

Violence in America: An Encyclopedia. King Reference HN 90.V5 V5474 1999

Secondary Sources

Books
(all available on MiamiLINK)

Miami's Catalog
OhioLINK
Worldcat

Journal Indexes

America: History and Life MiamiLINK | Indexes and Abstracts | History |

Primary Sources

Defining primary sources, some examples:

American Memory's discussion of primary sources http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/psources/pshome.html
Yale University Libraries Primary Sources http://www.library.yale.edu/ref/err/primsrcs.htm

Historical Statistics

Historical Statistics of the United States King Reference HA 202.B87 1975

Statistical Abstract of the United States 1882 - Government and Law and King Library

Uniform Crime Reports 1930 - Government and Law J1.14/7

Historical Periodical Indexes

New York Times Index (Newspaper) King Reference Index

Personal Name Index to the New York Times King Reference CT104.A1 F3

Nineteenth Century Masterfile MiamiLINK | Indexes and Abstracts | General | Historical

Readers Guide to Perodical Literature King Reference Index

American Periodicals Series MiamiLINK | Indexes and Abstracts | General | Historical

International Index King Reference Index

Psychological Abstracts and PsycInfo MiamiLINK | Indexes and Abstracts | Social Sciences | Psychology and King Reference Index

Using the Internet for Research: Primary, Secondary and Reliability

Search Directories

WWW V-L: History http://www.ukans.edu/history/VL/
Best of the Web History http://www.besthistorysites.net/
History Matters http://historymatters.gmu.edu/
Librarians Index to the Internet http://lii.org/

Search Engines

Google http://www.google.com