Library: HIS326: A History of Women in America: HIS326: A History of Women in America

HIS326 Assignment Help

M4A1 Project 2
M8A1 Project 3

M4A1 Project 2: Uncovering Women's Everyday Lives

Choose one of the sets of primary sources linked in your course.
Locate and read at least two scholarly journal articles or eBooks from the library that deal with the same topic as the primary sources.
Synthesize how the secondary sources (journal articles/eBooks) have enriched your understanding of the primary sources. (See full assignment details and guiding questions in your course).

Search the Women's History Research Databases listed below and/or OneSearch to find scholarly journal articles/eBooks for your paper.

For additional help:

Help with Scholarly Articles Links to several tutorials and tip sheets that explain what scholarly, peer reviewed articles are and how to find them.
Complete list of APA FAQs

M8A1 Project 3: The Diversity of Women's Experiences

Choose one of the topics listed in your course.
Review the jumping-off point questions listed in your course to help you develop your thesis statement.
Locate. read and include at least two outside primary sources and two outside secondary sources (scholarly journal articles or books).

Search the Women's History Research Databases listed below and/or OneSearch to find secondary sources for your paper.

For additional help:

Primary and Secondary Sources (video) Clear and short video tutorial explained by Common Craft
Primary Sources
Research guide includes links to vetted websites that contain primary sources.
How do I write an effective thesis statement?
Complete list of APA FAQs

Women's History Research Databases

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Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window The world's largest academic, multi-disciplinary database with full text journals, newspapers, magazines, reports, eBooks and videos. Meets the needs of scholars in virtually every discipline.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window Updated regularly. Offers a high-quality, interdisciplinary archive to support scholarship and teaching. Includes archives of over 1,000 leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work. The entire corpus is full-text searchable, offers search term highlighting, includes high-quality images, and is interlinked by millions of citations and references.
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Historical Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window Covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from the 15th century forward. Helpful for research on world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and many other related topics.
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CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window Contains over 4,000 in-depth research reports from 1923 to present on the world’s most pressing issues (gay marriage, gun control, Middle East conflicts, etc.) with data, charts, and visuals.
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SAGE Journals Online This link opens in a new window An interdisciplinary database that contains over 1,000 full text, online journals in the fields of business, education, health, the humanities, law enforcement, criminology, and other social sciences. Several of these journals are the most authoritative and influential in their fields. Access from 1999-present.
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ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window Search ALL ProQuest databases at once. Covering more than 160 subject areas, ProQuest Central is the largest aggregated database and contains a diversified mix of content including scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, books, newspapers, reports and videos. Encompasses business, science & technology, health, social sciences, arts & humanities, and news.
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Multidisciplinary eBook databases:

eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window Multidisciplinary eBooks representing a broad range of subjects.
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Ebook Central (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window eBooks on a range of subjects such as business, information technology, education, engineering, health, history, humanities, life & physical sciences, and social and behavioral sciences.
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Learn more about finding and downloading eBooks:

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Alexander Street: Academic Video Online‎ This link opens in a new window A large multidisciplinary collection of streaming videos. Includes documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, raw footage, award-winning films, including Academy® and Emmy® winners, newly released films, and archival material previously unavailable.
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Films On Demand: Master Academic Package This link opens in a new window Full-length streaming videos in the humanities, social sciences, business, health, medicine, sciences, and mathematics fields.
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ImageQuest (Britannica) This link opens in a new window Nearly 3 million rights-cleared images from more than 50 collections including Getty Images, the National Portrait Gallery of London, and the National Geographic Society.
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Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Specialized reference eBooks for background information on all subjects, including audio, video, and image results.
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Click on a database name to search:

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Specialized reference eBooks for background information on all subjects, including audio, video, and image results.
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Britannica Academic This link opens in a new window The largest, most authoritative encyclopedia in the world, this database contains articles, maps, images, videos, and yearbooks from 1993 to present. Use it instead of Wikipedia for your research!
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Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window More than 50 reference eBooks in business, communications, history, law, literature, medicine, nation & world, science, and technology.
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OneSearch

Find articles, eBooks, etc.

Using Google Scholar: Finding Peer Reviewed Resources (Transcript)

Selected Resources

American Women A gateway to Library of Congress resources for the study of women's history and culture in the United States
National Women’s History Alliance "An educational nonprofit organization. Our mission is to recognize and celebrate the diverse and historic accomplishments of women by providing information and educational materials and programs."
Women's History Month (Library of Congress) March is Women's History Month. This website commemorates and encourages the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history.
Not For Ourselves Alone: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony "Experience the work of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony... Track key events in the suffrage movement, delve into historic documents and essays, and take a look at where women are today. "
Online Exhibits @ the National Women's History Museum "The Museum researches, collects and exhibits the contributions of women to the social, cultural, economic and political life of our nation in a context of world history."
Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History & Culture Links to digital collections at the center.
Sophia Smith Collection: Women's History Archives "The Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College is an internationally recognized repository of manuscripts, archives, photographs, periodicals and other primary sources in women's history."

How to use this guide

Welcome! Use the resources listed in this guide to help with Projects 2 and 3 in this course.

Background Information

akg-images. (1942, August). WW II/USA/women working f.airforce,1942 [Photograph].

Abigail Adams From: Hogan, M. A. (2016). Abigail Adams: The life and the biographers. In K. A. Sibley (Ed.), A companion to first ladies. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Salem Witch Trials (Video)
Women's Movement
Women's Suffrage

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