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Center for Research Libraries
CRL holds over four million newspapers, journals, doctoral dissertations, archives, government publications and other traditional and digital research collections. The Center has special strength in publications and archives from many countries. Find out about what is available to borrow or to access digitally at  exlibris.colgate.edu/help/guides/center-for-res-lib.html
Note: Access to catalog is available to all. Access to online collections may be restricted to Colgate University users. Borrowing materials is restricted to CU users - use ConnectNY or ILL to request items.

ConnectNY
Connect NY is a unified catalog of participating academic libraries in New York State designed to allow authorized users of participating libraries to borrow materials from other Connect NY libraries if the books are not owned by their home library or if their library`s copy is already checked-out. Colgate is a member of Connect NY

WorldCat
Coverage varies. A catalog of materials held by libraries worldwide including books, serials, media, and electronic resources.

Articles

America: History and Life
Coverage: 1964-present. A resource for studying the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.

HarpWeek
Coverage: 1857-1912. Electronic access to Harper`s Weekly, America`s leading 19th century illustrated newspaper. Includes the ability to search for a wide variety of articles, ads, illustrations, fiction.

Historical Abstracts
Historical Abstracts covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women`s history, history of education, and more.

Encyclopedias - United States

Belligerents, brinksmanship and the big stick : A Historical Encyclopedia of American Diplomatic Concepts
2009 ed. Offers authoritative coverage of the concepts, traditions, events, and individuals that shaped United States' foreign relations from the American Revolution to the present.

Chronological History of U.S. foreign relations - Call Number: CASE Ref. E183.7 .B745 2003
New York : Routledge, 2003

Dictionary of American foreign affairs - Call Number: CASE Ref. E183.7 .F58 1993
New York : Macmillan ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, c1993

Dictionary of American History
2002 ed. This revised work serves students, scholars, and general readers interested in a wide range of topics in American history, from the well studied and familiar to the obscure.

Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy
2002 ed. Essays by subject experts treat concepts and doctrines, policymaking, commerce and science, human rights and arms control, with specific articles on topics ranging from anti-imperialism to environmental diplomacy, from refugee policies to terrorism and countermeasures.

Encyclopedia of tariffs and trade in U.S. history - Call Number: CASE Ref. HF1705 .T37 2003 vols. 1-3
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003

Newspapers -- Historical

17th-18th century Burney Collection newspapers
The newspapers, pamphlets, and books gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817) represent the largest and most comprehensive collection of early English news media. The present digital collection, that helps chart the development of the concept of news and newspapers and the free press, totals almost 1 million pages and contains approximately 1,270 titles. Many of the Burney newspapers are well known, but many pamphlets and broadsides also included have remained largely hidden.

America's Historical Newspapers
Coverage: 1690-1922. Includes more than 1,000 U.S. historical newspapers published between 1690 and 1922, including titles from all 50 states. (formerly called Early American Newspapers, Series I through VII)

New York Times -Proquest Historical Newspapers
1851 - 3 years ago. This database offers full-text and full-image articles for New York Times dating back to the 19th century. The collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue--cover to cover--in downloadable PDF files.

Times Digital Archive
Coverage: 1785-1985. Search the full-text of the Times (London) Digital Archive. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos.

Bibliographies

American Foreign Relations since 1600: a guide to the literature
2008 ed. An update of the standard bibliography of American foreign relations literature from colonial times to the present day.

United States foreign relations under Washington and Adams - Call Number: CASE Ref. E311 .M83
New York : Garland Pub., 1982

Web Sites

Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History, & Diplomacy
The Avalon Project will mount digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. We do not intend to mount only static text but rather to add value to the text by linking to supporting documents expressly referred to in the body of the text.

Papers of the War Department 1784-1800
These Papers record far more than the era’s military history. Between 1784 and 1800, the War Department was responsible for Indian affairs, veteran affairs, naval affairs (until 1798), as well as militia and army matters. During the 1790s, the Secretary of War spent seven of every ten dollars of the federal budget (debt service excepted). [from the web site 2/19/09]

United States History: Resources selected by Colgate Librarians
Web sites selected by librarians.

Primary Sources

Nation Digital Archive
Coverage: 1865- 1 month ago. Contains indexing, abstracting, and full text for the complete archive of The Nation, is America’s oldest weekly magazine and one of its premier journals of opinion.

American Memory Project
These still and moving images, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning.

British documents on foreign affairs--reports and papers from the Foreign Office confidential print. - Call Number: Case Main JZ632 and JZ633
Series A - Russia & Soviet Union Series B - Near and Middle East Series C - North America Series D - Latin America Series E - Asia Series F - Europe Series G - Africa Series J - League of Nations

Documents of American diplomacy : from the American Revolution to the present - Call Number: CASE Ref. E183.7 .D63 2002
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002

Government Information

LexisNexis Congressional Record Permanent Digital Collection
covers: 1787-1997.  Includes the full text of the Congressional Record and its three predecessors. These four titles, the Congressional Record (1873-to date), the Annals of Congress (1789-1824), the Register of Debates (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873) provide researchers with a unique perspective on American history, and are considered key primary resources for research in American history, public policy, business and economics, politics, international relations, and the law.

Guide to American foreign relations since 1700 - Call Number: CASE Ref. - E183.7 .G839 1983
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-Clio, c1983

LexisNexis Congressional
Coverage: varies. Includes the online version of CIS Index to Publications of the United States Congress, including abstracts and legislative histories as well as stories from the Washington Post, Roll Call, and The Hill; and links to hot bills/topics and other websites.

United States Congressional Serial Set. Washington : G.P.O., - Call Number: LASR Y 1.1/2:SERIAL SET
The Serial Set contains the House and Senate Documents and the House and Senate Reports bound by session of Congress. It began publication with the 15th Congress, 1st Session (1817). Documents before 1817 may be found in the American State Papers. Our print volumes are housed in LASR and must be retrieved through Special Collections. We have microfiche coverage up through the 57th Congress, 2nd session (1903).

The Congressional globe / United States Congress
Washington : Blair & Rives, 1834-1873 CASE LASR X 1.0: Must be retrieved through Special Collections. Also available online although difficult to search.

Checklist of United States Public Documents, 1789-1909 - Call Number: CASE Ref Document Z1223 .A113 1911
3rd ed., rev. and enl Washington : G.P.O., 1911 Note: arranged by department/agency. No subject, title or author index.

CIS index to U.S. executive branch documents, 1789-1909 : guide to documents not printed in the U.S. serial set - Call Number: CASE Ref Document Z1223 .A1134 1990
Arranged by agency and includes subject and name indexes.

CIS index to U.S. executive branch documents, 1910-1932 : guide to documents not printed in the U.S. serial set - Call Number: CASE Ref Document Z1223 .A11346 1996
Arranged by agency. Includes subject and name indexes.

Cumulative subject index to the Monthly catalog of United States Government publications, 1900-1971 - Call Number: CASE Ref Document Z1223 .A16 1973
Very useful for any topic prior to 1971.

U.S. Government Websites of note
Sources selected by Colgate`s Head of Government Documents

Foreign relations of the United States : diplomatic papers. Washington : Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1948- - Call Number: CASE Ref Document S 1.1:
Official record of U.S. Foreign policy with correspondence and papers on major policies and decisions.

Images

HarpWeek
Coverage: 1857-1912. Electronic access to Harper`s Weekly, America`s leading 19th century illustrated newspaper. Includes the ability to search for a wide variety of articles, ads, illustrations, fiction.

Ohio State University Cartoon Image Database
The Cartoon Library and Museum`s digital image database contains scanned images from their collection. The collection documents American printed cartoon art, including editorial cartoons and comic strips. Some images are scanned from the original art while others are scanned from newspaper tear sheets or other printed sources.

Biographical Information

American National Biography
Coverage: 900-present. This is the authoritative biographical source for Americans who died prior to 1996.