The Family in History
The resources and information in this guide will be useful for research assignments on the history of the family.
What's in this Guide?
- Reference Sources
This section contains e-book and print encyclopedias and handbooks specific to the history of the family.
- Online Catalog
This section explains searching for books by title, author and subject in Milner's Online Catalog and includes key subject terms related to the history of the family.
- Article Databases
This section offers links to major databases in history with which to locate journal citations and the complete text of articles.
- Primary Sources
This section describes how to search for diaries, interviews, correspondence and oral histories in Milner's Online Catalog. Also included are databases containing major historical newspapers, popular magazines, U.S. government documents, legal sources and additional full text documents and collections,
- Interlibrary Loan
When materials needed are not held within Milner Library's collections, this section explains how to request items from other libraries.
- Citing Your Sources
The Chicago Manual of Style is used by History students to cite their sources. This section contains links to the full text of the Chicago Manual as a well as a quick guide and the print volume.
