Contents

This guide is a work in progress. It includes listings of books in the Morrisville State College library and Web sites that will get you started in finding information for the HIST 152 Global Communities project. If you discover resources you think should be added to this guide, use the comments section at the bottom of the guide pages to indicate the source title and locational information such as the Web address.

Find Articles

The following databases are likely to have articles relevant to the wide range of topics you can explore for your museum project:

Academic Search Complete
Full-text articles from magazines, scholarly journals and newspapers on a wide range of topics.

Military and Government Collection

General Web Sources

Professor Buckingham's Information Resources Links
Links to a wide variety of Web history sources, particularly for non-Western countries and topics.

Infomine
Guide to scholarly internet resources, searchable by topic area.

Intute
Outstanding subject guide to Web resources on a wide range of topics.

Topics

Country Histories

• Country Histories
• Empires
• International Organizations

Economic Issues

• Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
• Trade Networks

Exploration and Expeditions

Ideologies and Religions

• Ideologies and Religion
• Political and Social Ideologies

Social Issues

• Entertainment and Sports
• Health, Wellness & Aging

Technology

• Communications and Communications Technology
• Computer Technology
• Energy/Energy Resources
• Science and Technology
• Transportation Networks and Technology

Wars

• Genocide and Terrorism
• War

World Leaders

Assignment Information

HIST 152 Course Web Page
Includes links to museum project instructions, topic list, sample proposal, and sample artifact.

Documenting Your Sources
OWL Chicago Style Manual