History at Syracuse University
The Department of History is part of Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
History Librarian
Print Resources
Browsing History Books by Call Number
Although many older books are classified in the Dewey Decimal Classification System, most of Syracuse University Library’s print resources are classified in and physically arranged according to the alpha-numeric Library of Congress (LC) Classification System.
The LC system has allocated Class "D" to World History and Classes "E" and "F" to the History of the Americas.
“D” call numbers are assigned to History holdings that are shelved both in the Reference Collection and in the general and oversize stacks on the 2nd floor of Bird Library.
“E” and "F" call numbers are assigned to the American History holdings that are shelved in the Reference Collection on the 2nd floor of Bird Library and in the general and oversize stacks on the 3rd floor of Bird Library.
To see an outline of the entire "D" Class and/or an outline of the "E" and "F" Classes, open the document(s) below. Then click on any Subclasses of interest for outlines of their classification schemes.
Syracuse University's Institutional Repository
- SURFACE (Syracuse University Research Facility And Collaborative Environment)"A full-text, multi-media online database that provides open access to the extensive and diverse array of scholarly, professional, scientific, and creative output produced at Syracuse University. ... SURFACE gathers, organizes, disseminates, and preserves the cultural and scholarly record of SU." This database includes History dissertations produced at Syracuse University.
E-Book Collections
Examples of e-book collections to which the Library provides access:
- American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Humanities E-BooksOffers full-text digital versions of books in all areas of history.
- ARTFL - FRANTEXT (formerly the Trésor de la Langue Française)"Consists of over 2600 texts, ranging from classic works of French literature to various kinds of non-fiction prose and technical writing. The eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries are about equally represented, with a smaller selection of seventeenth-century texts as well as some medieval and Renaissance texts. Genres include novels, poetry, theater, journalism, essays, correspondence, and treatises. Subjects include literary criticism, biology, history, economics, and philosophy."
- Early American Imprints (Series I: Evans, 1639-1800)"Provides full-text and full-page-image access to books, pamphlets and broadsides printed in America from 1639-1800. Based on the renowned American Bibliography by Charles Evans (14 vols., 1903-34, 1955-59) and subsequent bibliographic works by Roger Bristol, James Mooney, and Clifford Shipton. ... includes more than 1,000 works located, catalogued and digitized since the completion of the earlier microfilmed set, Early American Imprints, 1639-1800 ..."
- Early American Imprints (Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819) "Provides full-text and full-page-image access to books, pamphlets, and broadsides published in America from 1801 through 1819. Contains many state papers and government materials, including published reports; presidential letters and messages; and congressional, state and territorial resolutions. Based on the American Bibliography by Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker ... supplemented by thousands of new items."
- Early English Books Online (EEBO)"Contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700 - from the first book printed in English by William Caxton, through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War."
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)Comprehensive digital edition of a microfilm set that aimed to include every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom, along with thousands of important works from the Americas, between 1701 and 1800. Covers books, pamphlets, broadsides, and ephemera. Subject categories include history and geography; fine arts and social sciences; medicine, science, and technology; literature and language; religion and philosophy; and law.
- Gutenberg-e (an Open Access site) Prize-winning books representing a range of subjects, including: Africa, Colonial Latin America, and South Asia; Europe before 1800; Military History and History of Foreign Relations; History of North America before 1900; and Women's History and History of Gender.
General Databases
- ArchiveGridA finding aid for historical documents, personal papers, and family histories held in archives around the world.
- Humanities Full TextIndex with abstracts and some full text of noted scholarly sources and important specialized magazines in the Humanities. Subjects addressed include Archaeology, Area Studies, Art, Classical Studies, Gender Studies, History, Literary & Social Criticism, Literature, and Religion. Coverage dates: indexing, 1984-; abstracting, 1984-; selected full text, 1994-.
- JSTORA full-text archive of scholarly publications in the arts and the humanities, the social sciences, and mathematics and the natural sciences. Provides coverage of 316 History journals as well as 37 History of Science & Technology journals.
- Project MUSEA database "providing 100% full-text ... online access to a comprehensive selection of prestigious humanities and social sciences journals. ... also the sole source of complete, full-text versions of titles from many of the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies. ... provides full-text access to current content from over 400 titles representing nearly 100 not-for-profit publishers."
- ProQuest HistoryA resource that offers access to multiple databases, including AltPressWatch, American Periodicals, British Periodicals, CBCA Complete: History, Ethnic NewsWatch, GenderWatch, and ProQuest Dissertations & Theses: History.
- WorldCatThis union catalog contains records for millions of books and other items held and cataloged by OCLC member libraries. The database offers bibliographic and holdings information on materials of all vintages, in all formats (including electronic/digital), and in hundreds of different languages.
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