History 202 - Summer 2009 - Associate Professor Sam Klein  Tags: course_guides history  

Welcome to the course guide for History 202, American History: 1877-present.  Here you'll find recommended books, databases, and other resources to assist you with your research for this class. Of course, you're not limited to these resources, but this guide is a good starting point.  If you need to contact a librarian for help, click on the Get Help tab above.

If you're unsure of how to get started with your research, consult the outline below for helpful tips on the various stages of the research process.

Choose a topic and narrow its scope until it is properly refined - for example:

Too broad:   Unemployment

Slightly less broad:   Unemployment in the United States

A little better:   Unemployment in the United States in the 21st Century

Properly Refined Topic:   Effects of Unemployment on College Graduates in the United States in the 21st Century

Find a Book in the catalog

Find an Article from on-campus

Find an Article from off-campus

Use JournalFinder

Professor Klein requires you to cite your sources using the Chicago or Turabian citation styles. Below are links to some online resources to help you with this process.  We also have Chicago and Turabian style books in the reference sections of each campus library.