Research Tips & Tools

Subject Guide:

American Studies Research Guide

Find books

HELIN Library Catalog - The combined library catalog of RWU, PC, URI, RIC, CCRI, Salve, JWU, Bryant, Wheaton, and Brown

InRhode - to find books in both the HELIN Library Catalog and Brown's Library Catalog, Josiah

Find articles in online databases

Link to a listing of the library's databases relevant to Education. Many of these databases will provide full-text articles.

Find journals and magazines

RWU journal subscriptions. Search by title or subject.

Find Reference Tools

Online reference resources such as encyclopedias, directories, dictionaries, etc.

Print Reference titles can be located at REF L - LC

Web Sites

African American Odyssey

Afro-American Almanac

The American Religious Experience

American Studies Web

American Culture Timeline

American Memory - Library of Congress primary source materials

American Studies: Popular Culture

Black Quest

BlackPast.org: Remembered & Reclaimed

Border and Latin American Information

Borderlands Encyclopedia

Historical Maps of the United States

Literary Resources on the Net: American Literature

Research Resources in American and British History

The September 11 Digital Archive