History Librarian
Jason Schultz
He/him/his
Contact:
Office: 800FL Central Library
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(615) 875-8311
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Getting Started
Remote Library Resources & Services
As a Vanderbilt student you can:
- get help with your research assignments by using Ask a Librarian.
- borrow books and other items from any of the campus libraries (except Special Collections).
- return most items you check out to any library.
- Oxford Bibliographies This link opens in a new windowLiterary guide to significant sources on a variety of subjects. Works as an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia.
- Oxford Research Encyclopedias This link opens in a new windowLong-form overview articles written, peer-reviewed, and edited by leading scholars. Both foundational and cutting-edge topics are covered in order to develop, over time, an anchoring knowledge base for major areas of research.
Access to selected content only. Some articles may not be available. - Oxford Reference This link opens in a new windowReference sources published by Oxford University Press. Dictionaries, subject reference works, language reference sources and key titles in the Oxford Companion series. Some examples are: the Oxford-Duden German dictionaries, A Dictionary of Psychology, A Dictionary of Zoology, The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms, A Dictionary of Writers and Their Works, Oxford Companion to Western Art, Oxford Companion to U.S.History, Oxford Companion to Music, Oxford Companion to Philosophy, and The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, etc.
- Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new windowCambridge Histories covering American, British, economic, regional, and general history, language and linguistics, philosophy, religious studies, theatre studies and performing arts, etc.
- Very Short Introductions (Oxford)Concise overviews of hundreds of diverse topics from the abstract (Knowledge) to the concrete (Coral Reefs), written by experts in the field who combine facts, analysis, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make challenging topics highly readable.
Routledge Handbook of the Cold WarCall Number: Central Library Stacks D843 .R675 2014
Historical Dictionary of U. S. Diplomacy During the Cold WarCall Number: Central Library Stacks E744 .F74 2015
Once in a Great City: A Detroit StoryCall Number: Central Library Reserves F574 .D457 M35 2016EBOOK AVAILABLE
Rome 1960: The Summer Olympics That Stirred the WorldCall Number: Central Library Reserves GV722 1960 .M37 2009EBOOK AVAILABLE
They Marched into Sunlight: War and Peace in Vietnam and America, October 1967Call Number: Central Library Reserves DS558 .M35 2003EBOOK AVAILABLE
Age of Mccarthyism: A Brief History with Documents (3rd Edition)Call Number: Central Library Reserves E743.5 .S366 2017
The Cold War: A Post-Cold War HistoryCall Number: Central Library Stacks E840 .L435 2016
Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political BiographyCall Number: Central Library Reserves E840.8 .K58 S39 2020- YOU DON'T BELONG HERE: HOW THREE WOMEN REWROTE THE STORY OF WARCall Number: Ebook On Order
Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthyCall Number: Print on OrderEBOOK AVAILABLE
A Hard Rain: America in the 1960s, Our Decade of Hope, Possibility, and Innocence LostCall Number: Central Library Stacks E839 .G35 2018
Parting the Waters: America in the King Year, 1954-63Call Number: Central Library Stacks and Special Collections: Stacks E185.61 .B7914EBOOK ON AVAILABLE
At Canaan's Edge: America in the King years, 1965-68Call Number: Print at Central Stacks E185.615 .B67 2006EBOOK AVAILABLE
Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-65Call Number: Central Library and Special Collections: Stacks E185.61 .B7915 1998
- America: History and Life This link opens in a new windowIndex of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada. Journal articles, book titles, book reviews, and dissertations.
- Gale Literature: Book Review Index This link opens in a new windowComprehensive guide to book reviews: cites or links to full-text reviews.
- Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new windowIndex of academic historical journals on the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, etc.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowLarge and important archive for academic journals, books, and primary sources in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Many journals do not have current issues.
- ProQuest This link opens in a new windowSearch all ProQuest databases simultaneously. Includes arts, humanities, social sciences, news, and science and technology.
- Readers' Guide Retrospective, 1890-1982 This link opens in a new windowIndex of articles from magazines, including full coverage of the original print volumes of Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature™. Atlantic Monthly, Century Magazine, Christian Century, Commonweal, Foreign Affairs, Fortnightly Review (London), Good Housekeeping, Harper's, Ladies Home Journal, Literary Digest, The Nation, New Republic, Reader's Digest, Saturday Evening Post, Saturday Review, Scribner's, and Women's Home Companion.
