There are many books, both print and electronic, in the library's collection that deal with Texas history. One of the best ways to search the Library Online Catalog is to use the "Advanced Keyword" search. The Advanced Keyword search allows you to search for words in a item's title, subject headings, abstract, table of contents, or any other information provided in the item's record. For example, you could search for books on religious thought in Texas history by using the keywords "texas and history and religion".
In addition, here are a few subject terms that you can search to find books on Texas history in the 19th century. Click on these links to view the Blume Library's books on the following subjects:
The words "Texas", "history", "19th century", and "social conditions" also appear as sub-headings in many library subjects. Try using these terms when searching by keyword.
The following databases include articles on historical topics.
Academic Search Complete
This is a fulltext database of peer-reviewed academic journals, offering critical information from many sources including history journals and magazines. It contains fulltext articles from over 8,025 publications.
World History Collection
Offers a global look at history with content from Africa, Asia, North and South America, Europe and the Middle East. World History Collection contains cover-to-cover full text for nearly 150 titles, including many peer-reviewed journals.
The following periodicals (journals, magazines, and newspapers) focus on historical research and appear in Academic Search Complete:
WorldCat
The OCLC online union catalog. The world's most comprehensive bibliography. Includes information on the holdings of the world's libraries. Over 43 million records, in over 400 languages, that contain holdings information, and other information vital to collection development, cataloging, authority control, and retrospective conversion services. Uses the Library of Congress Subject Headings as its Thesaurus. Many records in the web version include images and tables.
Locating Journals
Use the library's "Locating Journals" search to determine which fulltext journals, magazines, and newspapers are available in the library's databases or in the library's print periodicals collection.