HI 491N: Environmental History of Monsoon Asia
Primary Resources/Other Collections
Specialized Collections and Websites
Natural Resources Library
A branch of NCSU Libraries, the collection includes materials related to forestry, natural resources, sport management, recreation, tourism, wood and paper science, and marine, earth, and atmospheric sciences.
Forest History Society (Duke)
Includes the John Richards Collection, with information about such topics as: geological history, paleobotany, coastal ecosystems, vegetation mapping, pasture lands, traditional agriculture, and deforestation relating to the tropical nations of India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
Environmental History Resources
Developed by an environmental historian from University of Newcastle Upon Tyne in the UK, this site collects links for researchers, bibliographies, essays, and other information of interest to environmental historians.
H-Environment (on H-Net)
Online discussion network. Subscibers can query others who are involved with environmental history research.
Digital South Asia Library
The Digital South Asia Library provides digital materials for reference and research on South Asia
WorldCat
This is a union catalog that combined information from many academic libraries, as well as Library of Congress. It is the largest single database providing bibliographic information. It also provides some information about which libraries have cataloged particular materials.
Newspapers
LexisNexis Academic
Use the News section. Click on World News, then select Asia/Pacific News Sources.
New York Times
Provides fully searchable electronic access to the New York Times from 1857-2003. Includes full image of the actual newspaper articles. Illustrations and advertisements are included.
The Times (London) (1788-present on microfilm)
D.H. Hill Microforms AN3 .T56
The Times Index
D.H. Hill Ref. AI21 .T5
This printed index is published every year. It should help you identify
specific articles in the London Times newspaper. The newspapers themselves
are on microfilm.
Older Magazines and Journals
Readers Guide Retrospective
Indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America. Current coverage includes the years 1890 through 1982.
19th Century MasterFile
Coverage: 1786-1922. Contains journal citations published from top indices of the Nineteenth-Century.
Evaluating Web Resources
Evaluating Web Resouces
This is an example of the criteria often recommend for students who need to evaluate web resources.
Kimmel, Julie. "Web Evaluation in the History Classroom: Reconsidering the Checklist." Journal of the Association for History and Computing 8.2 (2005)
Critique that asserts that standard web evaluation criteria may break down when students apply them to primary source information.
Using Primary Resources on the Web
Developed by a History Section committee of the American Library Association, this website provides guidance on evaluation of primary resource websites.
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