Library Resources for American Diplomatic History Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature (1900-present) Complete index of 150-200 most widely circulated American periodicals. Entries are alphabetical by subject. (Primary and secondary sources; citations only; all or most of the sources are available in the IU Libraries. Reader's Guide is shelved across from Reference Desk, AI3 .R21). New York Times Index This is the only index of the New York Times for 1922-1969. (Primary and secondary sources; citations only. Shelved across from the Reference Desk. Text is available in the Microforms Room on the ground floor). Facts on File Week-by-week record of news events. Helpful in establishing exact chronology of events, finding key people to research, etc. (Full text of brief articles. Shelved next to New York Times Index. Periodical Contents Index One of the few electronic tools helpful in locating historical primary source material. Covers nearly 2,500 scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences, from their first issues (the earliest is 1780) through 1990/1991. It includes an entry for each article or book review appearing on the table of contents page of each issue. (Primary and secondary sources; citations only.) America: History and Life Indexes about 2,000 scholarly journals devoted to American history. (Secondary sources; citations and abstracts.) JSTOR A journal-digitizing project containing searchable fulltext from twenty important scholarly journals in history (such as the American Historical Review) from their first issues to the early 90s. (Primary and secondary sources; full text.) Academic Search Elite Interdisciplinary database containing references to articles more than 3000 magazines and journals. Coverage goes back only to 1989. (Mostly secondary sources; full text for 1000 journals, with citations and abstracts for the rest. Interactive guide available.) Lexis-Nexis Indexing and full text of news media, including some television and radio transcripts. Coverage varies, but no full text before 1980 (most publications only go back to mid 1990s). Dow Jones Interactive Similar to Lexis-Nexis. Interface is slightly more user-friendly. Congressional Universe Provides indexing of congressional publications and some full-text of reports, bills and resolutions, and laws. Coverage goes back to 1968. (Primary and secondary sources; citations and some full text. For more in-depth sources for government publications, see Government Publications Department.) Declassified Documents Reference System, U.S Searchable collection of more than 70,000 declassified documents from presidential libraries. Includes both page images and text.

November 21, 2000 Celestina Wroth ( cewroth@indiana.edu) Librarian for History, Religious Studies, and History & Philosophy of Science Main Library E560, Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405, (812) 855-1336