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Featured New Database for History--Summer 2018

Searching the Catalog With History Subject Headings

These are some of the Library of Congress Subject Headings that you can use to search for "History" in WorldCat.  Type "su:" and the subject heading to search, or do a keyword search and look at the subject headings assigned to individual books to find other useful headings.

Special Topics in the History of Christianity

The following topics are referenced on the "Church History/History of Christianity" LibGuide:

  • American Christianity
  • Global Christianity
  • Early Christianity
  • History of Doctrine
  • St. Augustine; Medieval Christianity
  • Reformation & Pre-Reformation history

History Librarian

History Resources on the Internet

A selection of open internet resources for information about History.

Finding History Articles in Luther's Databases

You can search the following databases much like you would search the library catalog.  Searching by keyword will  turn up a list of items that you can scan for the subject headings assigned to them.  You can use these subject headings to do a more precise search for the type of articles you want.  Alternatively, you can browse the database indexes to see what subjects they contain, and use those subjects to search.

"History" In the Reference Room

You'll find these materials in our Reference room.  They'll provide you with expert articles, chapters and bibliographies on a range of topics in History

History-focused journals

Luther Library subscribes to thousands of journals. The following represents a small sampling of History focused periodicals, most of which are available electronically via various databases, or by doing a 'catalog search' for specific Journal titles