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HIST 5030: Studies in World History - Women in Africa (Spring 2024)

A resource guide for the graduate level course Studies in World History with the topic, women in Africa

Microforms

In addition to our digital collections, the Sherrod Library also has a collection of Microforms which contain both news media and periodicals. Read on or click here to learn more.

What Is in the Collection?

Microforms

​Microfiche collections include ERIC reports and U.S. government documents maintained in Government Information, Law and Maps.

Ultrafiche sets indexed and searchable in OneSearch include:

  • The Microbook Library of American Civilization and
  • The Microbook Library of English Literature

Microprint sets include primary sources for research in American history, literature, and drama in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.

Indexes to these sets are available in Microforms:

  • Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800
  • Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819
  • Early American Newspapers, Series I, 1690-1876
  • American State Papers, 1789-1838
  • U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1994

Sets indexed and searchable in OneSearch include:

  • Three Centuries of English and American Plays. England: 1500-1800, United States: 1714-1830
  • English and American Drama of the Nineteenth Century

Newspapers

Current newspapers are located on the second floor in Periodicals. Most are retained for three months.

  • Bristol Herald Courier
  • Business Journal of Tri-Cities, Tennessee/Virginia
  • Citizen Tribune (Morristown, TN)
  • Herald and Tribune (Jonesborough, TN)
  • Johnson City Press
  • Kingsport Times-News
  • New York Times Book Review
  • New York Times
  • News Sentinel (Knoxville, TN)
  • Tennessee Town & City (Nashville, TN)
  • The Chronicle of Higher Education
  • TLS, the Times Literary Supplement (London, UK)
  • Wall Street Journal
  • Washington Post
  • WWD (Earlier title: Women's Wear Daily)

Online newspapers and news sources are also available.


Periodicals

Current issues of print journals and magazines and bound volumes for earlier years are located in Periodicals on the second floor.

Journals held in print can be found in OneSearch. eJournals are also available online through OneSearch and BrowZine.

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