How to Use This Guide
Welcome to the Tisch Library guide to resources for the study of Family Histories and American Culture. Use the table of contents to find definitions, topic overviews, books, articles, and more that will help you with your research.
Getting to Know your Topic
Reference sources provide overviews of topics and descriptions of concepts and ideas. You can use this type of source to help narrow your research topic, find data to support your thesis, and identify keywords and main ideas to use as search terms.
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CREDO Reference798 online reference resources from numerous publishers. This reference resource can be searched by individual title, broad subject headings, cross-references, audio and images.
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Brill Online Reference WorksOffers online access to books and journals in the fields of History, Classical Studies, Middle East and Islamic Studies, International Relations, Law, Asian Studies, Biblical Studies, African Studies, Jewish Studies, Language and Linguistics, Religious Studies.
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Gale Virtual Reference LibraryGale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Selected Web Resources
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Black Studies Center: The HistoryMakersFrom the Tufts Black Studies Center, on the right-hand side of the page, click on The History Makers (under View Contents). From there, it will take you to a page where you will be able to view the videos and full transcripts for interviews with 100 contemporary African Americans.
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New Americans: A Guide to Immigration Since 1965Comprehensive articles on immigration from the thirty most significant nations or regions of origin.
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Immigration and Asylum from 1900 to PresentA comprehensive examination of the history and current status of immigrants and refugees—their stories, the events that led to their movement, and the place of these movements in contemporary history and politics.
