Religious Studies 436: Religion in America, 1900-1941  Tags: religion religious_studies history american_history  

This course guide has two main purposes:

1. To save you time in your research.
2. To help make your research more successful.  

For much more in-depth information on conducting historical research, please visit our guide on Library Research for History Students.

If you have any questions about this guide, or about your research for this class, then please don't hesitate to contact us!

Mary Stuart
History Librarian
244-0797 | m-stuart (at) illinois.edu

Geoffrey Ross
Collections and Services Specialist
333-9558 | gtross (at) illinois.edu

1. Finding Books
   How to find resources, mostly books, in the Online Catalog. Tips on using subject headings to improve search results.
2. Finding Scholarly Articles
   How to find journal articles and book chapters using article indexes and full text resources.
3. Finding Book Reviews.
   Book reviews can make useful memory-refreshers.
4. Finding Primary Sources
   Highlights different collections that are especially useful for discovering resources that could be used as primary source material.
5. Reference Sources
   Encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographies, and sources of factual information. Often excellent places to begin a research project.
6. Citing Your Sources
   How to manage and document the sources you used during your research.