Becky Kornegay

Head of Reference
Email:  kornegay@email.wcu.edu
Phone:  828-227-3417   
Office:  127 Hunter Library

Hunter Library has a strong collection of history resources - print, electronic, and microform.  This guide introduces a selection of these resources.  Use Getting Started to find overviews of topics, to define key terms, and to help understand the historical context of an event or person.  Find Articles helps you find newspaper, journal, and magazine articles as far back as 1690 and as recent as today.  Find Books/Media offers 4 approaches to identifying and finding books relevant to your topic.

Use Primary Sources for links to online collections of primary documents, an annotated list of the library's rich microfilm/microfiche collections, and tips on finding primary sources published in book form.

U. S. Serial Set covers Hunter's online and print versions of this monumental collection of Congressional publications. Newspapers leads you to 6 varied ways of using - newspapers!