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History Instructor Guide

Library resources and quick links for History Faculty and Instructors

Secondary Source Research

Heidi Anoszko, MLIS

Subject Specialist: US and World History | UWM Libraries User Services Division

HANOSZKO@UWM.EDU

Help With:

  • Literature Review and Historiography
  • Historical Newspapers
  • Libraries databases and search tools
  • Embedding or sharing Libraries resources in Canvas

UWM Archives

UWM Archives and Area Research Center

ASKARCH@UWM.EDU

Milwaukee Campus Library 3rd floor, East wing

Help with:

  • Primary Research Support and Primary Source Literacy instruction
  • History reference materials and vital statistics for Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington, and Waukesha Counties
  • University records and local manuscript collections
  • WTMJ Footage
  • Inter-archives loan requests

American Geographical Society Library

American Geographical Society Library

General Reference: AGSL@UWM.EDU

GIS Data: GISDATA@UWM.EDU

Milwaukee Campus Library 3rd floor, East wing

Help With:

  • Maps, atlases, and globes
  • GIS Data and GIS Data Literacy Instruction
  • Classical geography, arctic exploration and research, Western imperialism
  • The American Geographical Society Archives
  • Census data
  • Primary Source Literacy Instruction

UWM-Special Collections

UWM Special Collections

 LIBSPECIAL@UWM.EDU

Milwaukee Campus Library 4th Floor

Help With:

  • Rare and unique printed and published materials (zines, pamphlets, ephemera)
  • Rare books and illuminated manuscripts and art
  • UWM Author's Collection and Morris Fromkin Memorial Lecture
  • Primary source literacy instruction