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For more information
contact:
rosemaryfischer@clayton.edu
To find general
information about railroads, perform an EXACT
SEARCH-Subject Heading search using GIL@CSU, the
online catalog. This is a suggested list of search
terms to get you started.
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SUGGESTED SUBJECT
HEADINGS FOR SEARCHING THE
ONLINE CATALOG |
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High speed trains |
Railroad travel |
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Norfolk Southern Railway Company |
Railroads (state name) |
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Railroad conductors |
Railroads United States |
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Railroad construction workers |
Railroads United States 19th century |
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Railroad stations |
Railroads United States 20th century |
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Railroad stories |
Transportation |
Use the
table below to browse the call number ranges for
books on your topic in the Circulating Collection.
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CALL
NUMBER |
TOPIC |
| HC102 |
ECONOMIC
HISTORY AND CONDITIONS. BY REGION & COUNTRY. |
| HE1-9990 |
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION. |
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HE199-199.5 |
FREIGHT
(GENERAL). |
| HE199.9 |
PASSENGER
TRAFFIC (GENERAL). |
| HE323.328 |
TRANSPORTATION GEOGRAPHY. TRADE ROUTES. |
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HE1001-5600 |
RAILROADS. RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEMS. |
| TF1-1620 |
RAILROAD
ENGINEERING AND OPERATION. |
The
American economy: a historical encyclopedia
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REF HC102.A66 2003
Railroads in the age of regulation, 1900-1980
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REF HC102.E46 v.1
Railroads in the
nineteenth century
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REF HC102.E46 v.2
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UNIONS |
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Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, 1917-1965 |
Online finding aid from the
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire McIntyre Library
Archives and Special Collections. |
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S.E. Wilkinson, "The Old Man" |
Narrative biography with
photograph. |
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Patrick Henry Morrissey |
Narrative biography with
photograph. |
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United Transportation Union |
Narrative entry of the history of
the union. |
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Railroad Labor History |
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers and Trainmen. |
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MAPS |
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American Memory: Railroad Maps 1828-1900 |
Maps illustrate the growth of
travel and settlement as well as the development of
industry and agriculture in the United States. |
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Central
Pacific Railroad Maps |
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GENERAL |
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Pacific Railway Act 1862 |
Established the construction of
the transcontinental railroad. Read the transcript
and view the image of the original document. |
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Railroad History Resources in the United States |
Railroad History Archive of the
University of Connecticut Libraries. |
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Railroad History - 1630 to 1986 |
Important milestones in English
and American railway development. |
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PBS American Experience - Streamliners America's
Lost Trains |
Timeline 1830-1919, timeline 1920
- 1980, gallery, people & events. |
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Union Pacific Railroad |
Access the historical overview of
the railroad, chronological history and photo
gallery. |
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Norfolk Southern |
Timeline and historical narrative
with photographs. |
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Central
Pacific Railroad - Museum |
Access articles about the
explorations and surveys, the engineers, the
construction, and more. |
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Central Pacific
Railroad - Photographic History Museum |
Images and narrative history of
the transcontinental railroad. |
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National Railroad Museum |
Online collections & exhibits,
and a historical outline of U.S. railroading. |
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Women in Railroading |
Access personal recollections,
historical & current railroad data, stories, photos,
bios, reference materials, books, newspaper and
magazine articles, and more. |
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Salt Lake Daily Telegraph of May 11, 1869 |
May 10th celebration as reported
by the Salt Lake Daily Telegraph. |
Select the DATABASES
A-Z GALILEO
subject tab to see a complete listing of databases
available.
Off campus access requires the
GALILEO password.
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Suggested GALILEO Databases for
Research |
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America: History & Life |
Provided by Clayton State University Library.
Comprehensive bibliography of articles on the
history and culture of the United States and Canada.
Off campus access requires a
user ID (ccsulib) and password. |
| Academic Search
Premier (at EBSCOhost) |
Full-text
articles (from 1990 - ) and citations (from 1984 - )
from popular magazines and academic journals
covering all subjects. |
| Annals of
American History (Encylopaedia Britannica) |
Full-text primary
documents in American history and also includes
multimedia files (pictures, video and audio clips.)
Explore year by year from 1493 to 2002, browse by
author or topic or search by keyword. |
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Facts on File |
Provided by Clayton State University Library.
Answers
questions about events, people, issues, facts, and
figures of the last 60+ years. It also delivers
maps, photographs, historic documents, and special
overviews of key issues, newsmakers and events since
1940. Off campus access
requires a
user ID (ccsulib) and password. |
| LexisNexis
Academic |
Full-text legal
news, law reviews, and government publications
(federal & state case law, U.S. Code, Code of
Federal Regulations, Congressional Testimony, etc.) |
JSTOR
JSTOR Remote (off campus) |
Provided by Clayton State University Library.
Multi-disciplinary full-text database providing
scholarly journal articles extending back to the
19th century. Off campus access requires a
user ID and password.
JSTOR Remote Instructions |
| Research Library
(at ProQuest) |
Full-text
articles (from 1991 - ) and citations (from 1986 - )
from popular magazines and academic journals
covering all subjects. |
| Wilson Social
Sciences Full Text |
Provided by Clayton State University Library.
Full-text articles (from 1995 - ), abstracts (from
1994 - ) and citations (from 1983 - ) on the social
sciences. |
| Wilson OmniFile:
Full Text Mega Edition |
Provided by Clayton State University Library.
Full-text articles and citations on most topics. |
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