Welcome to the Era of McCarthyism course guide. Click on the tabs above to start your historical research. Find and peruse scholarly books and ebooks, journal articles and other secondary texts, primary-source documents, databases, and credible web sites on many topics related to the history of the McCarthy Era.

If you want to learn more about how to do historical research, William Cronon, a renowned environmental historian, has this site dedicated to the process.

For a taste of some of the great resources available, view this brief clip of Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo speak before the House Un-American Activities Committee on October 28, 1947.  Source:  YouTube taken from American Masters: Trumbo on PBS.