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7th Grade Westward Expansion Pathfinder

Reference Sources

General Reference Sources

Collier's encyclopedia REF 031 COL [No online version]
Encyclopedia Americana REF 031 ENC [No online version]
Encyclopedia Britannica REF 031 NEW Encyclopedia Britannica Online
World book encyclopedia REF 031 WOR World Book Online

Specialized Reference Sources

Album of American history REF 973 ALB
The atlas of American migration REF 304.80973
Concise dictionary of American history REF 973 CON
Dictionary of American biography REF BC DIC
Dictionary of American history REF 973.03 DIC
Dictionary of world biography: 19th century REF BC DIC v. 4-5
Explorers and discoverers of the world REF 910.92 EXP
Encyclopedia of the United States in the nineteenth century REF 973.5 ENC
Great lives from history: American series REF 973 GRE
Makers of America REF 973 MAK
The New York Public Library American history desk reference REF 973.02 NEW
The Oxford companion to American history REF 973 OXF
UXL dictionary of world biography REF BC UXL

Reserve Books

The following items are on reserve, because they cover a number of different topics. You may use them in the library, but you may not check them out.

The American Heritage history of the great West 978 AME
Beyond the Mississippi: early westward expansion of the United States 978 HER
Don't know much about history 973 DAV
A history of US, v. 5: Liberty for all? 973 HAK, v. 5
A history of US, v. 7: Reconstruction and reform 973 HAK v. 7
The story of America 973 STO
To the western shore: growth of the United States 1776-1853 973 SIL

Subscription Databases

American History
In-depth articles on people, events, and ideas throughout American History.

American National Biography
18,000 biographies that tell the story of the United States through the lives of its people.

Annals of American History
Full text of over 1500 primary source documents (speeches, interviews, writings) related to American history and dating back to 1493.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online

Issues & Controversies in American History
In-depth articles on historical controversies.

Oxford Reference Online

World Book Online

Websites

Making of America - Cornell University
http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/

Cornell's contributions to Making of America (MOA), a "digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction."

Making of America - University of Michigan
http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/

University of Michigan's contributions to Making of America (MOA), a "digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction."

PBS.com: Westward Expansion
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources/archives/index.htm

A "library of primary source materials on the history of the American West," collected as research for the PBS series The West. Be sure to click on "People" at the top of the page!

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection: Historical Maps of the US
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html

A collection of maps from all eras of United States history.

South Dakota Alliance for Distance Education: Westward Expansion
http://doe.sd.gov/octa/ddn4learning/themeunits/west/ss.htm

This is an excellent gateway to relevant websites, pre-approved by educators at the South Dakota Alliance for Distance Education.