U.S. History Subject Guide

Reference Materials

General encyclopedias : : print and online

Collier's	REF 031 COL
Encyclopedia Americana	REF 031 ENC
Encyclopedia Britannica	REF 031 NEW	Britannica Online
Oxford Reference Online
World Book	REF 031 WOR	World Book Online

Specialized materials : : print

The African-American archive REF 973.0496073 AFR

Africana REF 909.0496 AFR

Album of American history REF 973 ALB

The American economy REF 330.973003 AME

The American years: a chronology of United States history REF 973.0202 GRO

Bicentennial almanac: 200 years of America 1776-1976 REF 973 BIC

Chronology of the United States REF 973 CLE

The Columbia documentary history of the Asian American experience REF 973.0485 COL

Concise dictionary of American history REF 973 CON

Dictionary of American history REF 973.03 DIC

Encyclopedia of African-American culture and history REF 973 ENC

Encyclopedia of American history REF 973 ENC

Encyclopedia of American social history REF 301.0973 ENC

Great events from history: American series REF 973 GRE

Harvard guide to American history REF 973 HAR

Historic documents REF 917.3 HIS

Key issues in constitutional history REF 973 KEY

The New York Public Library American history desk reference REF 973 OXF

Our nation's archive REF 973 OUR

The Oxford companion to American history REF 973 OXF

Reference library of Black America REF 973 REF

Online Resources

Periodicals

The library's resources allow our students direct access to over 3000 periodicals. Some of these periodicals are in the library, in print, while others can be accessed through our databases. The databases to access are:

EBSCOhost - http://search.epnet.com/

Infotrac - http://infotrac.galegroup.com

New York Times - http://proquest.umi.com/login/
Contains full-text articles from 1851-2000.

Databases

While there are many excellent websites relevant to the topics of this assignment, it is nonetheless more reliable and authoritative to use a proprietary database. Some relevant databases to which we subscribe are:

American National Biography - http://www.anb.org/articles/index.html
18,000 biographies that tell the story of the United States through the lives of its people.

Annals of American History - http://america.eb.com/
Full text of over 1500 primary source documents (speeches, interviews, writings) related to American history and dating back to 1493.

NetLibrary - http://www.netlibrary.com/
eBooks are electronic versions of printed books. You can browse eBooks for quick research and reference or read the entire book online.

Websites

AmDocs: Documents for Study of American History - http://www.ku.edu/carrie/docs/amdocs_index.html
"A treasure trove of full-text primary sources spanning 500 years of American history. Speeches, treaties, Supreme Court decisions, declarations of war, and other key documents are arranged chronologically in a simple list, making it easy to find the primary source you need." (New York Public Library)

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History - http://www.gilderlehrman.org/
"Founded in 1994, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History promotes the study and love of American history. Increasingly national and international in scope, the Institute's initiatives target audiences ranging from students to scholars to the general public."

National Archives and Records Administration : Archival Research Catalog - http://www.archives.gov/research_room/arc/
The National Archives "ensures, for citizens and federal officials, ready access to essential evidence that documents the rights of American citizens, the actions of federal officials, and the national experience." This incomparable site provides access to millions of documentary treasures including the Charters of Freedom, the Apollo 11 Flight Plan, photographs spanning a century of life in America, and posters from World War II, to name just a few.

Ohio State University Libraries: Selected Primary Source Materials and Guides on the Web - http://library.osu.edu/sites/history/hismore.html
Under the section American History, one can find a collection of primary sources offered on the Web.

Project Gutenberg: Books and articles online - http://promo.net/pg/
"Project Gutenberg is the Internet's oldest producer of FREE electronic books (eBooks or eTexts)."

University of Groningen, The Netherlands: A Hypertext on American History from the colonial period until Modern Times - http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/index.htm
"The main body of this hypertext project, which was started in 1994, comes from a number of USIA-publications: An Outline of American History, An Outline of the American Economy, An Outline of American Government, and An Outline of American Literature. The text of these Outlines has not been changed, but they have been enriched with hypertext-links to relevant documents, original essays, other Internet sites, and to other Outlines."