Background Information

Biographies

Wars

Native Americans

African Americans

Books & Videos Available at the Landmark College Library
Article Databases
Primary Source Websites

U.S. Politics Subject Guide

American History Course Guides

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Reference Area

Biographies (also see Biography Reference Bank database)

• American National Biography -- 920.073 AME
  • 24 volumes of lengthy biographies of historically important people.

 

• Great Lives from History: American Series — 920.073 GRE

• Biographies of historically important people; their early life, life's work, analysis of their life and achievements.

  
  

• Great Lives from History: American Women Series — 920.72 GRE 1995

• Biographies of historically important women; their early life, life's work, analysis of their life and achievements. 

 

Wars

• Americans at War: Society, Culture & the Homefront -- 973 A5126

• Vol. 1: 1500-1815, Vol. 2: 1816-1900, Vol. 3:1901-1945, Vol.4: 1946-present. 

• The American Revolution: An Encyclopedia -- 973.303 AME

• Entries on topics & people of the American Revolution.

 

Native Americans

• Reference Library of Native North America —970.00497 R3325

• Includes biographies and essays on a broad scope of topics related to Native Americans.
• Broad topics covered include: culture, languages, chronolgy, literature, economy, religion, etc.

 

African Americans

 

• Encyclopedia of African American Culture & History -- 973.0496 E56

• Provides essays, statistical data & primary source documents. Each entry has a bibliography for more sources. 
• Biographies & essays addressing African American culture & history.

 

Find Books & Videos in the Landmark College Library

Use WebCat to search for books, ebooks, and films at the Landmark College Library.

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Browse the American History collection in the 970's on the second floor.

 

Find Articles

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Issues & Controversies in American History

Articles on the most contentious issues in American history.

• Includes biographies, timelines, primary documents, pro and con articles, and more. 
  

Biography Reference Bank

Biographies on over 500,000 people from antiquity to present. Also includes many images.

 

J-Stor

Includes journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences. Overall, there are 119 titles in fifteen disciplines.

 

Newspaper Archive

Tens of millions of searchable newspaper pages dating as far back as the 1700s.

 

New York Times Archive

• The complete backfile of New York Times articles dating from 1851 - Present.
• Full text available from 1851 - 1922 & 1987 - Present.

 

Primary Source Websites

From Revolution to Reconstruction: Documents  

http://www.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/index.htm

• Hundreds of primary documents from 1400 - present. 
• Also see the Biographies & Presidents listings.

 

Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History, and Diplomacy

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm

• Hundreds of primary documents from American History. 

 

A Chronology of US Historical Documents 

http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/

• Primary documents from pre-Colonial to the present.

 

Historical Maps

Perry Castaneda Library United States Historical Map Collection  http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/index.html

• Thousands of historical United States maps online. 

 

American History Course Guides

American Experience I: to 1865 (HU1211)

American Experience II 1865-Present (HU1212)

American Romanticism (HU2321)

Civil War & Reconstruction (HU2341)

Renaissance to Present (HU1012)

 

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Contact the American History Librarian, Kathy Burris  extension 1628
Or the Main Desk of the Library, extension 1648

 

 

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