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| American History Need to find information about a famous person or event in American history? Looking for a list of notable achievements of discoveries? These and many other questions can be answered with the aid of the resources listed below. If you have additional questions, ask the librarians. They are ready to assist you in finding the information you need. General Background Information African-American Almanac, Ref 973 A258af Almanac of American History, Ref 973.0202 A445s American Chronicle: Six Decades in American Life, 1920-1980, Ref 973.9 G663ac American Labor History and Comparative Labor Movements, Ref 331.016 M119a Annals of America, Ref 973.08 A613 Asian American Encyclopedia, Ref 973.0495 A832w Atlas of American History, Ref 911.73 A21 Atlas of American Indian Affairs, Ref 912.7 P971aa Atlas of Early American History: 1760-1790, Ref 911.73 A881c Bibliographical Guide: Indian-White Relations, Ref 323.1016 P971b Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America 1776-1996, Ref 973 B583 Blackwell Encyclopedia of the American Revolution, Ref 973.303 B632gr Declaration of Independence, Ref 973.313 B78d Dictionary of American History, Ref 973.003 P986dy Dictionary of Diplomatic History, Ref 327.73 F494dd Dictionary of the Vietnam War, Ref 959.7043 D554o Documents of American History, Ref 973 C73d9 Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History, Ref 973 E56sz Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates, Ref 973.202 C31e9 Encyclopedia of American History, Ref 973.0321 E56ah6 Encyclopedia of American Social History, Ref 301.0973 E56go Encyclopedia of Colonial and Revolutionary America, Ref 973.303 E52fa Encyclopedia of Southern History, Ref 975.003 E56ro Encyclopedia of the American West, Ref 978 E56ph Encyclopedia of the Confederacy, Ref 973.7 E56con Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century, Ref 973.003 E56kut Famous First Facts, Ref 031.02 K16r5 Great Documents in American Indian History, Ref 970.1 M826g Handbook of American Women’s History, Ref 305.40973 H236zo Handbook of Hispanic Cultures in the United States, Ref 973.0468 H236ka Handbook of the American Frontier, Ref 973.0321 H435hf Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups, Ref 973.04 H339t Historical Atlas of Oklahoma, Ref 911.766 M876ho3 Historical Atlas of the American West, Ref 911.78 B393hw Historical Atlas of the Congresses, 1861-1865, Ref 973.7 M386hac Historical Dictionary of Reconstruction, Ref 973.803 T786hr Historical Dictionary of the New Deal, Ref 973.91703 H673on History and Biblio of American Newspapers, 1690-1820, Ref 016.071 B85h History of Oklahoma at the Golden Anniversary of Statehood, Ref 976 .6 L78h Issues and Controversies on File, Ref 973.05 I86ff Literary History of the United States, Ref 810.9 L77s4 New American World to 1612, Ref 970.01 N532q Recent Social Trends in the United States: 1960-1990, Ref 973.92 R295cw State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols, Ref 973 S539sn Treasury of Great American Quotations, Ref 818.082 H959t War of 1812 Eyewitness Accounts, Ref 973.52016 F852we Webster’s Guide to American History, Ref 973 W384 Winding Road to Freedom: Negro Experiences, Ref 973.09 C13w Writings in Indian History, 1985-1990, Ref 973.0497 M648w Also check the On-line Library Catalog for listings of video recordings. Biographical Information Abraham Lincoln Encyclopedia, Ref 973.7092 N379a American Men and Women of Science, Ref 925 A51 American National Biography, Ref 920.073 A512gty American Reformers, Ref 973.0992 A512ww Biographical Dictionary of the Confederacy, Ref 973.713 W149b Black Women in America, Ref 920.72 B627hi Book of Our Founding Fathers, Ref 911.0992 W753bf Colonial Spirit of ’76, Ref 973.3 W618c Dictionary of American Biography, Ref 920.73 D55a Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography, Ref 920.078 T529eb Facts About the Presidents, Ref 973.0992 K16f5 Notable American Women, Ref 920.72 N899 Notable Black American Women, Ref 920.72 N899sm Notable Hispanic American Women, Ref 920.72089 N899te Notable Native Americans, Ref 920 N899mak Oklahoma Biographical Dictionary, Ref 920.0766 O41smt Reference Library of Black America, Ref 973.0496 R332es Reference Library of Hispanic America, Ref 973.0468 R332ka Webster’s American Biographies, Ref 920.073 V246w Locating the American History Collection Books are arranged on the shelf in broad subject categories. Some of the major categories for American history include: 900 Geography and History 911 Geography and Travel 920 Biography, Genealogy, Insignia 970 General History of North America 990 General History of Other Areas Government Docu ments SI Smithsonian Institute Materials on American history 1st floor, north Reference 1st floor, west Periodicals 1st floor annex Government Documents 2nd floor General Books 3rd floor General Books Sources of Journal Articles PRINT RESOURCES America: History and Life Humanities Index Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature ELECTRONIC RESOURCES Academic Search Elite (EbscoHost) Academic Search Premier (EbscoHost) Article1st (FirstSearch) Biography Resource Center NewsFile Collection (NewsBank) Newspaper Source (EbscoHost) WorldCat (FirstSearch) Print and microform indexes and journals are located on the 1st floor, west. For a complete list of journals and other periodicals owned by the library, look at Periodical Directory (http://www2.okbu.edu/library/periodcl/index.html) Online databases and indexes EBSCOHost: Full text periodical database NetLibrary: Full text e-book database NewsBank: Full text newspaper database First Search: Periodical and information indexes AFRICAN-AMERICAN MOSAIC: A LIBRARY OF CONGRESS RESOURCE GUIDE FOR THE STUDY OF BLACK HISTORY AND CULTURE AFRO-AMERICA’S BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM AMDOCS: DOCUMENTS FOR THE STUDY OF AMERICAN HISTORY AMERICAN AND BRITISH HISTORY RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET AMERICAN HISTORY AMERICAN LOCAL HISTORY NETWORK AMERICAN WOMEN’S HISTORY: A RESEARCH GUIDE CENTER FOR AMERICAN HISTORY DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE DUKE UNIVERSITY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF 1848 REVOLUTIONS FORTH OF JULY CELEBRATIONS DATABASE HISTORICAL MAPS OF THE UNITED STATES HISTORY HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT-ALMANAC SECTIONS HISTORY CHANNEL HISTORY COMPUTERIZATION PROJECT HISTORY OF WOMEN IN AMERICA HISTORYNET NATIONAL WOMEN’S HISTORY PROJECT NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY OUTLINE OF U.S. HISTORY PRESIDENT (INDEX) PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY REPOSITORIES OF PRIMARY SOURCES SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY THIS DAY IN HISTORY U.S. ARMY CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY U.S. CONSTITUTION SEARCH U.S. HISTORICAL CENSUS DATA BROWSER USHISTORY.ORG VOICE OF THE SHUTTLE HOME PAGE WOMEN AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1830-1930 WOMEN’S HISTORY IN AMERICA PRESENTED BY THE WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL CENTER WORDS AND DEEDS IN AMERICAN HISTORY WORLD WIDE WEB VIRTUAL LIBRARY:HISTORY-UNITED STATES |
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