AMERICAN HISTORY

Oklahoma Baptist University                                                                                         Updated September 2003       


Introduction

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: The Revolutionary Era, 1760-1790

Ref 911.73 A881c

Bibliographical Guide to the History of the Indian-White Relations in the United States

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: A Record of First Happenings, Discoveries and Inventions in American History

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 of the Confederate States of America, 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 Bibliography 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: A Documentary History of North America 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: Our Country’s Life and History in the Thoughts of Its Men and Women

Ref 818.082 H959t

War of 1812 Eyewitness Accounts

Ref 973.52016 F852we

Webster’s Guide to American History; A Chronological, Geographical and Biographical Survey and Compendium

Ref 973 W384

Winding Road to Freedom; A Documentary Survey of Negro Experiences in America

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: The People of the Revolution

Ref 973.3 W618c

Dictionary of American Biography

Ref 920.73 D55a

Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography

Ref 920.078 T529eb

Facts About the Presidents: A Compilation of Biographical and Historical Information

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 DOCUMENTS


SI         Smithsonian Institute

Materials on American history may be found in the following areas:

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)

Internet Resources

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

WWWeb Sources


AFRICAN-AMERICAN MOSAIC: A LIBRARY OF CONGRESS RESOURCE GUIDE FOR THE STUDY OF BLACK HISTORY AND CULTURE

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html

 

AFRO-AMERICA’S BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM

http://www.afroammuseum.org

 

AMDOCS: DOCUMENTS FOR THE STUDY OF AMERICAN HISTORY

http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/docs/amdocs_index.html

 

AMERICAN AND BRITISH HISTORY RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET

http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/history/history.shtml

 

AMERICAN HISTORY

http://americanhistory.about.com/homework/americanhistory/mbody.htm

AMERICAN LOCAL HISTORY NETWORK

http://www.alhn.org

 

AMERICAN WOMEN’S HISTORY: A RESEARCH GUIDE

http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html

 

AN OUTLINE OF AMERICAN HISTORY

http://www.usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/history/toc.htm

CENTER FOR AMERICAN HISTORY

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/CAH/

 

CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/1977/

 

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/charters_of_freedom/declaration/declaration.html

 

DUKE UNIVERSITY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS ONLINE

http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu

 

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF 1848 REVOLUTIONS

http://cscwww.cats.ohiou.edu/~Chastain/index.htm

 

FORTH OF JULY CELEBRATIONS DATABASE

http://gurukul.american.edu/heintze/fourth.htm

 

GENEALOGICAL WWW PAGES

http://www.tic.com/gen.html

 

HISTORICAL MAPS OF THE UNITED STATES

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html

 

HISTORY

http://kuhttp.cc.ukans.edu/history/WWW_history_main.html

 

HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT-ALMANAC SECTIONS

http://infoplease.lycos.com/history.html

 

HISTORY CHANNEL

http://www.historychannel.com

 

HISTORY COMPUTERIZATION PROJECT

http://www.history.la.ca.us/hdhome.htm/

 

HISTORY OF WOMEN IN AMERICA

http://www.fayettenam.com/history/

 

HISTORYNET

http://www.TheHistoryNet.com

 

NATIONAL WOMEN’S HISTORY PROJECT

http://www.nwhp.org

 

NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY

http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/history/bna

 

OUTLINE OF AMERICAN HISTORY

http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/history/toc.htm

 

PRESIDENT (INDEX)

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/

 

PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY

http://personal.pitnet.net/primarysources/

 

REPOSITORIES OF PRIMARY SOURCES

http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html

 

SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY

http://www.si.edu/nmah/

 

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

http://www.historychannel.com/today/

 

U.S. ARMY CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY

http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/

 

U.S. CONSTITUTION SEARCH

http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDERAL/usconser.html

 

U.S. HISTORICAL CENSUS DATA BROWSER

http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/

 

U.S. HISTORY INTERACTIVE

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/3048/roadmap.html

 

U.S. WAR AND CONFLICT HISTORY SITE

http://uswars.unquote.com/mainmenu.htm

 

USHISTORY.ORG

http://www.ushistory.org

 

VOICE OF THE SHUTTLE HOME PAGE

http://vos.ucsb.edu/

 

WOMEN AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1830-1930

http://womhist.binghamton.edu

 

WOMEN’S HISTORY IN AMERICA PRESENTED BY THE WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL CENTER

http://www.wic.org/misc/history.htm

 

WORDS AND DEEDS IN AMERICAN HISTORY

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/mcchtml/corhome.html

 

WORLD WIDE WEB VIRTUAL LIBRARY:HISTORY-UNITED STATES

http://www.ukans.edu/history/VL/USA/

 

 

 

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