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Starting
Points: Guide
to United
States History Resources |
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E F E R E N C E B O O K S
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Available for your use in the library,
these books
cannot be checked out. |
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973 A |
Album of American History |
Seven volume, heavily illustrated survey
from the Colonial period to 1982. |
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R 973
Chr |
Chronicle
of America – Year by Year, Day by Day Experience First Hand |
A chronological history in a
newspaper-like format of the country from prehistory
through 1997. Major events boxed and highlighted for each
year. Many illustrations. |
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R 973
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Great Events from History:
American Series |
Short essays with summaries on
1000 events from the pre-Indian to the moon landing. |
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R 973 Uni |
The Uniting States |
In-depth
stories of how each of the 50 states came to statehood. |
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R 973.03 (w/variations) |
Greenwood Encyclopedia of
American Regional Cultures |
The
histories of the eight regions of the US: Pacific,
Southwest, Rocky Mountain,
Great Plains, Midwest, South, Mid-Atlantic, New England. |
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973.03 Ame |
The American Heritage
Encyclopedia of American History |
Reflects social, cultural, and
ethnic histories of this country. One volume. |
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973.03 Dic |
Dictionary
of American History |
Alphabetical entries in 10
volumes. Hundreds of maps throughout. |
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973.03 Oxf |
The
Oxford Companion to United States History |
An alphabetical one volume
history from Jamestown to te Genome Project. |
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973.08 A |
The Annals of America |
Detailed essays covering
1493 to 1986 in 27 volumes including Conspectus
and index. Many illustrations. |
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F I N D I N G
B O O K S & O T H E R L
I B R A R Y M A T E R I A L S/
Dewey Decimal browsing numbers: 973 |
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addition to reference books, you may want to search for
other books and materials (videos, audiobooks, etc.) on your topic. The best way to find good sources of information is to do a subject
search in our Library catalog. You can access the Library’s
online catalog from the Library or home by going to our Web
page (www.wppl.org),
then - Search Our Catalog - in the upper right hand.
A good subject heading for this
topic is United States History. |
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e B O O K S |
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You may also
want to check out the collection of thousands of online books (eBooks)
the Library has to offer located on the Web site
www.netlibrary.com. Initially, you must open an account from Library computer terminals,
but you will then be able to use the account from home as well. Search
for employment and career books by the following categories: subject,
title, author. See a reference librarian for more detail. |
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The following sources can be used to find magazine articles dealing
with your topic:
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The Readers’ Guide to
Periodical Literature - Adult Reference
R 050 R.
Search for articles on a subject within any given year.
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EBSCOhost
and
InfoTrac
OneFile
- Access from the Library or at home using your
library card number at
www.wppl.org.
Search for full text articles in these databases using your choice of
keywords. You can limit your search to a certain year or
even a certain magazine.
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See also, the Library's
Internet
Sites - History.
For additional information, please see a reference librarian. sk
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