Books |
| The Library uses the Library of Congress shelving arrangement. |
| Select areas: |
| E: United States-Study and Teaching |
| JK: Political Institutions-United States |
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Books |
| The Library uses the Library of Congress shelving arrangement. |
| Select areas: |
| E: United States-Study and Teaching |
| JK: Political Institutions-United States |
Basic Reference Sources |
Location |
| American Civil War Reference Library | an e-book |
| American Decades Primary Source | REF E169.1 .A471977 2004 |
| American Eras | REF E169.1 .A471979 1997 |
| American Inaugurals: The Speeches, The Presidents, and Their Times | an e-book |
| American Men and Women of Science 23rd ed., 8v, 2007 | Electronic only |
| American Studies: Topics and Sources | REF E175.8 .A582 |
| Companion to American Thought | REF E169.1 .C685 1995 |
| Dictionary of American History | an e-book |
| Encyclopedia of American Immigration | an e-book |
| Encyclopedia of American Activism, 1960 to Present | REF JK1764 .D53 1998 |
| Encyclopedia of American Culture and Intellectual Studies | REF E169.1 .E624 2001 |
| Encyclopedia of American Studies | REF E169.1 .E625 2001 |
| Historical Statistics of the United States | REF HA202 .H57 2006 |
| St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture | REF E169.1 S764 1999 |
Find Articles and Other Materials | |
Select PC Indexes and Databases | |
| Humanities International Index | References to literary, scholarly and creative journals published in the
United States and Canada |
| America: History and Life | American history abstracts from leading professional journals |
| Early Encounters in North America | Subtitled "Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment". Documents the relationship among the peoples in North America from 1534-1850. Focuses on Personal Accounts. |
| America: History and Life | Powered by EBSCOhost, search queries within multiple |
| Historical Abstracts | databases. |
General | |
| Historical New York Times | The historic text of the New York Daily Times and the New York Times from 1851. |
| New York Times | The full current text of the New York Times from 1986. |
| Academic Search Premier | Indexes and links to actual articles in major scholarly journals including literary and related disciplines |
Key Journals | |
| American Quarterly | Print/Online |
| American Heritage | Print/Online |
| American Historical Review | Print/Online |
| Journal of American Studies | Print/Online |
| Prospects: an Annual Journal of American Cultural Studies | E 169.12 P96X |
Select Websites | |
| American Studies Association | Main office is located in Washington D.C. |
| American Memory | National Digital Library at the Library of Congress |
| The American Presidency Project | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| AmericanPresident.org | University of Virginia |
| Archive of Early American Images | John Carter Brown Library at Brown University. The homepage
will instruct you to download a viewer from Lunar Imaging to your desktop. Open Lunar Imaging and select John Carter Brown Library. Username: jcbresearcher; password: researcher. Choose online resources and archive to begin your search |
| Documenting the American South | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Feeding America | Michigan State University |
| Historical Publications of the United States Commission on Civil Rights | |
| Open CRS | Library of Congress's Congressional Research Service |
| WhiteHousetapes.org |
University of Virginia |
Writing Guides | Location |
| APA Online | A portion of the Publication Manual (APA) |
| APA Style Guide to Electronic References | Downloadable PDF for citing online resources |
| MLA Handbook | REF LB.2369.G53 2003 |
| APA Style Manual | REF BF76.7 P83 2001 and Circulation Desk Reserves |
| Citing Sources | Examples of APA, MLA and Chicago Citation styles |
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| Connie Cameron, American Studies Liaison |
Last revision to this page : 3 January 2008 |
Comments to: Electronic Publishing Coordinator |