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American National Biography (Ref CT213 .A68) 24
vol. |
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Encyclopedia of Historic Places (Ref D9 .C29) |
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Annals of America (Ref E173 .A793) |
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Reader's Companion of American History (Ref E174 .R43) |
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Encyclopedia of American Historical Documents (Ref E176 .D5635) |
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African-American Culture & History (Ref E185 .E54) |
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Americans at War (Ref E181 .A453) |
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Encyclopedia of American Political History (Ref
E183 .E5) |
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Encyclopedia of the Confederacy (Ref E487 .E55) |
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Encyclopedia of the United States in the
19th Century (Ref E169.1 E626) |
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Encyclopedia of the United States in the
20th Century (Ref E740.7 E53) |
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Citation
Machine
Help formatting your
citations - the Education Dept. prefers MLA style |
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Article Indexes
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Academic
Search Premier
This is a general
coverage index but includes a many history
journals. Many articles are available in full-text,
but for those that are not, you can request via interlibrary
loan. |
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Periodical
Abstracts
Articles from about 2000 journals. Mostly
full-text. |
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ArticleFirst
Article citations from about
15,000 journals. Little full-text. |
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Military
and Government Collection
Designed to offer current
news pertaining to all branches of the military, this database
offers a collection of about 300 periodicals and
academic journals. |
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Journals
Alphabetical list of
current journals at Colman Library. Current issues are on the
main floor; issues older than 6 months will be found on the
lower floor. |
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Books
If you're browsing the
shelves, most books in American History have call numbers
beginning with E or F. The basic subject heading to use
is "united states history". |
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NIC
Books at Colman Library |
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WorldCat
Locate books available elsewhere
and request via interlibrary loan |
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| Internet
Resources |
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LII
list of Web sites for American History |
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Primary sources in history on the Web |
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Primary
source materials online |
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Archiving
Early America
Primary source material from
18th America. |
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Digital
Past
(click on Digital Past on left side
of screen) Rockford history - scanned historical materials
from Rockford's past, including a section on Rockford College. |
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Making
of America
1850 - 1877 Books and journals
from this period - searchable |
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Documenting
the American South - text & images
from original source documents. Includes slave naratives
and
the southern homefront during the Civil War. |
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American
Memory Project -" written and spoken
words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints,
maps, and sheet music that document the American experience" -
from the Library of Congress |
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Etext
Center
Univ. of Virginia - links to electronic
texts and images from all periods on all topics |
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Working
Women, 1870 - 1930
" Working conditions,
conditions in the home, costs of living, recreation, health
and hygiene, conduct of life, policies and regulations
governing the workplace, and social issues" - (Harvard
U.) - books, brochures, pamphlets, diaries, others |
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U.S.
National Archives Exhibit Hall
Photos and
texts of historic U.S. documents, including the Constitution,
etc. |
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New
York Public Library Digital Gallery Photos
from New York City's history - about 275,000 pictures. |
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Immigration /
emmigration, 1789-1930
Digitized source
materials from the Harvard Open Collections program. |
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American
History