United States History

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JSTOR

Literature Resource Center

MasterFILE Premier

Military & Government Collection 

  • Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, etc.

American Civil War Reference Library, Gale Virtual Reference Library, 5v, 2000 

 
Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, Gale Virtual Reference Library, 6v, 2000

Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century, Credo Reference, 2000

Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy, Gale Virtual Reference Library, 2nd ed., 3v, 2002

Encyclopedia of North American Indians, Credo Reference, 1996.

Encyclopedia of the New American Nation, Gale Virtual Reference Library, 3v, 2006

Gale Encyclopedia of U. S. Economic History, Gale Virtual Reference Libary, 2v, 1999

Presidents: A Reference History, Gale Virtual Refrence Library, 3rd. ed., 2002

Reader's companion to U. S. Women's History, Credo Reference, 1998 

St. James Encyclopedia of Labor History Worldwide, Gale Virtual Reference Library, 3rd ed. 2002

For print and media sources, check the ECC Library Catalog, or browse the shelves under E154-904 (United States History), HC (Economic History and Conditions), HD (Industries/Labor), U (Military Science).

  • Websites of Interest

Academic Info African-American History - An Annotated Resource of Internet Resources on Black History

Catherwood Digital Collections - Cornell Industrial Labor Relations School

Cold War Museum

ECHO - Exploring and Collecting History Online - The history of science, technology, and industry

First World War

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Internet History Sourcebook Project - Full-text historical documents

PBS (Public Broadcasting System) - Streaming videos and/or transcripts of selected episodes of various PBS programs, e.g., American Experience, NewsHour, Frontline, Bill Moyers Journal, NOW

Virtual Library - History: United States

Wars of Vietnam: 1945 to 1975

World War II

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