Research
Subject Guide: History -- United States
The Library's Subject Guides help you find resources that are specialized for certain areas of study. There are many other resources available which provide generalized information--not specific to one topic or area. To see more of these general resources, see the Subject Guide: General page.
Reference Books
Reference books provide background information on a people, terms and concepts.
Oxford Reference Books Online: History Collection
Online versions of classic reference books on U.S., European, and World History. Search all
21 books, or select one to search.
- Encyclopedia of American History E174 .E53 2003
- Dictionary of American History E174 .D52 2003
- Encyclopedia of American Facts & Dates E174.5 .C3 1997
- American Decades E169.12 .A419 1994
- American Eras E162 .A5144
- American History: e-reference books
- The United States in the 19th Century E169.1 .E626 2001
- The American Presidents E176.1 .A6563 2000
- Encyclopedia of the American Civil War E468 .H47 2000
- Encyclopedia of American Cultural & Intellectual History E169.1 .E624 2001
- Encyclopedia of Multicultural America E184 .A1 G14 1995
- Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy E183.7 .H28 2004
- Chronological History of US Foreign Relations E183.7 .B745 2003
- Holocaust and World War II Almanac D804.17 .H65 2000
- The Cold War D839.5 .C65 1992
Databases
Databases provide information about journal, magazine and newspaper articles.
- America: History and Life
- African American Studies
- America's Historical Newspapers
- American Broadsides and Ephemera
- American State Papers, 1789-1838
- Early American Imprints, Series I: 1639-1800
- Early American Imprints, Series II: 1801-1819
- U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980
- House and Senate Journals, Series I, 1789-1817
- Senate Executive Journals, Series I, 1789-1866
- Historical Abstracts
- Humanities International Complete
- Social Sciences Index [print]: 1975-1996 Annex Floor 1A AI3 .S61
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Web Resources
Here are a few web sites we think you might find useful:
- AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History
- History Resources from the Institute for Historical Research
- The History Guide
- HyperHistory Online
- Cold War International History Project
- Librarians' Index to the Internet: History Page. Browse or search this librarian-created web directory.
- The National Archives
- Annotated Bibliography of Government Documents Related to the Threat of Terrorism and the Attacks of September 11, 2001 Oklahoma Department of Libraries