• U.S. History Reference Books in Boreham Library
• U.S. History Research Databases
• U.S. History Internet Links
• Recommended Journals in U.S. History

U.S. History Reference Books in Boreham Library

American National Biography	Ref 920.0973
Atlas of American History	Ref 911.73 Ad
Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress	Ref 973.2112 Un3b
Blackwell Encyclopedia of the American Revolution	Ref 973.03 B568
Civil War Dictionary	Ref 973.303 B63c
Dictionary of American Biography	Ref 920.013 D561
Dictionary of American History	Ref 973.03 D561
Dictionary of Battles	Ref 904 Eg33
Documents of American History	Ref 917.303 H629h
Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates	Ref 973.202 C249e
Encyclopedia of American History	Ref 973 En19
Encyclopedia of American Social History	Ref 301 En19sh
Encyclopedia of Southern History	Ref 975.003 En19
Encyclopedia of the American Constitution	Ref 342.73203 En19
Encyclopedia of the Confederacy	Ref 973.713 En19
Encyclopedia of the U.S in the 20th Century	Ref 973.003 En19
Historical Statistics of the U.S	Ref 317.3 Un3h
Presidency: A-Z	Ref 353.031303 Pr
Timetables of History	Ref 902.02 G923t

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U.S. History Research Databases

• America: History and Life
  History and culture of the Americas from prehistoric time to present. This is one of the most important databases for American history.
  
  

• Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature (not online)
  Readers' Guide is an important source for articles published during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
  
  

• JSTOR
  An interdisciplinary archive of over 600 journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. JSTOR is a project to preserve journal content in digital format from the earliest issues forward but issues for the current 3-5 years are not available.

• Academic Search Premier
  A multi-disciplinary general academic database.
  

• Lexis-Nexis
  Topics Covered: Current News, Statistics, Laws and Legislation, Medicine
  

• Arkansas Historical Quarterly Cumulative Index 1942-2000
  Citations to articles published in the Arkansas Historical Quarterly.
  

• Fort Smith Historical Society Journal Index (not online)
  Citations to articles in the Fort Smith Historical Society Journal Publication Years: 1977-
  

• New York Times Historical: 1851 up to but not including current 4 years [Full-Text]
  Full-text and images from the first issue of The New York Times through 2001.
  

• GPO (Government Publications Online)
  Publication Years: 1976-Present
  
  
• PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service)
  Topics Covered: Current affairs
  Publication Years: 1972-Present
  
  
• World Catalog
  Citations for books and media located in other libraries from 11th century to present
  

U.S. History Internet Links

• Academic Information: United States History
  www.academicinfo.net/histeuro.html
  
  
• American Cultural History: Twentieth Century
  www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrx.kc/decades.html
  
  
• American Memory Project
  memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html
  
  
• American Slave Narratives
  xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/wpa/wpahome.html
  
  
• American Studies Web
  www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/asw/
  
  
• Arkansas History Commission and State Archives
  www.ark-ives.com/history/index.php
  
  
• Center for the Study of Southern Culture
  www.olemiss.edu/depts/south/
  
  
• Documents for the Study of American History
  www.ku.edu/carrie/docs/amdocs_index.html
  
  
• Documenting the American South
  docsouth.unc.edu/
  
  
• Fort Smith Historical Society
  fortsmithhistory.com
  
  
• National Archives and Records Administration
  www.nara.gov/
  
  
• National Security Archive (Declassified Documents)
  www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/
  
  
• New Deal Network
  newdeal.feri.org
  
  
• Oral History Association
  omega.dickinson.edu/organizations/oha/
  
  
• Presidents of the U.S.: Most Comprehensive Site on the Internet
  www.keele.ac.uk/depts/por/usbase.pres.htm
  
  
• U.S. Civil War Center-Louisiana State University
  www.cwc.lsu.edu/
  
  
• University of Arkansas Special Collections
  libinfo.uark.edu/specialcollections/
  
  
• United States Diplomatic History Resources Index
  www.tamu-commerce.edu/coas/history/sarantakes/stauff.html
  
  
• United States Historical Census Data
  www.abag.ca.gov/abag/overview/datacenter/popdemo/datamine.htm/
  
  
• ICPSR Data by U.S. State and County From 1790 to 1970
  fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/
  
  

Recommended Journals in U.S. History

The Journal Locator tells you which of the library subscription databases offers full text access to a particular magazine, journal, or newspaper title. You may also browse a Subject List of titles from the History and Archaeology category.

The following are some of the more important journals for U.S. History:

• American Heritage
• American Historical Review
• American History Illustrated
• History Teacher
• History Today
• Journal of American History
• Journal of Southern History
• Journal of the West

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