Trailblazer Research Guide American History: Pre-Colonial Times Through the Reconstruction Dewey Decimal Call Number Area 970's Reference Sources   General Information Dictionary of American History  Ref. 973.03 D554 American Eras  Ref. 973 A512k Oxford Companion to American History  Ref. 973.03 J69 Oxford History of the American People  Ref. 973 M854 Encyclopedia of Colonial and Revolutionary America  Ref. 973.203 E56 Colonial America to 1783  Ref. 973.2 P986 Historical Atlas of the American Revolution  Ref. 973.3 B261 Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History  Ref. 973.703 E56 Historical Times Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Civil War Ref. 973.7 H673i Encyclopedia of the Confederacy  Ref. 973.713 E56 Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes  Ref. 970.004 G151 Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes  Ref. 970.004 W164 Handbook of North American Indians  Ref. 970.00497 H236 Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African-American Experience Ref. 305.896 A258 Reference Library of Black America  Ref. 305.896 R332 Routledge Atlas of African American History  973.08996 E12 Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery  Ref. 306.36203 H673 Encyclopedia of American Social History  Ref. 301.0973E56 Handbook of American Women's History  Ref. 305.4 H236 Routledge Historical Atlas of Women in America  973.082 O61 The Presidency A to Z: A Ready Reference Encyclopedia  Ref. 353.03 P933 The American President  Ref. 973.099 K96 To the Best of My Ability: The American Presidents  Ref. 973.099 T627 Routledge Historical Atlas of Presidential Elections  Ref. 324.973 M631 Routledge Historical Atlas of Religion in America  200.973 C319 Statiscial Information Population of the United States: Historical Trends and Future Projections Ref. 304.62 B675 American Generations  Ref. 303.38 M682ag Statistical Record of Native North Americans  Ref. 970.004 R313 Also consult the sources in the General section above Biographical Information National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans Ref. 973.0992 N277 Dictionary of National Biography  Ref. 920.042 D554 Dictionary of American Biography  Ref. 920.073 D25 Who Was Who in America  Ref. 920.073 W62w Dictionary of American Negro Biography  Ref. 920.009 L831 Notable Native American  Ref. 920.00297 N899 Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary  Ref. 920.72 N278 Who Was Who in the American Civil War  Ref. 973.70 S573 Encyclopedia of World Biography  Ref. 920.02 E56 Also consult the sources in the General section above Finding Books Using the Online Catalog   Subject headings Missippian culture Indians of North America United States--History United States-- History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 United States History--1783-1865 United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Reconstruction Slavery--United States Slave Trade United States--Territorial Expansion Keywords united states, american, history, 15th, 16th, 17th, or 18th century, colonial, civil war, slavery, abolition, federalism, trail of tears, indian question, war of 1812, slave trade, reconstruction names of events/concepts/legislation e.g. american revolution, revolutionary war, constitutional congress, civil war names of individuals e.g. george washington, thomas jefferson, fredrick douglass names of groups e.g. puritans, women, indians/native americans, cherokee Reid Library Catalog / I-Share Catalog Databases to Use for Finding Articles Academic Search Premier Academic Universe (Lexis-Nexis) ArticleFirst ERIC (Education) History Reference Center Military and Government Collection SocINDEX with Full Text Internet Resources Encyclopedia Smithsonian: American Social and Cultural History  http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/nmah/start.htm American History Timeline  http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/nmah/timeline.htm Library of Congress African American Mosaic presented  http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html Manuscripts: An Illustrated Guide http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/guide/toc.html Religion and the Founding of the American Republic http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/religion.html The National Archives Indians/Native Americans (History) from the National Archives  http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/native-americans.html Our Documents  http://www.ourdocuments.gov/ National Park Service The American Civil War Homepage http://cwar.nps.gov/civilwar/ Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/index.html U.S. State Department African American History Month http://usinfo.state.gov/scv/history_geography_and_population/population_and_diversity/african_americans/African_American_History_Month.html An Outline of American History presented by the U.S. State Department http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/histryotln/index.htm AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of Americaan History  http://www.vlib.us/amdocs/ Internet Public Library: United States History  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