If you find a relevant book through keyword searching, check the subject headings in the catalog record to find other words or phrases for subject searching. Browsing the shelves, once you have located the classification numbers for your topic, can also be an effective strategy for finding research material. This is a selective list of reference books providing an overall background for U.S. history. Please search the catalog or browse the appropriate subject sections in the Reference area to find reference books for specific U.S. history topics. 1983 Multi-volume set with extensive entries on events, movements, people, and other topics in American history.
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Three volume, specialized encyclopedia of lengthy scholarly signed articles with bibliographies on social and cultural topics in American history. Alphabetical collection of articles on events and movements of the twentieth century. The Reader's Companion to American History. Sponsored by the Society of American Historians. 1991 Consists of short substantive signed articles with bibliographies by historians on topics in American history.