A categorized guide to historical material, from library catalogs, through manuscript, newspaper, and other guides, to legal sources and oral history. A selective list of the best resources in historical research. A selective list of the best reference sources in the field of history. An Index to Bibliographies in History Journals and Dissertations Covering the United States and Canada. Useful for its comprehensive coverage of U.S. hisotry from primitive times to the present.
Reference are to periodicals for the most part, but include miscellaneous publications.
Each volume has an author index. This work covers prehistoric America up through 1969. Each event is summarized, along with two books about the event, and a list of additional recommended readings is included. Encyclopedias General encyclopedias are useful for background information. An encyclopedic dictionary which includes some bibliographies.