Green River LibGuides: HIST 021/136 U.S. History 1 & HIST 022/137 U.S. History 2: Start with Reference Sources

General U.S. History Reference

Use these reference books in the library or photocopy or scan the sections you need

American Decades (2000s) by Vincent Tompkins (Editor); Victor Bondi (Editor)
Call Number: 973.92 A512 & ebook

Publication Date: 2000

Available in the Holman Library Reference Collection and in Gale Virtual Reference Library
American Decades: Primary Sources
Call Number: 973.91 A512 & ebook

Available in the Holman Library Reference Collection and in Gale Virtual Reference Library
When using the ebook, please note the "Choose a Volume" box, near the top of the book's homepage.
Conflicts in American History by Matthew J. Bruccoli; Zoe Trodd; C. Bríd Nicholson; Laymen; Manly; Robert J. Allison; Edward J. Blum; Anthony J. Connors; Brian L. Johnson; Kent McConnell; Kimberly K. Porter
Call Number: 973.003 C748 2010

ISBN: 9780816070930

Publication Date: 2010-09-01

Reference Collection--in-library use only
v. 1. The colonial and revolutionary eras, 1492-1783 -- v. 2. The early republic era, 1783-1860 -- v. 3. The Civil War era, 1861-1865 -- v. 4. The Reconstruction era, 1865-1877 -- v. 5. The Gilded Age, Progressive era and World War I, 1877-1920 -- v. 6. The roaring twenties, Great Depression, and World War II, 1920-1945 -- v. 7. The postwar and civil rights era, 1945-1973 -- v. 8. Toward the twenty-first century, 1974-present.
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life in America by Randall M. Miller
Call Number: 973.03 G816 2009

ISBN: 9780313336997

Publication Date: 2009

4 volumes
Available in Reference Collection--in-library use only and online in GVRL

Atlas of African-American History by James Ciment
Call Number: ebook

Reference Collection--in-library use only- & Available in EBSCO Ebook Collection
Atlas of Asian-American History
Call Number: 973.0495 A945a 2002

Reference Collection--in-library use only
Latino History and Culture: An Encyclopedia by David J. Leonard and Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo, editors
Call Number: 305.868 L3577 2010 & ebook

2 volumes
Reference Collection--in-library use only
American Indian History Day by Day
Call Number: ebook

ISBN: 0313382220

Reference Collection--in-library use only & available in Gale Virtual Reference Library database
Slavery in the United States: A Social, Political, and Historical Encyclopedia by Junius P. Rodriguez (editor)
Call Number: 306.362 S6318 2007

Reference Collection--in-library use only; also available as an ebook in EBSCOhost eBook Collection (link above)

Click the library database links below to access digital reference books and subject encyclopedias

First, try a broad search on your topic, such as...
- civil war women
- civil war reconstruction
Then, try narrower searches such as: ...
- civil war women military
- civil war women homefront
- civil war reconstruction african american
- civil war reconstruction legislation

Gale eBooks
Search for authoritative information in subject encyclopedias selected for courses and programs at Green River College
U.S. History in Context (Gale)
Full-text articles from scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers, reference sources, primary documents, and selected websites.

Biography in Context (Gale)
Full-text reference entries, magazine and journal articles, primary sources, videos, podcasts, and images covering a vast array of people from historically significant figures to present-day news makers.

History Study Center (ProQuest)
Primary and secondary sources covering global history from ancient times to the present day. Study Units offer editorially selected material on over 500 historical topics. Over 40,000 documents, articles, images and links to websites.