HIS 2201: American Civilization to 1876
- Background Information
- Biographical Sources
- Databases & Articles (to locate magazine and journal articles)
- Library Catalogs (to locate books)
- Primary Sources
- Web Resources on this Topic
- ASU Department Link
Background Information (General and Subject Encyclopedias)
American Eras
ASU REF E169.1.A471979 1997
An 8-volume set covering the eras of pre-20th century America.
American Heritage Encyclopedia of American History
ASU REF E174.A535 1998
Provides comprehensive coverage of the people and events of America's past.
Dictionary of American History
ASU REF E174.D52 1976
Eight-volume, informative reference work on American history.
Britannica Online
Available on & off campus
Includes more than 72,000 encyclopedia articles with photographs, drawings, full motion video and audio clips, and more than 130,000 reviewed Web sites.
Encyclopedia of American Cultural & Intellectual History
ASU REF E169.1.E624 2001
Volume one covers early America through 1940. Volume two covers 1940-2000 and volume three focuses on economic order, social order, the pursuit of knowledge, the arts, and methods and concepts.
Encyclopedia of American History
ASU REF E174.5.E52 1996
Basic guide to American history. Arranged in four sections: 1) basic chronology, 2) topical chronology, 3) biographical section, and 4) structure of the federal government.
Britannica Online
Available on & off campus
Includes more than 72,000 encyclopedia articles with photographs, drawings, full motion video and audio clips, and more than 130,000 reviewed Web sites.
Macmillan Encyclopedia of World Slavery
ASU REF HT861 .M24 1998, 2 vols.
Biographical Sources
American National Biography
ASU REF CT213.A68
Successor to the Dictionary of American Biography, this 24 volume set "has substantially broadened the criteria for the inclusion of subjects." A descriptive bibliography is appended to each article and may include primary sources.
Dictionary of American Biography
ASU REF E176.D56
A 21-volume set with supplements provides biographical information on over 15,000 noteworthy Americans.
Great Lives from History: American Series
ASU REF CT214.G74 1987
A five-volume set of biographical sketches of some 400 Americans, presenting their contributions and impact on United States history and development and including individual bibliographies.
Biography and
Genealogy Master Index
Bbiographical
material on people from all time periods, geographical locations and fields
of endeavor. Indexes any print product
that includes biographical information on multiple persons.
Who Was Who in America
ASU REF E176.W64
Provides biographical sketches of deceased noteworthy Americans beginning in 1607.
Library Catalogs
(To Locate Books, Journal Titles and Other Materials)
Library Catalog
To locate books, journal titles (after you have used an index to identify specific articles), and other materials in the ASU Libraries and the Western North Carolina Library Network (WNCLN).
WorldCat ,
11th Century - to date (updated daily)
Available on & off campus
WorldCat is a catalog of over 35 million books, serials, audiovisual media, maps, archives/manuscripts, scores, and computer files from 17,000 libraries around the world. Electronic interlibrary loan requesting is available for qualified patrons. WorldCat is not an index to journal articles.
Primary Sources
Civil
War History: Guide to Primary Sources
ASU Class Guide.
American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov/
"American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 5 million items from more than 90 historical collections."
American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography , Greenwood Publishing
Thousands of slave narratives as told by the former slaves themselves.
Documenting the American South Full Text
http://docsouth.unc.edu/
Documenting the American South (DAS) is a collection of primary sources on Southern history, literature and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th century.
Early American Imprints , First and Second Series
ASU Microforms
The first series contains records for material printed before 1801 in the United States and the second series contains records for works listed in American Bibliography: a preliminary checklist for 1801-1819 .
Library of American Civilization
ASU Microforms
The Library of American Civilization chronicles the history of the United States from a firsthand point-of-view. Included in this collection are biographies, fiction, letters, texts of public addresses, humor, songs, essays, guide books and count less other topics regarding life in America from colonial times up to World War I.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries , Colonial to 1950, Alexander Street Press
This database includes the immediate experiences of 1,325 women and 150,000 pages of diaries and letters.
Repositories of Primary Sources
http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html
A listing of over 3200 Web sites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar.
Words and Deeds in American History
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/mcchtml/corhome.html
"This site from the Library of Congress Website, gives full-text access in both scanned and electronic formats to primary documents from America's history."
ASU Department Link
Department of History
http://www.acs.appstate.edu/dept/history/
Includes information on undergraduate and graduate programs, faculty, and other useful links.
Compiled by Elizabeth M. Williams
Appalachian State University Libraries
Fall 2007
willamsem@appstate.edu