Paideia Resources Section 31
Print Reference Resources
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Reference CT 213 .A68 1999
Provides biographical information of over 17,400 men and women who have influenced United States history. Excludes living people.
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http://books.luther.edu/record=b1264927
Over 200 maps and charts illustrate the history of the U.S. Combined with narrative, it offers an understanding of American history.
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Ref E 174 .D52 2003
A 10 volume set detailing important aspects of American history.
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Ref N31 .D5 1996
Comprehensive encyclopedia of art.
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Reference E 173 .C7 1988
A two volume work containing primary documents to illustrate American History.
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Reference E 169.1 .E624 2001
Includes background information on American culture and intellectual history from the arrival of the Europeans to the beginning of the 21st century.
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Ref E 174 .E53 2003
Coverage includes events, people, and topics in U.S. history from the 15th century to the present.
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Reference HN 57 .E58 1993
There are 180 essays in one of 14 thematic sections that cover such topics as ethnicity, work and labor, popular culture, science and medicine, family life, and more.
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Reference HN 57 .E594 2004
Each entry in this 4 volume set includes a rough chronology, defines key leaders, and critical themes.
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Ref F591 .E485 1996 vols 1-4
This encyclopedia contains over 2400 entries with subject entries ranging from the labor movement and women’s suffrage to music about the region.
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Reference E 169.1 .E626 2001
Essays provide access to politics, public policy, cultural and social changes, invention, and other topics of interest for 19th century American life.
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Reference AE 5 .E35 2002 v. 1-32
The New Encyclopaedia Britannica is a comprehensive English language encyclopedia. Also available online.
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Reference E 173 .D52 2003
The focus of this work is on political documents.
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Reference E 174 .O94 2001
One volume work, includes entries for personalites, events, major Supreme Court decisions, major legislation, social movements, and more.
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Reference E 174.5 .G753 2003
Provides a year by year account of American history, including national, international, business/industry/inventions, science/medicine, education, religion, and literature/journalism.
Databases and Indexes
| America: History & Life |
Indexes scholarly journal articles, books, and dissertations in the history of U.S. and Canada from prehistory to the present. Some full-text. |
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| Literature Resource Center |
Comprehensive reference database of criticism, biographies, bibliographies, work overviews and explications, Web sites, periodical articles, author’s works, and reading lists. Includes MLA International Bibliography. Full text from Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Authors, Twayne’s (English, US & World), Scribner Writers Series and selected journals. |
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General Online Databases
| Academic Search Complete |
An excellent starting point for finding articles in magazines and journals, mostly from fairly recent time periods. Some full-text. |
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| JSTOR |
A full-text collection of over 1,000 major scholarly journals. Excludes the most recent 2 to 5 years for most journals. |
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| Project Muse |
Full text access is available to over 380 journals in the humanities and social sciences. |
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Internet Resources
| American Memory Project |
The American Memory Project is a digital collection from the Library of Congress. Browse the collection list by topic or date. |
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| American National Biography |
Provides biographical information of over 17,400 men and women who have influenced United States history. Excludes living people. Includes over 2,000 illustrations, “more than 80,000 hyperlinked cross-references, and links to select web sites.” |
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| Our Documents: 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives |
The focus of this work is on political documents. |
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Print Indexes
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Index Area: AI3 .P7
Citations for articles in U.S. and British general interest periodicals published 1802 – 1907. Subject index only.
