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Research Guide by Subject Librarian Janet Munch (718-960-8603)
Reference Sources Research Guides and Bibliographies
Library Catalogs Internet Resources
Databases & Indexes History Department
Library Selector for United States History Other Areas to Explore
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REFERENCE SOURCES

Encyclopedia of American History, 2002, v. I -XI
Lehman College, Reference E174 .E53 2002

The Reader’s Companion to American History, 1991
Lehman College, Reference E174 .R43 1991

Atlas of American History, 2nd rev. ed. , 1984
Lehman College, Reference G1201 .S1 A8 1984

American National Biography, 1999, v. 1-24
Lehman College, Library Reference CT213 .A68 1999
(*successor to Dictionary of National Biography, Ref. DA28 .D45)

The American Presidents, rev. ed., 2000.
Lehman College, Reference E176.1 .A6563 2000

RESEARCH GUIDES& BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Harvard Guide to American History, v. 1-2
Lehman College, Reference Z1236 .F77 1974

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LIBRARY CATALOGS

Library of Congress
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC)

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INTERNET RESOURCES

American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library

History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web

Making of America (MOA)

RESEARCH RESOURCES (DATABASES & INDEXES)

America: History & Life 1964+
Biography Index 1984+
Book Review Digest 1983+
Books in Print Online
Columbia Encyclopedia
Dissertation Abstracts 1881+ (abstracts 1980+)
Facts on File 1940+
Humanities Abstracts 1984+
Ingenta (table of contents searching)
Jstor (full text of some history journals; dates span varies)
Lexis-Nexis (e.g., NYT 1980+)
NetLibrary (full text books online)
New York Times (use Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe) 1981+
World Cat (a world-wide library union catalog)

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Library Selector for United States History

Professor Janet Butler Munch. Phone: 1-(718) 960-8603
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Suggestions for Purchase of Materials

Professor Janet Butler Munch
jbmlc@cunyvm.cuny.edu
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HISTORY DEPARTMENT

http://www.lehman.edu/deanhum/history/

 

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OTHER AREAS TO EXPLORE

..Chronological Periods

The American Revolution
The American Civil War
New Deal

 

..Timelines

American Memory Timeline

American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides & Printed Ephemera

..Documents

The Avalon Project (pre-18th century - 21st century)

A Chronology of US Historical Documents (pre-colonial – present)

..Maps

David Rumsey Map Collection

..Photographs and Illustrations

..Organizations

The Gilder Lehrman Institute

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

Archival Research Catalog (ARC)

..Statistics

United States Historical Census Data Browser (1790-1960)
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census

 

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