History Subject Guides
Books
General Collection
America: an illustrated history/ [Kelly Knauer, editor]
A people’s history of the United States : 1492-present / Howard Zinn
The march of democracy: a history of the United States/James Truslow Adams
America, empire of liberty: a new history of the United States/David Reynolds
Seizing destiny: how America grew from sea to shining sea/Richard Kluger
Reference Books (These Do Not Check Out)
The Americana annual: an encyclopedia of current events
Dictionary of American History
Encyclopedia of American History
Our Nation’s Archive: The history of the United States in documents
eBooks
The Idea of America: Reflections on the Birth of the United States/Gordon S. Wood
Online Databases
Bibliography of native North Americans (BNNA)
A bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. Covers a wide range of topics including archaeology, multicultural relations, gaming, governance, legend, and literacy. BNNA contains more than 137,000 citations for books, essays, journal articles, and government documents of the United States and Canada. Dates of coverage for included content range from the sixteenth century to the present.
History Reference Center offers full text from more than 1,620 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, cover to cover full text for more than 150 leading history periodicals, nearly 57,000 historical documents, more than 77,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 113,000 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.
Salem History (In Library Use) – Salem History (Remote Access)
Includes the full text of the multi-volume encyclopedia Great Lives from History, as well as The Eighties in America.
Periodicals
American Heritage (available in print and in MasterFILE Premier)
America’s Civil War (available in print and in MasterFILE Premier)
American legacy: the magazine of African-American history & culture (available in print and in MasterFILE Premier)
History Magazine (available in print
Videos
Liberty! [videorecording(DVD)] : the American Revolution
American History Videos in Access Video on Demand (Call 876-5861 for login info)
Websites
National Archives Online Exhibits
National Registrar of Historic Places Official Website-Part of the National Park Service
Books
General Collection
Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies / Jared Diamond
The New Cambridge modern history
Civilization: a new history of the western world/Roger Osborne
Reference Books (These do not check out)
The timetables of history: a historical linkage of people and events/Bermard Grun
Dateline: a day-by-day guide to people, places, and events
The Times atlas of world history/edited by Geoffrey Barraclough
eBooks
CliffsAP World History Edition 1/Fred N. Grayson
Online Databases
History Reference Center
History Reference Center offers full text from more than 1,620 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, cover to cover full text for more than 150 leading history periodicals, nearly 57,000 historical documents, more than 77,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 113,000 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.
New Dictionary of the History of ideas
Part of Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click on “History”
Salem History (In Library Use) (Remote Access)
Includes the full text of the multi-volume encyclopedia Great Lives from History, as well as The Eighties in America.
World History Collection
Offers a global look at history with content from Africa, Asia, North and South America, Europe and the Middle East. World History Collection contains cover-to-cover full text for 150 titles, including many peer-reviewed journals. Full text dates as far back as 1964.
Periodicals
KMT: a modern journal of ancient Egypt (available in print)
Military History (available in print and MasterFILE Premier)
Time (available in print and MasterFILE Premier)
History Today (available in MasterFILE Premier)
Videos
Guns, germs, and steel [videorecording(DVD)] / based on the book by Jared Diamond
World History Videos from Access Video on Demand (Call 875-5861, option 2, for login info)
Websites