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Selected Reference and Related Sources

  • American Decades
    Provides information about what was going on in the United States decade by decade from 1900 to 1999. Includes information on the arts, business, fashion, politics, sports, religion, science, social trends, education and media. Physical volumes are shelved in the Ready Reference shelves (Ellis Library 1st floor south) at the call number E169.12 .A419 1994.
  • Encyclopedia of American activism, 1960 to the present
    Ref JK 1764 .D53 1998
  • Encyclopedia of American architecture
    Ref NA 705 .P3 1995
  • Encyclopedia of American business
    Ref HF 1001 .E463 2004
  • Encyclopedia of American civil liberties
    Ref KF 4747.5 .E53 2006
  • The Encyclopedia of American comics
    Spec Comics PN 6725 .E64 1990
  • Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intelllectual History
    Ref E 169.1 .E624 2001
  • Encyclopedia of American folk art
    Ellis NK 805 .E6 2004
  • Encyclopedia of American humorists
    Ellis PS 430 .E53 1988
  • Encyclopedia of American Social History
    Ref HN 57 .E58 1993
  • Encyclopedia of Asian-American literature
    Ellis PS153.A84 O37 2007
  • Encyclopedia of the Persian Gulf War
    Ref UF 500 .G8 1995
  • Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War
    Ref DS 557.7 .E53 1998
  • Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict
    Ref HM 291 .E625 1991
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
  • Index to the New York Times (Mid 19th through 20th century)
    SPEC REF AND Depository AI 21 .N44
  • Index to The Times (Indexes The Times, 1957-1972)
    SPEC REF AI 21 .T5
  • Palmer's Index to the Times Newspaper (Indexes The Times 1791-1938)
    SPEC REF AI 21 .T5
  • Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature (Late 19th-date)
    Ready Ref AI 3 .R48
  • The Scribner encyclopedia of American lives. Sports figures
  • The Times (London) (1789-2003)
    SPEC FILM
  • The United States and the First World War: An Encyclopedia
    Ref D 510 .U65 1995
  • World War II: The Encyclopedia of the War Years, 1941-1945
    Ref D 743.5 .P57 1996

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