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Library of Congress Classification


The American History collection is located on Floor 3A (General Collection), in the Reference Room, and in Serials (Journals/Periodicals) on the Lower Level.

 
E 11-143 America
E 151-887 United States
E 186-199 Colonial History
E 201-298 The Revolution
E 337.8-400 Early Nineteenth Century 1801/1809-1845
E 415.6-440.5 Middle Nineteenth Century 1845/1848-1861
E 456-665 Civil War Period 1861-1865
E 661-738 Late Nineteenth Century 1865-1900
E 740-837.7 Twentieth Century
E 838-887 Later Twentieth Century, 1961-
F 1-975  United States local history


Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
 
TITLE
LOCATION
LOCATION BROWSE 
100 Key Documents in American Democracy  REF. E173 .A15  Browse E 173
American Decades. 9 Vols. Ref. E169.12 .A419 Browse E 169
The American Heritage Encyclopedia of American history  REF. E174 .A535  Browse E 174
The American Revolution, 1775-1783: an Encyclopedia. 2 Vols.  REF. E208 .A433  Browse E 208
Battle Chronicles of the Civil War REF. E470 .B29  Browse E 470
Dictionary of American History REF. E174 .D52  Browse E 174
The Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates REF. E174 .5 .c3 Browse E 174
The Encyclopedia of Colonial and Revolutionary America REF. E188 .E63  Browse E 188
Historical Times Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Civil War  REF. E468 .H57  Browse E 468
The Murrow Book of Quotations in American history  REF. E179 .M88 Browse E 179
The Readers Companion to American History  REF. E174 .R43 Browse E 174
Who was who in the American Revolution.  REF. E206 .P87  Browse E 206


Databases, Indexes and Abstracts
 
Full-text articles available online Remote access available
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 TITLE & LOCATION
 DESCRIPTION
AVAILABILITY
ACCESS
ABC POL SCI Contains citations from more than 300 political science journals 1984-present
Check MaagNet and/or OhioLINK Central Catalog for Journal Title(s)
America: History and Life United States and Canada, prehistory to present First published in 1964  Check MaagNet and/or OhioLINK Central Catalog for Journal Title(s)
ArchivesUSA Includes three major national information resources: the Directory of Archives and Manuscript Repositiories in the United States (DAMRUS), the National Union Catalogue of Manuscript Collection (NUCMC), and the National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States (NIDS). NUCMC - information gathered and compiled by the Library of Congress from the 1950's to the
present.
Arts and Humanities Citation Index Provides access to multi-disciplinary information from 1,100 of the world's leading arts and 
humanities research journals published since 1990.  Cited items may be critical in nature or original creative works (novels, poems, works of philosophy, paintings, musical compositions, etc)
1990-present 
Check MaagNet and/or OhioLINK Central Catalog for Journal Title(s)
HarpWeek: The Civil War Era Full text and images of Harper's Weekly from the Civil War era. Includes stories, illustrations, book reviews, serialized novels, advertising and maps from the weekly. 1857-1865 
Historical Abstracts World history, 1450-present.  Includes citations to both historical writings and recent events. First published in 1967 Check
MaagNet
and/or
OhioLINK
Central Catalog for Journal Title(s)
Humanities Index
AI3 .H85
Cumulative index to English language periodicals by subject and author. Book reviewsare listed at
the end of the index. Subjects include archeology, classical studies, folklore, history, language, literature, performing
arts, philosophy, religion and theology. 
v. 1 (1974/75 - present)

(Most recent five years
are located on the 
index tables)
 


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MaagNet
and/or
OhioLINK
Central Catalog for Journal Title(s)
WorldCat Records of books, computer data files, computer programs, films, journals, magazines, manuscripts, musical scores, newspapers, slides, sound recordings, and videos.  Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century. 1200-present Check
MaagNet
and/or
OhioLINK
Central Catalog for Title(s)

Journals/Periodicals
 
TITLE
LOCATION
AVAILABILITY
The American Historical Review E171 .A57
MICROFILM  X 369
 V1(1895/96) to date 
Civil War History  E461 .C5  V1(1955) to date
Diplomatic History E183.7 .D48 V1(1977) to date
The Journal of American History E171 .J87 V51(1964/65) to date
Magazine of History D16.3 .M33 V6(1991) to date

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