United States - Native Americans (HIST300)

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Reference Sources

Here's a list of selected specialized reference books (available in the Garver Room) you may want to consider:

Ref 970 Am35 American Indians
Ref 970.1 P93na Native Americans
Ref 970.5 P95a Atlas of American Indian Affairs
Ref 973.03 D56 Dictionary of American History
Ref 973.03 En19 Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History
Ref 973.03 En192 Encyclopedia of American History
Ref 973.03 W54a Atlas of Westward Expansion
Ref 973.5 En 19 Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century
Ref 978 En19 Encyclopedia of the American West

The reference books will give you an overview of your subject; check the bibliographies for further information. Remember to use cross references, indexes, and tables of contents to help you locate information.


Catalog / Suggested Subjects / Keywords

Library Catalog
Desk Reserve Books
Other Library Catalogs

Indians of North America
Peyotism.
Indian Boarding Schools


Recommended Databases

America: History and Life Detailed abstracts of American and Canadian history from over 2,000 journals. Prehistory to present.
American Periodicals Series Online APS Online features over 1,100 periodicals spanning nearly 200 years from colonial times to the early 1900’s. Titles range from religious and historical journals such as The Dial and Southern Review to popular magazines like Vanity Fair and Ladies' Home Journal.
Historical Newspapers Searches 4 newspapers; Christian Science Monitor (1908-1991), New York Times (1851-2001), Wall Street Journal (1889-1987), and the Washington Post (1877-1988).
JStor A full text collection of scholarly journals, many going back to the first issue.
Readers Guide Retrospective An electronic version of the Readers' Guide Index to Periodical Literature. Indexes several hundred periodicals, from 1900 to 1982.

Periodical Index (lower level index table) Ref 050 P78b Poole’s Index to Periodical Literature Paper index with citations to articles from 1802 to 1906.

Selected Internet Resources

Avalon Project Yale University Contains documents concerning relations between the U.S. government and Native Americans.


Documentation

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