Selective List of Reference Books on History in the NSCC Library
The library’s reference collection is found on the main floor of the library. Reference books are a
good starting place for most research projects. Reference books provide the following:
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a good overview of your topic
relevant terminology, names, and key events
main points, questions or issues related to your topic
sources of additional information, such as bibliographies
GENERAL U.S. HISTORY
ABC-CLIO Companion to the 1960s Counterculture in America
Annals of America
Chronological History of U.S. Foreign Relations
Chronology of the United States
Cold War Reference Guide
Day By Day : the Nineties
Day By Day : the Sixties
Day By Day, the Eighties
Day By Day, the Fifties
Day By Day, the Forties
Day By Day, the Seventies
Dictionary of American History
Encyclopedia of American Cultural & Intellectual History
Encyclopedia of American Social History
Encyclopedia of civil rights in America
Encyclopedia of Southern Culture
Encyclopedia of the American West
Encyclopedia of the Great Depression
Great Depression and the New Deal
Presidency a to Z
Sixties in America
To the Best of My Ability : the American Presidents
Witness to America : an Illustrated Documentary
E169.02.H3515 1997
E173.A793 1976
E183.7.B745 2003
E174.5.C63
D843.S3365 1997
D856.A93 2003
D840.P27 1983
D848.M45 1995
D842.5.M47 1979
D427.L4
D848.L4 1988
E174.D52 1976
E169.1.E624 2001
HN57.E58 1993
E185.61.E544 1998
F209.E53 1989
F591.E485 1996
E806.E63 2004
E806.H56 2001
E176.1.P74 1998
E841.S55 1999
E176.1.T59 2000
E173.W78 1999
Wars
Encyclopedia of the Korean War
Encyclopedia of the Persian Gulf War
Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War
World War II in Europe: An Encyclopedia
World War II in the Pacific: An Encyclopedia
DS918.E53 2000
DS79.72.S39 1998
DS557.7.E53 1998
D740.W67 1999
D767.W68 2001
U.S. HISTORY – INDIVIDUAL GROUPS
African Americans
Black Women in America : an Historical Encyclopedia
Chronology of African-American History
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture & History
Historical & Cultural Atlas of African Americans
E185.86.B542 1993
E185.H64 1991
E185 E54
E185.A8
Asian Americans
Asian American Encyclopedia
Columbia Documentary History of the Asian American Experience
Dictionary of Asian American History
E184 O6 A827
E184.O6C63 2002
E184.O6D53 1986
Gays and Lesbians
Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures
HQ75.13.G37 2000
Hispanic Americans
Hispanic American Almanac
Latino Encyclopedia
E184 S75 H557
E184.S75L357 1995
Native Americans
ABC-CLIO companion to the Native American rights movement
Atlas of the North American Indian
Encyclopedia of Native American economic history
Encyclopedia of North American Indian Tribes
Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes
Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest
Native American encyclopedia : history, culture, and peoples
Native Americans
KF8203.36.G76 1996
E77.W195 1985
E98.E2E52 1999
E76.2.Y46 1986
E77.G15 1998
E78.N77R79 1986
E76.2.P75 1998
E93.N32 2002
Women
Black Women in America : an Historical Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia of Women in the American West
Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers
Encyclopedia of Women's History in America
Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History
Routledge Historical Atlas of Women in America
E185.86.B542 1993
HQ1438.W45E53 2003
HQ1236.R29 2001
HQ1410.C85 2000
HQ1410.R43 1998
HQ1410.P68 2000
ECONOMIC HISTORY
Cambridge Economic History of the United States
Encyclopedia of American economic history
Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
St. James Encyclopedia of Labor History Worldwide
HC103.C26 1996
HC103.E52
HC15.O94 2003
HD4839.S74 2004
IMMIGRATION
American Immigrant Cultures : Builders of a Nation
Atlas and Survey of South Asian History
Cambridge Encyclopedia of Africa
Cambridge Encyclopedia of India
Cambridge Survey of World Migration
Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture
Dictionary of American Immigration History
Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara
Encyclopedia of Asian Civilizations
Encyclopedia of Asian History
Encyclopedia of China
Encyclopedia of European Social History from 1350 to 2000
Encyclopedia of India
Encyclopedia of Ireland
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim world
E184.A1A63448 1997
G2261.S1S3 1995
DT3.C35 1981
DS334.9.C36
JV6021.C35 1995
DS33.C63 2000
E184.D53 1990
DT351.E53 1997
DS4 .L68
DS31 .E53
DS705.P47 1999
HN373.E63 2001
DS405.E556 2006
DA906.E53 2000
BP40.E525 2004
Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture
Encyclopedia of Mexico
Encyclopedia of Modern Asia
Encyclopedia of Russian History
Encyclopedia of the Chinese Overseas
Encyclopedia of the Holocaust
Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East
Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
Facts About American Immigration
Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups
Modern China : an Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and
Nationalism
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World
Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women
GENERAL WORLD HISTORY
Annual Register: A Record of World Events
Encyclopedia of Genocide
F1406.E53 1996
F1204.E539 1997
DS4.E53 2002
DK14.E53 2004
DS732.E53 1999
D804.3.E53 1990
DS43.E53 1996
DS43.E53 2004
JV6465.B73 2001
E184.A1H35
DS755.2.M63 1998
DS35.53.O95 1995
HQ1115.R69 2000
D2.A7
HV6322.7.E53 1999