Keeley Library Student Pages:
Social Studies -
U.S. History
For background on the subject, consult general encyclopedias such as Americana, Britannica, Colliers, World Book, etc. Look for articles on "United States--History." To locate materials in the Keeley Library, see the section on Finding Your Way Around the Library.
Internet Resources
Library Catalog
To locate items in the library catalog, search in iBistro. You may want to limit your search to search only the Keeley Library, instead of all of the SAILS libraries. The following subjects are just some suggestions for your search:
- Confederate States of America
- Depressions--1929--United States
- Industries--United States--History
- Labor--United States--History
- Populism--United States
- Progressivism (United States politics)
- Prohibition
- Reconstruction
- Trade-unions--United States
- United States--Constitutional history
- United States--Economic conditions
- United States--Foreign relations
- United States--History
- United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States--Politics and government
- United States--Race relations
- United States--Social conditions
- United States--Territorial expansion
- and names of individaul Presidents, etc.
SAILS Databases
As members of SAILS, Durfee students and teachers can access journal and newspaper articles as well as online reference books, from the library's computers and from home. Simply go to the online catalog page, access the online catalog, and click on .
Selected Reference Books
- Album of American history
- American facts and dates
- American Heritage pictorial atlas of U.S. history
- Annals of America
- Dictionary of American biography
- Dictionary of American history
- Documents of American history
- Encyclopedia of American history
- Great Events from History. American Series
- Notable American women
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