LB2369 .T8 1996

Turabian, Kate L. A manual for writers of term papers, theses, and dissertations. 6th ed. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1996.

(There are copies in both Reference and Stacks.)

PN147 .G444 1998

Modern Language Association of America. MLA style manual and guide to scholarly publishing. 2nd ed. New York : Modern Language Association of America, 1998.

(Located at Reference Desk—noncirculating)

Reference Sources

REF E45 .E53 1993

Encyclopedia of the North American colonies. 3 vols. New York : C. Scribner's Sons ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, c1993.

REF E173 .A15 1994

Levy, Peter B., ed. 100 key documents in American democracy. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1994.

REF E174 .D52 1976

Dictionary of American history. Rev. ed. 7 vols. New York : C. Scribner's sons, c1976.

REF E174 .O94 2001

The Oxford companion to United States history. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

REF E174 .R43 1991

Foner, Eric, and Garraty, John A. eds. The Reader's companion to American history, Boston : Houghton-Mifflin, c1991.

REF E174.5 .C3 1979

Carruth, Gorton, ed. The encyclopedia of American facts and dates. 7th ed. New York : Crowell, c1979.

REF E176.1 .A6563 2000

The American presidents. Rev. ed. Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, 2000.

REF E185 .H326 2001

The Harvard guide to African-American history. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001.

REF HA202 .H57 2006

Historical statistics of the United States : earliest times to the present. Millennial ed. New York : Cambridge University Press, c2006.

REF HQ1410 .C85 1996

Cullen-DuPont, Kathryn. The encyclopedia of women's history in America. New York : Facts on File, c1996.

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Harvard guide to American history. Rev. ed. 2 vols. Cambridge, Mass., Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1974.

Library Periodicals

Go to the Library’s main website (http://www.harpercollege.edu/library):

For print periodicals:

Click on “In-Print Journal Holdings, Newspapers & Index Holdings”” under “Library Resources.” A PDF file will load containing a complete listing of all of the Library’s print periodical subscriptions.

For full-text electronic periodicals:

Click on “Journal Holdings” under “Library Resources.” You can then look for journal titles in alphabetical order.”

Online Databases

Main link on Library homepage: “Full-Text Articles, Databases”

EBSCOHost—Academic Search Premier
FirstSearch—WilsonSelect
American National Biography

To sign on to these databases from home, you will be asked for your name and password:

Your name: First 4 letters of your first name, first 4 letters of your last name, last 4 digits of your ID number. For example, “John Smith” who has an ID number ending in 1234 would be “johnsmit1234.”

Your password: Last 4 digits of your ID number

Useful Websites

· Library of Congress—American Memory

· A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation

· Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present

· Colonial Hall: A Look at America’s Founders

· History Channel: This Day in History

· Hyperhistory Online

· Early Americas Digital Archive

· Cornell University’s Making of America

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Last updated August 22, 2008