Research Guides: History United States: Find Books

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Classification Outline (Library of Congress)
Explains the letters and numbers found in call numbers. Great to look at before you browse the shelves!

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Reference e-books representing a variety of subject areas including anthropology, business, history, law, literature, medicine, and science. Full text.
Oxford Reference
Fully-indexed, cross-searchable dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. Full text.

Enclopedia of American History
Call Number: REF E174.5 .E52 1996
Encyclopedia of American Immigration
Call Number: REF JV6465 .R53 2001
Encyclopedia of American Social History
Call Number: REF HN57 .E58 1993
Oxford Companion to American Military History
Call Number: REF E181 .O94 1999
Oxford Companion to United States History
Call Number: REF E174 .O94 2991
Illuminates not only America's political, diplomatic, and military history, but also social, cultural, and intellectual trends; science, technology, and medicine; the arts; and religion.

"I Do Solemnly Swear..." Presidential Inaugurations
Avalon Project from Yale Law School, Lillian Goldman Law Library
Digital library of documents relating to law, history and diplomacy. The project is part of the Yale Law School Lillian Goldman Law Library. It contains well known online electronic copies of documents such as the Magna Carta, but also the text of less well known but significant documents which mark turning points in the history of law and rights.
Bill of Rights
Constitution of the United States
At the beginning of U.S.C and U.S.C.A. (see below)
Online: US National Archives | Congress.gov - Constitution Annotated
Declaration of Independence
Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention 1764-1789

History Textbooks from Open Textbook Library
U.S. History Textbooks from OER Commons
U.S. History from Open Textbook Library
Covers the breadth of the chronological history of the United States and also provides the necessary depth to ensure the course is manageable for instructors and students alike. U.S.
U.S. History from OpenStax
U.S. History is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of most introductory courses.