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:

  • 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 AmericaE169.02.H3515 1997

Annals of AmericaE173.A793 1976

Chronological History of U.S. Foreign RelationsE183.7.B745 2003

Chronology of the United StatesE174.5.C63

Cold War Reference GuideD843.S3365 1997

Day By Day : the NinetiesD856.A93 2003

Day By Day : the SixtiesD840.P27 1983

Day By Day, the EightiesD848.M45 1995

Day By Day, the FiftiesD842.5.M47 1979

Day By Day, the FortiesD427.L4

Day By Day, the SeventiesD848.L4 1988

Dictionary of American HistoryE174.D52 1976

Encyclopedia of American Cultural & Intellectual HistoryE169.1.E624 2001

Encyclopedia of American Social HistoryHN57.E58 1993

Encyclopedia of civil rights in AmericaE185.61.E544 1998

Encyclopedia of Southern CultureF209.E53 1989

Encyclopedia of the American WestF591.E485 1996

Encyclopedia of the Great DepressionE806.E63 2004

Great Depression and the New DealE806.H56 2001

Presidency a to ZE176.1.P74 1998

Sixties in AmericaE841.S55 1999

To the Best of My Ability : the American PresidentsE176.1.T59 2000

Witness to America : an Illustrated DocumentaryE173.W78 1999

Wars

Encyclopedia of the Korean WarDS918.E53 2000

Encyclopedia of the Persian Gulf WarDS79.72.S39 1998

Encyclopedia of the Vietnam WarDS557.7.E53 1998

World War II in Europe: An EncyclopediaD740.W67 1999

World War II in the Pacific: An EncyclopediaD767.W68 2001

U.S. HISTORY – INDIVIDUAL GROUPS

African Americans

Black Women in America : an Historical EncyclopediaE185.86.B542 1993

Chronology of African-American HistoryE185.H64 1991

Encyclopedia of African-American Culture & HistoryE185 E54

Historical & Cultural Atlas of African AmericansE185.A8

Asian Americans

Asian American EncyclopediaE184 O6 A827

Columbia Documentary History of the Asian American ExperienceE184.O6C63 2002

Dictionary of Asian American HistoryE184.O6D53 1986

Gays and Lesbians

Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and CulturesHQ75.13.G37 2000

Hispanic Americans

Hispanic American AlmanacE184 S75 H557

Latino EncyclopediaE184.S75L357 1995

Native Americans

ABC-CLIO companion to the Native American rights movementKF8203.36.G76 1996

Atlas of the North American IndianE77.W195 1985

Encyclopedia of Native American economic historyE98.E2E52 1999

Encyclopedia of North American Indian TribesE76.2.Y46 1986

Gale Encyclopedia of Native American TribesE77.G15 1998

Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific NorthwestE78.N77R79 1986

Native American encyclopedia : history, culture, and peoplesE76.2.P75 1998

Native AmericansE93.N32 2002

Women

Black Women in America : an Historical EncyclopediaE185.86.B542 1993

Encyclopedia of Women in the American WestHQ1438.W45E53 2003

Encyclopedia of Women Social ReformersHQ1236.R29 2001

Encyclopedia of Women's History in AmericaHQ1410.C85 2000

Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's HistoryHQ1410.R43 1998

Routledge Historical Atlas of Women in AmericaHQ1410.P68 2000

ECONOMIC HISTORY

Cambridge Economic History of the United StatesHC103.C26 1996

Encyclopedia of American economic historyHC103.E52

Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic HistoryHC15.O94 2003

St. James Encyclopedia of Labor History WorldwideHD4839.S74 2004

IMMIGRATION

American Immigrant Cultures : Builders of a NationE184.A1A63448 1997

Atlas and Survey of South Asian HistoryG2261.S1S3 1995

Cambridge Encyclopedia of AfricaDT3.C35 1981

Cambridge Encyclopedia of IndiaDS334.9.C36

Cambridge Survey of World MigrationJV6021.C35 1995

Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and CultureDS33.C63 2000

Dictionary of American Immigration HistoryE184.D53 1990

Encyclopedia of Africa South of the SaharaDT351.E53 1997

Encyclopedia of Asian CivilizationsDS4 .L68

Encyclopedia of Asian HistoryDS31 .E53

Encyclopedia of ChinaDS705.P47 1999

Encyclopedia of European Social History from 1350 to 2000HN373.E63 2001

Encyclopedia of IndiaDS405.E556 2006

Encyclopedia of IrelandDA906.E53 2000

Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim worldBP40.E525 2004

Encyclopedia of Latin American History and CultureF1406.E53 1996

Encyclopedia of MexicoF1204.E539 1997

Encyclopedia of Modern AsiaDS4.E53 2002

Encyclopedia of Russian HistoryDK14.E53 2004

Encyclopedia of the Chinese OverseasDS732.E53 1999

Encyclopedia of the HolocaustD804.3.E53 1990

Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle EastDS43.E53 1996

Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North AfricaDS43.E53 2004

Facts About American ImmigrationJV6465.B73 2001

Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic GroupsE184.A1H35

Modern China : an Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and
NationalismDS755.2.M63 1998

Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic WorldDS35.53.O95 1995

Routledge International Encyclopedia of WomenHQ1115.R69 2000

GENERAL WORLD HISTORY

Annual Register: A Record of World EventsD2.A7

Encyclopedia of GenocideHV6322.7.E53 1999