Research Guides: U.S. History I HIS 202: Finding Library Materials

Library Materials

Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
Helpful Books

African American National Biography
Call Number: Lancaster Reference E 185.96 .A4466 2008
American National Biography
Call Number: Lancaster Reference CT 213 .A68 1999 V.1-v.24
Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895
Call Number: Lancaster Reference E 185 .E545 2006 v.1-v.3
Encyclopedia of American History
Call Number: Lancaster Reference E 174.5 .M847 1961
Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century
Call Number: Lancaster Reference E 169.1 .E626 2001 v.1-3
Encyclopedia of Women in American History
Call Number: eBook
The Reader's Companion to American History
Call Number: Lancaster Reference E 174 .R43 1991
Colonial America
Call Number: Lancaster Main E 187.5 .S23 2000

The American Republic
Call Number: eBook
Battle Cry of Freedom
Call Number: eBook
Also Available Lancaster Main E 470 .M23 1988
A Companion to Colonial America
Call Number: Lancaster Main E 187 .C75 2003
Democracy in America
Call Number: eBook
Also Available Lancaster Main JK 216 .T7
Empire of Liberty
Call Number: Lancaster Main E 164 .W63 2009
Liberty and Freedom
Call Number: Lancaster Main E 169.1 .F539 2005
The literature of America: colonial period
Call Number: Lancaster Main PS 530 .Z5
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Call Number: eBook
Opposing Viewpoints in American History
Call Number: Lancaster Main E 173 .O7 1996
Defining Documents in American History: Immigration & Immigrant Communities (1650-2016)
Call Number: Lancaster Main JV 6450 .I46 2017

Journals, Magazines and Newspapers

Physical Copies: All issues are shelved alphabetically by Journal Title at the Lancaster branch:

Annals
American History
American Journal of Archeology
Civil War History
The Historian
National Geographic
Smithsonian

Browse for books: Subject Headings

E186 - E199 - Colonial history (1607-1775)
- E186 - E189 - General
- E191 - 1607-1689
- E195 - E199 - 1689-1775
- E196 - King William's War, 1689-1697
- E197 - Queen Anne's War, 1702-1713
- E198 - King George's War, 1744-1748
- E199 - French and Indian War, 1755-1763
E201 - E298 - The Revolution
E300 - E453 - Revolution - Civil War (sub-topics bellow)
- E303 - E309 - 1775-1789. The Confederation, 1783-1789
- E310 - E337 - 1789-1809. Constitutional period
  - E311 - E320 - Washington's administrations, 1789-1797
  - E321 - E330 - John Adams' administration, 1797-1801
  - E331 - E337 - Jefferson's administrations, 1801-1809
- E337.8 - EE400 - Early nineteenth century, 1801/1809-1845
  - E341 - E370 - Madison's administrations, 1809-1817
  - E371 - E375 - Monroe's administrations, 1817-1825
  - E376 - E380 - John Quincy Adams' administration, 1825-1829
  - E381 - E385 - Jackson's administrations, 1829-1837
  - E386 - E390 - Van Buren's administration, 1837-1841
  - E391 - E392 - William H. Harrison's administration, March 4-April 4, 1841
  - E396 - E400 - Tyler's administration, April 4, 1841-1845
- E401 - E415.2 - Mexican War, 1846-1848
- E415.6 - E440.5 - Middle nineteenth century, 1845/1848-1861
  - E416 - E420 - Polk's administration, 1845-1849
  - E421 - E423 - Taylor's administration, 1849-July 9, 1850
  - E426 - E430 - Fillmore's administration, July 9, 1850-1853
  - E431 - E435 - Pierce's administration, 1853-1857
  - E436 - E440.5 - Buchanan's administration, 1857-1861
E441 - E453 - Slavery in the United States. Antislavery movements