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Selected Reference Sources
Use reference sources to choose a topic, understand terminology, locate background information, and identify good search terms.
- American Indian Tribes, R 970.004 A512tr
- The Native Peoples of North America, R 970.004 N278
- American Indians, R 970.1 A512
- Encyclopedia of North American Indian, R 970.1 E56
- Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes, R 970.1 M251en
- Atlas of the North American Indian, R 970.1 W164at
- Chronology of American Indian History, R 970.004 S699ch
- Native Time: A Historical Time Line of Native America, R 970.004 F818n
- Timelines of Native American History, R 970.1 H419t
- The Native North American Almanac, R 970.1 N278
- The Native American Almanac: A Portrait of Native American Today (1993), R 970.1 H669n
- Native North American Firsts, R 970.1 N278s
- American Eras: Early American Civilizations and Exploration to 1600, R 970.01 A512
- The Encyclopedia of Native American Economic History, R 330.973 E56na
- The ABC-CLIO Companion to the Native American Rights Movement, R 970.1 G878n
- The Encyclopedia of Native American Biography (indexed by tribe and name), R 970.1 J65en
- Notable Native Americans, R 970.1 N899
- Great North American Indians (biographies-names index only), R 970.1 D637g
- Statistical Record of Native North Americans, R 970.1 S797
- Indian Treaties, R 970.5 I39
- Dictionary of Native American Mythology, R 398.097 G475d
- Legends of the Earth, Sea, and Sky: An Encyclopedia of Nature Myths, R 398.03 A571l
- Encyclopedia of Creation Myths, R 398.03 L485en
- The Encyclopedia of Native American Religions, R 299.703 H669en
Finding Books (and more) in the Online Catalog
Materials on Native American history can be found in the 970.1 area of the collection. Native American mythology is located in 398 and Native American religion in 299.
The term "Native Americans" is not a subject heading in the catalog. A subject search for this phrase results in the following message: "Native Americans" is not used in this library's catalog. Indians of North America is used instead.
Useful subheadings under this subject heading are: antiquities, biography, civil rights, folklore, government relations, history, legends, pictoral works, religion and mythology, social conditions, social life and customs, treaties, wars.
Subject headings may be subdivided by place and/or time period:
- Indians Of North America Great Plains Social Life And Customs
- Indians Of North America Massachusetts Social Conditions 20th Century
- Indians Of North America New England History 17th Century
- Indians Of North America Wars 1866 1895
Whole books on a specific tribe can be located by searching the name of the tribe: Iroquois Indians, Algonquian Indians, etc. If no materials are available on the specific tribe, broaden the search to Indians of North America and look for a chapter on the tribe.
Finding Articles in Research Databases
(go to DA Orgs/Library for off-campus access)
American History Online (full text)
Provides comprehensive coverage of the history of America and its people--includes biographies, primary sources, timelines, images, maps and charts
History Reference Center (full text)
Contains the full text of over 750 historical encyclopedias and other non-fiction books and at least 60 leading history periodicals--includes over 55,000 historical documents; over 40,000 biographies of historical figures; over 10,000 historical photos and maps; and over 80 hours of historical film and video
History Study Center (full text)
Consists of digitized primary and secondary sources, reference sources, historical images, video clips, and links to reliable web sites--Topic Search provides Study Units that include sources organized and edited by historians and History Guides on various topics
Archive of Americana (full text)(1639-1900)
Includes the following historical collections containing books, pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers, government documents and ephemera. Search one collection below or search multiple collections :
- American Broadsides and Ephemera, Series I
Broadsides printed between 1820 and 1900 and ephemera printed between 1760 and 1900. - American State Papers, 1789-1838
Legislative and executive documents, many originating from the important period between 1789 and the beginning of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set in 1817 - Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800
Books, pamphlets, broadsides and other imprints - Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819
Books, pamphlets, broadsides and other imprints - Early American Newspapers, Series I, 1690-1876
Hundreds of historic newspapers from more than 20 states
Historical Newspapers and American Periodicals Series (full text)
Provides digitized images of the following newspapers plus periodical articles published from 1740-1900. Search each newspaper title individually or search all of the newspapers plus the American Periodicals Series database at once.
- Hartford Courant (1764-1984)
- Chicago Tribune (1849-1986)
- The New York Times (1851-2005)
- The Altanta Constitution (1868-1939)
- The Boston Globe (1872-1925)
- The Washington Post (1877-1992)
- Los Angeles Times (1881-1986)
- The Wall Street Journal (1889-1991)
- The Christian Science Monitor (1908-1995)
Readers Guide Retrospective (1890-1982)(citations only)
Indexes the most popular general interest periodicals published in the U.S. from 1890-1982
General databases may also include useful articles. Try Academic Search Premier and General OneFile.
Selected Internet Resources
(Websites should always be evaluated for authorship, accuracy, and currency)
- Native Americans (directory from Librarians Index to the Internet)
- Native American Sites (individual nations)
- NativeWeb
- WWW Virtual Library: American Indians
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Facts for Features: American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage (statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau)
- Native American Authors (from Internet Public Library)
- News from Indian Country
- Native American Times (news)
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