American History

Books In The Library By Dewey Decimal Numbers

• 001.9 Controversial knowledge
• 973 United States
• 974 Northeastern United States
• 975 Southeastern United States
• 976 South Central United States
• 977 North Central United States
• 978 Western United States

Example Titles In The Library

• History's Greatest Lies by William Weir 001.95 Wei
• Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization 940.5311 Bak
• Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity 338.542 Lew
• Rebirth of a Nation: The Making of Modern America, 1877-1920 973 Lea

InterLibrary Loan:

If you find an article abstract but not the full text, we will try to get the full text through Interlibrary Loan. Please fill out the Interlibrary Loan Request form and e-mail it to Ms. Evelyn Willis.

Journals In The Library

• Georgia
• National Geographic
• Smithsonian
• Time
• WJS Magazine

These magazines and journals are in house use only and cannot be checked out.

Electronic Journals Online

• American Heritage
• American Historical Review
• American History
• American Nineteenth Century History
• Georgia Historical Quarterly
• Journal of American History
• Journal of Southern History
• Journal of the Early Republic
• Wild West

Search by keyword(s): History

• Advanced Placement Source
• Annals of American History (Encyclopædia Britannica)
• Atlanta Historic Newspapers Archive
• Digital Library of Georgia
• Diversity Studies Collection (InfoTrac)

• Georgia Historic Books
• History Reference Center
• History Reference Center (EBSCO)
• U.S. History Collection (InfoTrac)
• Salem History
• World History Collection (EBSCO)

• American Historical Association
• American Memory
• American President: A Reference Resource
• Civil War in the American South
• Digital Library of Georgia

• Digital History
• GeorgiaInfo
• History Channel
• Making of America
• Native American Resources (pdf)
• The American Presidency Project

• Cold War
• Democracy.
• Indians of North America
• United States — Economic conditions
• United States — Economic policy
• United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865.
• United States — History.

• United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783.
• United States — History, Military.
• United States — Race relations.
• United States — Territorial expansion.
• West (U.S.) — History.
• World War, 1914-1918 — United States.
• World War, 1939-1945 — United States

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Search Films on Demand (FoD)

Example Titles

• Becoming Free: Freedom, a History of US
• Series: America in the 20th Century (8)
• Series: America: The Story of Us (11)

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