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American Studies Reference Books
American Studies -- Reference Sources

This is not intended to be a comprehensive list, it is meant to give you an idea of what is available in the Reference Collection on your general topic.

Culture & History

  • American Cultural & Intellectual History
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. E169.1 .E624 2001
  • American Eras
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. E169.1 .A471979 1997
  • American National Biography
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. CT213 .A68 1999
  • Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-Bottoms: Pop Culture of 20th Century America
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. E169.1 .B7825 2002
  • Dictionary of American History
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. E174 .D52 2003
  • Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War
         CALL NUMBER: Ref DS557.7 .E53 1998
  • Great Events in History: North American Series
         Call Number: Ref. E45 .G74 1997
  • The Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. E169.1 .G7555 2002
  • St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. E169.1 .S764 2000
  • The Scribner's Encyclopedia of American Lives
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. CT213 .S37 1998
  • The Sixties in America
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. E841 .S55 1999
  • American Decades
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. E169.12 .A42

  • Encyclopedia of the American Civil War
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. E468 .E53 2000

  • Encyclopedia of the Underground Railroad
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. E450 .H855 2006

  • Americans at War
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. E181 .A453 2005

  • American Decades
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. E169.12 .A42

  • The Who, What, Where of America
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. HA201.122 .W46 2003

  • Historical Dictionary of American Propaganda
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. E183.7 .M325 2004
  • Slavery in America
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. E441 .S36 2000
  • Historic Documents
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. E839.5 .H57
  • Infancy in America
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. HQ774 .I528 2001

Literature

  • Companion to Southern Literature
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. PS261 .C55 2002
  • Encyclopedia of American Poetry
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. PS316 .E53 1998 
  • Hispanic Literature of the United States
        CALL NUMBER: Ref. PS153.H56 K36 2003
  • Southern Writers
        CALL NUMBER: Ref. PS261 .S595 2006
  • Masterplots II: American Fiction Series
        CALL NUMBER: Ref. PN846 .M37 1986
  • African American Writers
        CALL NUMBER: Ref. PS153.N5 A344 2001
  • Native American Writers of the United States
        CALL NUMBER: Ref. PS221 .D5 v.175
  • Garner's Modern American Usage
        CALL NUMBER: Ref. PE2827 .G37 2003
  • Dictionary of American Regional English
        CALL NUMBER: Ref. PE2843 .D52 1985
  • Asian American Literature
        CALL NUMBER: Ref. PS153.A84 A82 1999
  • American Women Writers
        CALL NUMBER: Ref. PS147 .A4
  • Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature
        CALL NUMBER: Ref. PS21 .E537 2004
  • Oxford Companion to American Theatre
        CALL NUMBER: Ref. PN2220 .B6 2004
  • Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows
        CALL NUMBER: Ref. PN1992.18 .B68 2003

Politics & Law

  • Almanac of American Politics
        CALL NUMBER: Ref. JK1012 .A44
  • Encyclopedia of the American Constitution
        CALL NUMBER: Ref. KF4548 .E53 2000
  • United States Executive Branch
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. E176 .U575 2003
  • Elections in the Americas
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. JF1001 .E363 2005

  • Politics in America
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. JK1012 .P64
  • Voting in America
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. JK1976 .D53 2004
  • Encyclopedia of American Political Parties and Elections
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. JK2261 .S218 2006
  • Great American Trials
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. KF220 .G74 2002
  • Civil Liberties in America
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. KF4749 .W35 2004

Race & Gender

  • Contemporary Black Biography
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. DT18 .C66
  • Encyclopedia of African American Religions
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. BR563 .N4 E53 1993
  • Japanese American Internment During World War II
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. D769.8 .A6 N4 2002
  • Jewish Women in America
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. DS115.2 .J49 1997
  • The Native American Almanac
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. E77 .H59 1993
  • Notable American Women
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. CT3260 .N5725 2004
  • Racial and Ethnic Relations in America
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. E49 .R33 2000
  • Notable Black American Men/Women
        CALL NUMBER: Ref. E185.86 .N68 1999 & Ref. E185.96 .N68
  • Encyclopedia of Appalachia
        CALL NUMBER: Ref. F106 .E53 2006
  • Girlhood in America
        CALL NUMBER: Ref. HQ777 .G5745 2001
  • Encyclopedia of Women's History in America
        CALL NUMBER: Ref. HQ1410 .C85 2000
  • American Immigrant Cultures
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. E184.A1 A63448 1997
  • Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. E184.A1 G14 2000
  • The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos & Latinas in the United States
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. E184.S75 O97 2005
  • The Encyclopedia of African-American
         CALL NUMBER: Culture and History Ref. E185 .E54 2006
  • American Masculinity
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. HQ1090.3 .M24 2005