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