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Subject Guides American Studies
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SELECTED PRINT REFERENCE SOURCES FIND BOOKS IN LAVERY LIBRARY AND BEYOND INTRODUCTION FIND BACKGROUND INFORMATION Reference books provide background information to help you understand your topic, narrow your topic, or prepare an outline of your topic. They also help define terms related to your topic, provide assistance in the selection of subject terms for your database searches, and contain factual information, such as, statistics, biographies, and maps. SELECTED PRINT REFERENCE SOURCES: Literature and Research Guides
The American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature
American Attitudes : Who Thinks What About the Issues That Shape Our Lives
Encyclopedia of American Cultural & Intellectual History
Encyclopedia of American Folk Art
Encyclopedia of American Historical Documents
The Encyclopedia of American Political History
Encyclopedia of American Studies
Encyclopedia of the American Religious Experience: Studies of Traditions and Movements
Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Culture
300 Years of American Art
American Decades
American Eras
Dictionary of American History
The Facts on File Dictionary of American Politics
The Penguin Dictionary of American Folklore
African American Culture
The American Civil War : A Handbook of Literature and Research
A Companion to American Thought
Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture
Guide to U.S. Popular Culture
The Atlas of American Society
American National Biography
Dictionary of American Biography
Contemporary American Women Fiction Writers : An A-to-Z Guide
A to Z of American Women in the Visual Arts
Subject Headings which may be useful to you for American Studies:
United States - African Americans If you would like to browse the collection, the main call numbers for American Studies and related disciplines include:
American Studies - PS Circulating books are all located on the upper level. Link to the Library Catalog from the library's home page http://library.sjfc.edu Find books in Other Libraries by selecting Other Libraries from the library's home page. Search the world for books by selecting WorldCat from the databases listed on the Research Databases web page. To order a book from another library use the online Interlibrary Loan form, accessible from the library's home page http://library.sjfc.edu. FIND ARTICLES AND MORE If the article cited on the database that you are using does not appear in full-text on the database, check Periodical Holdings on the library's home page to determine if the periodical is either full-text on another database or available in hard copy in the library's collection. Research Databases are listed both alphabetically and by subject on the library's home page. When starting research in American Studies, the following databases are recommended:
America History and Life
When using websites for research it is very important to evaluate their authority and content. Use the following checklist to evaluate sites before using them as references. Evaluating Web Sites Checklist Your liaison librarian has provided a list of quality websites for American Studies. They are available on the library's home page under American Studies. To search for additional websites, start with Google - http://www.google.com.
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