AMERICAN HISTORY
HERKIMER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE LIBRARY
QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE
INDEXES
(Bound volumes are found on Index Tables – Library 1st Floor.)
AMERICAN HERITAGE 40-YEAR CUMULATIVE INDEX (1954 – 1994). Covers 256 issues of American Heritage.
BIOGRAPHY INDEX (1946 – present). Subject/person index with a professions and an occupations index is included.
HUMANITIES INDEX (1974 – present). Lists articles on the humanities, including the American history.
NEW YORK STATE HISTORY INDEX (1966 – 1995). Author and title index to the New York State History journal.
NEW YORK TIMES INDEX (1851 – present). Annual and monthly access to the contents of the New York Times.
READER’S GUIDE TO PERIODICAL LITERATURE (1890 – present). Indexes periodicals; includes a subject and author index.
DATABASES
(Available on the HCCC Library Website.)
ALL HCCC JOURNALS PRINT AND ELECTRONIC All HCCC periodicals, both in print (in the Library) and in electronic format.
EBSCO MASTERFILE SELECT Access to over 760 periodicals covering many subjects.
EXPANDED ACADEMIC ASAP Offers full-text coverage of every academic concentration.
HARPWEEK Provides indexes and reproduces pages of Harper’s Weekly from the Civil War Era, 1857 – 1865.
WILSONSELECTPLUS Full-text articles including articles about American history.
PERIODICALS
(Bound, current and microfilm available – Library 1st floor. Consult a blue spiral-bound HCCC Library Periodical Holdings List for the location of the following periodicals. Copies of this list are located throughout the library.)
AMERICAN HERITAGE (1949 – present). Features articles on all aspects of American life.
AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW (1896 – present). The official journal of the American Historical Association.
HERITAGE (1984, 1987 – 1988, 1992 – present). Journal of the New York State Historical Association.
JOURNAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY (1972 – 2002). Published by the Organization of American Historians; provides reviews of books, films, and exhibitions, as well as scholarly articles and historiographic essays.
NEW YORK HISTORY (1921, 1933 – present). Publication that usually features 3 scholarly articles on local history.
PROLOGUE: JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES (1974 – present). Journal that utilizes the materials in the National Archives as the source for their articles.
RESOURCE BOOKS
(Reference Area – Library 1st floor.)
American National Biography. Ref.E176 .A68 (24 Vols.). A biographical dictionary that profiles historical figures.
The American West: A Multicultural Encyclopedia. Ref.F592 .U96 1995 (10 Vols.). The A-Z format designed to introduce the varied and diverse peoples who made up the West.
A Companion to American Thought. Ref.E169.1 .C685 1995. This volume presents 363 subject essays and 316 short entries on leading figures in American thought, all linked through cross references and a detailed subject index.
Chronology of the United States. Ref.E174.5 .C63 1997. A chronology of American history.
Dictionary of American History. Ref.E174.D52 2003 (10 Vols.). Over 4,400 articles, with 1,500 illustrations and 300 maps which convey the nations past.
Documents of American History. Ref.E173 .C66 1968. Presents copies of documents important to U.S. history.
Encyclopedia Latina. Ref.E 184.S75E587 2005. Explores the many roles Latinos have played in the U.S. and their impact on American history, culture, and society.
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History. Ref.E185.E54 2005 (6 Vols.). 1,300 essays related to African American history.
Encyclopedia of American Social History. Ref.HN57 .E58 1993 (3 Vols.). Combines the scholarship of historians with work in ethnology, gender study, geography, literature, religion, anthropology, and sociology.
Reference Library of American Women. Ref. CT3260 .R44 1999 (4 Vols.). Features biographies of notable American women.
The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives. Ref. CT100 .S37 (6 Vols.). Features biographies of notable Americans.
For more books on this topic, search the online catalog using the following subject headings:
UNITED STATES HISTORY, UNITED STATES HISTORY COLONIAL PERIOD 1600-1775,
UNITED STATES HISTORY REVOLUTION 1775-1783, UNITED STATES HISTORY CONSTITUTIONAL PERIOD 1789-1809, UNITED STATES HISTORY CIVIL WAR 1861-1865.
INTERNET RESOURCES
The Internet Public Library. Pathfinder’s page includes various American history links.
The Library of Congress American Memory. Provides access to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.
The National Archives (U.S.). Contains documents and images relative to U.S. history. CS 2/06