United States History: Starting Points
Encyclopedias, overviews, and context
- Gale In Context: U.S. History This link opens in a new window
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Overview of historic American events, issues & people with selected scholarly articles & primary sources - Daily Life Through History This link opens in a new window
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Available online.
Primary sources and dictionaries covering daily life throughout history.
- Blackpast.orgOnline reference guide to African American history developed by Quintard Taylor at UW.
- Gale Ebooks This link opens in a new window
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More than 100 special encyclopedias covering all topics.
- HistoryLinkMajor encyclopedia covering Washington state history.
- Oxford Companion to U.S. HistoryMore than 1,400 entries covering all aspects of U.S. history.
- Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new window
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Available online and in print.
UW Tacoma Library Reference
HA202 .H57 2006