Gale Virtual Reference Library
This collection of digitized subject-specific encyclopedias includes over 150 volumes specifically on topics in American History. You can search across the full text of every encyclopedia in this collection at once, or you can search inside just one set (that is, one publication title that may have multiple volumes) at a time. Several online titles on this guide's page are located in this collection.
African American history
African American Studies Center The Oxford African American Studies Center provides more than 10,000 articles by top scholars in the field. The core content includes:
Encyclopedia of African-American culture and history: the Black experience in the Americas
John Henrik Clarke Africana Library (Cornell) full-text digital historical texts
American Indian History
The American Indian experience
Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties Browse by tribe name or year. For more, check out print reference sources.
Asian American history
The Asian Pacific American heritage
For more, check out print reference sources for Asian American history.
Gender studies and women's history
Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America For more, check out print reference sources.
Hispanic American history
The Oxford encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States For more, check out print reference sources.