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Pacific Northwest Reference Collection: Overview Sources - Encyclopedias
Overview Sources - Encyclopedias
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World Almanac of the American West by
Call Number: Special Collections PNW F591 W87 1986Publication Date: 1986Useful chorology of the history of the west from 1667-1985
Short sidebar articles includes biographies, other topics like the Northwest passage, the Frontier thesis
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Encyclopedia of the American West
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Call Number: Special Collections PNW F591 .E485 1996Publication Date: 1996Subjects: West (U.S.) -- Encyclopedias
General encyclopedia on Western topics, including thematic and biographical
Articles are signed, with short bibliographies -
Dictionary of American HistoryCall Number: Special Collections PNW E174 .D5 1976Publication Date: 1976Subjects: United States -- History -- Dictionaries
Rev. ed.
General historical encyclopedia
Covers all of US
Articles are signed, include bibliographies -
Native America in the Twentieth Century: An Encyclopedia
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Call Number: Special Collections PNW E76.2 .N36 1994Publication Date: 1994Subjects: Indians of North America -- Encyclopedias; American Indians History
Indian tribes included not as complete as other reference works, but this volume has additional information, such as descriptions of government agencies.
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Encyclopedia of Exploration to 1800: A Comprehensive Reference Guide to the History and Literature of Exploration, Travel, and Colonization from the Earliest Times to the Year 1800
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Call Number: Special Collections PNW G80 .H68 2003Publication Date: 2003Includes biographies of explorers and articles about some areas of exploration -
Encyclopedia of Exploration, 1800 to 1850: A Comprehensive Reference Guide to the History and Literature of Exploration, Travel and Colonization between the Years 1800 and 1850
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Call Number: Special Collections PNW G80 .H68 2004Publication Date: 2004Includes biographies of explorers and articles about some areas of exploration -
Encyclopedia of Exploration, 1850 to 1940: Continental Exploration
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Call Number: Special Collections PNW G80 .H68 2008Publication Date: 2008Includes biographies of explorers and articles about some areas of exploration -
Encyclopedia of Exploration, 1850 to 1940: The Oceans, Islands and Polar Regions
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Call Number: Special Collections PNW G80 .H68 2006Publication Date: 2006Includes biographies of explorers and articles about some areas of exploration -
Encyclopedia of Frontier And Western Fiction byCall Number: Special Collections PNW PS374.W4 E53 1983Publication Date: 1983Subjects: American fiction -- West (U.S.) -- Bio-bibliography; American fiction -- West (U.S.) -- History and criticism --
Dictionaries; Western stories -- History and criticism -- Dictionaries; West (U.S.) in literature -- Dictionaries; Frontier and pioneer life in literature -- Dictionaries; Authors, American -- West (U.S.) -- Biography -
Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States byCall Number: Special Collections PNW UA26 .A45 1988Publication Date: 1988Subjects: Military bases -- United States -- Dictionaries; Fortification -- United States -- Dictionaries
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The Alaska Almanac: Facts about Alaska
Call Number: Special Collections PNW F902.3 .F3Publication Date: 1981-1990Subjects: Alaska -- Periodicals -
The Canadian EncyclopediaCall Number: Special Collections PNW AG5 .C27 1988Publication Date: 1988Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries; Canada -- Encyclopedias; Canada -- Biography
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Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography byCall Number: Special Collections PNW F596 .T515 1990Publication Date: 1990Subjects: Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography -- Dictionaries; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Dictionaries; West (U.S.) -- Biography -- Dictionaries
This is a second printing, with revisions.
Includes short bibliographies
Articles not signed
Guide Information
This guide includes commonly-used reference material held in Special Collections. This guide is divided into subject areas. Please search the Library Catalog below for other key reference sources that may not be contained in this list.