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| Subject headings |
| These subject headings may be used to locate books in the Pellissippi Library Catalog, netLibrary eBook collection, and Knovel Science & Engineering Online Reference. |
| Call numbers for browsing |
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| Academic OneFile - The premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. Discovering Collection- a comprehensive cross-curricular source containing thousands of full-text entries on a broad range of topics. History E-Book Project - contains nearly 1000 full-text high-quality books of major importance to historical studies. Oxford Reference Online - provides searchable access to 100 dictionary and reference titles published by Oxford Press. Wilson Omnifile - includes databases covering a broad range of subjects and sources including biography and history resources. * You may access online databases from off-campus computers by entering your general computer account username and password (used for PSTCC e-mail). :Enter your username in this format example: s_jmdoe. It is not necessary to add "@pstcc.edu" for this application. |
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| American Decades. 10 volumes. Tompkins, Vincent, ed. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1996. REF E 169.12 .A419 1994. Each volume of this set summarizes a decade of American development, events and people of note. Each volume contains a chronology of world events and chapters arranged in 13 subject categories. American Decades Primary Sources. 10 volumes. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 2004. Ref E 169.1 .A47197 2004. A collection of more than two thousand primary sources from twentieth century American history and culture. American National Biography. 24 volumes/supplement. Garraty, John A., ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. REF CT 213 .A68 1999. Detailed biographies of significant Americans or people abroad who directly influenced American history. Annals of America. 22 volumes. Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 1976. REF E 173 .A793 1976. A comprehensive, chronologically arranged, collection of the complete texts of historically significant documents on a broad range of subjects. Each volume has an index. The first 18 volumes contain an alphabetical index of the authors included with brief biographical sketches. Dictionary of American History. 8 volumes/2 volume supplement. Rev. ed. New York: Scribner, 1976-78. REF E 174 .D5 1976. Comprised mainly of concise articles (some longer entries) dealing with all aspects of United States history. Ma ny entries are followed by very brief bibliographic citations. The last volume is an index to the set. Dictionary of American History from 1763 to the Present. Thompson, Peter. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 2000. REF E 174 .T47 2000. Contains over 1200 entries covering people, events, and places in American History from 1763 to the present time. Documents of American History. 2 volumes. Commager, Henry, ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1988. REF E 173 .D59 1988. Offers the complete text of significant documents from 1492 through reports of Congressional Committees investigating Iran-Contra, Nov. 13, 1987. Included for each document is the title, date, source, references, and historical significance. Each volume is indexed by subject and personal name. |
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Avalon Project at Yale Law School(http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon) - collections of digital documents relevant to the fields of law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy, and government. Making of America (http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/index.html) - Making of America (MOA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the ante-bellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. Women and Social Movements (in the U.S. 1600-2000) -This Worldwide Web site is intended to serve as a resource for students and scholars of U.S. history and U.S. women's history. Organized around the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000, the website seeks to advance scholarly debates and understanding at the same time that it makes the insights of women's history accessible to teachers and students at universities, colleges, and high schools. Yahoo: History (http://dir.yahoo.com/arts/humanities/history/) - links to information, resources, and Web sites related to history with a section on US history. |