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Dana Hall Library >> Subject Guides >> Middle School >>  SS 7 Westward Expansion

SS 7: Westward Expansion Pathfinder

Reference Sources

General Reference Sources

Encyclopedia Britannica REF 031 NEW Encyclopedia Britannica Online
World book encyclopedia REF 031 WOR World Book Online

Specialized Reference Sources

Album of American history REF 973 ALB
The atlas of American migration REF 304.80973
Concise dictionary of American history REF 973 CON
Dictionary of American biography REF BC DIC
Dictionary of American history REF 973.03 DIC
Dictionary of world biography: 19th century REF BC DIC v. 4-5
Explorers and discoverers of the world REF 910.92 EXP
Encyclopedia of the United States in the nineteenth century REF 973.5 ENC
Great lives from history: American series REF 973 GRE
Makers of America REF 973 MAK
The New York Public Library American history desk reference REF 973.02 NEW
The Oxford companion to American history REF 973 OXF
UXL dictionary of world biography REF BC UXL

Reserve Books

The following items are on reserve, because they cover a number of different topics. You may use them in the library, but you may not check them out.

The American Heritage history of the great West 978 AME
Beyond the Mississippi: early westward expansion of the United States 978 HER
The Chinese American family album 973.04951 HOO
The cowboys 978 HER
Don't know much about history 973 DAV
The forty-niners 978 OLD
A history of US, v. 5: Liberty for all? 973 HAK, v. 5
A history of US, v. 7: Reconstruction and reform 973 HAK v. 7
The Irish American family album 973.049162 HOO
The railroaders 978 OLD
The story of America 973 STO
To the western shore: growth of the United States 1776-1853 973 SIL
The trailblazers 978 OLD

Subscription Databases

American History
In-depth articles on people, events, and ideas throughout American History.

American National Biography
18,000 biographies that tell the story of the United States through the lives of its people.

Annals of American History
Full text of over 1500 primary source documents (speeches, interviews, writings) related to American history and dating back to 1493.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online

Issues & Controversies in American History
In-depth articles on historical controversies.

Oxford Reference Online

World Book Online

Websites

ClassZone
http://www.classzone.com

This is your textbook's website. Get the password from your librarian or teacher, log in, and select your textbook. Go to the purple Research and Writing section and choose Chapter Links. You'll see a list of good websites that are relevant to each chapter in your textbook.

HistoryNet
http://www.historynet.com

Articles from "the world's largest history magazine publisher."

National Archives: Teaching With Documents
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/

Click the link for your era, then find a relevant document. In addition to the primary source itself, there's excellent background on many of your topics.

PBS.com: Westward Expansion
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources/archives/index.htm

A "library of primary source materials on the history of the American West," collected as research for the PBS series The West. Be sure to click on "People" at the top of the page!

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection: Historical Maps of the US
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html

A collection of maps from all eras of United States history.

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