- Librarian for the history of Indigenous Peoples and land in what is now the United States; and the history of the environment, immigration, labor, the public, and gender, women and sexuality within the United States.
Reference Department
- Librarian for histories of the African Diaspora in the United States.
Start with Reference
- Oxford Bibliographies This link opens in a new window
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This is a key starting place for research in several different fields, providing bibliographies on current scholarship on topics from the social sciences and humanities. - Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new window
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An authoritative full text collection of the history of scholarship in several different academic subjects. Includes over 260 volumes published since 1960 by Cambridge University Press.
- Oxford Handbooks: History of the United StatesBrief chapters from various Handbooks discussing scholarship about the history of the United States.
The Oxford Companion to United States History by Call Number: Ref E174 .O94 2001 and OnlineAvailability and more information from Catalyst...
A dictionary of people, places, events, and themes in American history; most entries include brief bibliographies.
- Reference Universe This link opens in a new window
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Searches the indexes of our library's print reference books. When you find an entry you'd like to read, click the "Locate this book" button or put the title of the reference book into Catalyst to find the book's location in the Reference Collection.
Three ways to find reference sources
1. Search REFERENCE BOOK TITLES in Catalyst
Facet: Collection = Carleton Reference Collection
2. Search REFERENCE ARTICLES in Catalyst
Facet: Material type = Reference Entries
3. Search REFERENCE ARTICLES in the database Reference Universe
- Reference Universe This link opens in a new window
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Searches the indexes of our library's print reference books. When you find an entry you'd like to read, click the "Locate this book" button or put the title of the reference book into Catalyst to find the book's location in the Reference Collection.
