Research Guides: World and United States History: US History

US History

Encyclopedia of African-American History, 1619-1895 This link opens in a new window
Covers full range of African-American experience from 1619 to 1895. Coverage: 1st edition (2006).
Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present This link opens in a new window
Fulltext encyclopedia covering African American history from Reconstruction through the age of Jim Crow, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Civil Rights Movement, including the 2008 election of Barack Obama to the presidency.
Library of Congress – Veterans History Project This link opens in a new window
Historical U.S. Census Data This link opens in a new window
From the Univ of Virginia, an enormous amount of data from historical U.S. censuses. Create reports and tables and find details on U.S. population, human geography, and more.
Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History This link opens in a new window
U.S. History Collection This link opens in a new window
The study of history is as much about the present as the past: to that end, this collection provides well-rounded coverage of both the current thinking and events in US History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field. This compilation of journals provides robust and balanced coverage of this field, useful both to the novice historian as well as to the advanced academic researcher.