LibGuides: 21H.226: Riots, Strikes, and Conspiracies in American History: Find Background Information

Background Information Online - General

Need a quick fact or more background reading? Try one of the links below.

For additional resources, see the History Research Guide.

Encyclopaedia Britannica
The classic reference source.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Specialized online encyclopedias. You can browse the titles available in "History" for ones relevant to your area of research.
Oxford Reference Online
Includes both encyclopedias and dictionaries as well as more specialized titles from History and other disciplines.
Credo Reference
587 (and counting) encyclopedias and other reference works across disciplines. Click on "Find a Book" to get to a page listing all of the works by subject, including History.

Background Information Online - Biography

Need a quick fact or more background reading? Try one of the links below.

For additional resources, see the Biography Research Guide.

American National Biography (ANB)
An illustrated collection of more than 17,000 specially written biographies of men and women, from all eras and walks of life, whose lives have shaped the nation.
Biography in Context
Biographical information on more than one million notable people throughout history, around the world, and across many fields of study.

Background Information Online - Specialized

Oxford Companion to United States History
Over 1400 entries about America's political, diplomatic, military, social, cultural, and intellectual history; includes science, technology, and medicine; the arts; and religion Part of Oxford Reference Online.
Oxford African American Studies Center
Includes: African American National Biography; Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience; Black Women in America; Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895; Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896-Present
Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia
Part of Credo Reference. 2 v., 2003.
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History
Biographies, historical essays, and thematic pieces about all aspects of the African-American experience from 1619 to now. Over 2,300 articles. Part of Gale Virtual Reference Library. 2nd ed., 6v, 2006.
Encyclopedia of American Race Riots
2 v., 2006.
Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America
Over 500 entries about more than 400 years of lesbian and gay history and culture in the United States, covering people, public policy, economics, social issues, identities, culture, and other topics. Part of Gale Virtual Reference Library. 3v, 2004.
Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History
Essays focus either on an industry or economic sector, or on a theme. Part of Gale Virtual Reference Library. 1 v, 2009.
Historical Encyclopedia of American Labor
Part of Credo Reference. 2 v., 2004.
Revolts, Protests, Demonstrations, and Rebellions in American History
Traces the history of revolts and rebellions from the colonial era to the 20th century. Part of Gale Virtual Reference Library. 3v, 2011.

Background Information: Print Books

Online information is convenient, but sometimes just what you need is in a print book in the library! The following are selected reference books that might be useful for your work. You can use Barton to identify additional reference works.

Civil Rights in the United States
Edited by Waldo E. Martin, Jr. and Patricia Sullivan. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, c2000.
Dewey Library - Reference Collection E184.A1.C47 2000
Encyclopedia of American Urban History
Edited by David Goldfield. Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, c2007.
Rotch Library - Stacks HT123.E49 2007
The Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History
Aaron Brenner, Benjamin Day, Immanuel Ness, editors. Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2009.
Dewey Library - Stacks HD5324.E39 2009
Encyclopedia of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Edited by John D. Buenker and Joseph Buenker. Armonk, NY: Sharpe Reference, c2005.
Hayden Library - Humanities Reference E661.E53 2005
Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor, 2nd ed.
Edited by James C. Docherty. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2004.
Dewey Library - Reference Collection HD4839.D58 2004
Historical Dictionary of Revolutionary America.
Mays, Terry M. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2005.
Hayden Library - Stacks E209.M356 2005
Labor Conflict in the United States: An Encyclopedia
Edited by Ronald L. Filippelli. New York : Garland Pub., 1990.
Dewey Library - Stacks HD5324.L32 1990
The Sixties in America
Edited by Carl Singleton. Pasadena, Calif.: Salem Press, c1999.
Hayden Library - Humanities Reference E841.S55 1999

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