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Pathfinder: Colonial America

Scope|Subject Headings|Overview Sources|Circulating Books|Periodicals, Journals & Trade Publications|Videos

SCOPE:  This pathfinder will focus on the early history of the United States. It is not intended as a comprehensive listing of sources, but as a selective sampling of library resources available on this topic. This is intended as a guideline for students in locating library materials on this topic.

SUBJECT HEADINGS

Books that deal with the topic of Colonial America are listed in the Library's on-line catalog under the following subject headings:

United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

 

OVERVIEW SOURCES (Located in the Reference Collection)

REF E 188.S12 2000 Colonial America Almanac

REF E187.5.S23 2000 Colonial America: Biographies

REF E 188.P86 1999 Colonial America to 1763

 

CIRCULATING BOOKS

Some representative books from the Circulating Collection that are located upstairs in the library:

Axtell, James. Natives and Newcomers: The Cultural Origins of North America. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.

Berkin, Carol. First Generations: Women in Colonial America. New York: Hill and Wang, 1996.

Taylor, Alan. American Colonies. New York: Viking, 2001.

Wood, Peter H. Strange New Land: Africans in Colonial America. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.

PERIODICALS, JOURNALS & TRADE PUBLICATIONS

Click the link for a list of full text journals available through our databases in:

American Prospect

Magazine of History

National Interest

VIDEOS

 E17 .B56 2000 A Biography of America Pt. 1 & 2

 Updated 02/08/2007