History 505: American History: World War II – present

TOPCAT - Library Catalog

TOPCAT is the library's online catalog. An online catalog stores a record for each item a library owns. Search the online catalog to find out what a library has on a given topic, or to locate a work by title, by author, subject headings or keywords.

Subject Headings

Each item in TOPCAT is assigned one or more special terms, or subject headings that define what the item is about. When you search by subject all items sharing the same subject heading are retrieved. Using subject headings can be a very effective way of finding relevant items.

Some useful subject headings are:

Main subject headings

See also:

Note: "United States History" can have a chronological subdivision that follows, organized by decade. For example, if you were interested in materials related to the counterculture movement, you could try searching 'United States -- History -- 1961-1969.'

Reference Books

Reference books are located on the first floor of the library in the northwest corner. Reference books do not circulate. This list includes only a few examples of the types of materials that are available related to this course.

Turabian Format/Method
A manual for writers of term papers, theses, and dissertations. LB2369.T8 1996
Bibliographies
Handbook for research in American history : a guide to bibliographies and other reference works. Z1236 .P78 1987
Harvard guide to American history. Z1236 .H23
The American Historical Association's guide to historical literature. Z6201 .A55 1995
United States – General
Encyclopedia of American studies / edited by George T. Kurian ... [et al.]. E169.1 .E625 2001
The Greenwood guide to American popular culture / edited by M. Thomas Inge and Dennis Hall. E169.1 .G7555 2002
The Oxford companion to United States history / editor in chief, Paul S. Boyer ; editors, Melvyn Dubofsky ... [et al.] E174 .O94 2001
The encyclopedia of American facts and dates, edited by Gorton Carruth and associates. E174.5 .C31
The American presidents/ by David C. Whitney and Robin Vaughn Whitney. E176.1 .W6 1996
Reader's guide to American history / editor, Peter J. ParishE178.1 .R43 1997
United States – History – Political
Encyclopedia of American political history : studies of the principal movements and ideas / Jack P. Greene, editor. E183 .E5 1984
Encyclopedia of U.S. foreign relations / senior editors, Bruce W.Jentleson, Thomas G. Paterson. E183.7 .E53 1997
A foreign policy for the United States, edited by Quincy Wright. E744 .W95
United States – History – Populations
Gale encyclopedia of multicultural America / contributing editor, Rudolph J. Vecoli ; edited by Judy Galens, Anna Sheets, Robyn V. Young. E184.A1 G14 1995
The Hispanic American almanac : a reference work on Hispanics in the United States / Nicolas Kanellos, editor. E184.S75 H557 1997
Encyclopedia of African-American culture and history / edited by Jack Salzman, David Lionel Smith, Cornel West. E185 .E54 1996
Black women in America : an historical encyclopedia / editor, Darlene Clark Hine ; associate editors, Elsa Barkley Brown, Rosalyn Terborg-Penn. E185.86 .B542 1993

NetLibrary e-books

NetLibrary is an Internet-based electronic library collection which provides access to the full text of scholarly, reference, and professional books in digital format. eBooks are digitally reproduced in their entirety, including photographs. From off-campus it is necessary to log-in to the NetLibrary using your user name and password. Once you are in NetLibrary, you may "browse" any title for fifteen minutes. To access e-books, go the library homepage and select Find e-books. Search using any of the subject headings that were used in TOPCAT. Below is a short list of some e-book titles on the topics covered in this course:

Unpublished Materials

Dissertation abstracts
Indexes over two million doctoral dissertations and master's theses as far back 1861. OCLC
WorldCat
First Search provides access to dozens of databases and more than 10 million full-text and full-image articles, including archival and dissertations/theses. Tip: If searching for dissertations/theses, go to "advanced search", choose "material type" from the drop-down menu and use the keyword phrase "Thesis/dissertation".
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
Archival and manuscript collections and individual manuscripts in public, college and university, and special libraries located throughout North America and around the world. Access to this gateway is made available courtesy of OCLC, Inc.

Articles and Reports

To find articles in journals and other periodicals about United States history since 1945, consult the databases found on the History Research by Subject web page . Also see the web tutorials Using databases and Primary and secondary sources.

Select Periodicals

The Journal of American history
Leading scholarly publication in American history published by the Organization of American Historians.
Journal Of Womens History
First journal devoted exclusively to the international field of women's history.
Public Historian
The Public Historian has made its mark as the definitive voice of the public history profession, providing historians with the latest scholarship and applications from the field.
Wisconsin Magazine Of History
Quarterly magazine of the Wisconsin Historical Society that features articles about the people, places and events of Wisconsin’s past.

Local Archives

Marquette University Archives Marquette University
Includes a Native America collection, J.R.R. Tolkien collection, and a rare book collection.
Milwaukee County Historical Society Research Library Milwaukee County Historical Society
The Research Library of the Milwaukee County Historical Society has a wide variety of information about the history of the City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County.
Milwaukee Public Library Special Collections Milwaukee Public Library
Links to the special collections at the Milwaukee Public Library
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Archives University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Significant individual collections include the WTMJ-TV news film collection (1950-1980), the Roman B.J. Kwasniewski photograph collection documenting Milwaukee's Polish south side from 1911 to 1947, the records of Milwaukee Mayor Henry Maier, and the editorial files of the Little Review magazine.
Wisconsin Historical Society Wisconsin Historical Society
Contains online collections pertaining to Wisconsin history.

U.S. Civil Rights Movement

"Oh Freedom Over Me" (Freedom Summer) American Public Radio
Radio interviews about the Southern Civil Rights movement.
Greensboro Sit-ins: Launch of a Civil Rights Movement NRInteractive
Web site devoted to the story of the Greensboro, NC civil rights sit in.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Reearch and Education Institute Stanford University
The King Research and Education Institute provides an institutional home for a broad range of activities illuminating the Nobel Peace laureate's life and the movements he inspired.

U.S. Foreign Relations

Avalon Project, Yale Law School, Foreign Relations of the United States Yale Law School
Full text of documents in U.S. Law, history, and diplomacy.
Cold War International History Project Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Disseminates new information and perspectives on the history of the Cold War.

U.S. Presidency

American Presidency Project University of California - Santa Barbara
Searchable database containing : The Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Washington - Taft (1789-1913) The Public Papers of the Presidents: Hoover to Bush (1929-1993) The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents: Clinton - G.W. Bush (1993-2007)
Presidential Libraries United States National Archives and Records Administration
The Presidential Library system is composed of twelve Presidential Libraries. These facilities are overseen by the Office of Presidential Libraries, in the National Archives and Records Administration.

Vietnam War 1961-1975

Vietnam Center and Archive Texas Tech University
Contains over 2.7 million pages of scanned materials related to the Vietnam War.

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