Reference books can provide background material and be a launching point for further research. You might hear these books referred to as tertiary sources. The following titles are great starting points, but you can find many more in the library catalog advanced search with the Location limited to Reference. You can also search for e-reference items using our Gale Virtual Reference Library or Credo Reference.
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World War II by The Library Catalog is the gateway to finding books. Search the catalog for books about specific history topics, such as World War, Civil War, civil rights, or specific names of people or countries.
Blumberg Memorial Library arranges materials by the Library of Congress Classification System. Books on history generally fall into the following call numbers:
History (General) D
History (America) E-F
Databases allow you to find scholarly articles. To see all of TLU's databases, visit the Blumberg Memorial Library Resources page and select either databases by Subject or by Title.
Here are a few key databases for history.
Provides citations to 450,000 resources on the history of the U.S. and Canada (prehistory-present).
Limited to 6 simultaneous users.
Provides full text for nearly 3,200 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.
Additional web resources are listed on the History databases page.
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