Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & Handbooks
Encyclopedia of the American Civil War by Location: Mugar Ref. X E468 .E53 2000Publication Date: 2000
International Encyclopedia of Military History by Location: Mugar Ref. X D25.A2 I58 2006Publication Date: 2006
- Oxford Reference This link opens in a new window Published by Oxford University Press, it is a fully-indexed, cross-searchable database containing dictionaries, language reference and subject reference works.
Biographical Sources
- American National Biography Online This link opens in a new window Biographical dictionary of notable deceased American men and women from all eras of American history. Includes illustrations and links to other web resources.
- Gale in Context: Biography This link opens in a new window Biography In Context offers biographical information about historically significant figures as well as present-day newsmakers. It includes reference content alongside magazine and journal articles, primary sources, videos, audio podcasts, and images.
- HistoryMakers: African American Video Oral History Collection This link opens in a new window HistoryMakers is a collection of video oral history interviews with historically significant African Americans. Transcripts are included with the interviews.
Print-only biographies
- National Cyclopaedia of American Biography
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Online index to biographical sources
