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Article Databases 

Academic Search Premier - Academic multi-disciplinary database providing full-text articles for nearly 4,600 scholarly journals, including many history journals. 

America: History and Life - Major index for the study of history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.

JSTOR - A full-text retrospective database which includes a number of core scholarly journals in history, political science and other fields.  The full-text of each journal starts with volume 1.   

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U.S. History Journals

Journals for U.S. History

History and Archaeology Periodicals @ Foley

Books on U.S. History

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United States - History
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Watergate Affair, 1972-1974
Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century

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Websites on U.S. History

Historical United States Census Data Browser - http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/  The data here represents the people and the economy of the U.S. for each state and county from 1790 to 1970.

Historical Text Archives - http://historicaltextarchive.com/l  -- The HTA publishes high quality articles, books, essays, documents, historical photos and links, screened for content for a broad range of historical subjects.

HistoryLink.org - http://historylink.org  - An online encyclopedia of Washington State history with many articles on Seattle, King County and other regional and local economic and social history topics. 

National Archives and Records Administration - http://www.archives.gov/index.html  - Comprehensive records relating to the history of the United States as a nation, including the most important documents of U.S. history, accessible with a searchable subject index. 

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Additional Resources for U.S. History

Annals of America - REF E173.A793 (22 vols.)

Dictionary of American History - REF 174.D52 1976

Encyclopedia of American Social History - REF HN57. E58

Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970 - REF HA202.B87

Library Research Guide to History - REF D16.F87

Oxford Companion to American History - REF E174.J6

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U.S. History Department at Gonzaga University

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