Northern Kentucky University

History, American Books & Media

These are suggestions only and do not reflect the full range of materials that may be useful to you. For additional assistance, Ask Steely Library!

For locating specific items, using the library's catalog, NKUIRE, is recommended. Keyword, Author, Title, and Subject are among the ways you can search.

Here's a tip for finding primary sources: in NKUIRE, combine your topic with "sources" or "personal narratives," specifying them in the subject field.

For Non-Print Media (videos, DVDs, CDs, slides, etc.), Consider the "Media Searches" tab atop the NKUIRE search page.

Browsing for materials in Steely's Reference and Circulating collections can be very useful.

For American History, the following call number areas are suggested:

• AM - Museums
• D16.14 - Oral History
• D570 - U.S. in World War I (General)
• E18-143 - The Americas
• E31-49.2 - North America
• E51-73 - Pre-Columbian America
• E75-99 - Indians of North America
• E81-83 - Indian wars
• E99 - Indian Tribes and Cultures
• E101-135 - Discovery of America and Early Explorations
• E156-889 - United States
• E176.1 - U.S. Presidents (Collective Biography)
• E181-182 - U.S. Military and Naval History (General)
• E183.7-183.9 - Diplomatic History. Foreign and General Relations
• E186-199 - Colonial History
• E199 - French and Indian War, 1755-1763
• E201-298 - American Revolution, 1775-1783
• E300-453 - Revolution to the Civil War, 1775/1783-1861
• E401-415.2 - Mexican War
• E458-655 - Civil War
• E714-735 - Spanish-American War
• E660-738 - Late nineteenth century, 1865-1900
• E784-805 - Harding-Coolidge-Hoover era. "The Twenties"
• E838-889 - Later twentieth century, 1961-2000
• E895-904 - Twenty-first century
• F390 - Texas Revolution
• F446-460 - Kentucky History
• F486-500 - Ohio History
• F590.3-596.3 - The American West
• PN1995.2 and PN1995.9.H5 - History and Film

• Check out Humanities E-Book, a digital collection of over 1,700 full-text high-quality books in the Humanities, recommended and reviewed by scholars, offered by the ACLS [American Council of Learned Societies] in collaboration with twelve learned societies, nearly 95 contributing publishers, and librarians at the University of Michigan’s Scholarly Publishing Office.

• New American History titles in the library catalog, NKUIRE.