If you are exploring a new research topic, you'll find that specialized encyclopedias can be very useful in identifying key people, events and dates. Often times an encyclopedia will also lead you to 2 or 3 of the major secondary works on a subject. Many of the books listed here are located both in Suzzallo Reference (ground floor Suzzallo Library) and Odegaard Reference (second floor).

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of African-American culture and history	Reference, Undergraduate	E185 .E54 1996
Encyclopedia of American foreign policy	Reference, Undergraduate	JX1407 .E53
Encyclopedia of American Social History	Reference, Undergraduate	HN57 .E58 1993
Encyclopedia of the American West	Reference, Undergraduate	F591 .E485 1996
Encyclopedia of the Korean War : a political, social, and military history	Reference	DS918 .E53 2000
Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century	Reference	E740.7 .E53 1996
Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War : a political, social, and military history	Reference, Undergraduate	DS557.7 .E53 1998
The encyclopedia of women's history in America	Reference, Undergraduate	HQ1410 .C85 1996
Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. economic history	Reference, Undergraduate	HC102 .G35 1999
St. James encyclopedia of popular culture	Reference, Undergraduate	E169.1 .S764 2000

Biographies

American national biography	Reference, Undergraduate	CT213.A68 1999
Current Biography	Reference, Undergraduate	CT100.C8
Dictionary of American Biography	Reference	E176.D56
Facts on File encyclopedia of Black women in America	Reference, Undergraduate	E185.96.F2 1997
Women in world history: a biographical encyclopedia	Reference	HQ1115.W6 1999

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