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The American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature.
3rd ed. in 2 vols. Contains nearly 27,000 annotated citations that refer chiefly to works published between 1961 and 1992. The citations are a selection of among the best of historical literature.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / D 20 .A63 1995

Harvard Guide to American History.
2-volume revised edition of the original Harvard Guide... of 1953. Covers materials published through 1970. About one-third of the entries are new, both books and periodicals are included.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / E 178 .Z9334 1974

Recently Published Articles.
A publication of the American Historical Association. It includes articles in all languages. Entries are arranged by broad period: general and unclassified, ancient, medieval, modern Europe; then by country and/or continent.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / BOOKS / D 20 .Z919

Dictionary of American Diplomatic History.
John E Findling. An alphabetical listing by person or organization with a brief bibliography. An asterisk indicates a cross reference. The index gives access by personal name and subject.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / E 183.7 .F5 1989

Encyclopedia of the American Revolution.
Mark M Boatner. Although more than 30 years old, the attention to detail in this work keeps it useful. It covers the years 1763-83 and is indexed. Text is accompanied by maps, tables, diagrams, and is followed by a bibliography.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / E 208 .B68

Encyclopedia of Colonial and Revolutionary America.
John M Faragher. More recent than Boatner, this encyclopedia includes bibliographical references after many of the articles. This work covers a longer time span and a broader range of concerns than Boatner.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / E 188 .E63 1990

Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies.
3 Volumes. This source makes a good companion to the above title.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / E 45 .E53 1993

Encyclopedia of Southern Culture.
Award-winning compendium treating the history and popular culture of the southern United States.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / F 209 .E53 1989

Encyclopedia of Southern History.
David C Roller and R W Twyman. An alphabetical arrangement of short, signed articles, this encyclopedia is accompanied by maps and tables. Articles are followed by bibliographical references. CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / F 207.7 .E52

Bibliographies in American History, 1942-1978.
Henry P Beers. Includes "...federal, state, and local government, as well as business, institutional, church, and personal publications". It encompasses the New World with emphasis on the United States.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / E 178 .Z921 1982

Ethnographic Bibliography of North America.
George Peter Murdock and Timothy J O'Leary. The fourth edition of a major ethnographic work. Materials included are relevant for historians of the aboriginal peoples of North America, as well as for anthropologists. Coverage is: Volume 1 - General North America; Volume 2 - Arctic and Subarctic; Volume 3 - Far West and Pacific Coast; Volume 4 - Eastern United States; and Volume 5 - Plains and Southwest. The material is a computerized derivation of the Human Relations Area Files Automated Bibliographic System. As of 1990 there is a 3 volume supplement with coverage through the end of 1987.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / E 77 .Z958 1975

National Union Catalog. Pre-1956 Imprints.
In 754 volumes this is the catalog of the Library of Congress and 500 other major North American libraries. Provides bibliographic descriptions for all works included. Access is by author or main entry. It gives locations in more than 700 libraries.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / BOOKS / Z 881 .A1 U518

Guide to Archives and Manuscripts of the United States.
Philip M Hamer, editor. Not a comprehensive guide; arranged alphabetically by state, city, then depository. Material is grouped by category or type with individual name where relevant; contains detailed index by name & subject.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / CD 3022 .A45

Guides to Archives and Manuscript Collections in the United States.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / CD 3022 .A2 D48 1994

National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections.
A listing of collections in more than 800 libraries and archives. The materials are primarily private papers and, since 1970, oral history interviews. Collections of fewer than fifty items are excluded. This catalog is kept current with supplements.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / E 173 .N3

New York Times Index.
Published semi-monthly with an annual cumulation. It is now very detailed with many cross references and with synopses of articles. Each entry gives page, column, and date. The dates provided can serve as a guide for conducting research in other newspapers as well as the Times.
CENTRAL LIBRARY/ REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / AI 21 .N45

Official Index to the Times.
The index to the London Times. Now published in an alphabetical format similar to that of the New York Times Index. Covers the period 1906 to date. This library's holdings of the Times run from 1861 to date.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / BOOKS / AI 21 .T5

Palmer's Index to the Times Newspaper.
Precedes and overlaps with the Official Index; is an alphabetical listing with no additional information.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / BOOKS / AI 21 .T5

Biography Index.
An alphabetical listing of persons, living or dead, who had articles or books written about them in the more than 1,500 books and journals indexed here. Covers the period 1946 to date; indexes obituaries from the New York Times. Works of collective biography are fully analyzed.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / CT 100 .Z925
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Current Biography.
Monthly publication (except August) with an annual cumulation. It covers the period 1940 to the present and averages three to four hundred biographies annually, of persons featured in the news in the year given. The obituary section includes earlier subjects who died during the year; references are to the New York Times.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / CT 100 .C8

Dictionary of American Biography.
Also known as DAB this is the American counterpart to the Dictionary of National Biography (DNB). Deceased persons of all periods of history (except British officers serving after 1783) are included. It is less inclusive than the National Cyclopedia of American Biography but more authoritative.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / E 176 .D56

Biography and Genealogy Master Index.
Miranda C Herbert and B McNeil, editors. 2nd ed.
This source covers more than 3,200,000 persons in over 350 current and retrospective biographical dictionaries, subject encyclopedias, and works of literary criticism. Entries may appear under several spellings because names are cited as given in the source used. It is kept up to date with supplements.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / CT 214 .B56

New York Times Obituaries Index, 1858-1968.
A listing of more than 353,000 persons whose deaths were recorded in the New York Times. A name may not appear if the death was not natural. There may be more than one entry if there was a controversy, such as a dispute over a will. CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / CT 213 .N47

Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution.
Gregory Palmer. An enlargement of the Sabine book of 1864, this work is an international undertaking based on American, British, and Canadian sources.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / E 277 .P24 1984

Who's Who in America.
A comprehensive listing of prominent people in all occupations including elected officials (mostly at the federal level). Entries are added or deleted annually. Who Was Who reprints the entry for all persons ever included in Who's Who, adding the date of death. An historical compilation covers the years 1607-1896.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / E 663 .W56

America: History and Life.
The index to material on the prehistory and history of Canada and the United States. It indexes more than 2000 journals, books, and festschriften, including most of the local historical journals. Since 1974 it has been published quarterly in four parts: (A) Article Abstracts and Citations, (B) Book Reviews, (C) American History Bibliography of Articles cited in A books in B and dissertations, and (D) Index. CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / E 178 .A48
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Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Web Access (UT Arlington Only - FirstSearch/Supplemental)
Computerized author and subject index covering approximately 7000 books and periodicals annually. There are three indexes: subject (permuterm), source (author), and citation. Access is by subject or author, the source entry gives the full bibliographic citation and the bibliography accompanying the article. UT Arlington holdings: 1976-1995
CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / AI 3 .A63

Combined Retrospective Index to Journals in History, 1838-1974. (cover title)
Includes entries from approximately 900 journals of history, political science, and sociology, arranged under 570 subject categories with a separate keyword index for each. Volumes 5 to 9 concern United States history.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / D 1 .Z926

Hispanic American Periodicals Index.
In publication since 1975, this is a Wilson style index. It includes nearly 250 international journals indexed for their Latin Americana, and leading journals on Hispanics in the United States.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / MINORITY CULTURES COLLECTION / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / F 1408 .H49

Historical Abstracts.
This includes periodicals back to 1774; coverage is world-wide and interdisciplinary. It is arranged by periods, then broad categories, then countries with cross references. Abstracts are signed with full bibliographic information. Also contains author and subject indexes. It is published quarterly in two parts: (A) 1774-1914; (B) 1914 to date.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / D 299 .H48
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Index to Periodical Articles By and About Blacks.
Starting in 1960 this is "... an index to Afro-American periodicals of general and scholarly interest". UT Arlington holdings: 1973-1983.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / MINORITY CULTURES COLLECTION / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / AI 3 .O41

Poole's Index to Periodical Literature.
Subject index to American and British periodicals. Items with no assigned subject are entered by the first word of the title. Personal names appear only as subjects, or when the name is that of an author with a book under review.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / AI 3 .P7 1938

Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin (PAIS). Web Access (UT Arlington Only - FirstSearch/Supplemental)
Includes books, pamphlets, government documents, and the publications of private, semi-private, and public organizations, as well as periodical articles. It is arranged by subject, and for the recent time period also has an author index. It is published fortnightly, with quarterly and annual cumulations. It began publication in 1915 and has a cumulative index for 1915-1974.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / H 83 .Z968

Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature.
Specializes in works of a general and popular nature, although it includes significant journals. It has been in continuous publication since 1890.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / AI 3 .R48

Social Sciences Index.
A scholarly index for the social sciences. Disciplines covered include political science, geography, anthropology, and history. The library also has its predecessor, the Social Science and Humanities Index, and its companion set, the Humanities Index.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / H 1 .S6
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Historical Statistics of the United States.
Includes more than 12,000 time series from 1610 to 1970. It covers the political, social and economic life of the nation. Reference is given to the original source.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / HA 202 .B86 1976

Statesman's Year-book.
An annual compilation of statistics on the nations of the world and on selected international organizations. Most of the current statistics are obtained either from the nation under discussion or from the United Nations. For each nation there is brief history, government, social, cultural, and economic data. This library has 1865, and 1894 to 1997.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / JA 51 .S7

Statistical Reference Index.
A compilation of statistics on any subject. The data are from private sector sources. There is a corresponding source for government issued statistics - the American Statistical Index. There are two volumes annually, Index and Abstracts, with monthly and quarterly updates for each. The Index has been cumulated for 1980-1995. This library owns many of the items indexed, and has bought the corresponding collections on microfiche for 1980-1988.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / HA 214 .S73
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Dictionary of the History of Ideas.
This attempts a synthesis of important ideas in a topical arrangement; contains cross references. Articles are usually long, signed, & accompanied by a bibliography. A list of contributors, with their affiliation and articles written, is given. UT Arlington holdings: volumes 1-4.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / CB 5 .D52

International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences.
Published in 1968 this is "...designed to complement but not to supplement its predecessor" of 1932, both are landmark works. The signed articles deal with concepts, principles, and methods rather than the historical or descriptive aspects of the ideas covered.
CENTRAL LIBRARY / REFERENCE / FLOOR 2 / H 40 .A2 I5

British Parliamentary Papers.
A 1000 volume collection of parliamentary reports written between 1801 and 1900. The number of volumes per topic varies from one to many. The greatest drawback to the set is access, since there is no complete index and the official indexes to the parliamentary papers are not easy to use. This set is a selection of all the matter produced by the British parliament in the last century. The library also has an index to all the reports issued by parliament, published independently of this set, but inclusive of its contents.

Ann Kelley
History Librarian
kelley@uta.edu
817 272-7516