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US History Overview

Guide created to support research in US History at TCC

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United States History

Welcome to the library subject guide for US History!


This guide is your starting point for beginning research in US History at the TCC Libraries. 

This guide is designed to help you:

  • Start Here: 
    • Identify resources the library has that can help you with selecting a topic
    • Choose keywords that will allow you to begin searching for information
    • Learn strategies that you can use to conduct a basic search for information
  • Articles: 
    • Recognize subject-specific databases and journals the library has access to
    • Select an appropriate database for researching your topic
  • Books & More: 
    • Find and access books, eBooks, and other materials relevant to your topic by searching the library catalog

This guide also provides access to: 

  • Citations: Resources available to help with citations
  • Course Guides: Our list of course guides (check to see if one has been created for your course!)

  • If you still have questions after reading this guide, find out how to get more help. 
  • If you are brand new to the TCC Libraries, you may want to start with our Library 101 guide.

Featured Books

The Failed Promise

Print Book

The Republic for Which It Stands

Print Book

King: a Life

Print Book

Documents of the Salem Witch Trials

eBook

American Slavers

Print Book / eBook

Homegrown

Print Book / eBook

I Thank the Lord I Am Not a Yankee

Print Book

The Great Air Race

Print Book

Prints of a New Kind

Print Book

The Civil War: Primary Documents on Events from 1860 to 1865

eBook

The Civil War Letters of Sarah Kennedy

Print Book