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History Research Guide

A research guide for history students.

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HISTORY
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The study of all that's come before is an important part of understanding the present and anticipating the future. Students who pursue a degree in history will find themselves well-positioned to embark on any number of career paths including writing, film, historical restoration, secondary education, law, archival management, historic site and museum interpretation, and politics.

Finding History Resources in the Library

Library of Congress Classification &

Relevant Subject Headings

  • CLASS D - WORLD HISTORY AND HISTORY OF EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, ETC. 
    • Subclass D History (General) Subclass
    • DA Great Britain Subclass
    • DAW Central Europe Subclass
    • DB Austria - Liechtenstein - Hungary - Czechoslovakia Subclass
    • DC France - Andorra - Monaco Subclass
    • DD Germany Subclass
    • DE Greco-Roman World Subclass
    • DF Greece Subclass
    • DG Italy - Malta Subclass
    • DH Low Countries - Benelux Countries 
    • DJ Netherlands (Holland) Subclass
    • DJK Eastern Europe (General) 
    • DK Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics - Poland
    • DL Northern Europe. Scandinavia
    • DP Spain - Portugal
    • DQ Switzerland
    • DR Balkan Peninsula
    • DS Asia
    • DT Africa
    • DU Oceania (South Seas)
    • DX Romanies
  • Subclass D
    • D1-2027 History (General)
    • D1-24.5 General
    • D25-27 Military and naval history
    • D31-34 Political and diplomatic history
    • D51-90 Ancient history
    • D101-110.5 Medieval and modern history, 476­
    • D111-203 Medieval history
    • D135-149 Migrations
    • D151-173 Crusades
    • D175-195 Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Latin Orient, 1099-1291
    • D200-203 Later medieval. 11th-15th centuries
    • D(204)-(475) Modern history, 1453­
    • D219-234 1453-1648
    • D242-283.5 1601-1715. 17th century
    • D251-271 Thirty Years’ War, 1618-1648
    • D274.5-6 Anglo-French War, 1666-1667
    • D275-276 War of Devolution, 1667-1668
    • D277-278.5 Dutch War, 1672-1678
    • D279-280.5 War of the Grand Alliance, 1688-1697
    • D281-283.5 War of Spanish Succession, 1701-1714
    • D284-297 1715-1789. 18th century
    • D291-294 War of Austrian Succession, 1740-1748
    • D297 Seven Years’ War, 1756-1763
    • D299-(475) 1789­
    • D301-309 Period of the French Revolution
    • D351-400 19th century. 1801-1914/1920
    • D371-(379) Eastern question
    • D383 1815-1830. Congress of Vienna
    • D385-393 1830-1870
    • D394-400 1871- . Later 19th century
    • D410-(475) 20th century
    • D461-(475) Eastern question
    • D501-680 World War I (1914-1918)
    • D720-728 Period between World Wars (1919-1939)
    • D731-838 World War II (1939-1945)
    • D839-860 Post-war history (1945- )
    • D880-888 Developing countries
    • D890-893 Eastern Hemisphere
    • D900-2009 Europe (General)
    • D901-980 Description and travel
    • D1050-2027 History
  • Class E
    • E11-143 America
    • E11-29 General
    • E29 Elements in the population
    • E31-49.2 North America
    • E51-73 Pre-Columbian America. The Indians
    • E75-99 Indians of North America
    • E81-83 Indian wars
    • E99 Indian tribes and cultures
    • E101-135 Discovery of America and early explorations
    • E103-110 Pre-Columbian period
    • E111-120 Columbus
    • E121-135 Post-Columbian period. El Dorado
    • E141-143 Descriptive accounts of America. Earliest to 1810
    • E151-889 United States
    • E151-169.12 General
    • E171-183.9 History
    • E171-180 General
    • E173 Sources and documents
    • E175-175.7 Historiography
    • E176-176.8 Biography
    • E179.5 Historical geography
    • E181 Military history
    • E182 Naval history
    • E183-183.3 Political history
    • E183.7-183.9 Diplomatic history. Foreign and general relations.
    • E183.8 Relations with individual countries
    • E184-185.98 Elements in the population
    • E184.5-185.98 Afro-Americans
    • E185.2-185.89 Status and development since emancipation
    • E185.96-185.98 Biography. Genealogy
    • E186-199 Colonial history (1607-1775)
    • E186-189 General
    • E191-199 By period
    • E191 1607-1689
    • E195-199 1689-1775
    • E196 King William's War, 1689-1697
    • E197 Queen Anne's War, 1702-1713
    • E198 King George's War, 1744-1748
    • E199 French and Indian War, 1755-1763
    • E201-298 The Revolution, 1775-1783
    • E300-453 Revolution to the Civil War, 1775/1783-1861
    • E300-302.6 General
    • E302 Collected works of American statemen
    • E302.1 Political history
    • E302.5-302.6 Biography (Late eighteenth century)
    • E303-440.5 By period
    • E303-309 1775-1789. The Confederation, 1783-1789
    • E310-337 1789-1809. Constitutional period
    • E310.7 Diplomatic history. Foreign and general relations
    • E311-320 Washington's administrations, 1789-1797
    • E321-330 John Adams' administration, 1797-1801
    • E323 Troubles with France, 1796-1800
    • E331-337 Jefferson's administrations, 1801-1809
    • E333 Purchase of Louisiana, 1803
    • E335 War with Tripoli, 1801-1805
    • E336-336.5 Neutral trade and its restrictions, 1800-1810
    • E337.5 Nineteenth century (General)
    • E337.8-400 Early nineteenth century, 1801/1809-1845
    • E337.8-340 General
    • E337.8 Collected works of American statesmen
    • E339-340 Biography
    • E341-370 Madison's administrations, 1809-1817
    • E351.5-364.9 War of 1812
    • E365 War with Algeria, 1815
    • E371-375 Monroe's administrations, 1817-1825
    • E373 Missouri Compromise, 1820
    • E374 Diplomatic history. Foreign relations
    • E376-380 John Quincy Adams' administration, 1825-1829
    • E381-385 Jackson's administrations, 1829-1837
    • E384.3 Nullification
    • E386-390 Van Buren's administration, 1837-1841
    • E391-392 William H. Harrison's administration, March 4-April 4, 1841
    • E396-400 Tyler's administration, April 4, 1841-1845
    • E398 Northeastern boundary disputes, 1783-1845
    • E401-415.2 Mexican War, 1846-1848
    • E408 Mexican cessions of 1848
    • E415.6-440.5 Middle nineteenth century, 1845/1848-1861
    • E415.6-415.9 General
    • E415.6 Collected works of American statesmen
    • E415.8-415.9 Biography
    • E416-420 Polk's administration, 1845-1849
    • E421-423 Taylor's administration, 1849-July 9, 1850
    • E423 Slavery question, 1849-1853
    • E426-430 Fillmore's administration, July 9, 1850-1853
    • E431-435 Pierce's administration, 1853-1857
    • E433 Slavery question, 1853-1857
    • E436-440.5 Buchanan's administration, 1857-1861
    • E438 Slavery question, 1857-1861
    • E440.5 State of the country, November 1860-March 4, 1861
    • E441-453 Slavery in the United States. Antislavery movements
    • E456-655 Civil War period, 1861-1865
    • E456-459 Lincoln's administrations, 1861-April 15, 1865
    • E461-655 The Civil War, 1861-1865
    • E482-489 Confederate States of America
    • E491-586 Armies. Troops
    • E591-600 Naval history
    • E660-738 Late nineteenth century, 1865-1900
    • E660-664 General
    • E660 Collected works of American statesmen
    • E661.7 Diplomatic history. Foreign and general relations
    • E663-664 Biography
    • E666-670 Andrew Johnson's administration, April 15, 1865-1869
    • E668 Reconstruction, 1865-1877
    • E669 Purchase of Alaska, 1867
    • E671-680 Grant's administrations, 1869-1877
    • E681-685 Hayes' administration, 1877-1881
    • E686-687.9 Garfield's administration, March 4-September 19, 1881
    • E691-695 Arthur's administration, September 19, 1881-1885
    • E696-700 Cleveland's first administration, 1885-1889
    • E701-705 Benjamin Harrison's administration, 1889-1893
    • E706-710 Cleveland's second administration, 1893-1897
    • E711-738 McKinley's first administration, 1897-1901
    • E713 Annexation in 1898 of Hawaii, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico
    • E714-735 War of 1898 (Spanish-American War)
    • E740-837.7 Twentieth century
    • E740-749 General
    • E740.5 Sources and documents
    • E742.5 Collected works of American statesmen
    • E743-743.5 Political history
    • E743.5 Un-American activities
    • E744-744.5 Diplomatic history. Foreign and general relations
    • E745 Military history
    • E746 Naval history
    • E747-748 Biography
    • E751 McKinley's second administration, March 4-September 14, 1901
    • E756-760 Theodore Roosevelt's administrations, September 14, 1901-1909
    • E761-765 Taft's administration, 1909-1913
    • E766-783 Wilson's administrations, 1913-1921
    • E768 Purchase of Danish West Indies (Virgin Islands), 1917
    • E780 Internal history during World War I
    • E784-805 1919-1933. Harding-Coolidge-Hoover era. "The twenties"
    • E785-786 Harding's administration, 1921-August 2, 1923
    • E791-796 Coolidge's administration, August 2, 1923-1929
    • E801-805 Hoover's administration, 1919-1933
    • E806-812 Franklin Delano Roosevelt's administrations, 1933-April 12, 1945
    • E813-816 Truman's administrations, April 12, 1945-1953
    • E835-837.7 Eisenhower's administrations, 1953-1961
    • E838-889 Later twentieth century, 1961-2000
    • E838-840.8 General
    • E838.3 Sources and documents
    • E839.5-839.8 Political history
    • E839.8 Un-American activities
    • E840-840.2 Diplomatic history. Foreign and general relations
    • E840.6-840.8 Biography (General)
    • E841-843 Kennedy's administration, 1961-November 22, 1963
    • E842.9 Assassination, funeral, memorial services, etc.
    • E846-851 Johnson's administrations, November 22, 1963-1969
    • E855-861 Nixon's administrations, 1969-August 9, 1974
    • E860-861 Watergate Affair. Resignation E865-868 Ford's administration, August 9, 1974-1977
    • E872-875 Carter's administration, 1977-1981
    • E895-904 Twenty-first century
    • E876-880 Reagan's administrations, 1981-1989 E877.3 Assassination attempt
    • E881-884 George H. W. Bush's administration, 1989-1993
    • E885-889 Clinton's administrations, 1993-2001
    • E902-904 George W. Bush's administrations, 2001-2009
    • E907-909 Barack Obama’s administration, 2009 -

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