Researching Early America in the Paul Robeson Library

This is a list of some of the resources in the Paul Robeson Library, and on the Internet, concerning colonial and early America. For more information please ask a reference librarian.

• Reference Works
  
• Locating Books
  
• Appropriate Journal Indexes
  
• Contemporary Journals and Indexes
  
• Selected Internet Resources
  

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Reference Works

Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies / Ref E 45 E53 1993
Historic Contact: Indian Peoples & Colonists in Today's Northeastern United States in the Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries / Ref E 78 E2 G78 1995
Alamancs of American Life: Revolutionary America, 1763-1800 / Ref E 162 P86 1995
American Eras: The Colonial Era, 1600-1754 / Ref E 169.1 A471979
Dictionary of American History / Ref E 174 D52
Encyclopedia of Colonial and Revolutionary America / Ref E 188 E63 1990
Colonial America to 1763 / Ref E 188 P86 1994
American Revolution: An Encyclopedia / Ref E 208 A433 1993
Historical Atlas of the American Revolution / Ref E 208 B36 2000
Historical Dictionary of the AMerican Revolution / Ref E 209 M36 1999
Atlas of Early AMerican History: The Revolutionary Era, 1760-1790 / Ref G 1201 S3 A8 1976 (atlas case)
Atlas of the American Revolution / Ref G 1201 S3N4 1974
Encyclopedia of the Americna Constitution / Ref KF 4548 E53
History of American Magazines, 1741-1850 / Ref PN 4877 M63
American Colonial Writers, 1735-1781 / Ref PS 88 D57 v. 31
American Magazine Journalists, 1741-1850 / Ref PS 88 D57 v. 73
American Travel Writers, 1776-1869 / Ref PS 88 D57 v. 183
American Writers Before 1800 / Ref PS 185 A4

Locating Books

Use these subject headings when looking for books in IRIS, the Rutgers Libraries Catalog:

• United States History Revolution

Appropriate Journal Indexes

The library has several journal indexes available. The best index for you will depend on your topic. Some of the general indexes that are likely to be relevant are:

• America: History & Life
  
• Sociofile
  
• Literature Resource Center
  
• North American Women's Letters and Diaries, colonial to 1950
  

Contemporary Newspapers and Magazines