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Dictionary of American History
Call Number: REF 973.03 D56 2003
ISBN: 9780684805337
Publication Date: 2002
The standard, comprehensive and scholarly encyclopedia of U.S. history
World History Encyclopedia by Alfred J. Andrea (Editor); Carolyn Neel (Editor); Kevin McGeough (Editor); William E. Mierse (Editor); Wilfred J. Bisson (Editor); Mark Aldenderfer (Editor); Dane A. Morrison (Editor); James H. Overfield (Editor); H. Micheal Tarver (Editor); Andrew Jackson Waskey (Editor)
ISBN: 9781851099290
Publication Date: 2008
An extensive work covering a broad spectrum of themes across history
Dictionary of American History by Peter Thompson
Call Number: REF 973.03 T37
ISBN: 0816044627
Publication Date: 2000
A concise, one-volume reference with over 1200 entries of concepts in U.S. history
Hutchinson Dictionary of World History by Helicon
ISBN: 9781859865248
Publication Date: 2006

The library has many reference books on history in a database called Gale Virtual Reference Library . Go to Gale Virtual Reference Library to search all the history encyclopedias at the same time.

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