United States History  

 

Oil on canvas painting by George Caleb Bingham, 1845 "Fur Traders Descending the Missouri," available in ARTstor.

Welcome to the guide to doing research in United States History.  This guide was created primarily for the classes at UW Tacoma and it will help you find: 

• Starting Points that will help you locate background information or get ideas for topics:
  
  • Major Resources & some Special Topics
• African Americans
• Labor History
• Military History
  
• Native Americans
• Women
  
  
• Articles in major databases for United States History including how to identify peer reviewed journals 
  
  
• Books in the UW Libraries and beyond    
  
  
• Primary Sources by Type 
  
  • Definitions, Published Collections, & More
    
  • Government Documents, News, & Magazines 
  • Digital Book Collections
    
  • Letters, Diaries, and Papers
    
  • Oral Histories
    

• Primary Sources by Subject
  
  • African American History
  • Military History
    
  • Native American History
    
  • Pacific Northwest History
  • Women's History
    
    
   
•  Citation Tools

Class pages

Other Guides of Interest

• THIST 200 American History I, 1607-1877
  
  
• THIST 201 American History II, 1877-present
  
  
• THIST 340 History of United States American Indian Relations
  
  
• THIST 410 Early American Politics & Law: American Revolution - Allen
  
  
• THIST 410 Early American Politics & Law: The Civil War Era, 1819-1896 - Allen
  
  
• THIST 430 Introduction to Public History - Nicoletta
  
  
  

• UW Seattle U.S. History Subject Guide