a place to begin researching...not a complete list...

Cambridge Campus Library of ARCC
763-433-1950
www.anokaramsey.edu/resources/Success/Library/CambridgeLibrary.aspx

Ref  HQ1420 .C55  Almanac of American women in the 20th century
Ref HA214 .A44 1999 Almanac of the 50 states
Ref E174 .A535 1998  American Heritage encyclopedia of American history
Ref E184.35 .A44 American Jewish desk reference
Ref E184.A1 A634   American Immigrant Culture
Ref E174.5.G753 1999 American Years
Ref E185 .B574 1994    Black firsts : 2,000 years of extraordinary
Ref CT3260.R428 Book of Women's Firsts
Chronicling America: Historic Amer News
Ref E184.A1 C47 2000 Civil rights in the U S
Ref E176.D564 Concise Dictionary of American Biography
Ref  CT100 .C8   Current biography 
Ref H35.E35 CQ Researcher print & online
Ref  E174 .D52 1976  Dictionary of American history
Ref D419 .T44 1992  Dictionary of twentieth century history  
E-Ref  Encyclopedia Britannica 
or Ref AE5.E363 (in the library)  
E-Ref  Encyclopedia of African-American heritage
Ref E174.5 .C3 1966    Encyclopedia of American facts and dates
Ref  E174.5 .M847 1970    Encyclopedia of American history
Ref HN57 .E58 1993   Encyclopedia of   American social history
Ref E740.7 .E53 1996   Encyclopedia of the U S in the 20th century
Ref  D419 .F33 1991   Facts on file encyclopedia of the 20th century
Ref UB800.E53 Encyclopedia of Prisoners of War
E-Ref U.S. Congressional Directory
--THOMAS: LC Federal Legislative Info: FT since 1989
--Lawmoose.com MN, WI & world legal resources 
US Religions Landscape Survey Pew Fdn

Ref D843 .C5798 2001  FOF World political almanac
Ref AG5 .K315    Famous first facts 
Ref D25 .D86    Harper encyclopedia of military history
Ref D740. E5213  Historical encyclopedia of WWII
Ref D209 .H5153   Larousse ency. of modern history: 1500
Ref E61 .F75 1993  Legend & lore of the Americas before 1492
Ref E76.2 .N36 Native America in the twentieth century
Ref JK271 .P6    Political reference almanac
Ref  JK511 .P775  Presidency A to Z
Ref E174 .R43    Reader's companion to American history
Ref  E174 .S36 Scribner desk dictionary of American history
Ref E841 .S55 1999  Sixties in America
Ref HA202 .S82   Statistical Abstract 
Ref  KF8742.A35 S8  Supreme Court, A-Z
Ref HQ1412 .W4 1996 Webster's dict. of American women
Ref  JF2011 .W67 1999   World ency. of political systems 
Ref  G122 .U5 World factbook: CIA
Ref D740 .W67 1999 World War II in Europe : an encyclopedia

Reference Sources: Geography

Ref  G1200 .R380 1998   Atlas of America : our nation
Ref  G1021 .H59843 1999
Collins essential atlas of the world
Ref G1019 .R22  Rand McNally Commercial atlas & marketing guide
* E-Ref     Historical atlas of the American West
* E-Ref   Historical atlas of the outlaw West
Ref HN60 .S284 Places rated almanac  /Sperling's BestPlaces.net (opinion based)
Ref  G63 .W67 1995 Worldmark encyclopedia of the nations
* For ebks: search MnPALS catalog >>url.  Login w/ barcode PW= your last name.

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Subject Terms: For books, videos, etc. search  MnPALS library catalog.* Looking for primary sources in print?  Search history AND letters  or history AND journals.  Check the dates listed in the subject headings to limit to time period.   *EReserves: >>Lib to search>>CCReserves>>Enter code> >url.
For periodicals (magazines & journals): Acad Search Prem Index

Try the following subject headings to narrow or broaden your search:
Asian Americans -- History
African Americans -- History
Hispanic Americans -- History
Indians of North America -- History
Southeast Asia
United States -- History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Vietnamese Conflict
Women --History
Women -- United States -- History
World War II
For recent events, search for the topic in:
Proquest Newspapers (Fulltext for Star Tribune, LA Times, Wash Post, NY Times & WSJ)

--Criminal Justice Statistics
--Factcheck.org Annenberg Politcal Fact check
--Factfinder (U.S. Census Statistics)
--Federal Judicial Center
--FedStats Gateway to 70 agencies
--FRED: Federal Reserve Economic Data 
--GPO Access Congressional & reg sources directory
--Guide to the Law Online
--Legal Information Institute Cornell U Law School
--Stateline.org created by the Pew Charitable Trusts
--Open CRS Library of Congress Research Service Reports 1990-
--Public Library of Law  FastCase  Supreme Court & US Court of Appeal cases since 1950 and US State Cases since 1997
--Uniform Crime Reports FBI
--U.S. Census Bureau
--USA.Gov: Fed Resources including USGPO searching
-- U.S. House of Representatives
--U.S. Senate 
 

Geography Websites:

--American Rivers
--Climate
--Dictionary of Geography AGI GIS
--Map Collections : American Memory Lib of Congress
--National Atlas of US of A
--Nationalatlas.gov US Geological Service, including Mapmaker
--NESDIS National Geophysical Data Center
--National Weather Service
--Show/USA Mapping Worlds, Desmond Spruijt

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