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: Chronology
Ref E185 .B574 1994    Black firsts : 2,000 years of extraordinary
Ref CT3260.R428 Book of Women's Firsts
--Chronicling America: Historic Amer News Lib of Congress
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  Dictionary of American history
Ref D419 .T44  Dictionary of 20th cent history   
Ref E174.5 .C3   Ency of American facts and dates
Ref  E174.5 .M847    Encyclopedia of American history
Ref HN57 .E58  Encyclopedia Amer social history
Ref E740.7 .E53  Ency U S in the 20th century
Ref  D419 .F33    Facts on file ency 20th century
Ref UB800.E53 Encyclopedia of Prisoners of War
--GPO Access: U.S. Legislative Branch Resources  Congressional committees, calendars, procedures
--THOMAS: LC Federal Legislative Info: FT since 1989
--Lawmoose.com MN, WI & world legal resources 
--US Gov Manual
--US Religions Landscape Survey Pew Fdn
--FedFlix  NTIS & Public Res.org  Classics like Roswell Reports!

Films on Demand* streaming video:  Enter Topic or Keyword  and  >>Titles (not segments),  then  >>SEARCH to find full-length films on topics like Citizenship.  >>Advanced Search allows you to select pub date / topic lists, etc.

Ref D843 .C5798  FOF World polit almanac
Ref AG5 .K315    Famous first facts 
Ref DS557.7.H39 Greenhaven Ency of the Vietnam War
Ref D25 .D86    Harper ency military history
Ref D740. E5213  Historical ency  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 20th cent
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   (or search Salem History)
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 World ency. polit systems 
Ref  G122 .U5 World factbook: CIA
Ref D740 .W67 1999 World War II in Europe : an encyclopedia
Reference Sources for 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   or
--Sperling's BestPlaces.net (opinion based)
Ref G1201.E1 A4 1988 We the people: Atlas..ethnic diversity
Ref  G63 .W67 1995 Worldmark encyclopedia of the nations
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Subject Terms for searching  MnPALS library catalog:
Asian Americans -- History
African Americans -- History
Civil Rights--United States
Hispanic Americans -- History
Indians of North America -- History
United States -- History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Vietnam* and (War / Letters or Personal Narratives / Conflict)
Women --History
Women -- United States -- History
World War II
Primary sources:  Search history AND letters  or history AND personal narratives.  Check subject headings for date limiters/time period. 

For recent news events:  Proquest News* (Star Trib, LATimes, Wash Post, NYT & WSJ ft)
For Periodicals (mags & jrnls): Acad Search Prem Index *
 *For MnPALS  EReserves: >>LibtoSearch>>CCReserves>>Enter code>>url.

Current Government
--AgingStats.gov Fed Interagency Forum Aging
--CourtListener  Michael Lissner open-source research tool: 13 federal Circuit Courts
--Criminal Justice Statistics
--Factcheck.org Annenberg Politcal Fact check
--Factfinder (U.S. Census Statistics)
--Federal Judicial Center
--Federal Register Nat Archives & Records
--FedStats Gateway to 70 agencies
--FRED: Federal Reserve Economic Data St. Louis
--GPO Access Congress & reg sources directory
--Guide to the Law Online
--Legal Information Institute Cornell U Law
--National Archives Experience: Digital Vaults
--Stateline.org Pew Charitable Trusts
--Pub Lib of Law Sup/Appeals cases 1950- State 1997-
--Redistricting Game USC Annenberg Ctr for  Comm
--State of the Cities Data
--State Government Fed Gen Services Admin
--Uniform Crime Reports FBI
--U.S. Census Bureau
--USA Counties Census Bureau >>Compare
--USA.Gov: Search Fed Resources USGPO
-- U.S. House of Representatives
--U.S. Senate  
Geography Websites:
--American Rivers
--Climate
--Dictionary of Geography AGI GIS
--Map Collections : Amer Memory Lib Congress
--Nationalatlas.gov US Geol Service Mapmaker
--NOAA / National Geophysical Data Center
--National Weather Service