Subject
Research Guides
History:
The City in America
This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links on the history of cities in America.
Background Information Sources
Available in the library's reference area:
| Colonial America | REF E169.R44 2001 |
| Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Culture | REF E169.12.E49 2001 |
| Dictionary of American History | REF E174 .D52 2003 |
| The Reader’s Companion to American History | REF E174.R43 1991 |
| Encyclopedia of Multicultural America | REF E184.A1 G14 2000 |
| A Nation of Peoples | REF E184.A1 N2866 1999 |
| Encyclopedia of Sociology (Cities; Community; Urban Sociology) | REF HM425.E5 2000 |
Books
Search the library catalog for books on your subject using words or word combinations below, or visit the library’s 2nd floor and browse call numbers E (History), HN1-200 (Social History), HQ500 (Home life), HT100-385 (Urban Sociology; the City).
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Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles
- Expanded Academic/InfoTrac: use terms such as: Cities and Towns—social aspects; demographic aspects; economic aspects.
- CQ Researcher: use index to search by keyword, or try: Revitalizing the Cities; Urban sprawl; Traffic congestion.
- LexisNexis: newspaper articles, transcripts (use terms such as: city name, regional or urban development; downtown development; urban culture.
- NewsBank: local newspaper articles (use city name with terms above).
Internet Resources
Several internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available from Web Resources page; follow link for History.
- U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD)
http://www.hud.gov/
government agency working to increase homeownership and develop communities - Building the American Dream
http://www.hud.gov/about/secretary/accomplishments/factsheet/index.cfm
HUD factsheet about recent accomplishments at the agency - State of the Cities (U.S./HUD)
http://socds.huduser.org/index.html
Searchable database of demographic and economic data on U.S. cities & towns. - Urban History Association
http://uha.udayton.edu/
professional association devoted towards stimulating interest and study of the city.