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HIST 121: American History To 1877: Browse in the Library

Background Information - Reference Books

In the Library: Browsing Books in Your Subject Area

Library of Congress call numbers group items by general subjectThe following letters represent some of the important subject and sub categories in history and related fields:

 

E      11 - 143               America

E      151 - 889             United States

E      660 - 738                  Late nineteenth century, 1865 - 1900

E      740 - 837.7               Twentieth century

E      838 - 889                  Later twentieth century, 1961 - 2000 

F      1 - 975                 United States local history​​​​​​​