Subject Guide - History

Find books and DVDs shelved in these call numbers:

C through CT - History - Related studies of history, e.g., archaeology, genealogy, biography, etc.

• CB 3 to CB 482 - History of Civilization
• CT 21 to CT 9999 - Biography

D through DX - World History - History of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, etc.

• D - General History
  • D 51 to D 90 - Ancient history.
  • D 111 to D 203 - Medieval history.
  • D 204 to D 475 - Modern history.
• DA through DX - History by nation, geographic region.
  • DA - Great Britain.
  • DC - France.
  • DD - Germany.
  • DL - Northern Europe.
  • DS - Asia.
  • DT - Africa.
  • DU - Oceania (South Seas, South Pacific)

E through F - History of the Americas.

• E 11 to E143 - America.
  • E 31 to E 49.2 - North America
  • E 75 to E 99 - Indians of North America
• E 151 to E 909 - United States.
  • E 184 to E 185.98 - Elements in the population: African-Americans
  • E 186 to E 199 - Colonial history.
  • E 201 to E 298 - The Revolution.
  • E 456 to E 655 - Civil War Period
  • E 740 to E 837.7 - Twentieth century.
• F 1 to F 975 - United States local history. By region, state, 
  • F 366 to F 380 - Louisiana
  • F 965 - Territories of the United States
• F 1001 to F 1145.5 - British America.
• F 1201 to F 3799 - Latin America.

We also subscribe to these print titles:

• Current History
• Smithsonian

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• The Louisiana Digital Library "is an online library of more than 400,000 digital items from Louisiana archives, libraries, museums, and other repositories."
• The Historic New Orleans Collection is located in the French Quarter and houses major collections from Louisiana's past.
• Louisiana Historical Association: Resources include its Dictionary of Louisiana Biography and Online Presentations.
• Louisiana History Museum is located in Alexandria.
• Louisiana State Museums consists of several historic properties throughout the state, including the Cabildo, Presbytère and the Old U. S. Mint, in New Orleans.
• Louisiana Travel: History and Heritage: From the Louisiana Office of Tourism, this site lists historic sites throughout the state, such as Louisiana Civil War Sites.  Includes a search interface with searching by category, area and city.
• Poverty Point World Heritage Site dates back over 3400 years and is located in the far northeast corner of the state, just over 50 miles east of Monroe.
• The National WWII Museum, Formerly known as the D-Day Museum, is located in New Orleans.

• Library of Congress Digital Collections Offers access to numerous online collections of primary documents, maps, images, and multi-media.
  • Civil War Maps with images and articles.
  • Country Studies offers historical, social, political, economic information on countries around the world.
  • Chronicling America 1880 - 1910, a digitized collection of historic American newspapers.
• National Archives and Records Administration: The repository for the nation's records. Digital images and transcripts of "100 Milestone Documents" are available for viewing online.
• Smithsonian: Explore History & Culture - "Experience America and the world." Includes digital collections and multi-media.

• American Battlefield Trust seeks to preserve America's Battlefields from the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and the Civil War. Site includes articles and videos covering topics from 1754 through 1945.
• World History Encyclopedia provides articles, primary resources, & multi-media content.
• World History Matters - This site from the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University curates a collection of online history resources.
• Internet History Sourcebooks Project, from Fordham Univ, is "a collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use."
• Remote Teaching Resources from the American Historical Society lists numerous online resources on history and related subjects.

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