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These are challenging times for libraries. Stories of budget cuts abound while librarians report rising demand for library services. (1) As we slash budgets and defer expenses, we may wonder [...]

Each year, the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) History Section's Bibliography and Indexes Committee continues its project to honor outstanding book-length English-language bibliographies in the field of history It [...]

Each year the History Section's Bibliography and Indexes Committee continues its project to honor outstanding book-length English-language bibliographies in the field of history. It is our goal to encourage both [...]

Each year the History Section's Bibliography and Indexes Committee continues its project to honor outstanding book-length English-language bibliographies in the field of history. It is our goal to encourage both [...]

The Civil War and Reconstruction Eras: Documents Decoded. By John R. Vile. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2017. 295 pages. Acid-free. $64.80 (ISBN 978-1-4408-54286). E-book available (978-1-4408-5429-3), call for pricing.Making his [...]

The Making of Modern Immigration: An Enyclopedia of People and Ideas. Ed. by Patrick J. Hayes. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2012. 2 vols. acid free $189 (ISBN 978-0313-39202-3). E-book available [...]

American Immigration: An Encyclopedia of Political, Social, and Cultural Change. 2nd ed. Ed. by James Climent and John Radzilowski. Armonk, NY: Sharpe Reference, 2014. 4 vols. $399 (ISBN: 978-0-7656-8212-3). The [...]

Immigrants in American History: Arrival, Adaptation and Integration. Ed. by Elliot Robert Barkan. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2013. 4 vols. acid free $415 (ISBN 978-1-59884-219-7). Ebook available (978-1-59884-220-3), call for [...]

The Settlement of America: Encyclopedia of Westward Expansion from Jamestown to the Closing of the Frontier. Edited by James A. Crutchfield, Candy Moulton, and Terry A. Del Bene. Armonk, N.Y.: [...]

Encyclopedia of American Immigration. Ed. by Carl L. Bankston III. Pasadena, Calif.: Salem, 2010. 3 vols, alkaline $395 (ISBN 978-1-58765-599-9). Online access included with purchase of print. This collection is [...]

This article acts as an introduction to digital collections that can be used to locate images relating to American history. A discussion of the use of search engines, image databases, subscription services, local online catalogs, and print indexes to images is presented. Technology has changed the way in which historians view and search for historical images from the past. Several features of search engines are compared. Summaries of databases that provide access to historical images are listed. Some institutions have shared their information in an effort to decentralize collections of historical images. Some strategies are suggested for locating images in print resources. Also included is contact information for visual organizations and discussion groups.

This section provides information on bibliographies in history published in 2003 and 2004 which were considered outstanding by the Reference and User Services Association History Section Bibliography and Indexes Committee. The volume Black Populism in the United States: An Annotated Bibliography, by Anthony J. Adam and Gerald H. Gaither, describes resources documenting African Americans' participation in the populist movement. While the depth of treatment suggests a scholarly audience, the annotations help make the work accessible. The book The Pawnee Nation: An Annotated Research Bibliography, by Judith A. Boughter, is a comprehensive bibliography on the Pawnee, which cites monographs, theses, scholarly and popular journal articles, as well as government documents and other sources. Extensive annotations are included. There is also a list of archival collections. The book A Bibliography of the First World War in the Far East and Southeast Asia, by Justin Corfield, aims to fill in the gaps for an aspect of World War I which has to a large extent, been overlooked, or has taken second place to the action in Europe and the Middle East. Included are nearly fifteen hundred references to books, magazine and journal articles, newspaper reports, manuscripts, and unpublished theses and dissertations, including some materials in Western European and Asian languages, in addition to English.