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'Bricks without straw' is an expression that means to make do with insufficient resources. It is also an apt description of the challenges facing the Chicago Public Library during the [...]

Initiatives like the Library of Congress American Memory Project have created virtual museums that enable users to learn about prominent Americans, important events of the past, the natural and built [...]

The library literature of the early twentieth century records the issues and concerns of librarians as they struggled to develop responses to the changes caused by urbanization, war, and industrialization. [...]

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 [...]

The Martin Luther King, Jr., Encyclopedia. By Clayborne Carson, Tenisha Armstrong, Susan Carson, Erin Cook, and Susan Englander. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 2008. 456p. alkaline $65 (ISBN 978-0-313-29440-2). Given the significance [...]

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 [...]

By Ross Gregory. Almanacs of American Life; Facts On File Library of American History. New York: Facts On File, 2003. 670p. acid free $105 (ISBN 0-8160-3868-6). The goal of this [...]

Music Librarianship at the Turn of the Century. Edited by Richard Griscom and Amanda Maple. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2000. 107 pp. $26.50 (paper). ISBN 0- 8108-3866-4. This slim volume [...]

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 [...]

Encyclopedia of American Immigration. Edited 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 [...]

The Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History. Ed. by Aaron Brenner, Benjamin Day, and Immanuel Ness. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 2009. 800p. Alkaline $175 (ISBN 978-0-7656-1330-1). This single-volume encyclopedia takes [...]

Encyclopedia of Immigration and Migration in the American West. Ed. by Gordon Morris Bakken and Alexandra Kindell. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 2006. 2 vols. acid free $295 (ISBN 1-4129-0550-8). In [...]

Immigration in U.S. History. Ed. by Carl L. Bankston, Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo, and R. Kent Rasmussen. Magill's Choice. Pasadena, Calif.: Salem, 2006. 2 vols. acid free $114 (ISBN 1-58765-266-8). This [...]

Encyclopedia of North American Immigration. By John Powell. Facts On File Library of American History Series. New York: Facts On File, 2005. 464p. acid free $75 (ISBN 0-8160-4658-1). This concise [...]

U.S. Immigration and Migration Reference Library. Detroit: Gale, 2004. U.S. Immigration and Migration: Almanac. By Sonia Benson. 2 vols. alkaline $105 (ISBN 0-7876-7732-9). U.S. Immigration and Migration: Biographies. By James [...]