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HIS301 A New Nation Research Guide

Guide to finding primary sources and contextual information covering the time period 1790-1900

How do I search for books written by a specific author?

Using the Advanced Search in CLICsearch:

Change Any field to Author/creator
Enter the name of the author in the search box, last name first
Change the Material Type to Books

Examples of Print Books / eBooks Containing Author and Literary Information

Fruitlands: The Alcott Family and Their Search for Utopia
Louisa May Alcott: A Personal Biography by Cheever, Susan
Call Number: BU Main Collection 813.41 A35zc 2010
Miles of Stare: Transcendentalism and the Problem of Literary Vision in Nineteenth-century America
Notable American Novelists

To locate more of this type of information source, try using a Subject search in Summon

For example:

American literature--19th century--History and criticism
American literature--Bio-bibliography
Authors, American--Biography
Women and literature--United States--Bibliography
Slavery in literature

Examples of Books on American History

America: The Last Best Hope
Call Number: BU Library Main Collection 973 B472a 2006 Vol. 1-2
American Soul: Rediscovering the Wisdom of the Founders
Call Number: BU Library Main Collection 973 N375a 2003
Ethnic Dimension in American History
Call Number: BU Library Main Collection 305.800973 O526e 2010
A People's History of the United States
Call Number: BU Library Main Collection 973 Z78p 2005
Stolen Childhood: Slave Youth in Nineteenth-century America
Call Number: BU Library Main Collection 326.973 K54s

Examples of eBooks on American History

Examples of Books on the Civil War

African American Faces of the Civil War
Call Number: BU Library Main Collection 973.7415 C6691a 2012
Civil War in 50 Objects
Call Number: BU Library Main Collection 973.7 H7624c 2013
Civil War: The First Year Told by Those Who Lived It
Call Number: BU Library Main Collection 973.7 C5827wf 2011
Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865
Call Number: BU Library Main Collection 973.714 O11f 2013
Pocket History of the Civil War: Citizen Soldiers, Bloody Battles, and the Fight for America's Future
Call Number: BU Library Main Collection 973.7 G7412p 2011
Shiloh, 1862
Call Number: BU Library Main Collection 973.731 G8766s 2012