PATHFINDER-EXPLORERS

REFERENCE SOURCES

• Accidental Explorers  Ref YA 910 STE

• American Eras: Early American Civilization and Exploration to 1600  Ref 973 AME vol.1
• American National Biography  Ref 920 AME
• Annals of America  Vol. 1 and 2 (primary source)  Ref 973 ANN
• Colonial America Almanac  Ref 973.2 SAA
• Dictionary of American History  Ref 973 DIC
• Explorers: from Ancient Times to the Space Age  Ref YA 910.922 EXP
• Grolier Student Library of Explorers and Exploration  Ref J 910 EXP
• Our Nation’s Archives( primary source)  Ref 973 OUR
• Scientific Explorers  Ref YA 910 STE
• Women of the World  Ref YA 910 STE
• World Atlas of the Past  Vol. 1 and 2  Ref YA 911 HAY

BOOKS

Books about North American Exploration can be found using the call numbers910.92   or  970.01 in  Adult, YA and in the Children’s Dept .  Biographies can be found in the Biography Area according to who the book is about:  B Columbus, B Raleigh, B Soto, YA B Vespucci.

ON-LINE RESOURCES

The internet can help a great deal with your research.  Using the same subject headings listed above, or indeed any others that you think of, and entering  them in Google you will find a great deal of information.  The CH Booth Library has a number of on-line resources available for  you from both at the library and from home.  The CH Booth Library website is www.chboothlibrary.org.  When using these on-line resources from home, you must enter your library card number.  From our homepage, click on REFERENCE along the left hand side of the page and then choose one of our on-line databases.  In this case, ICONN.org is a good choice.

OTHER USEFUL SITES

You can also find useful databases through the ICONN.org .  Click on “Other Useful Sites” and then scroll down and click on  “ Historic Documents”.  Look into the following:

• Document for the Study of American History

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