HIST 1107: Pirates, Smugglers, Merchants, and Trade: Exploring Early America's Economy (Spring 2009)  Tags: pirates piracy history  

Oxford Reference Online: History
Outstanding collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries, and companions covering all periods, places and aspects of history.

Cambridge Histories including The Cambridge Economic History of the United States Vol. 1: The Colonial Era

American National Biography (ANB)  (also available in print, Olin Reference + CT213 .A68x 1999) 

Dictionary of National Biography (DNB).  (in print at Olin Reference and Uris Reference CT 773 D55) British Isles and the Colonies; also Americans of the Colonial Period.

Encyclopedia of the North American colonies.(Olin Library Reference + E45 .E56 and Uris Library Reference E45 .E53x 1993). 3 volumes.

Colonial wars of North America, 1512-1763: an encyclopedia. (Olin Library Oversize E46.5 .C65x 1996+)

The Encyclopedia of colonial and revolutionary America. (Olin Library E188 .E56+ and Uris Library Reference). Some major articles and about 1500 short entries alphabetically arranged. Covers Norse exploration to the end of the Revolution, emphasis is on the English-speaking colonies. Includes suggestions for further reading.

Encyclopedia of American cultural & intellectual history. (Uris Library Reference E169.1 .E624x 2001)

Encyclopedia of American Social History. (Uris Reference and Olin Reference HN 57 .E56 1992)

Encyclopedia of European Social History: From 1350 To 2000.  (in print Olin and Uris Reference HN 373 .E63 2001)

Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History. Uris Library Reference E185 .E54 1996; also Africana Reference