ENGL 2890: Writing Back to the Media (Spring 2021): Reference Sources

6 volumes. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Reference, 2009.
Surveys the state of journalism at the end of the twenty-first century's first decade. Contains some 360 entries. The focus of the entries is on the gathering, editing, reporting, and distribution of news with emphasis on American media and practice.

2 volumes. New York: Oxford UP, 2013.
Like the Encyclopedia of American Social History, below, a source of insightful articles on many fascinating aspects of U.S. history. Helpful bibliographies of additional sources with each article.

3 volumes. New York: Scribners, 1992
The first encyclopedic overview of social issues in U.S. history with insightful articles on many fascinating topics. Good place to explore paper topics. Updated by the Oxford Encyclopedia of American Social History (Available in print in Olin Library Reference HN 57 .O94 2012)

New York : Oxford University Press, 2006- .
Contains more than 8,000 articles by top scholars in the field, over 1,750 images, more than 300 primary sources with specially written commentaries, nearly 150 maps, 150 charts and tables, and over 6,000 biographies. The timeline is a useful starting point.

2nd edition. 5 volumes. Detroit: St. James Press, 2013.
Try searching civil rights within this publication.