American West

Materials owned by the University of Oklahoma libraries.

Materials held by libraries around the world. You may borrow (interlibrary loan) materials through the Worldcat database. Interlibrary loan is free! But give yourself time for a book to come through the mail.

Books, articles, and more.

Most dissertations have great bibliographies. Many dissertations 1997 to 2010s, are full text.

Database covering the U.S. and Canada, prehistory to the present.

Database covering Native North American history, life, and culture.

Database to search for scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, related to the the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment.

Database covering all subject areas. Includes all or part of several of the journals listed below: Western Historical Quarterly, Environmental History Review, Great Plains Quarterly, Pacific Historical Review, American Indian Quarterly, California History, Montana, the Magazine of Western History, and Ethnohistory.

Journal published by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
-1923-1962 available here
-1963-present only in paper, Bizzell Memorial Library, first floor, call number: F 691 .C55. Article titles and summaries listed here.

A scholarly journal. 1970-present.

A scholarly journal. 1996-present.

A scholarly journal; the predecessor to Environmental History. 1990-1995.

A scholarly journal.
-1981-2013 available here
-2014-present available here.

A scholarly journal.
-1962-present only in paper, Western History Collections, call number: F 591 .J65. Article titles and summaries listed here.

A scholarly journal.
-2001-present
-1932-four years ago

A scholarly journal. 1932-present.

A scholarly journal.
-1974-2008 available here
-2000-present available here

A scholarly journal.
-2001-present

Journal published by the Montana Historical Society.
-1951-4 years ago available here
-current issues only in paper, Western History Collections, call number: F 726 .M74 .

A scholarly journal.
-1954-1999 available here
-2000-present available here

Online and in print, main floor, east, call number E 98 .R3 C755 2005 v.1-3.
"Topics covered include key ideas and issues, religious and political leaders, primary ceremonies, mythic figures, and related cultural subjects." (-publisher)

In print only, Bizzell Reference Collection, call number GE 150 .E53 2011.
Edited by Professor Brosnan, this work includes more than 750 articles covering every significant issue, event, law, and figure in U.S. environmental history.

Online. Includes more than 1,000 entries on "key individuals, polices, problems, processes, and theoretical concepts that sit astride what has traditionally been known as 'society' and the 'environment.'” (-introduction)

Online and in print, Bizzell Reference Collection, call number HB 1965 .E53 2006 v.1-2.
"Through sweeping entries, focused biographies, community histories, economic enterprise analysis, and demographic studies, this Encyclopedia presents the tapestry of the West and its population during various periods of migration." (-publisher)

Online, from the Oklahoma Historical Society. (This links directly to the encyclopedia essays on the environment.)

Online and in print, Bizzell, 3rd floor west, call number KF 8205 .E49 2009 v.1-2.
This "work examines the history and impact of U.S. relations with Native Americans." (-publisher)

In print only, Bizzell, 2nd floor east, call number HQ 1438 .W45 E53 2003.
"...captures the lives of more than 150 women who made their mark from the mid-1800s to the present, contextualizing their experiences and contributions to American society." (-publisher)

Online: Free access via Open Library. A free Internet Archive account is required to borrow or reserve this ebook. Limited simultaneous users allowed.
Print: Bizzell Reference Collection, call number F 591 .N46 1998.
The encyclopedia consists of more than 2,400 entries "is a rich source of information about these many American West, real and imaginary, old and new, stretching from coast to coast and throughout the country’s history and culture." (-publisher)