Description

This collection contains material relating to all aspects of American life, from the country's earliest days to the start of World War I. The majority of items were published before 1914. The collection contains many rare and out of print books and and material of foreign origin relating to America. The types of publications include:

• pamphlets
• periodicals
• public and private documents
• biographies
• fiction and non-fiction
• poetry
• collected works and papers

Major subject areas are:

Location

Library of American Civilization is available in the CAPEN Multimedia Center at call number MicCard E169.1 .L4 .
(This format is high reduction microfiche. Use the high magnification lens when viewing/printing the fiche.)

Access

Individual titles are available in the UB Libraries Catalog on UB Libraries Catalog .

Each microfiche is assigned an LAC number and this number is referenced in the catalog immediately following the call number. The LAC numbers start at 10,001, and fall into the following groups:

• 10,000 series - single volume works
• 20,000 series - multi-volume works
• 30,000 series - periodicals
• 40,000 series - pamphlets and short works

Additional access is available through:

• The Microbook Library of American Civilization: Author Catalog .
  LML Ref Z1236 .L52
• The Microbook Library of American Civilization: Subject Catalog .
  LML Ref Z1236 .L54
• The Microbook Library of American Civilization: Title Catalog .
  LML Ref Z1236 .L53
• The Microbook Library of American Civilization: Biblioguide Index .
  LML Ref Z1236 .L55

Every document in the Library of American Civilization is indexed under one or more of the 565 subject headings. References to parts of books are cited by specific volumes, chapters, or pages.

Many titles in this collection are available online through various sources.  Try searching at http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1849.xml .