Reference materials may provide useful background and overview information on your topic. Below is a list of reference titles available through the Moorpark College Library Catalog. All of the print reference sources are located on the second floor of the library in the Reference section.
- African American Eras: Segregation to Civil Rights Times (Ref E 185.6 .A245 2011)
- African American Eras: Contemporary Times (Ref. E185.615 .A5923 2010)
- America in the Sixties-Right, Left, and Center: Documentary History (Ref E 841 .A47 1998)
- American Decades Primary Sources - 1900-1999 (Ref E173 .A793 2003)
- Annals of America - 1493-2001 (Ref E173 .A793 2003)
- Conspiracy Theories in American History (Ref E179 C66 2003)
- Defining Documents in American History (Ref D 742.U5 W67 2015)
- Dictionary of American History (Ref E174 .A43 1976)
- Conflicts in American History (Ref E174 .C655 2010)*
- Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History (Ref. E185.E54 1995)
- Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy (E 183.7 .E52 2002)
- Encyclopedia of Japanese American History (Ref E184 .J3 E53 2001)
- Encyclopedia of Politics: The Left and the Right (Ref JA61 .E54 2005)
- Encyclopedia of War & American Society (Ref E181 .E634 2006)
- Historic Events for Students (Ref E806 .G827)*
- History in Dispute (Ref D20 .H56)*
- Milestone Documents in African American History (Ref E184.6.M55 2010)
- Opposing Viewpoints in American History: From Colonial Times to Reconstruction (Ref E173.O7 2007 v.1)*
- Opposing Viewpoints in American History: From Reconstruction to the Present (Ref E173.O7 2007 v.2)*
- Our American Century (Ref E 169.1 .O85)
- Political Theories for Students (Ref JA81 .P617 2002)
- Race and Racism in the United States (Ref E 184.A1 R254 2014)
- Reference Library of Black America (Ref 185 .R44 1997)
- Taking Sides: Clashing Views in United States History (Ref 178.6 .T35 2014)*