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Native American History - 3723: Books

Library Accounts

To check out items at NSU Libraries, the Information Desk is located on the 1st floor, north entrance of the John Vaughan Library. Information Desk contact phone number is 918-444-3235.

Loan Periods for check out items:

  • Three Weeks - for items from the Main Collection, Y Collection, Government Publications, and Curriculum Materials
  • One Week - for Audio Visual items (CDs or DVDs)
  • Library Use only - Periodicals, Newspapers, Magazines, and Reference materials
  • Special Collections items are non-circulating and must be used in Special Collections
  • Reserve Collection - Varies (check with the Information Desk for specifics)

Number of items that can be checked out at one time:

  • Undergraduate Students: 15
  • Graduate Students: 50

Print Limits:

Students are provided a 100 page print limit in the library at the start of each semester. Any additional pages can be purchased at the Information Desk. For additional information about borrowing, renewals, returns, and services, check out the Circulation link below.

Library Books

Use the Library Discovery system (see the link below) to search for books by keyword, title, author, or by using the subject search option. 

Example search terms:

  • creek indians
  • ​creek indians AND history
  • creek indians AND ethnic identity
  • creek indians  AND religion
  • oklahoma history
  • cherokee indians and history
  • indians of north america
  • native americans history
  • andrew jackson and indian removal act
  • native american history AND 19th century OR 20th century
  • roosevelt and reorganization act
  • Jim Crow
  • World War I
  • World War II

For additional tips and information about book searching see the Book Searching tab in this guide. 

Special Collections

eBooks

Tip: When searching for information on topics in the database, EBSCOhost eBook Collection, use keywords or phrases. Be sure to enclose phrases inside quotation marks if you wish to keep the two terms together. The letters are not case sensitive.

  • cherokee indians
  • ​cherokee history
  • chickasaw indians
  • choctaw indians
  • seminole indians
  • Five civilized tribes
  • indians of north america relocation
  • creek indians
  • ​creek indians AND history
  • creek indians AND ethnic identity
  • creek indians  AND religion
  • oklahoma history
  • Indian slaves united states history
  • freedmen indian territory
  • slaveholders indian territory
  • great depression in america
  • ​history AND great depression
  • native americans history
  • progressive era
  • Jim Crow
  • World War I
  • World War II
  • Korean War

WorldCat

For additional book titles not owned by NSU Libraries search the WorldCat databases. The WorldCat databases will locate items (books, dvds, and articles) from other libraries as well as items owned by the NSU Libraries.

Book Gallery

Cover Art of Book Titled The OTher Slavery
Cover Art of Book Titled Demanding the Cherokee Nation
Cover Art of Book Titled  The World's Richest Indian
Cover Art of Book Titled American Indians and World War II
Cover Art of Book Titled Contested Territory
Cover Art of Book Titled Creek Country - The Creek Indians and their World
Cover Art of Book Titled Jim Crow Laws
Cover Art of Book Titled The Invention of the Creek Nation, 1670-1763
Cover Art of Book Titled Ties that Bind
Cover Art of Book Titled After Columbus