Study Abroad: USA
Undergraduate Library Resources
Books: Non-fiction - Fiction
Films: Non-fiction - Fiction
Music Recordings
BOOKS
Travel
- Fodor’s Rock & Roll Traveler USA: the ultimate guide to juke joints, street corners, whiskey bars and hotel rooms where music history was made - Tim Perry and Ed Glinert - 781.660973 P429f
- Fodor’s New England 2006 - 917.4 F68 2006
- Road-bookAmerica: contemporary culture and the new picaresque - Rowland A. Sherrill - 810.9 Sh572r
- Uncle Sam’s Guide to the Great Outdoors - Raphael Sagalyn - 917.304929 Sa18u
- Weird U.S.: your travel guide to America’s local legends and best kept secrets - Mark Moran & Mark Sceurman - 973 M793w
History & Culture
- American Cultural Studies: an introduction to American culture - Neil Campbell and Alasdair Kean - 306.0973 C153a2006
- American History: a survey - Alan Brinkley - 973 B771a2003
- American Popular Music: new approaches to the twentieth century - Rachel Rubin and Jeffrey Melnick - 781.640973 Am351
- The American Promise: a history of the United States - James L. Roark, et.al - 973 Am35082005
- Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Culture - Gary W. McDonogh, Robert Gregg, Cindy H. Wong, editors - 973.9203 En194
Language
- English dictionaries are located in the 423 call numbers and throughout the library on displays.
- English Thesauri are located in the 424 call numbers.
- English as a Second Language (ESL) books are located in the 428 call numbers.
Food & Cooking
- All-American Dessert Book - Nancy Baggett - 641.860973 B146a
- The American Century Cookbook - Jean Anderson - 641.5973 An23a
- American Place: celebrating the flavors of America - Larry Forgione - 641.5973 F763a
- Fast Food Nation: the dark side of the all-American meal - Eric Schlosser - 349.10973 Sch396f
- In a Cajun Kitchen: authentic Cajun recipes and stories from a family farm on the bayou - Terri Pischoff Wuerthner - 641.59763 W952i
- Soul Food: recipes and reflections from African-American churches - Joyce White - 641.59296073 W584s
- South the Beautiful Cookbook: authentic recipes from the American South - Mara Reid Rogers - Q. 641.5975 So879
Literature: Authors
- Classics: James Fenimore Cooper, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Harriet Beecher Stowe,Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville,Washington Irving, Mark Twain, O. Henry, Henry James, Edith Wharton, Stephen Crane, Upton Sinclair, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, J.D. Salinger, Margaret Mitchell, Sylvia Plath, Jack Kerouac, Joseph Heller, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Zora Neale Hurston, Willa Cather, Harper Lee
- Contemporary: Toni Morrison, Joyce Carol Oates, Tim O’Brien, Robert Pirsig, John Updike, Cormac McCarthy, Annie Puoulx, Alice Walker, Stephen King, Laurell Hamilton, Dean Koontz, Nora Roberts (J.D. Robb)
- Mystery/Thriller: Lilian Jackson Braun, James Lee Burke, Jonathan Kellerman, Diane Mott Davidson, Janet Evanovich, Tony Hillerman, Sue Grafton, Erle Stanley Gardner, Sara Paretsky, Rex Stout
- Romance: Jo Beverley, Liz Carlyle, Jude Devereaux, Christine Feehan, Lisa Kleypas, Elizabeth Lowell, Debbie Macomber, Mary Jo Putney, Amanda Quick, Karen Robards, LaVyrle Spencer
- Science Fiction/Fantasy: Ray Bradbury, Anne McCaffrey, Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, Orson Scott Card, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Kate Elliott, Alan Dean Foster, Ursula LeGuin, H.P. Lovecraft, R.A. Salvatore, Michael A. Stackpole, David Weber, Timothy Zahn
- Poetry: Anne Bradstreet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Wordsworth, Edgar Allen Poe, William Carlos Williams, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg, Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, E. E. Cummings, Langston Hughes, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, Andrei Codrescu, Russell Edson, Maya Angelou, Saul Williams
FILMS
Non-fiction
- Abolishing Slavery in America - DVD 973.7115 Ab75
- Benjamin Franklin - DVD 973.3092 B438
- Between Two Worlds - VIDREC 305.895073 B466
- he Civil War - DVD 973.7 C4997pu
- The Elected: the Presidency & Congress - DVD 320.09 EI251
- English Only in America? - VIDREC 306.44973 EN362
- Found Voices: the slave narratives - DVD 305.567 F825f
- Issues of Latino Identity: the yearning to be… - DVD 305.868 Am352f
- Legacy of Shame: migrant labor, an American institution - DVD 331.544 L522
- Lewis & Clark: the journey of the Corps of Discovery - DVD 917.8 L585
- Long Journey Home - DVD 973.0497 L85
- Martin Luther King, Jr.: leading America to the Promised Land - DVD 323.092 M364f
- Matters of Race - DVD 305.8 M429
- Multiculturalism in the 21st Century - VIDREC 370.117 M9192
- Native American Influence on the U.S. - DVD 970.00497 N21302
- 9/11 - 973.931 N6221
- Our Founding Fathers - VIDREC 973.3 Ou7
- This is Nowhere - DVD 796.79 T349
- The 20th Century - DVD 973.91 T918
- Where Do We Go From Here?: a journey in search of history and dialogue - DVD 323.0973 W574
Fiction
- The African Queen - DVD 791.4372 Af84c
- All About Eve - DVD 791.4372 AI513t
- The Bridge on the River Kwai - VIDREC 791.4372 B764co & DVD 791.4372 B764col
- Casablanca - VIDREC 791.4372 C26m & DVD 791.4372 C26w
- Citizen Kane - VIDREC 791.4372 C498t & DVD 791.4372 C498w
- The Godfather - VIDREC 791.4372 G5431p & DVD 791.4372 G5431pa
- Gone with the Wind - VIDREC 791.4372 G5882mgm & DVD 791.4372 G5882w
- The Graduate - DVD 791.4372 G755m
- It’s a Wonderful Life - VIDREC 791.4372 It6s & DVD 791.4372 It6r
- Lawrence of Arabia - DVD 791.4372 L437c
- On the Waterfront - DVD 791.4372 On122co
- Psycho - DVD 791.4372 P959un
- Schindler’s List - DVD 791.4372 Sch34u
- Singin’ in the Rain - VIDREC 791.4372 Si64m & DVD 791.4372 Si645wa
- Some Like it Hot - DVD 791.4372 So52m
- Star Wars - VIDREC 791.4372 St285
- Sunset Boulevard - DVD 791.4373 Su74p
- The Wizard of Oz - VIDREC 791.4372 W793war & DVD 791.4372 W793wa
For more classic films visit the American Film Association’s 100 Years website at: http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/100yearslist.aspx
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The items listed below are located in the Music Library.
2136 Music Building
1114 West Nevada Street
Urbana, IL 61801
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/mux/
- American Classics Samplers - CDISC M5 A447
- Complete Marches of John Philip Sousa - CDISC M1247 S68M3W3
- Folk Songs America 1 & 2 & 3 & 4: a 20th century revival - CDISC M1629 F62, CDISC M1629 F622, CDISC M1629 F623, CDISC M1629 F624
- God Bless America: the ultimate patriotic album - CDISC M1 G633
- Songs of Earth, Water, Fire and Sky: music of the American Indian - CDISC M1669 S66
Popular American Musicians: Aaron Copland (classical), Aerosmith (rock), Amy Grant (gospel), Billie Holiday (jazz), Bob Dylan (country rock), Bon Jovi (pop-rock), Bruce Springsteen (rock), Chuck Berry (R&B), Elvis Presley (rock), Eminem (rap), Frank Sinatra (jazz & popular), Garth Brooks (country), George Gershwin (Broadway), Grateful Dead (blue-grass), GreenDay (punk-rock), Guns n' Roses (hard rock), Hall & Oates (soul), Hank Williams (country), Irving Berlin (Broadway), James Brown (soul), James Taylor (folk), Jimi Hendrix (rock), Joan Baez (folk), John Williams (classical), LL Cool J (hip hop), Louis Armstrong (jazz), Marvin Gaye (soul), Megadeth (heavy metal), Metallica (heavy metal), Michael Jackson (pop), Motley Crue (pop-rock), Nirvana (grunge), Prince (funk), Public Enemy (hip hop), Ray Charles (soul), Snoop Doggy Dog (rap), The Beach Boys (surf rock), The Doors (psychedelic rock), Tina Turner (pop), Velvet Underground (punk), Whitney Houston (pop), Willie Nelson (outlaw country)
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