California Historical Sites

California Historical Sites

Your search for information on a California Historical Site can include books, journal articles, online databases, and authoritative Internet resources.

Books

Use the Cerritos College Library Online Catalog at http://library.cerritos.edu/MARION to find books on your subject. The following subjects may be useful:

Historic buildings California	LOS ANGELES CALIF GUIDEBOOKS
Historic buildings United States	Los Angeles Calif History
Historic sites California	El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical MONUMENT
Historic sites United States	Missions California
Historic sites United States Guidebooks	Museums California Directories
Spanish mission buildings California	Museums California Los Angeles Guidebooks

Selected Reference Books

California A to Z

REF F860 .C34 2000

Historic spots in California

REF F862 .H57 2002

California missions: a pictorial history

REF F862 .C17 1979

Landmarks of Los Angeles

REF L843 M38 1994

California museum directory: a guide to museums, zoos, botanic gardens, and historic buildings open to the public

REF AM12.C2 C34 1991

LOS ANGELES A TO Z AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE CITY AND COUNTY

REF F869.L84 .P58 1997

California place names: the origin and etymology of current geographical names

REF F859 .G79 1998

Los Angeles and its environs in the twentieth century

REF Z1262.L8 N8

Dictionary of California historic places

REF F859 .D55 1997

Missions of California

REF F862 .L53 1988

Encyclopedia of California

REF F859 .E52 1997

Museum companion to Los Angeles : a guidebook to museums, historic houses,

libraries, special collections, botanical gardens, and zoos in LA County

REF AM13.L67 S73 1996

Historic spots in California

REF F868.A15 R43

Reference Articles and Journal, Magazine, and Newspaper Articles

The Library Internet resources listed below can also assist you to find articles and reference material. They are available at http://www.cerritos.edu/library/http://www.cerritos.edu/library/e-resources.html. Use subject headings and key words similar to those used to search for books. The Library also has print indexes that must be used to find older articles, generally anything published before 1975.

EbscoHost	NetLibrary eBook Collection
GaleNet Discovering Collection	NewsBank

Internet Sites

The Internet can be a valuable resource for supplementing the information you have gathered from books and periodicals. It is important that you evaluate the information you get from the Internet to determine if it is reliable and useful to your research. A few Internet sites that may be useful are listed here.

Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park

http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=583

http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21298

Bienvenido to Olvera Street

http://www.olvera-street.com

California Historical Landmarks

http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=21387

California Historical Sites

http://www.ca.gov/About/History/HistoricalSites.html

California Mission Foundation: California Missions

http://www.missionsofcalifornia.org/missions/index.html

California State Historical Landmarks: Orange County