Includes entries for maps and atlases.

A cumulative list of works represented by Library of Congress printed cards.

An annual index to the monographs appears early in the following year.

This book "provides a comprehensive listing of the book-length works published from 1962 to 1973 that are relevant to the study of American history [and is] organized into a subject classification system. This bibliography gives access to over 50,000 works on the history, the geography, and the political, social, and economic aspects of the United States, its people, its government, and its institutions. The entries cover the entire area now within the United States or under its jurisdiction, ranging from prehistoric times to 1973"--Introd.

1970- issued in 2 vols.: v. 1, General reference, social sciences, history, economics, business; v. 2, Fine arts, humanities, science and engineering.