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General History Research Help: Reference Sources

Books (Reference)

Don't know where to start? Look through these reference books:

World History

  • Encyclopedia of European Social History
    • REF 301 STE
  • Encyclopedia of World History
    • REF 903 STE
  • World Eras (multi-volume series)
    • Call numbers vary

Military History

  • The Encyclopedia of World War II
    • REF 940.53 TUC
  • International Encyclopedia of Military History
    • REF 355 BRA
  • The Oxford Companion to Military History
    • REF 355 HOL
  • World War I: A Student Encyclopedia
    • REF 940.3 WOR

Philosophy, Religion, and Science

  • Encyclopedia of Philosophy
    • REF 103 BOR
  • The Oxford Handbook of Global Religions
    • REF 200.9 JUE
  • Science and its Times
    • REF 509 SCH

Databases (Reference)

These databases cover topics from modern world history:

Try these e-books:

  • Cold War Reference Library
  • Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism Since 1450
  • Europe 1789-1914
  • Europe Since 1914
  • History of World Trade Since 1450
  • Renaissance and Reformation Reference Library
  • Vietnam War Reference Library
  • World Eras series
  • World War II Reference Library

Try these e-books:

  • Great Events From History
  • Great Lives From History