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Research Help : Subject Guides : History
Reference Books
| Title | Call Number |
| A companion to the worlds of the Renaissance | CB 367 .C65 2002 |
| A history of Byzantium | DF 552 .G68 2005 |
| A history of Chinese civilization | DS 721 .G3913 1996 |
| Ancient Greece : a political, social, and cultural history | DF 77 .A595 1999 |
| Ancient Rome: a military and political history | DG 231 .M33 2004 |
| Berkshire encyclopedia of world history | D 23 .B45 2005 REF |
| Columbia history of the world | D 21 .C64 1972 REF |
| Encyclopedia of 20th Century African history | DT 29 .E53 2003 REF |
| Encyclopedia of ancient Greece | DF 16 .E52 2006 REF |
| Encyclopedia of the Roman empire | DG 270 .B86 2002 REF |
| New dictionary of the history of ideas, Vols. 1-6 | CB 5 .D5 2005 |
| Notes on the Iroquois: contributions to American history, antiquities, and general ethnology | E 99 I7 .S23 2002 |
| The ancient Mesopotamian city | DS 69.5 .V36 1999 |
| The Greenwood encyclopedia of daily life: a tour through history from ancient times to the present, Vols. I-VI | GT 31 .G74 2004 REF |
| The Japanese experience: a short history of Japan | DS 835 .B38 1999 |
| The medieval world | CB 351 .M43 2003 |
| The Oxford history of ancient Egypt | DT 83 .O95 2002 |
| The worlds of medieval Europe | D 131 .B33 2003 |
To find more books search WebCat the online catalog of print resources in the collections of ACP and AMC. Keywords to search for related topics could include, Ancient History, Cultural, Culture, Political, Politics, Civilization, Art History. To retrieve variations of your keyword use the truncation symbol ? e.g. histor? will find historical, history and histories.
E-Books
| Title | Description |
| American Civil War Reference Library | Covers the events and people of the Civil War period and includes biographical profiles and primary source materials. |
| Arts and Humanities Through the Eras | This searchable, full-text 5 volume set profiles milestones and movements in the arts, literature, music, and religion from specific periods. An overview of each period and a chronology of major world events begin each volume. |
| Historical Text Archive | Includes original material, historical documents, links to other sites; arranged by geography/nations and topics. |
| Internet Modern History Sourcebook | An extensive guide to full-text primary and secondary sources on the web, including multimedia sources. |
| netLibrary | A comprehensive collection of online books (eBooks)including such books as, African American Slave Narratives: An Anthology/Vols. I, 2 and 3 , Hitler's Germany: Origins, Interpretations, The Hutchinson Illustrated Encyclopedia of British History, Who's Who in the Roman World, Who's Who in the Greek World, Who's Who in Ancient Egypt, Key Events in African History, America's Wars. |
| New Dictionary of the History of Ideas | Full text six volume set providing over 700 articles focused on the ideas that make up Western culture, including entries on feminism and antifeminism, and nongender topics like diversity and social capital. Each entry explores origin, cultural interpretations, and historical themes. |
| Oxford Reference Online | A cross-searchable collection of over 120 online reference books from Oxford University Press. It includes such books as, The Oxford Companion to British History, Dynasties of the World, A Dictionary of Contemporary World History, The Oxford Companion to United States History and The Oxford Companion to World War II. |
To find more books search WebCat the online catalog of print resources in the collections of ACP and AMC.
To find more books search WebCat the online catalog of print resources in the collections of ACP and AMC.
Research Databases
| Title | Description |
| Academic Search Elite | Full text of nearly 1,850 scholarly journals in a wide variety of academic subject areas. |
| Black Thought and Culture (Alexander Street Press) | This database includes full text monographs, essays, articles, speeches, and interviews written by historically important African-American leaders who have dealt substantially with issues of race in America from the earliest times to 1975. |
| British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries--1500 to 1900 (Alexander Street Press) | This database currently includes the full text of 60,000 pages of letters and diaries of 430 women from Colonial times to 1900. |
| CaDiLaC on-line * | Catalog of the Capital District Library Council's member library holdings. |
| Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment (Alexander Street Press) | Includes more than 100,000 pages of letters, diaries, memoirs, and accounts of early encounters between American Indians, Europeans, Africans, and Americans on the North American continent between 1534-1860. |
| Encyclopedia Britannica Online | Includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica Book of the Year |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library | This database includes encyclopedias and specialized reference sources in history and fine arts, including the full text of the multi-volume, New Dictionary of the History of Ideas, Arts and Humanities through the Eras, and the American Civil War Reference Library. |
| North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories (Alexander Street Press) | Contains over 100,000 pages of searchable diaries and personal narratives chronicling the experience of immigrants to Canada and the United States between 1840 and 1980. |
| Oxford Reference Online | A cross-searchable collection of over 120 online reference books from Oxford University Press. It includes a wide range of dictionaries and the Oxford Companion series. |
| The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries (Alexander Street Press) | Includes over 100,000 pages of published memoirs, letters, and diaries and previously unpublished materials, documenting all aspects of the American Civil War. |
WWW Resources
| General | Description |
| Historical Graphics Gallery | A site focused on the debate about 19th century imperialism, with a wealth of graphics, particularly political cartoons |
| History | From BUBL LINK Catalogue of selected Internet resources |
| The History Cooperative | A humanities resource providing online history scholarship including full text articles, primary documents and multimedia elements that could not be reproduced in the print versions of some articles |
| Early Modern Period | Description |
| Eighteenth-Century Resources | Collection includes information on literature, history, art, music, religion, economics, philosophy, and so on, from around the world, as well as the home pages of societies and people who work on eighteenth-century topics |
| Renaissance Europe | Guide to Western European primary historical documents (Brigham Young University) |
| The American Colonist's Library | Includes "historical works which contributed to the formation of American politics, culture, and ideals." |
| Tudor History | Short to full-length biographies, some with portraits of each of the Tudor monarchs, as well as the other people who played a part in the Tudor story. |
| Twentieth Century | Description |
| American Memory Project | Provides access written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience |
| Immigration History Research Center | American immigration and ethnic history, with a particular focus on eastern, central, and southern European, and Near Eastern ethnic groups; their archival and library collections can be searched from this page. |
| Internet Resources on Genocide and Mass Killing | Collection of primary documents, biographies, bibliographies, etc., relating to 20th century genocide up to and including Kosovo. |
| The Nizkor Project | Electronic archive of documents relating to the Holocaust, hate groups and fascism. |
| The Wars for Viet Nam: 1945 to 1975 | Offers students an opportunity to examine official United States and Hanoi documents. |
| The World War I Document Archive | Primary documents about The Great War, assembled by volunteers of the World War I Military History List (WWI-L) |
| World War II Resources | Primary documents from the University of North Carolina |
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