Research Guide for History
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Handbooks, etc.
| Ref. B802 .E55 2001 | Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment |
| Ref. D9 .J65 2007 | Bedford Glossary of European History |
| Ref. D13 .R295 2007 | Pocket Guide to Writing in History |
| Ref. D209 .C66 2001 | Longman Handbook of Early Modern Europe 1453-1763 |
| Ref. D810 .S7 K76 2001 | Encyclopedia of World War II Spies |
| Ref. DA315 .T753 2001 | Tudor England: an Encyclopedia |
| Ref. DA912 .E53 2004 | Encyclopedia of Irish History and Culture |
| Ref. DE5 .O95 2005 | Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World |
| Ref. DJK6 .E53 2000 | Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe |
| Ref. DK40 .R85 2001 | Russian Chronicles |
| Ref. DS36.85 .G49 2006 | Islamic Civilization: History, Contributions and Influence |
| Ref. DS43 .E53 2004 | Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East & North Africa |
| Ref. DS557.5 .A54 2002 | Columbia Guide to the Vietnam War |
| Ref. DS777.55 .S835 2007 | Historical Dictionary of the People's Republic of China |
| Ref. DS918 .E53 2000 | Encyclopedia of the Korean War |
| Ref. DT3 .P27 2001 | Encyclopedia of African History and Culture |
| Ref. DT58 .O94 2001 | Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt |
| Ref. E174 .O94 2001 | Oxford Companion to United States History |
| Ref. E184 .A1C47 2000 | Civil Rights in the United States |
| Ref. E203 .H88 2003 | Revolutionary Era: Primary Documents on Events from 1776 to 1800 |
| Ref. E301 .D43 2003 | Antebellum Era: Primary Documents on Events from 1820 to 1860 |
| Ref. E450 .H855 2006 | Encyclopedia of the Underground Railroad |
| Ref. E468 .R53 2004 | Historical Dictionary of the Civil War and Reconstruction |
| Ref. F1410 .E56 2002 | Encyclopedia of Latin American Politics |
| Ref. HA214 .S63 | Social Change in America: the Historical Handbook |
| Ref. HN373 .E63 2001 | Encyclopedia of European Social History from 1350 to 2000 |
| Ref. JC311 .E4996 2001 | Encyclopedia of Nationalism |
| Ref. JV6465 .E53 2000 | Encyclopedia of American Immigration |
| Ref. KF4502 .F68 2000 | Founders' Constitution |
For additional resources, search the St. Joseph's College Libraries Online Catalog
Biographical Sources and Chronologies
| Ref. CT104 .D54 1998 |
Dictionary of World Biography |
| Ref. CT213 .A68 1998 | American National Biography |
| Ref. CT3260 .N5725 2004 | Notable American Women |
| Ref. D11 .W635 2005 | Cassell's Chronology of World History |
| Ref. D14 .E53 1999 | Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing |
| Ref. DA677 .R52 2000 | Annals of London: a Year-by-Year Record of a Thousand Years of History |
| Ref. E176.1 .A6563 2000 | American Presidents |
| Ref. E185.86 .B542 2005 | Black Women in America |
| Ref. E185.96 .A446 2004 | African American Lives |
| Ref. E628 .H37 2004 | Women During the Civil War: an Encyclopedia |
| Ref. HN90 .R3 H354 2002 | Rebels and Renegades: a Chronology of Social and Political Dissent in the United States |
| Ref. HV6245 .F44 2001 | Book of Assassins: a Biographical Dictionary from Ancient Times to the Present |
Sources for History Articles
The following databases may be useful for this subject area. To use the
following databases on campus,
click on the Journal
Articles / Database link.
| Academic Search Elite (EBSCO) | ACLS Humanities ebook Project | CQ Library |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library | JSTOR | New York Times Historical (Proquest) |
| Original Sources | Oxford Reference Online | Project MUSE |
| Research Library (Proquest) | Wilson Biographies | Wilson OmniFile |
| World History Collection (EBSCO) | ||
| There are a number of primary source databases in the Alexander Street Press databases | ||
History Related Websites
| American Cultural History of the 19th Century | http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/19thcentury.html |
| American Cultural History of the 20th Century | http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decades.html |
| American Journeys | Eyewitness accounts of Early American settlements and
exploration http://www.americanjourneys.org/ |
| An Gorta Mor: The Great Hunger Archive | Multimedia presentations and archival material relating
to the Irish famine of the 1840s. http://www.thegreathunger.org/html/main/center.htm |
| Crisis of the Union | An electronic archive of documents about the causes,
conduct and consequences of the American Civil War. http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/sceti/civilwar/ |
| Documenting the American South | Primary sources for the study of southern history, literature,
and culture. http://docsouth.unc.edu/browse/collections.html |
| Famous Trials | http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm |
| Internet History Sourcebooks | Compiled by Fordham University to provide a collection
of public domain and copy permitted historical texts for educational
use. Coverage includes Ancient, Medieval and Modern History. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall |
| Salem Witch Trials | Documentary archive of the salem witch trials. http://etext.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/ |
| Valley of the Shadow | Details life in two American communities; one North
and one South from the time of John Brown's raid through Reconstruction. http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ |
Check the Selected Websites page for additional subject specific websites.
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