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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 Ancient Greece | DF 16 .E52 2006 REF |
| Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire | DG 270 .B86 2002 REF |
| Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century African History | DT 29 .E53 2003 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 the Library Catalog. 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 |
| ACLS Humanities E-Book Collection | A digital collection of 2,200 full-text humanities titles. Browse by author, title, or subject. Searchable by keyword. |
| 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. |
| Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History | Covering all aspects of the African-American experience from 1619 to the present day |
| Historical Text Archive | Includes original material, historical documents, links to other sites; arranged by geography/nations and topics.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). |
| 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 Philosophy, The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, A Dictionary of Buddhism, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary |
| The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization | Survey of ancient Greek and Roman history and politics; ethics and morals; law and punishment; social and family life; language, literature, and art; religion and mythology; technology, science, and medicine. |
To find more books search the Library Catalog.
To find more journals search the Library Catalog.
Research Databases
| Title | Description |
| CaDiLaC on-line | Catalog of the Capital District Library Council's member library holdings. |
| 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, and Arts and Humanities through the Eras. |
| 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 |
| 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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