World History Research Guide
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Desk encyclopedia of world history. Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Ref D21 .E577 2006
Encyclopedia of world history / [introduction by Patrick K. O’Brien]. New York : Facts On File, c2000.
Ref D21 .E577 2000
Internet Resources
Interactive descriptions of the lives, events, and places of the ancient Greeks.
Materials published in 1850-1950 related to the study of the ancient Near East. Topics covered included history, language, law, and religions of Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria, Egypt, Nubia, Persia, and other ancient peoples of Anatolia and the Fertile Crescent.
Timelines and articles on the Egyptians, Romans, Greeks, and other early cultures.
Full-text of books printed in English from 1473-1700.
"The Labyrinth provides free, organized access to electronic resources in medieval studies through a World Wide Web server at Georgetown University. The Labyrinth's easy-to-use menus and links provide connections to databases, services, texts, and images on other servers around the world. Each user will be able to find an Ariadne's thread through the maze of information on the Web."
Library of Congress is digitizing and posting on the Internet the records from these famous international war trials.
Full-text major documents on the subject with eyewitness accounts and other written histories and military histories.
Hundreds of resources for research on the Middle East.
“Links to electronic resources from around the world selected by Library of Congress subject experts.”
Subjects
Search the catalog using the following Library of Congress subject headings:
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China--History
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Middle East--History
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Civilization--Medieval
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Reformation
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Civilization--Modern
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Renaissance
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Cold War
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Rome--History
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Europe--Civilization
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Russia--History
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Europe--History
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Soviet Union--History
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Germany--History
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World War, 1914-1918
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Middle Ages
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World War, 1939-1945
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Selected Journals
American Slavic and East European Review (Online
08/01/1945 to 04/30/1961 )
Historian (Online 01/01/1998-Present)
Historical Journal (Online 1958-Present)
History (Print 2004-Present)
History and Memory (Online 6/30/1995-Present)
History of Religions (Online 11/01/2001 to 02/01/2006)
Holocaust and Genocide Studies (Online 04/01/2002-1 year ago)
Journal of Cold War Studies (Print 2001-Present)
Journal of World History (Online 04/01/1998-Present)
Renaissance Quarterly (Online 1967-Present)
War in History (Online 04/01/1997-Present)
Created: August 2008 by Melanie Gladden