World History

World History Research Guide

• Journal and Magazine Databases
• Books and Electronic Texts
• Encyclopedias and Handbooks
• Primary Sources
• Statistics & Data
• Web Searching

 

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Journal and Magazine Databases

• Historical Abstracts - Index of publications on the history of the world from 1450 to present [more details].
• Academic Search Complete - Search 9,300 publications in the social sciences and humanities [more details].
• JSTOR - Search older issues of leading scholarly journals (purchase funded in part by the Rockwell Fund) [more details].
• Military and Government Collection - Current news and research on miltary and government issues [more details].
• OmniFile - An index of 3,500 journals and magazines in almost every field of study [more details].
• Project Muse - Search 250 electronic journals in the humanities and the social sciences [more details].
• Web of Science - An index of research journals in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences [more details].
• World History Collection - Search 150 journals in world history [more details].

• Also see: Find Journals by Title

 

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Books and Electronic Texts

• Library Catalog - Find books and videos in the UHD Library's print and electronic collections.
• ACLS Humanities E-Book - Electronic books in history and the arts [more details].
• ebrary - Search electronic books from top academic and professional publishers [more details].
• netLibrary - Search electronic books from academic, professional, and popular presses [more details].
• WorldCat - Search 58 million books and other materials in libraries around the world [more details].

 

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Encyclopedias and Handbooks

• Encyclopedia Britannica Online - The authoritative encyclopedia, plus a dictionary, an atlas, and timelines [more details].
• Gale Virtual Reference Library - Search encyclopedias for basic information and statistics [more details].
• History Study Center - A digital library of history journals, encyclopedias, primary sources, and maps [more details].
• Africa: An Encyclopedia for Students (UHD ebook)
• Ancient Europe, 8000 B.C. to A.D. 1000 (UHD ebook)
• Arts and Humanities Through the Eras (UHD ebook)
• Dictionary of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (UHD ebook)
• Encyclopedia Judaica (UHD ebook)
• Encyclopedia of European Social History (UHD ebook)
• Encyclopedia of Food and Culture (UHD ebook)
• Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity (UHD ebook)
• Encyclopedia of India (UHD ebook)
• Encyclopedia of Irish History and Culture (UHD ebook)
• Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World (UHD ebook)
• Encyclopedia of Modern Asia (UHD ebook)
• Encyclopedia of Modern Europe 1789-1914 (UHD ebook)
• Encyclopedia of Modern Europe Since 1914 (UHD ebook)
• Encyclopedia of Russian History (UHD ebook)
• Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa (UHD ebook)
• Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism (UHD ebook)
• Europe, 1450 to 1789 (UHD ebook)
• History of World Trade Since 1450 (UHD ebook)
• New Catholic Encyclopedia (UHD ebook)
• New Dictionary of the History of Ideas (UHD ebook)
• Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students (UHD ebook)
• St. James Encyclopedia of Labor History Worldwide (UHD ebook)

• More Electronic Encyclopedias in History
• More Print Encyclopedias in History

 

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Primary Sources

• Library Catalog - Search for your topic combined with one of these terms: sources, correspondence, diaries, or personal narratives.
• EuroDocs - Historic documents of Europe from antiquity to modern times.
• Internet History Sourcebooks Project - Links to transcriptions of primary sources documents.
• Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies - Links to primary and secondary sources.
• Online Medieval and Classical Library - Translated texts from ancient and medieval times.
• Perseus Digital Library - Digital texts of Greek and Latin classics, plus texts on the English Renaissance, the history of London, and more.
• Vital Speeches of the Day (1934 to present) - Read the full-text of famous speeches [part of Academic Search Complete].
• World War I Document Archive - A large collection of primary and secondary documents.

 

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Statistics and Data

• International Historical Statistics: The Americas, 1750-2000 (Reference HA 175 .M55 2003)
• International Historical Statistics: Europe, 1750-2000 (Reference HA 1107 .M5 2003)
• World Economic Historical Statistics (Reference HA 155 .S225 2005)

• More Reference & Statistics

 

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Web Searching

• WWW Virtual Library - Comprehensive guide to websites for historical research.
• Best of History Web Sites - Search recommended web sites in history or browse lists of sources by topic.
• LANIC Latin American Network Information Center - Comprehensive guide to web sites on Latin America.
• MENIC Middle East Network Information Center - Comprehensive guide to web sites on the Middle East.
• NetSerf - Resources on Medieval history and culture.

 

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