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HIS 500: Research Guide: Dictionaries and Encylopedias

This guide will include some research materials and tips for searching for sources for your Research Project. This guide is not inclusive of every source available, but provides a good starting point.

Selected Reference Sources


General Sources in History

  • Atlas of World History -- G1030.T54 1989
  • American Historical Association Guide to Historical Literature--   Reference D20.A55 1995
  • Chronology of World History 3 vols. -- D11. M39 1999
  • Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science -- Reference Q141.B5285 2000
  • Dictionary of Historical Documents -- Reference D9.K63 1990
  • Dictionary of Scientific Biography -- Reference Q141.D5 1981
  • Dictionary of Scientists (Oxford Reference Online)
  • New Cambridge Modern History 4 vols. D208.N4
  • Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists -- Reference Q141.N3 1995

World History

  • Encyclopedia of African History 3 vols. -- Reference DT20 E53 2005 
  • Civilization of the Ancient Mediterranean 3 vols.--DE 59.C55 1988
  • Civilizations of the Ancient Near East  3 vols.-- Reference DS 57.C55 1995
  • Companion Encyclopeadia of the History of Medicine 3 vols.-- Reference R133.C65 1993
  • Dictionary of the Middle Ages 14 vols.-- Reference D114.D5 1982 
  • Encyclopedia of Asian History 4 vols.-- Reference DS31. E53 1988
  •  Encyclopedia Britannica --Online
  • Encyclopedia of European social history from 1350-2000-- Reference HN373.E63 2001
  • pedia of the Gilded Age -- Reference E661.E53 2005
  • Encyclopedia of Irish history and culture -- Reference DA912.E53 2004
  • Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture 3 vols.--Reference F1406. E53 1996
  • Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment 3 vols. -- CB411. E53 2003
  • Encyclopedia of the Middle East 6 Vols.--DS4 L48 2002
  •  Holocaust and WWII Almanac. -- D804.17.H65 2001
  • Encyclopedia of Russian History 4 Vols.  -- DK 14 E53 2004
  • Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: a Political, Social and Military History 3 vols. -- DS 557.7. E53 1990
  • The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation 3 vols. -- BR 302.8.093 1996
  • Europa World YearBook--Online
  • European Bibliography of Slavic and European Studies--Online
  • Oxford Reference Online

American History

  • American Men and Women of Science -- Reference Q141.A47 2003
  • American National Biography 24 vols.-- Reference CT213.A68 1999
  • Dictionary of American History 3 vols.-- Reference E174.D52 1976
  • Encyclopedia of African American History -- Reference E185.E54 2006
  • Encyclopedia of American History -- Reference E174.E53. 2003
  • The Encyclopedia of American political history -- Reference E183.E48 2001
  • Encyclopedia of American religious history-- Reference BL2525. Q44 2001
  • Historic Documents -- E839.5. H57 1987
  • The Oxford companion to American military history-- Reference E181.O94 1999 
  • American Women's History-- Reference HQ1115.W4 1994
  •  Kentuckiana--Online
  • Kentucky Encyclopedia--Online

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