Assumption College: Library

Research Guide: History

Web Links

Local Resources

Books

Selected reference books in Emmanuel d'Alzon Library (located on the first floor):

Guide to Historical Literature REF D 22 .A 55
Chronology of World History REF D 11 .M 39 1999
Dictionary of Historic Documents REF D 9 .D 525 2003
History in Dispute REF D 20 .H 543
History Behind the Headlines REF D 410 .O 44
Encyclopedia of World Biography REF CT 103 .E 56 1997
Encyclopedia of Archaeology REF CC 100 .E 54 2001
Dictionary of the Middle Ages REF D 114 .D 5 1982
Encyclopedia of the Renaissance REF CB 361 .E 52 1999

Search the catalog for more print and electronic books owned by the Library. Try these sample subject headings.

History
World history

Also see history as a subheading under specific topics, e.g.

Africa History
Church History
Mexico History
Middle Ages History
Science History

To find additional related subject heaings, look at a sample catalog record or consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings, located near the OPAC computer terminals on the first floor.

Books in Other Libraries
http://www.assumption.edu/dept/library/resources/libraries_rev.htm
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http://lib.assumption.edu/login?url=
http://firstsearch.oclc.org/fsip?dbname=WorldCat&autho=100308921

Articles

Online Library Resources
(These can be found on the Library's top page. Go to Databases/Indexes and then to the alphabetical list.)

Academic Search Premier - http://lib.assumption.edu/login?url=
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=ehost&defaultdb=aph
Expanded Academic ASAP - http://lib.assumption.edu/login?url= http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/mlin_c_assumpt?db=eaim
In the First Person: Index to Letters, Diaries, Oral Histories, and Other Personal Narratives -
http://lib.assumption.edu/login?url=http://www.inthefirstperson.com
JSTOR - http://lib.assumption.edu/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/
Credo Reference History resources - http://lib.assumption.edu/login?url=
http://www.xreferplus.com/topic.jsp?sub=21

Web Links

Best of History Web sites - http://www.besthistorysites.net/
Country Studies - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/
Cold War International History Project - http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.home&topic_id=1409
African Studies Internet Resources - http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/
Africa south of the Sahara: selected Internet resources - http://www-sul.stanford.edu/africa/
Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library - http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html
The Middle East, 1916-2001: a documentary record - http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/mideast/mideast.htm
The European Guide - http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=152131
EuroDocs: Online Sources for European History - http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page
Encyclopaedia of British History – http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/industry.html
The Victorian Web - http://www.victorianweb.org/
The ORB: On-line Reference Book for Medieval Studies – http://the-orb.net
LANIC Latin American Network Information Center (History) - http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/history/

Local Resources

Clark University – Goddard Library - http://libref.clarku.edu/research/goddard/

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