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World History
Reference Books
The Reference collection is usually an excellent starting point for research projects. Reference books are non-circulating items (they cannot be checked out) and are designed to be used to look for specific information rather than read cover to cover. Additionally, reference books contain bibliographic records that can lead to the discovery of further resources to support one's thesis. In some instances, the reference books are compiled or supported by primary source documents.
A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century World History
Encyclopedia of the Second World War
Encyclopedia of War Crimes and Genocide
The European Powers in the First World War : an Encyclopedia
Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia
Historical dictionary of the Republic of Korea
The Holocaust
The Hutchinson Dictionary of World History
Larousse Dictionary of World History
Modern China : an Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism
Modern Japan : an Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism
The Wilson Calendar of World History
Women and gender in medieval Europe : an encyclopedia
World Eras
Databases
Historical Abstracts Index and abstracts to articles covering world history from 1450 to present (excluding U.S. and Canada).
Academic Search Complete Index, abstracts, and full text for many scholarly publications covering all academic areas of study.
Electronic Journal Center, History
The EJC contains online searchable full text History research journals.
Directory of Open Access Journals, History is an international collection of full text history journals.
Websites
The Perseus Project digital library out of Tufts University whose central collection has as its focus Greco-Roman culture, history and literature.
Cold War International History Project (http://wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1409&fuseaction=topics.home) presents new information and perspectives on the Cold War from previously inaccessible sources including archival material from former Communist states.
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html) is a resource for digitized ancient history documents
Internet Medieval History Sourcebook (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html) is a resource for digitized medieval documents
Internet Modern History Sourcebook (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html) provides digitized documents that cover history spanning the Reformation to the 21st century.
Internet African Soucebook (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/africa/africasbook.html) historical sources on the history of human societies on the continent of Africa.
Internet East Asian Sourcebook (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/eastasia/eastasiasbook.html) is site that offers documentary history of the Far East from its cultural origins to the present day.
Internet Indian History (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/india/indiasbook.html)is a document collection covering Indian history.
Internet Global History (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/global/globalsbook.html#Ancient%20Cultures) documents recording cultural interactions throughout history.
History of Russia:Primary documents (http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/History_of_Russia:_Primary_Documents) is a wiki dedicated to primary sources throuoghout Russian history.
History of Finland (http://www.histdoc.net/) contains documents from Finnish history, 1200 to 1944.
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution (http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/) offers a timeline, essays, documents and images covering the French Revolution.
World War I Document Archive (http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page) is collection of primary documents from World War I.
US Tiananmen Papers (http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB16/documents/index.html
) Electronic compilation of newly declassified US documents on Tiananmen Square from the National Security Archives.
EuroDocs: Online Sources for European History (http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page) comprehensive collection of documents covering European history from prehistoric times to current age.
The WWW Virtual Library: Latin American Studies (http://lanic.utexas.edu/las.html) provides information on all aspects of Latin America from indigenous culture to current social, political and economic conditions includes access to archival documents.
World War II Resources (http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/) Original documents regarding all aspects of the war.
UK National Archives (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/default.htm) official archive of the UK Government that contains over ten million searchable records, links to both the Irish and Scottish national archives and for geneologists access is provided to cenus records, passenger lists and more.
The Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System (http://hcl.harvard.edu/collections/hpsss/index.html) drawing from hundreds of personal interviews with refugees, this project provides insight into Soviet social life between 1917 and the mid-1940s.
World History Sources (http://chnm.gmu.edu/worldhistorysources/whmfinding.php) provides links and reviews to websites focusing on primary documents from various epochs throughout world history.
Catalogue of digitized Medieval Manuscripts (http://manuscripts.cmrs.ucla.edu/index.php) is a site designed to link users to digitized manuscripts available on the internet.
The Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe (http://chnm.gmu.edu/1989/) website developed to explore the fall of communism in Eastern Europe through a combination of primary documents and scholarly analysis.
Questions or comments, contact:
Michael Billings, Reference Librarian
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