Key Article Databases
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Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) This link opens in a new windowCIAO - Full-text database of resources focusing on international affairs. Includes scholarly articles, reports, commentary and analysis, case studies, and other resources.
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HeinOnline Academic This link opens in a new windowHEINONLINE - Full-text database of resources relating to law and policy. Includes scholarly journals, primary sources, government and NGO reports, and reference resources.
Books and E-Books
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A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.)Oxford University Press. Entries on the most important people, organizations and events that have shaped our history from 1900 to the present day.
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Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World HistoryOxford University Press - available in paper at REF HQ1121.O93 2008
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The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names (2 ed.)Oxford University Press. History, meanings, and origin of country, region, island, city, and town names from around the world.
Historical Newspapers Online at Whitworth
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Nineteenth Century US Newspapers This link opens in a new windowGALE - Full pages and clipped articles for hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers. For each issue, the newspaper is captured from cover-to-cover, providing access to every article, advertisement and illustration.
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London Times Digital Archives 1785-2014 This link opens in a new windowGALE - Archive of The Times from London covering two and a half centuries of content. Includes from the earliest issue to five years previous of current year.
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Chinese Newspapers Collection: ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new windowPROQUEST - Full-text database of Chinese newspapers. Covers the historical period 1832-1953.
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American Periodicals This link opens in a new windowPROQUEST – Primary source collection of periodicals (magazines, children’s publications, women’s journals) from 1740 to 1900.
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Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans 1639-1800 This link opens in a new windowREADEX - Full-text database of primary sources, including books, pamphlets, and newspapers, published in North America during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Other Article Resources
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Country StudiesCountry studies/area handbooks available full text. Detailed information on over 100 countries and regions throughout the world.
Source: Library of Congress
Primary Sources
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Early English Books Online (EEBO) This link opens in a new windowPROQUEST - Page images of almost every work printed in English from 1473-1700. Includes books from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America.
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Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) This link opens in a new windowGALE - Contains every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom between the years 1701 and 1800.
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Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 This link opens in a new windowGALE - Original accounts of exploration, trade colonialism, slavery, military actions and more from 1500 to the early 1900's. Covers North, South & Central America and the West Indies.
Multimedia
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World History in VideoAlexander Street Press. Provides streaming video access to hundreds of hours of documentaries on a wide range of world history subjects.
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Ethnographic Video OnlineAlexander Street Press - covers Africa, Middle East, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and other global regions.
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Images (JSTOR) This link opens in a new windowJSTOR - Collection of images that are rights-cleared for educational use. Formerly known as ARTSTOR.
Citing Your Sources
The styles mainly used for History are:
However, you should follow the instructions given by your professor, editor, or journal first. See the Citation Resources page for more detailed information on citation styles.
How to Find World History Books
Browse the library shelves with these call numbers:
- D
- General History
- DA - DJ, DL - DR
- Europe
- DK
- Russia
- DS
- Asia
- DT
- Africa
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