HUM 326 --World History & Geography II

Introduction | Reference Sources | Indexes & Databases | Internet Resources | Writing the Paper

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A dictionary of world history
UMS Electronic Resources (e-book)

The Times atlas of world history
LEW Atlas Case G1030 T54 1993

The timetables of history : A horizontal linkage of people and events
POR & LEW Reference D11 .G78 1991

World history : A dictionary of important people, places, and events from ancient times to the present
LEW Reference D9 W47 1994

For other books, please check the URSUS catalog under the following headings:

Historical geography

History, modern--16th Century

History, modern--17th Century

History, modern--18th Century

History, modern--19th Century

History, modern--20th Century

History, modern--1945-1989

History, modern--1989-

Human geography

For journal articles, consult the following:

Academic Search Premier
Varied coverage
Lists of articles from 8,025 publications, with some full text ; includes journals and other scholarly publications.

America: History and Life
Coverage From 1954
Index to research on the history of the United States and Canada, from prehistoric times to the present. Includes references to journal articles, books and book reviews, dissertations, and collective works.

Anthrosource
AnthroSource is an online resource developed by the American Anthropological Association containing complete electronic archive of all AAA journals through 2003,access to a core collection of journals in the field of anthropology as well as current issues of eleven critical peer-reviewed publications.

Historical Abstracts
Coverage From 1969
Index to articles, dissertations, and books on the history of the world, except the United States and Canada, from 1450 to the present. Works on U.S. and Canadian history are covered in America: History and Life.

Humanities International Index
Coverage from 1925
Covers journals, books and other important references in the humanities.

Project MUSE
Coverage from 1993
Indexes and provides full-text access to over 220 journals in literature, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and other fields.

Sociological Abstracts
Coverage from 1974
Covers sociology and related disciplines including anthropology, criminology, demography, education, gerontology, mental health, minority studies, political science, public health, social psychology, social work, urban studies, welfare programs, and women's studies. Comprehensive and international in scope. Covers about 2,600 journals in 30 different languages from 55 different countries. Also includes books, conference papers,and doctoral dissertations.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Coverage from 1975
This database supplies citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law and public administration/policy.

There is no authority control for the Internet. In choosing Internet resources it is imperative to evaluate the authenticity of the source. Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources (UCLA College Library) provides excellent evaluation criteria. The following selected resources have been chosen because of authenticity and comprehensiveness of coverage.

Early Modern Resources

Eighteenth-Century Resources (Rutgers University)

Historical Voices

Internet Modern History Sourcebook

The Legacy Project