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REFERENCE BOOKS

Guidebooks to Information Sources
Determine if the library has a guide for the broad subject area or discipline which would encompass the topic you are researching. Such handbooks will identify and discuss the reference sources, periodical indexes, bibliographies and major publications pertinent to your research.

Guide to the Study of Medieval History. REF D117.P337 1980

The Historian's Handbook. REF D20.P68 1972

Introduction to Ancient History. STACKS D57.B46 1970

Library Research Guide to History. REF D16.F87

A Student's Guide to History. REF D16.F87

Using Government Publications. REF Z1223.Z7.S4 1985

For additional reference sources consult, Guide to Reference Books, REF Z1035.1.G89 1996. It is a thorough, annotated guide to reference books in all disciplines.

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Use these sources to understand terminology, obtain background information, identify issues, and get names, dates and an initial literature review. Some titles pertaining to history are:

Asia and the Pacific. REF DS5.A79 1991

Brill's New Pauly: Encyclopedia of the Ancient World. to be assigned

*The Cambridge Ancient History. REF D57.C25
*The Cambridge Medieval History. REF D117.C3
*The Cambridge Modern History. REF D208.C16
*The three multi-volume sets above present an outline of the history of the world. Well-written, authoritative chapters are followed by excellent bibliographies.

The Cambridge History of Latin America (vols 1-7). REF F1410.C1834 1984

Classical Handbook. REF DE5.N4

A Companion to Greek Studies. REF DF77.W5 1931

A Companion to Latin Studies. REF DG77.S3 1929

Dictionary of Concepts in History. REF D13.R49 1986

Dictionary of the Middle Ages (13 vols.). REF D114.D5 1982

Encyclopaedia Judaica (16 vols.). REF DS102.8.E5

Encyclopedia of Asian History. REF DS31.E53 1988

Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe. REF DJK6.E53 1988

Encyclopedia of Jewish History: Events & Eras of the Jewish People. REF DS118.E465 1986b

Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture. REF F1406.E53 1996

Encyclopedia of Political Revolutions. REF JC491.E63 1998

Encyclopedia of the Renaissance. REF CB 361.E52 1999

Encyclopedia of the Second World. REF D847.K82 1991

Lexicon of the Greek & Roman Cities & Place Names in Antiquity, ca 1500BC-ca 500AD. REF DE25.L48 1992

Marshall Cavendish Illustrated Encyclopedia of World War I. REF D521 M39 1986 v. 1-12

The Middle East. REF DS63.1.M484 1995

New Catholic Encyclopedia. REF BX841.N44 2003

Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. REF DF521.O93 1991

Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World (4 vols.). REF DS35.53.O95 1995

A World Record of Major Conflict Areas. REF D431.M86 1990

Sources for Individual Countries:

Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England. REF DA152.B58 1999

The Canadian Encyclopedia. REF F1006.C36 1985

China: A Handbook. REF DS706.W8

A Concise Encyclopedia of the Italian Renaissance. REF DG445.C66

Dictionary of Irish History Since 1800. REF DA949.7.H53 1980

Encyclopedia of the Holocaust (4 vols.). REF D804.3E53 1990

Ethno-historical Dictionary of the Russian & Soviet Empires. REF DK33.E837 1994

Historical Dictionary of Napoleonic France, 1789-1815. REF DC201.H673 1985

Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan. REF DS805.K633 1983

London Encyclopedia. REF DA969.L78 1986

Medieval France: An Encyclopedia. REF DC33.2.M44 1995

Medieval Scandinavia: An Encyclopedia. REF DL30.M43 1993

Modern Germany: An Encyclopedia of History, People and Culture, 1871-1990. REF DD14.M64 1998 v.1-2

 New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome. REF DG68.R5 1992

A Soviet Lexicon: Important Concepts, Terms and Phrases. REF DK266.3.L27 1988

Terminology of the Third Reich. REF DD256.5.W57 1985

Victorian Britain. REF DA550.V53 1988

Chronologies

Sources, which are arranged by date, or chronologically, are used to gain an overview of a time period, for placing events in sequence and comparing contemporary events. Some of the chronologies available at Foley include:

Annual Register of World Events: 1785 - Present. REF D2.A17

Asimov's Chronology of the World. REF D11.A76 1991

Canadian Chronology. REF F1006.T3

Chronology of the Ancient World. REF D54.5.B5 1980

Chronology of the Modern World, 1763 to 1992. REF D209.W59 1994b

Chronology of World History (4 vols.). REF D11.M39 1999

Day by Day in Jewish History. REF DS114.B55 1983

Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval & Modern, Chronologically Arranged. REF D21.L27 1972

Handbook of British Chronology. REF DA34.H3 1986

People's Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record of Human Events from Prehistory to the Present. REF D11.T83

Timetables of History. REF D11.G78 1982

The Vietnam War Almanac. REF DS558.V53 1985

World War II Almanac: 1931 - 1945. REF D743.5.G64

Collections of / Indexes to Documents and Primary Sources

Association of Holocaust Organizations Directory. REF D804.3.A88 1999

British and Foreign State Papers. STACKS / SPCOLL JX103.A3

Calendar of Soviet Documents on Foreign Policy, 1917-1941. REF DK266.D44 1983

Directory of Irish Archives. REF CD1101.D57 1993

English Historical Documents (Covers 500-1914). REF DA26.E56

Monumenta Germaniae Historica…(German history 1877-1919). STACKS OVRSIZ DD3.M8.S4

Official Museum Directory. REF AM10.A2.O4 1994

United States Treaties and Other International Agreements (1950-present). US DOCS S9.12:v.1-35

Statistical Sources

Handbook of Economic Statistics. REF HA115.U54a 1989

Historical Statistics of Canada. REF HA746.U7

Statistical Abstract of Latin America. REF HA935.S8

Statistical Yearbook. REF HG 6046 C57

World Almanac (1900-present). REF A67.N5.W7 Latest volume at Reference Desk

The World in Figures. REF HA161.W67 1980

Bibliographies

Bibliographies provide a list of relevant published research on a topic. Use them to initiate and augment your literature search, it identify important sources on a topic, or to check the inclusiveness of research you have already completed.

Bibliographie Annuelle de L'Histoire de France (Annual, 1955-present). STACKS DC38.B52

Bibliography of Asian Studies (Annual, 1969-present). REF DS5.B52

Bibliography of British History: Tudor Period, 1485 - 1603. STACKS DA315.R39 1959 Stuart Period, 1603 - 1714. STACKS DA390.D25 1970 Eighteenth Century, 1714 - 1789. STACKS DA470.P37 1951

European Immigration and Ethnicity in the United States and Canada. REF E184.A1.E97 1983

Guide to Irish Bibliographical Material. REF DA908.E23 1964

Historical Bibliographies: A Systematic and Annotated Guide. STACKS D20.C68 1965

Manuscript Sources for the History of Irish Civilization (11 vols.). REF DA905.D82 1965

Nazism, Resistance and Holocaust in World War II: A Bibliography. STACKS D810.J4.L37 1985

Serial Bibliographies and Abstracts in History: An Annotated Guide. REF D20.H46 1986

World War II: Books in English 1945-65. STACKS D743.243 1971

 Atlases

Atlas of Anglo-Saxon England. REF G1816.S2 1981

Atlas of Classical History. REF G1033. A833 1985

Atlas of Russia and the Independent Republics. REF G2110.B7 1994

Atlas of the Roman World. REF DG77.C597 1982

Atlas of the Twentieth Century. REF G1021.H67 1982

Atlas of World Culture. REF G1046.E1.P7 1989

Columbia Gazetteer of the World (3 vols.). REF G103.5.C645 1998

Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia & The Ancient Near East. REF DS69.5.R63 1990

First World War Atlas. REF G1037.G5 1971

Historical Atlas of East Central Europe. REF. G2081.S1.M3 1993

Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome. STACKS G1981.S1.S28 1995b

Place-name Changes since 1900: A World Gazetteer. REF G103.5.R66

Times Atlas of World History. REF G1030.T54 1984

World Atlas of Military History, 1945-1984. REF G1030.H37 1984b

Biographical Sources

Biographical sources can help you locate information on specific individuals. Besides providing information on your topic they can be used to find the qualifications and background of authors of books and articles.

An Annotated Index of Medieval Women. REF CT3220.A56 1992

Australian Dictionary of Biography. REF DU82.A9

Biography and Genealogy Master Index. REF CT214.B57

Biographical Dictionary of Republican China. REF DS778.A1.B5

Biographie Universelle (French). REF C T143.M5

Dictionary of African Historical Biography. REF DT352.6.L56 1987

Dictionary of Canadian Biography. REF F1005.D49

Dictionary of Irish Biography. REF CT862.B69

Dictionary of National Biography (British). REF DA28.D4 Volume 1-62 1889. Supplements 1901 - 1960. Index 1901-1960

Dictionary of South African Biography (3 vols.). REF CT1924.D53

Dizionario Biografico Degli Italiani. REF CT1123.D5

Encyclopedia of World Biography. REF C T103.M27

Modern English Biography. REF C T773.B6 1965

Research Guide to European Historical Biography (4 vols.). REF CT214.R47 1992

The Roman Emperors: A Biographical Guide to the Rulers of Imperial Rome, 31BC-476AD. REF DG274.G73 1985

Who Was Who in the Greek World. REF DF208.W48 1982

Who Was Who in the Roman World. REF DG.W46

Who's Who in the Middle Ages. REF D115.F5 1970

History Department at Gonzaga University

Email the History Bibliographer at Foley Center Library, David Kingma, ext. 3814.