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Selected Sources for HIST 120: Europe and the World |
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Reference Resources
| When starting a research project, it is often a good idea to check the Reference Collection to find background information on your topic area. Resources typically found in the Reference Collection include dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, and statistical materials. The Reference Collection is located on the First Level of the DeWitt Wallace Library near the Reference Desk. Books are shelved under LC Call Numbers based on their subject matter. Find Reference materials by browsing the shelves or by using the CLICnet catalog. We also have a collection of Online Reference Resources. The materials listed below represent a sample of Reference resources that relate to your class. Check the Reference Collection for additional resources that may relate more directly to your specific project. |
| World history is arranged by region: D-DR: History (General) and History of Europe; DJK-DK: History of Eastern Europe, Soviet Union, Poland; DS: History of the Middle East and Asia; DT-DX: History of Africa and Oceania; E-F: History of the Americas. |
| CHRONOLOGY OF WORLD HISTORY (REF D11.M39 1999) Santa Barbara, ABC-CLIO, 1999. 4 vols. |
| Each volume covers a different period of time (e.g. volume 2 is 1492-1775: The Expanding World). Each year (or time period) includes a section on politics, economics, science and technology, arts and ideas and society. |
| ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA ONLINE |
| Fulltext of the Encyclopedia, this has an emphasis on world history and culture. |
| ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA (REF DT351
.E53 1997) John Middleton, ed. N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1997. 4 vols. |
| Articles, written by scholars, on every aspect of Africa south of the Sahara. References included |
| ENCYCLOPEDA OF CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN
CULTURES (REF F1406 .E515 2000) Daniel Balderston, Mike Gonzalez and Ana M. Lopez, eds. 3 vols. New York: Routledge, 2000 |
| Encyclopedia-style articles written by scholars in the field. Some entries contain lists for further reading, others do not. Subject index is included in the third volume. |
| ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE (REF
F1410 .E53 1996) Barbara A. Tenenbaum,ed., New York: Macmillan Press, 1996. 5 vols. |
| AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD HISTORY (REF D21 L2.7 1972) 5th ed. William L. Langer, ed., 1972. |
| A survey of world history, featuring short entries written by scholars. Arranged chronologically and then divided into regions of the world. Good for an overview of events, cultures and people. |
| HANDBOOK
OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (REF F1401 .H26) Gainesville: University of Florida Press. Print version covers 1936-present; online version covers 1936-present, including "pre-print" editions. |
| The foremost scholarly bibliography on Latin America. This covers all aspects of scholarly studies and is issued annually in 2 volumes (Humanities and Social Science). Both books and articles are listed, and most entries are annotated. In the print edition, a bibliographic essay precedes each bibliographic section and identifies key trends and studies for the year. Foreign language sources are included. |
| Oxford Reference Online (Online Subscription via the Web, Oxford University Press) |
| Provides fulltext access to a variety of Oxford reference publications, including dictionaries and companions to world history. |
| WORLD BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SERIES (Check area: REF D-F) |
| This series provides an annotated bibliography for individual countries covering such topics as politics, the economy, culture, social organizaiton and much more. We have bibliographies for most countries of the world. |
Finding Books : Catalogs
| Use online catalogs to locate books in local libraries. Here at Macalester, our online catalog is called CLICnet. It is often helpful to start with a "Superkeyword" search in the CLICnet catalog where you combine topics that relate to your research project. For example:
Be sure to check the Subject headings listed in the records you retrieve so that you will find other useful and more specific terms and phrases to search. CLICnet uses the Subject Headings found in the Library of Congress Subject Headings books kept near the Reference Desk in the Library. For More Information:
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Books at Macalester
| In the DeWitt Wallace Library, as in other libraries, books are grouped together on the shelves by subject area. The Library uses the Library of Congress (or LC) Classification System to assign call numbers, using both letters and numbers, to books based on their subject matter. Use the CLICnet Library Catalog to find books in DeWitt Wallace Library. Keep in mind, it is often useful to browse the books on the shelf in a particular subject area to find additional materials that might relate to your research. Listed below are the collection locations for books here in the Library. Finding Books at Macalester:
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Finding Articles : Indexes
| Indexes allow you to access information about articles on your topic which have appeared in periodicals such as journals or magazines. Some indexes also provide information about books, newspaper articles, conference proceedings, government documents and a variety of other publication types. Subject-specific indexes focus on specific disciplines; interdisciplinary indexes survey many disciplines. Many of our indexes are available in electronic form, however print indexes are still the norm for certain disciplines. For More Information:
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| ACLS HISTORY E-BOOK PROJECT, date varies |
| A collection of over 500 fulltext books from the field of history. You can search on a single word or phrase within the fulltext or title of the books. You can also search or browse by author or title. |
| AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA: Index to Periodical Literature, 1900-1970 (REF DT348 .A37 1971) |
| Index compiled by the Library of Congress on topics related to Africa, including history and development. |
| EXPANDED ACADEMIC ASAP, 1980- |
| Interdisciplinary index of articles from both scholarly and popular journals. This is especially useful for book reviews. Some articles are available fulltext. [Gale/INFOTRAC] |
| HAPI (Hispanic American Periodicals Index), 1970- |
| Indexes articles in about 250 journals in the field of Latin American studies. This index includes foreign language publications. [UCLA Latin American Center] |
| HISTORICAL ABSTRACTS, 1954- |
| Index to articles, books and dissertations in the area of world history, 1450-present. [ABC-CLIO] |
| HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS ONLINE |
| Includes these major historical resources: Palmer's Index to The Times which covers the period from 1790 to 1905; the Official Index to The Times covering 1906-1980; the Historical Index to The New York Times covering 1851 to September 1922 . The library owns the complete text of the New York Times on microfilm. We also own the London Times on microfilm for the years 1788 to 1929. [ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey] |
| JSTOR, date varies |
| JSTOR provides fullcontent electronic delivery of print journals. Several history journals are included in the service, with fulltext from the first issue through about 1999/2000. You can search the full content of these journals through JSTOR, but if you limit your searching to just these journals, you will not be doing a sufficient search of the scholarly literature in history. CLICnet will state when a journal is available through JSTOR, so your best bet is to search for yout topic in other indexes, then use CLICnet to find the journals with the articles you want, and that may lead you to JSTOR. [JSTOR] |
| PCI (Periodical Contents Index), date varies |
| This indexes articles from journals in the fields of humanities and social sciences. The journals are indexed from the first issue published through the early nineties. Therefore, indexing is provided in some cases back to the 1700s. Search by keywords in titles. [ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey] |
| SOCIAL SCIENCES INDEX, 1974- Print version in Reference at: (REF AI3 S62) |
| This index provides access to periodical articles in the fields of social sciences, including history. An online version called SocialSciAbs(1983- ) is available on the FirstSearch system through the library web page. It was preceded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Index (1965-1974), also in the Reference area, and International Index to Periodicals (1907-1965), in the Reference area of the library. [FirstSearch] |
| WORLDWIDE POLITICAL SCIENCE ABSTRACTS 1975- |
| Indexes over 1000 journals in the field of political science and related disciplines. International in scope. [Cambridge Scientific Abstracts] |
Journals at Macalester
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Journal Formats
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Interlibrary Loan
| Interlibrary Loan (or ILL) is a DeWitt Wallace Library service that allows current Macalester students, staff, and faculty the opportunity to submit requests for books, journal articles, and other materials that are not available here in the Library. You may submit up to 5 interlibrary loan requests per day (not including requests you make for books within CLICnet). For More Information:
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Web Research
| The Web is a extremely vast resource of information. While it is important to use critical thinking skills when looking at any information source, the Web can provide particular challenges. Always be aware of things like the authority, scope, source, currency, intended audience, etc. when visting a Web site; especially when relying on a site as a source for a paper. Searching the Web can be a daunting experience. Search engines change on a regular basis. Google is the most effective search engine. However, it is important to note that no single search engine can claim to even come close to searching the entire Web. For best results, you should try searches in multiple engines. For More Information:
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Citing Your Sources
| RefWorks is a web-based program that allows you to download, organize, annotate, and search citations (references) for your papers and to create bibliographies. When you create bibliographies, choose from a variety of style formats (MLA, APA, Turabian, etc.). With an additional plug-in program, you can use Refworks to create references and bibliographies automatically while writing papers in Microsoft Word. (Please note: the Write-N-Cite plug-in is currently not available for Macintosh computers.) For More Information:
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