Subject Guides: History

Selected History Reference Sources

Sources listed are available in the Social Sciences / Humanites / Business Resources, unless otherwise noted.

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

The ABC-CLIO Companion to American Reconstruction, 1862-1877. E668 . R53 1996

The ABC-CLIO Companion to Women's Progress in America. HQ1410 .F76 1994

The American Revolution, 1775-1783: An Encyclopedia. E208 .A433 1993

American Women's History. HQ1115 .W4 1994

Chronicle of the Popes: The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Papacy From St. Peter to the Present. BX955.2 .S78 1997

Chronology of Women's History. HQ1121 .O47 1994

Colonial Wars of North America, 1512-1763: An Encyclopedia. E46.5 .C65 1996

Conflict in Korea: An Encyclopedia. DS916 .H62 1999

The D-Day Encyclopedia. D756.5 .N6 D22 1994

Dictionary of American History. E174 .D52 1976

A Dictionary of Ancient History. DE5 .D53 1994

A Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century World History. D286 .D53 1994

Encyclopedia of American History. E174.5 .E52 1996

Encyclopedia of Asian History. DS31 .E53 1988

Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages. D114 .B86 1995

Encyclopedia of the War of 1812. E354 .E53 1997

Facts About the States. E180 .K4 1993

Historical Dictionary of France. DC35 .R39 1998

Historical Statistics of the States of the United States: Two Centuries of the Census, 1790-1990. HA214 .D63 1993

Medieval England: An Encyclopedia. DA129 .M43 1998

The Value of a Dollar: Prices and Incomes in the United States, 1860-1999. HB235 .U6 V35 1999

Indexes/Abstracts

America, History and Life. E171 .A4156 (Print ceases with 1997; Online version available at America, History and Life.)

Historical Abstracts. D410 .H5 (Print ceases with 1997; Online version available at Historical Abstracts.)

Guides to the Literature

The American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature. Z6201 .A55 1995

American Military History: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources. Z1249 .M5 B58 1994

Bibliographies in American History, 1942-1978: Guide to Materials for Research. Z1236 .B39 1982

Bibliographies in History. Z1236 .B48 1988

Genocide in Our Time: An Annotated Bibliography With Analytical Introductions. Z7164 .G45 D63 1992

A Guide to the Sources of United States Military History (With Supplements). Z1249 .M5 G83 1975

Handbook for Research in American History: A Guide to Bibliographic and Other Reference Works. Z1236 .P78 1994

Kansas History: An Annotated Bibliography. Z1285 .S59 1992

The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union: A Selected Bibliography of Sources in English. Z2510.3 .R57 1992

Sources of Information for Historical Research. Z6201 .S64 1994

Biographical Sources

American National Biography. CT213 .A68 1999

Founders of Modern Nations: A Biographical Dictionary. D226.7 .H36 1995

Kansas Biographical Dictionary: People of All Times and Places Who have been Important to the History and Life of the State. F680 .K3 2000

Who was Who in the Civil War. E467 .S56 1988

Who's Who in Europe, 1450-1750. D106 .K36 2000

Directories

Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada. E172 .D5

Directory of History Departments and Organizations in the United States and Canada. D16.3 .G83