This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links about western civilization.
Background Information Sources
Available in the library's reference area:
| Encyclopedia of the Renaissance |
REF CB361.E52 1999 |
| Encyclopedia of World History |
REF D21.L27 1972 |
| Early Modern Europe: An Oxford History |
REF D228.E187 1999 |
| Handbook of Life in Ancient Greece |
REF DF77.A35 1998 |
| Handbook of Life in Ancient Rome |
REF DG75.A35 1998 |
| Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe |
REF DJK6.E53 2000 |
| Encyclopedia of European Social History (6 volumes) |
REF HN373.E63 2001 |
Books
Search the library catalog for books on your subject using words or word combinations below, or visit the library’s 2nd floor and browse call numbers D100-300 (history); BF1500 (philosophy, religion, witchcraft); G (geography); GT, GV (anthropology, manners & customs); HQ, HV (family, marriage, women’s studies); N (art); RC (medicine, plague).
- European history
- renaissance
- French revolution
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- ancient western history
- reformation
- middle ages
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- ancient Medieval history
- enlightenment
- Byzantine empire
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Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles
Internet Resources
Several internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available from Web Resources page; follow link for History.