Reference books (encyclopedias, handbooks, chronologies, atlases) are valuable sources of information.
Selected Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and other Background Sources
Cambridge Histories Online Under Databases on library web site
Complete text of over 350 scholarly texts in the Cambridge History Series. Each title is also listed individually in the library's online catalog. Dates vary. Some titles are available in print.
A-Z of the Napoleonic Era | Ref DC 147N34 2010 |
Cambridge World History of Food | Ref TX 353 C255 2000 |
Cultural History of Women in the Modern Age | Ref HQ 1121 C83 2013 v. 6 |
Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood: In History and Society |
Ref HQ 767.84 E53 2004 |
Encyclopedia of European Social History from 1350-2000 |
Ref HN 373 E63 2001 |
Encyclopedia of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars |
Ref DC 220 E53 2006 |
Gender and Society | Ref HQ 1115 W644 2006 |
Global Social Issues: An Encyclopedia | Ref H41 G56 2013 |
Wars that Changed History | Ref D 25 T83 2015 |