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HIST 4690: Research Seminar Cossacks & Cowboys: Russian Frontier History in a Comparative Perspective (Malikov) Fall 2023, 4690-01

Librarian: Dr. Mary Lynn Bensen

Finding Background Information

Reference books (encyclopedias, handbooks, chronologies) are valuable sources of information.

  • Brief overviews
  • Important concepts, names, and dates
  • Lists of sources for further reading
  • Free photocopying at the Research Desk
  • Do not generally count as required sources

Britannica Academic                                                                                                                Under Databases on library website

Standard reference source for information across the disciplines.  Includes links to additional material in periodical articles and books, including primary sources.

Cambridge Histories Online                                                                                                   Under Databases on library website

Complete text of over 350 scholarly books in the Cambridge History Series and published by Cambridge University Press.  Each title is also listed individually in the library's online catalog.  Dates vary.  Some titles are available in print in the library.

Library does not have access to all titles.

Credo Reference                                                                                                                                  Under Databases on library website

Provides background information from many general and subject encyclopedias.

Handbooks, Subject Encyclopedias, and Bibliographies in Print

SB indicates location in library sub-basement.

United States and Canada

Annotated Bibliography of the Literature on American                                                                Ref E 75 H57 1982  SB

   Indians Published in State Historical Society

  Publications

Supplement 1975-1980                                                                                                                       Ref E 93 P67 suppl.  SB

Bibliography of the Iroquoian Literature                                                                                          Ref E 99 I69 W9 1969  SB

Ethnographic Bibliography of North America                                                                                  Ref E 77 M87  SB

Handbook of North American Indians                                                                                               Ref E 77 H25

Indians of North and South America                                                                                                  Ref E 58 W82 1977  SB

Supplement (materials are available at Hartwick College)                                                             Ref E 58 W82 1977 suppl.  SB

Russia

Alaska Bibliography                                                                                                                               Z 1255 T67 (Circ. Coll.)

Bibliography of Works in English in Early Russian                                                                           Ref Z 2506 C75 1996b  SB

   History to 1800

Russia and the Soviet Union                                                                                                               Ref Z 2491 H64  SB

Russia, the USSR, and Eastern Europe:  A Bibliographic                                                                Ref DK 9 H54  SB

   Guide to English Language Publications 1965-1974

To Russia and Return                                                                                                                           Ref Z 2491 N435 SB