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