Reference books (encyclopedias, handbooks, chronologies) are valuable sources of information.
SB indicates sub-basement location
Historians
Blackwell Dictionary of Historians Ref D 14 B58 1988 SB
Encyclopedia of Historians & Historical Writing Ref D 14 E53 1999
Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing Ref D 13 G47 1998
Great Historians of the Modern Age Ref D 14 G75 1991
British History
The 1890s: An Encyclopedia of British Literature, Art, Ref DA 560 A18 1993
and Culture
Ashgate Companion to the History of Textile Workers Ref HD 8039 C6 A74 2010
Encyclopedia of European Social History 1350 – 2000 Ref HN 373 E63 2001
v.5, Sec. 19 on popular culture
v.1, Sec. 4 on imperialism
Historical Dictionary of the British Empire Ref DA 16 P315 2015
Oxford Companion to Black British History Ref DA 125 N 4094 2007 SB
Oxford Companion to British History Ref DA 34 O93 1997
Oxford Companion to Irish History Ref DA 912 N485 1991 SB
Oxford Illustrated History of the British Army Ref DA 50 O94 1994
World History
Cambridge Histories Online Under Databases on library web site
Complete text of over 350 scholarly books
in the Cambridge History Series.
Encyclopedia of Diversity and Social Justice Ref HN 1271 E485 2015
Encyclopedia of Modern Ethnic Conflicts Ref GN 496 E56 2016
Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Studies Ref PN 849 U43 E535 2016
Wars that Changed History Ref D 25 T83 2015