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DRGN 1000 Red Dragon Seminar Contested Islands—Jamaica and Ireland (Hendley) Fall 2025 1000-27

Course guide for research sources for DRGN 1000

Finding Background Information in Milne Library Reference (Tertiary) Sources

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

  • Brief overviews
  • Important concepts, names, and dates
  • Lists of sources for further reading for print sources
  • Free photocopying at the Reference Desk

Note: Reference Sources do not generally count as required sources.

Selected Handbooks and Subject Encyclopedias

for the Study of Irish and Jamaican History and Culture

Jamaica and Ireland

Countries and Their Cultures                                                                                                                       Ref GN 307 C68 2001 V.2

Jamaica

Countries, Peoples & Cultures: North America &                                                                                    Ref F 1436 C68 2015 V. 8

     The Caribbean 

Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro-Latin American                                                                                  Ref F 2191 B55 D53 2016

     Biography

The World Today Series: Latin America                                                                                                     Ref F 1408 D25

Ireland

Countries, Peoples & Cultures                                                                                                                    Ref F 1436 C68 2015 V. 3

The World Today Series: Western Europe                                                                                                Ref D 1050 W378