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History : Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

This guide covers basic resources that may be useful to the History Department.

United States History Dictionaries & Encyclopedias


Dictionary of American History Reference E 174 .D52 2003 v. 1-10

Historical Statistics of the United States Reference HA 202 .H57 2006 v. 1-5

Encyclopedia of the North America Colonies Reference F 45 .E 53 1993 v. 1-3

Historical Dictionary of the Civil War and Reconstruction Reference E 468 .R53 2004

Encyclopedia of the Confederacy Reference E 487 .E55 1993 v. 1-4

West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia Reference F 241 .W4 1976 v. 1-25

World History Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Dictionary of the Middle Ages  Reference D 114 .D5 1982 v. 1-13

Encyclopedia of European Social History Reference HN 373 .E63 2001 v. 1-6

Encyclopedia of the Renaissance Reference CR 361 .E52 1999 v. 1-6

Women in World History Reference Reference HQ 1115 .W6 1999 v. 1-17

Encyclopedia of World War I Reference D 510 .W67 2006 v. 1-5

World War II: A Student Encyclopedia Reference D 740 .W64 2005 v. 1-5

Encyclopedia of China Reference DS 705 .P47 1999

Encyclopedia of Islam Reference DS 37 .E523 1960 v. 1-12, Index

Modern Encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet History Circulating DK 14 M5 v. 1-55