LibGuides: History: General: Reference

Reference Books at Kistler Library

All listed books are available in the reference collection in the Information Commons.

Atlas of World History by Patrick O'Brien (Editor)
Call Number: G1030 .A876 2010
ISBN: 9780199746538
Publication Date: 2010-10-15
The Routledge Companion to Historical Studies by Alun Munslow
Call Number: D13 .M86 2006
ISBN: 0415385768
Publication Date: 2005-12-19
Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History by Colin A. Palmer
Call Number: E185 .E54 2006
ISBN: 0028658167
Publication Date: 2005-12-16
Historical atlas of the religions of the world by Isma'il R. Al-Faruqi
Call Number: BL80.2 .F28
ISBN: 0023364009
Publication Date: 1974
Political and historical encyclopedia of women by Fauré, Christine, ed.
Call Number: REFERENCE HQ 1236.5 .E85 E52 2003
ISBN: 1579582370
Publication Date: 2003
The Oxford Companion to Irish History by S. J. Connolly (Editor)
Call Number: DA912 .O94 1998
ISBN: 0192116959
Publication Date: 1998-04-02

Reference Resources on the Web

The American President
Provides biographies, essays, key events, personnel, and multimedia resources for the current and all past Presidents of the U.S.
Map of Human Migration
From the National Geographic Society, use the interactive globe to explore key historical events and to explain personal lineage over tens of thousands of years.
Best of History Web Sites
This site provides categorized links to hundreds of history-related web sites that have been reviewed for quality, accuracy and usefulness.
Digital History
A great new site that includes thousands of in-site and linked resources and an Ask the HyperHistorian feature which allows users to pose questions to professional historians.
EGO: European History Online
EGO examines 500 years of modern European history by transcending national, disciplinary and methodological boundaries.
Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP)
A nonprofit organization dedicated to informing Americans about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, this site has documents, maps, charts, and much more.
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
The Internet History Sourcebooks are wonderful collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts for educational use by Paul Halsall.
Internet Medieval Sourcebook
The Internet Medieval Sourcebook contains an index, secondary articles, law texts, maps/images, a guide to medieval-themed film and music, and more.
Internet Modern History Sourcebook
The Internet Modern History Sourcebook contains thousands of sources in dozens of categories and subjects.
Intute: History
Gateway to web resources in the field of history. Maintained by Intute, a consortium of British universities.
Military History Encyclopedia on the Web
Almost 5,000 articles on well-known and unknown military conflicts from around the world.
PBS History
Searchable directory of history-related broadcast series and programs produced by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).

Historical Statistics Resources on the Web

International Institute of Social History (Prices and Wages)
Presents historical data on prices and wages for a number of countries.

Statistical Abstract of the United States
Online version of the Statistical Abstract of the United States. Authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States from 1878 to the present.

Statistical Yearbook of the League of Nations
This website contains the Yearbook of the League of Nations 1926-1944.
United Nations Statistical Databases
Presents various data for countries of the world from the 1960s onwards.
World DataBank
For the period 1960 onwards, you can get data for individual countries or the world on a variety of topics.