World History Resource Guide: Selected Print & Online Resources

Various call numbers.
This series comprises 10 volumes (and growing) which examine major civilizations that have existed from antiquity to modern times. There are ten chapters per volume, covering such period topics as major events, the arts, social class and economy, politics, religion, and science. Each chapter is arranged into 5 types of material: chronology, overview, topical, biographical, and documentary entries. Includes illustrations, maps, and diagrams. Each section of a chapter includes a bibliography.

Online through Gale Virtual Reference
A history of food and nutrition, and their relation to human health and culture. Includes a geographical perspective on the history and culture of food and drink and includes a dictionary of plant foods.

REF.D11 .M39 1999
This four volume set, covering prehistory through 1998, includes 70,000 events. Entries range from art and economics to politics and science. Fully indexed.

Describes the civilizations of the ancient world from prehistory to approximately 1000 C.E. Covers the social, political, scientific and technological, economic, and cultural events.

REF. D114 .D5 1982
These volumes include sometimes lengthy (10,000 words) and sometimes brief (100 words) articles describing all aspects of the Middle Ages (A.D. 500-1500). Articles contain extensive bibliographies and are signed.

REF. D419 .P32 1997
Written for the general reader and the student, this dictionary provides a comprehensive account of facts and developments in the fields of history, politics, and international relations. Includes statesmen, military leaders, movements, treaties, and international organizations. There is a detailed entry for each sovereign country in the world.

Online through Gale Virtual Reference
2nd ed.
An organized overview of Jewish life and knowledge from the Second Temple period to the contemporary State of Israel, from Rabbinic to modern Yiddish literature, and much more.

REF. DJK6 .E53 2000
Includes seven long articles on the history of each primary country-Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, and Albania. Covers history, government, economics, and culture. Articles are signed and include bibliographies.

Online through Gale Virtual Reference
Provides a comprehensive view of Latin American history and culture from prehistoric times to the present.

Online through Gale Virtual Reference
Covers the people, politics, economics, religion, philosophy, traditions, art, and literature of this civilization from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present day.

Online through EBSCO
Comprehensive signed articles covering all aspects of North American Indian history, including language, gender, tribal history, child rearing, biographies, and agriculture.

Online through Gale Virtual Reference
A comprehensive description of Russia's people, politics, economics, religion, and social systems. Articles cover the period from the earliest beginnings of the Russian nation to the rise and fall of the Soviet Union. 4 vols.

Online through Gale Virtual Reference
Provides insights into the military, political, social, cultural, and religious origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

REF. DS113.6 .E53 2000
Comprehensive volume covering modern Palestinian history and society (1831-Present). All articles are written by scholars in the field. Includes an annotated bibliography, glossary, and chronology.

Various call numbers.
Articles are divided into 4 titles: Ancient and Medieval series, Modern European series, Worldwide Twentieth Century series, and American series. Each article within a given title consists of 4 sections: (1) Quick reference material, showing time, place, and key people; (2) Summary of events, a journalistic description of the event; (3) Pertinent literature, where scholarly works about the events are reviewed; and (4) Additional recommended reading, which lists annotated additional works.

REF. DS70.9 .G47 2004
Covers Iraq's history from ancient Mesopotamia to the present-day. Includes a historical overview, a country profile, economic information, political institutions, and wars.

REF. DE5 .O9 1996
An authoritative guide to all aspects of the classical world. All articles are written by experts and signed.