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Encyclopedias, Handbooks, Dictionaries, Directories

Dictionary of the Middle Ages. New York : Scribner, 1982. 13 v
Lehman College - Reference - D114 .D5 1982

Encyclopedia of China. New York : Facts on File, c1999.
Lehman College - Reference - DS705 .P47 1999

The encyclopedia of ancient Egypt. New York : Facts on File Publications, c1991.
Lehman College - Reference - DT58 .B96 1991

Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture. New York : Scribner's : Macmillan Library Reference USA, c1996. 5 v
Lehman College - Reference - F1406 .E53 1996

Encyclopedia of the Renaissance. New York : Scribner's, 1999. 6 v
Lehman College - Reference - CB361 .E52 1999

Encyclopedia of social history. New York : Garland, 1994.
Lehman College - Reference - HN28 .E53 1994

The Oxford encyclopedia of archaeology in the Near East. New York : Oxford University Press, 1997. 5 v
Lehman College - Reference - DS56 .O9 1997

Women in World History. Waterford, CT : Yorkin Publications, c1999. 17 v
Lehman College - Reference - HQ1115 .W6 1999

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Specialized and Multi-Subject Electronic Databases

Academic Search Complete

"Provides full text for nearly 3,180 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies."

America: History and Life

Historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.

Historical Abstracts

1954 - present. Guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life).

JSTOR

The Arts & Sciences I Collection comprising 117 titles from the following disciplines: African-American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Language and Literature collections will be available beginning 2003.
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Non-Profit and Government Organizations

American Historical Society

Oral History Association

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Web Resources

American Memory

Digital collections of the Library of Congress focusing on American history.

American Studies Web
Web-directory for American studies resources.

The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School

Historical documents in American law, politics, and diplomacy.

Exploring Ancient World Cultures
“Exploring Ancient World Cultures (EAWC) is an on-line course supplement for students and teachers of the ancient and medieval worlds. It features its own essays and primary texts. Over time it will include chapter-length histories for each of the eight ‘cultures’ represented: The Near East, India, Egypt, China, Greece, Rome, Early Islam and Medieval Europe. Chapters on Rome, Greece and Medieval Europe will be appearing soon.”

Internet Modern History Sourcebook
“The Internet Modern History Sourcebook is one of series of history primary sourcebooks. It is intended to serve the needs of teachers and students in college survey courses in modern European history and American history, as well as in modern Western Civilization and World Cultures. Although this part of the Internet History Sourcebooks Project began as a way to access texts that were already available on the Internet, it now contains hundreds of texts made available locally.”

Voice of the Shuttle: History Page
Under the “Contents” button, click on “History” to access a directory of history resources.

 

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