WORLD
HISTORY
Oklahoma Baptist University Library
Updated September 2002
Introduction
Need to find information about a famous person or event in World
History? Looking for details about women’s roles in the Roman Empire? These and
other questions can be answered with the aid of the resources listed below. If
you have additional questions, ask the librarians. They are ready to assist you
in finding the information you need.
African-American Atlas: Black History and Culture
Ref 973.0496 A798aa
Atlas of Ancient Egypt
Ref 932 B162ae
Atlas of Russian History
Ref 911.47 G465arh
Atlas of the Roman World
Ref 937.02 C814a
Biographical Dictionary of British Prime Ministers
Ref 941.0099 B615ec
Cambridge Encyclopedia of China
Ref 951.003 C178ho
Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan
Ref 952 C178bo
Cambridge Encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean
Ref 980.003 C178co2
Canadian Encyclopedia
Ref 971.003 C212m
Chronicle of the Roman Emperors: The Reign-by Reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial Rome
Ref 937.06 S286coe
Chronology of European History, 15,000 BC-1997
Ref 940.0202 C557pw
Chronology of World History
Ref 902.02 M525awh
Civilizations of the Ancient Near East
Ref 939.4 C582sas
Concise Dictionary of Ancient History
Ref 930.03 W88c
Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe
Ref 911.47 H958ce
Conflict in the Former Yugoslavia: An Encyclopedia
Ref 949.703 C748al
Czars: Russia’s Rulers for More Than 1000 Years
Ref 947.0099 D858cz
Dictators and Tyrants: Absolute Rulers and Would-Be Rulers in World History
Ref 920.02 A969dt
Dictionary of Byzantium
Ref 949.503 O98by
Dictionary of Contemporary History, 1945 to Present
Ref 909.825 T755dp
Dictionary of Egyptian Civilization
Ref 932 P85dem
Dictionary of Mexican Rulers, 1325-1997
Ref 972.002 V393dr
Dictionary of Medieval Knighthood and Chivalry
Ref 929.703 B875dp
Dictionary of the Middle East
Ref 956.003 H668de
Dictionary of Twentieth-Century World History
Ref 909.82 P179dth
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History
Ref 973 E56sz
Encyclopedia of Asian History
Ref 950 E52as
Encyclopedia of Britain
Ref 941 E56gag
Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture
Ref 980.003 E56te
Encyclopedia of Mexico: History, Society and Culture
Ref 972.003 E56wrr
Encyclopedia of Naval History
Ref 359.003 B886eh
Encyclopedia of Persian Gulf War
Ref 956.7044 G878egw
Encyclopedia of Revolutions and Revolutionaries: From Anarchism to Zhou Enlai<
Ref 909.0803 E56vc
Encyclopedia of the Ancient Greek World
Ref 938 S121ew
Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment
Ref 940.2503 W747ee
Encyclopedia of the Holocaust
Ref 940.5318 E56gu
Encyclopedia of the Renaissance
Ref 940.2303 E56grr
Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire
Ref 937.06 B942ee
Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Relations
Ref 341.2303 O83eu2
Encyclopedia of the Victorian World
Ref 941.081 E56co
Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War
Ref 959.703 E56tuk
Encyclopedia of Warrior Peoples and Fighting Groups
Ref 355.003 D263eg
French Culture, 1900-1975
Ref 306 D554br v.9
Handbook of Life in Ancient Rome
Ref 937 A236ha
Hispanic Culture of South America
Ref 306 D554br v.10
Historical Dictionary of Fascist Italy
Ref 945.091 H673c
Historical Dictionary of India
Ref 954.003 M288hd
Historical Dictionary of Palestine
Ref 956.94 N337hp
Historical Dictionary of Russia
Ref 947.003 R268hid
Historical Dictionary of Spain
Ref 946.003 S642hd
Historical Dictionary of Terrorism
Ref 909 A549ht
Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World: Britain, Ireland, Europe and America
Ref 942.055 W133hw
International Historical Statistics: Africa, Asia and Oceania, 1750-1993
Ref 314 M681if3
International Historical Statistics: the Americas, 1750-1993
Ref 314 M681ia4
Korean War: An Encyclopedia
Ref 951.9042 K84sar
Medieval England: An Encyclopedia
Ref 942 M489sz
Medieval France: An Encyclopedia
Ref 944.003 M489ki
Modern China: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture and Nationalism
Ref 951.003 M689wk
Modern Germany: An Encyclopedia of History, People and Culture, 1871-1990
Ref 943.08 M689bu
Muslim Almanac
Ref 297 M987ni
Notable Women in World History
Ref 920.72016 A221no
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation
Ref 270.603 O98hi
Pacific War Encyclopedia
Ref 940.54 D924pwe
Political Encyclopedia of the Middle East
Ref 956.0403 P769se
Regions of France: A Reference Guide to History and Culture
Ref 944.083 N873re
Territories of the Russian Federation
Ref 947.086 T327ep
The Cold War Reference Guide
Ref 902.02 S399cw
The Costume Timeline: 5000 Years of Fashion History
Ref 391.009 M958ct
The Roman Emperors
Ref 937.06 g762re
Women Rulers Throughout the Ages
Ref 940.099 J13wra
World Conflicts and Confrontations
Ref 909.82 W927rsn
World Encyclopedia of Political Systems and Parties
Ref 324.203 W927de3
World War II: Encyclopedia of the War Years, 1941-45
Ref 940.5302 P777wf
Also check the On-line Library Catalog for listings of video recordings and other materials.
Locating
the World History Collection
Books are arranged on the shelf in broad subject
categories. Some of the major categories for American History include:
930 Ancient History
940 European History
950 Asian History
960 African History
970 North American History
980 South American History
990 History of Other Areas
GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
SI Smithsonian Institute
Materials on world history are found in the following areas:
1st floor, north Reference
1st floor, west Periodicals
1st
floor annex Government
Documents
2nd floor General Book Stacks
3rd floor General Book Stacks
Sources of Journal Articles
PRINT RESOURCES
Essay and General Literature Index
Humanities Index
Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
Academic Search Premier (EbscoHost)
Academic Search Elite (EbscoHost)
ArticleFirst (FirstSearch)
NewsFile Collection (NewsBank)
Newspaper Source (EbscoHost)
Print and microform indexes and journals are located on the
1st floor, west.
For a complete list of journals and other periodicals owned by the library,
look at Periodical
Directory (http://www2.okbu.edu/library/periodcl/index.html)
Internet Resources
Online databases and indexes
EBSCOHost: Full text periodical database
NetLibrary:
Full text e-book database
NewsBank: Full text newspaper database
First
Search: Periodical and information indexes
WWWeb Sources
ACADEMIC INFO-LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
http://www.academicinfo.net/latinamhist.html
ACADEMIC INFO-LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
http://www.academicinfo.net/histeuro.html
ANCIENT GREEK TO MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN HISTORY
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/4752/
EARLY EUROPEAN HISTORY
http://www.revision-notes.co.uk/University/History/Early_European/
EAST EUROPEAN GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
EDUCATION WORLD HISTORY CENTER
http://www.education-world.com/history/
EURODOCS: PRIMARY HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS FROM WESTERN EUROPE
http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/
EUROPEAN INTEGRATION HISTORY INDEX
http://www.iue.it/LIB/SISSCO/VL/hist-eur-integration/Index.html
EUROPEAN UNION INTERNET RESOURCES
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/GSSI/eu.html
EUROPEAN VOYAGES OF EXPLORATION
http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/
EXPLORING ANCIENT WORLD CULTURES
GLOBAL STUDIES, EURO-ASIAN HISTORY, AP EUROPEAN HISTORY
http://www.teleport.com/~arden/appage.htm
HISPANIC GENEALOGY
HISTORICAL TEXT ARCHIVE
http://historicaltextarchive.com
HISTORY OF THE WORLD TIMELINE
http://www.camelotintl.com/world/
HISTORY PLACE – WORLD WAR II IN EUROPE TIMELINE
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm
HOLOCAUST WORLD RESOURCE CENTER
HYPER HISTORY ONLINE
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.htm
ISLAM AND ISLAMIC HISTORY IN ARABIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST: THE CRUSADERS
http://islam.org/mosque/ihame/Sec10.htm
LATIN AMERICAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY AND STUDIES
http://www.tntech.edu/www/acad/hist/latinam.html
LATIN AMERICAN CHRONOLOGY
http://www.gettysburg.edu/~mbecker/resources/chron.html
LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
http://www.snowcrest.net/jmike/latin.html
LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY-INTERNET RESOURCES
http://www.mindspring.com/~fifetown/index.htm
LATIN AMERICAN RESOURCES
http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/history
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF JAPANESE HISTORY
http://www.rekihaku.ac.jp/index_ne.html
RESOURCES FOR LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/central/latam.html
SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR LATINO INITIATIVES
SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY
http://members.tripod.com/~INDIA_RESOURCE/sahistory.html
WOMEN IN WORLD HISTORY
http://www.womeninworldhistory.com
WORLD HISTORY ARCHIVES
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/
WORLD HISTORY CHRONOLOGY
http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/World/World.html
WORLD HISTORY COMPASS
http://www.worldhistorycompass.com
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