This guide is intended for research about world history. Use the tabs on the left to find resources dealing with a particular geographic area.
Below are some databases that are frequently used to start with, but you can find more resources through the left-side tabs. For resources focused on American history or British history, please see the list of related guides.
For assistance with finding resources, please ask a librarian!
Covers the history of the world from 1450 forward (excluding the United States and Canada, which is covered by America: History and Life with Full Text).
Full-text access to the archives of core scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and science, plus full text ebooks and open access content.
Searchable access to the New York Times (Late Eastern Edition), in full digitized page images.
40+ journals provides balanced coverage of both the current thought and events in World History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field.
Books on World history can be found under the following call number ranges:
DA - Great Britain
DAW - Central Europe
DB - Austria, Liechtenstein, Hungary, Czechoslovakia
DC - Franc, Andorra, Monaco
DD - Germany
DE - Greco-Roman World
DF- Greece
DG - Italy, Malta
DH - Low Countries
DJ - Netherlands
DJK - Eastern Europe General
DK - Russia, Soviet Union, Former Soviet Republics, Poland
DL - Northern Europe, Scandinavia
DP - Spain, Portugal
DQ - Switzerland
DR - Balkan Peninsula
DT - Africa
DU - Oceania, Australia
DX - Romanies
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