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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 (excluding the United States and Canada, which is covered by America: History and Life with Full Text) from 1450 forward.
Includes world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and much more. Provides indexing of historical articles from more than 1,800 journals in over 40 languages back to 1955.
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.
Mostly 3-5 years & older full text. African American studies, anthropology, botany, business, ecology, economics, education, general science, geography, history, language & literature, mathematics, philosophy, political science, sociology, statistics.
Dates of coverage vary by journal title. All go back to the very first issue published, but most have a "moving wall" embargo that excludes issues from the most recent X years (where X can be anywhere from 0 up to 10 years, depending on the particular journal; most are in the 3 to 5 year embargo range).
Hint: Use documents to find useful keywords and concepts, and retrieve matching JSTOR content, via JSTOR Text Analyzer.
Searchable access to the backfile of the New York Times (Late Eastern Edition), in full digitized page images.
Searchable access to the New York Times (Late Eastern Edition), from the first issue on September 18, 1851 to three months ago. Reproduces the complete full text of every issue in its original printed form, in full page images digitized from microfilm. Also incorporates indexing and subject headings from the New York Times Index, 1851-1993.
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