LibGuides: Specialized Encyclopedias: History

Selected Encyclopedias

Late antiquity a guide to the postclassical world by G.W. Bowersock, Peter Brown, Oleg Grabar, Editors
Call Number: J 938.003:L351b:c.1
ISBN: 0674511735
Publication Date: Harvard University Press, 1999
The Thames and Hudson dictionary of the Italian Renaissance by edited by J.R. Hale
Call Number: J 945.05:T366t:c.1
ISBN: 0500201919
Publication Date: Thames and Hudson, 1981, rept. 1995
History of the Cold War by Fontaine, Andre (1921-)
Call Number: J 327.109:F678h:v.1:c.1
Publication Date: Pantheon Books, [1968-69]
The Elizabethan world picture by by E.M.W. Tillyard
Call Number: J 820.9:T57e:c.1
Publication Date: Macmillan, 1944
Medieval World 2003 by edited by Peter Lineham and Janet L. Nelson
Call Number: J 909.07:M489L:c.1
ISBN: 0415181518
Publication Date: Routledge, 2001
World War I by by S.L.A. Marshall
Call Number: J 940.3:M369w:c.1
ISBN: 0828104344
Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin, 1987
World War II by by C.L. Sulzberger
Call Number: J 940.53:S954w:c.1
ISBN: 0828103313
Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin, 1987, c1966
A concise history of the Middle East by Arthur Goldschmidt Jr., Lawrence Davidson
Call Number: J 956:G623c8:c.1
ISBN: 0813342759
Publication Date: Westview Press, c2006
Encyclopedia of world trade from ancient times to present by Cynthia Clark Northrup, editor
Call Number: J 382.03:E563n:v.1:c.1
ISBN: 0765680580
Publication Date: Sharpe Reference, c2005
Historical dictionary of the Enlightenment by vey Chisick
Call Number: J 940.2503:C542h:c.1
ISBN: 0810850974
Publication Date: Scarecrow Press, 2005
A history of medieval Islam by by J.J. Saunders
Call Number: J 956:S257ha:c.1
ISBN: 0415059143
Publication Date: Routledge, c1965, repr. 1990
Medieval France an encyclopedia by William W. Kibler ... [et al.], editors
Call Number: J 944.003:M489m:c.1
ISBN: 0824044444
Publication Date: Garland, 1995
Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment by Alan Charles Kors, editor in chief
Call Number: J 940.25:E563k:v.1:c.1
ISBN: 0195104307
Publication Date: Oxford University Press, 2003
The concise Oxford dictionary of the Christian Church by edited by Elizabeth A. Livingstone
Call Number: J 203:O98o2d:c.1
ISBN: 0192115499
Publication Date: Oxford University Press, 1977
The Oxford encyclopedia of women in world history by edited by Bonnie G. Smith
ISBN: 0195337867
Publication Date: Oxford University Press, c2008
The Oxford encyclopedia of the Reformation by Hans J. Hillerbrand, editor in chief
Call Number: J 270.603:O98o:v.1:c.1
ISBN: 0195064933
Publication Date: Oxford University Press, 1996

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Cambridge Histories online This link opens in a new window An e-book collection bringing together over 260 volumes from the Cambridge Histories series. Volumes are grouped into topics and cover over 15 different subject areas, including: American history, British history, economic history, general history, history of science, language and linguistics, literary studies, music, philosophy, religious studies, theatre studies and performing arts. Availability: Full-text Coverage: Complete collection till end of 2021
Oxford Handbooks Online This link opens in a new window A collection of electronic books published by Oxford University Press. The collection brings together the world’s leading scholar to discuss research and latest thinking on a range of major topics. It contains in-depth, high level scholarly review articles and covers a wide range of subject areas such as archaeology, classical studies, history, linguistics, literature, philosophy, and more. Availability: Full-text Date Coverage: 2012 to present
Taylor & Francis eBooks This link opens in a new window This e-book collection provides online access to over 10,000 selected academic books published by Taylor & Francis, primarily in the humanities and social sciences, and approximately 15,000 titles published by CRC Press in science, technology, engineering, and medicine. Availability: full-text Date Coverage: Varies

Online Encyclopedias

Encyclopedias of Islam

Encyclopaedia of Islam, First Edition This link opens in a new window The encyclopedia offers access to 9,000 articles and reflects the first highly international collaboration of scholars in this field. The scope of the Encyclopedia of Islam First Edition Online is philology, history, theology and law until early 20th century. The encyclopedia was originally published in print between 1913 and 1936. Availability: Full-text Date Coverage: 1913-1936 The demand for an encyclopaedic work on Islam was created by the increasing (colonial) interest in Muslims and Islamic cultures during the nineteenth century.
Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition This link opens in a new window A comprehensive reference work on the Islamic world. It contains the entire text of volume I to XII of the printed edition. It includes articles on famous Muslim personalities, tribes and dynasties, Islamic crafts, political and religious institutions, ethnography, history, monuments of the major towns and cities and much more. It contains articles, figures, drawings, genealogical tables, maps, and biographies. Availability: Full-text Date Coverage: 1954-2004
Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE This link opens in a new window Covers a wider range of disciplines and methodologies than the 2nd edition with new articles reflecting the diversity of current scholarship. The new scope includes comprehensive coverage of Islam in the twentieth century, attention to Muslim minorities all over the world, full attention to social science as well as humanistic perspectives. Availability: Full-text Date Coverage: 2007 to present

Other Encyclopedias

The Ancient World by Sarolta Anna Takacs & Eric H. Cline
This five-volume encyclopedia explores the history and civilizations of the ancient world from prehistory to approximately 1000 CE. Entries cover the social, political, scientific, economic, and cultural events and developments that shaped the ancient world in all areas of the globe.
The Student's Pocket Dictionary by Thomas Mortimer
Publication Date: 1789
A compendium of universal history, chronology, and biography, from the earliest accounts to the present time
Routledge Companion to World History since 1914 by Chris Cook & John Stevenson
Thematically presented, the book covers topics relevant from the First World War to the Iraq war of 2003, and from post-colonial Africa to conflicts and movements in Southeast Asia.
Historical Dictionary of the 1960s by James S. Olson
The book covers the political, military, social, cultural, religious, economic, and diplomatic topics that made the 1960s a unique decade in U.S. history.