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World History Subject Guide
Reference Resources
Encyclopaedias
| Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy |
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A useful resource for information on philosophical themes such as politics, ethics, countries and regions, social science. Also covers world philosophies, historical time periods and world religions.
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| Politics and International Relations Resource |
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A fully-searchable and cross-referenced database from Routledge Reference Resources. It includes over 30 reference books published by Routledge, such as Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities; The Major International Treaties of the Twentieth Century; The Routledge Companion to Fascism and the Far Right.
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| The Encyclopedia of world history : ancient, medieval, and modern, chronologically arranged. |
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6th ed. 2001 SREF903/3A
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| The Cambridge encyclopedia of hunters and gatherers. 1999 |
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SREF306.36403/1 |
| The Times atlas of world history. 1993 |
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PATREF911/22B Located on Level 7 |
| Oxford Reference Online full text |
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Online access to a large range of Oxford reference resources. Includes Companions to Australian History, British History, Canadian History, World History, United States History. Also contains useful dictionaries such as A Dictionary of Political Biography and A Dictionary of World History. |
| The encyclopedia of historic places. 1984 |
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SREF903/35 Volumes 1 & 2 |
| The encyclopedia of world facts and dates. 1993 |
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SREF909/174 |
| The human record : sources of global history. 4th ed. 2001 |
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SREF909/206B/(1) ; S909/206C/(1) |
| Europa World |
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Europa World is the online version of the Europa World Year Book, the indispensable source of information on world-wide affairs. First published in 1926, the year book is renowned as one of the world's leading reference works, covering political and economic information in over 250 countries. Arranged alphabetically by country. Provides an up to date overview of each country, including economic and social statistics. |
| The Europa world year book. 1989 - 2002 |
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SREF910.005/26 |
| Historical Tables, 58BC - AD1985. 1986 |
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SREF902/1 |
| The timetables of history : a chronology of world events. 1975 |
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SREF902.02/2A |
| Biography Index. |
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SREF920.005/32 from Jan 1946/July 1949 onwards. |
| The McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of world biography: an international reference work. 1973 |
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SREF920/29/ Volumes 1 to 12. |
| Kuhlman, Erika A. A to Z of women in world history. 2002 |
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SREF305.4/173 |
Dictionaries
| Oxford English Dictionary Online |
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The Online version of the Oxford English Dictionary, contains the full text of the 20 volume hard cover dictionary, with over 60 million words describing 750,000 terms used in the English language in the last one thousand years. Also included are about 2.4 million quotations.
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| Dictionary of historical terms. 3rd ed. 1998 |
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SREF903/36C
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| Historical Biographical Dictionaries. 1980 |
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SREF920.073/42 |
Reference
| Facts on File |
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World News Digest. Consists of The News Digest, The Cumulative Index and World Atlas.
The News Digest is a detailed, objective and timely weekly distillation of the news and current information as reported in more than 70 major newspapers and news magazines from the U.S., Canada, Britain, Australia and elsewhere around the world. Also includes government reports and online databases. Provides a complete, concise and accurate record of politics, foreign affairs, business, the economy, finance, government, crime, the environment, science, medicine, arts and sports. Includes statistics, chronologies, key events, maps, photographs, etc.
Only in print at SREF 305/7 from 1941 onwards.
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| Keesing's Current Events |
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Provides objective accounts of the world's key events, and is one of the most comprehensive and reliable digests of current international affairs, used as an authoritative resource by international bodies such as the United Nations, the World Trade Organisation and the IMF. Contains significant and in-depth coverage of country-by-country information, and is indexed by country, international organisation and topic. Only in print at SREF909.8205/1 from 1931 onwards
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