GenHistEurope


GENERAL HISTORY OF EUROPE -- SELECTED RESOURCES Keeley Library July 30, 2000	See related topics: Medieval History Renaissance Enlightenment Literature French Revolution Napoleon	Industrial Revolution Victorian Era Modern Global Studies Balkans: News Report World War I World War II
Also available: Dickens' London Shakepeare's London World History Jackdaws Biography
See also: Customs and Folklore Political Science World History Global Studies Atlases maps

Countries                                                 Historical Periods

British Isles- England and Wales
Central Europe-Germany
France and Monaco
Italian Peninsula and Adjacent Islands
Iberian Peninsula and Adjacent Islands
Eastern Europe Russia Scandinavia Middle Ages
Renaissance
Sixteenth Century   Reformation
Seventeenth Century Absolutism
Eighteenth Century Rationalism,
Enlightenment and Revolution Nineteenth Century
   Industry
   Ideology
   Nation Building
   Imperialism Twentieth Century
   Modernism
   Statism
   World War I
   World War II
Post World War II

British Isles- England and Wales Central Europe-Germany France and Monaco Italian Peninsula and Adjacent Islands Iberian Peninsula and Adjacent Islands Eastern Europe Russia Scandinavia	Middle Ages Renaissance Sixteenth Century Reformation Seventeenth Century Absolutism Eighteenth Century Rationalism, Enlightenment and Revolution	Nineteenth Century Industry Ideology Nation Building Imperialism	Twentieth Century Modernism Statism World War I World War II Post World War II

BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT EUROPEAN HISTORY


in World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago: World Book, 2001 Ref. 031 W927 1990 v.6	inEncyclopedia Americana. Danbury, CT:Grolier, 1999 Ref. 031 E56A 1999 v.
Clout, Hugh D.et. al. "Europe" v.6	.
Buerkle, Tom. "European Union" World Book Yearbook, 1999. pp. 194-199 Ref. 031 W9272 1999

GENERAL HISTORY OF EUROPE-- BROWSING GUIDE 940'S
See our guide, Finding Your Way in the Library, and our Library Floor Plan to locate books on the shelves.


940's General History of Europe 941's British Isles 942's England and Wales 943's Central Europe Germany 944's France and Monaco	945's Italian Peninsula and Adjacent Islands 946's Iberian Peninsula and Adjacent Islands 947's Eastern Europe, Russia 948's Scandinavia 949's Other Parts of Europe

PERIODICALS AND NEWS ARTICLES ONLINE


SIRS NEWSPAPER AND PERIODICAL REPRINTS:	INFOTRAC WEB ONLINE PERIODICALS DATABASE	ELECTRIC LIBRARY

As members of SAILS, Durfee students and teachers can access SIRS, INFOTRAC AND ELECTRIC LIBRARY, both from library workstations, and from home. From home or a school lab computer, go to SAILS Databases . You will need your library barcode when dialing from a home computer or a lab.

GENERAL HISTORY OF EUROPE--SELECTED REFERENCE BOOKS

The call number for each will bring you to the general area for that subject. Each type of book listed below is useful for a particular purpose. These kinds of resources exist for books in many different subject areas. As you use them, you will become more familiar with them, and will appreciate their value.


Resource Type:	Selected Title	Call Number
European History Bibliographic Guides	Great Events From History, Modern European Series Great Events From History Twentieth Century Series	Ref. 940 M194 Ref. 909 M194
European History Dictionaries	Dictionary of European History Medieval Wordbook	Ref. 940.03 R712 Ref. 909.0703 C834 1996
European History Primary Sources	The First World War, an Eyewitness History World War II, Primary Sources	Ref. 940.3K58 Ref. 940.53 W927 PR
Timelines	Chronology of European History	Ref. 940.0202 C557 1997
European History Atlases	Historical Atlas of the Holocaust Chronological Atlas of World War II	Ref. 940.5316 H673 1995 REf. 940.5302 M584 1989
European History Handbooks These are usually one-volume works which specialize in one area.	Peoples of the World-Western Europeans Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment Rescue and Resistance, Portraits of the Holocaust American Heritage Picture History of World War II Western Europe	Ref. 940 M193 1993 Ref. 940.1 B944 1995 Ref. 940 2503 E56 1996 Ref. 940.5318 R431 Ref. 940.54002 S954 Ref. 940.05 G562 1997
European History Encyclopedias	Roots or Western Civilization The Middle Ages Encyclopedia of the Renaissance Encyclopedia of the Holocaust Encyclopedia of World War II	Ref. 940 R783 1994 Ref. 909.07 M627 1996 Ref. 940.2303 1999 REf. 940.531803 E56 Ref. 940.54 M369
European History Article Reprints	Western Civilization, Volume II SIRS HISTORY reprints	Ref. 905 A615 1999 Ref.Desk 900 H673 1993
European History Biographies	Historic World Leaders-Europe Dictionary of World Biography, Vols. 2-6 World Leaders- Europe World War II Biographies	Ref. 920.02 H673 Ref. 920.02 D554wb Vols 2-6 Ref. 920.02 W927 V.02 Ref. 940.53 W927 B1 2000

SUBJECT HEADINGS FOR LOCATING BOOKS IN THE ONLINE CATALOG


Europe	Europe--Antiquities	Europe--Civilization	Europe--Economic conditions
Europe--Guidebooks	Civilization, Medieval	European Union countries	Europe--History--20th century
European federation	Europe, Eastern	Art, European	Europe--Civilization--History
Europe--History--1492-1648	Europe--History--1648-1789	Europe--History--1789-1815	Europe--History--1789-1900
Europe--History--1871-1918	Cookery, European	Europe--History--1945-	Europe--History--1918-1945
Europe--History--1789-1900	Europe--Kings and rulers	Europe--History--476-1492	Europe--Intellectual life
Authors, European	Europe--Description and travel	Europe--Economic integration	Europe--History--18th century
European Economic Community	Europe--Social life and customs	European Economic Community countries	Europe--Politics and government

JACKDAWS:

These are document facsimiles kept near the Reference Desk. . See these links for a list of our Jackdatopics:World History Jackdaws

WEB SITES


EUROPEAN HISTORY LINKS AND TEXTS
Modern History Sourcebook	Cybrary of the Holocaust
Library of Congress Country Studies	CIA World Factbook: Country
British History 1700-1950 - The First World War (The Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia) Trenches on the Web - Posters from the Great War Doughboy Center - The Story of the American Expeditionary Force World War I Remembered (BBC) German and Austro-Hungarian Internment During World War One in the United States	Trenches on the Web The World War I Document Archive Art of the First World War The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century (PBS) Grande Guerre WWI (photos) (National Air & Space Museum) U-boat Attack - Diary of a U-boat Commander
EUROPEAN EMBASSIES AND/OR INFORMATION LINKS
Netherlands: Netherlands Board of Tourism	Luxembourg: Survey of Luxembourg
Italy: Windows on Italy	Information on the Irish State
Greece: The Greek Embassy in Washington United Kingdom: Britain in the U.S. Andorra Liechtenstein Malta Monaco Portugal San Marino Switzerland Vatican City Austria: General	Germany: German Embassy and German Information Center Fernando's Azores Pages France: French Embassy in Washington Finland: Virtual Finland Denmark: Royal Danish Embassy in Washington
NATO IM-Europe EuropaEuropean Commission Bosnia Home Page City Paper: The Baltic States	Open Society Archives at Central European University American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies Chronology of Russian History
Internet Public Library Newspaper Links grouped byregion: http://www.ipl.org/reading/news/
BBC World Service :The BBC, one of the world's most successful radio networks, provides the latest news from around the world\	CNN Online Page : U.S. 24-hour video news channel. News, updated every few hours, includes text, pictures, and film. Good external links.

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