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World History Resources

This is a selection of general resources in World History excluding resources pertaining to the more specialized subject guides: African-American Studies, African Studies, American History, Asian Studies, British Empire, French Studies, German Studies, Hispanic and Brazilian Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Slavic Studies, Southern U.S. History, and Women's Studies. Please first consult the most specialized guide available for your area of interest.


Indexes & Databases

online | print & other


Online Indexes

Academic Search Complete o n p r o x y (courtesy of Texshare LogoTexshare) | includes Full Text
Provides full text for more than 5,000 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.


Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL) r i c e o n l y | includes Full Text
C.E.E.O.L. is an online archive which provides access to full text PDF articles from 280 humanities and social science journals and re-digitized documents pertaining to Central, Eastern and South-Eastern European topics.


China Academic Journals -- Literature, History, Philosophy r i c e o n l y
China Academic Journals (CAJ) now contains more than 8,200 journal titles covering 1994–current. In addition, more than 3,500 CAJ titles are also accessible in deep archives from as early as 1906 through 1993 in the Century Journal Project (CJP). CAJ and its complement, CJP, are both accessed through the single interface of CAJ.


DigiZeitschriften o n p r o x y | includes Full Text
DigiZeitschriften makes it possible for researchers to access well-known German journals. According to specialists in the field, the journal titles are among the most important in each subject area; at the moment about 110 journals are available in the following subject areas: Arts, Comparative Literature, Economics, Education, English language and literature, Geology, Germanic language and literature, History, Law, Librarianship, Mathematics, Music, Religion, Romance language and literature, Sciences, Sociology. Like the North American counterpart, JSTOR, Digizeitschriften digitizes a journal from volume 1 to the 'moving wall' (2-5 years before present date). Both English and German interfaces are available.


Dyabola o n p r o x y
*See password information.*
Dyabola contains electronic subject catalogs of publications on the history of art and the ancient world. It includes the subject catalogs of the German Archaeological Institute in Rome, the Bibliography of Iberian Archaeology from the German Archaeological Institute in Madrid, and the Archaeology of Roman Provinces from RGK Frankfurt. Select interface language (German, English, French or Italian).


Essay Finder r i c e o n l y | includes Full Text
*See password information.*
Essay Finder is a unique database of full-text essays and discursive writing based on books published in the 20th century which have been analyzed in standard library indexes. The essays focus on the humanities and social sciences, and include biographies and literary criticism. Subjects include literature, history, economics, sociology, art and architecture, philosophy, psychology, science and drama. Account/password: On campus/VPN and


Historical Abstracts o n p r o x y | includes Full Text
Complete reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life). Published since 1954, Historical Abstracts has long been recognized as the leading bibliography for historical study in the world. Currently over 2,000 journals published throughout the world are covered.


History of Science, Technology and Medicine o n p r o x y (via FirstSearch) | includes Full Text
The definitive bibliography for the history of science, technology and medicine. HST describes journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations in these and allied historical fields. Citations reflect the contents of over 600 journals, plus partial contents of several hundred more. Coverage includes all languages in which these materials are published. The vendor of this database has merged with OCLC; the database migrated onto the WorldCat interface, 9/19/07. (1976-)


Humanities International Complete o n p r o x y | includes Full Text
Humanities International Complete provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. The database includes all data from Humanities International Index (over 2,000 titles and 2 million records) plus unique full text content, much of which is not found in other databases.


IBZ International Bibliography of Periodical Literature o n p r o x y
IBZ online contains over 2.1 million journal articles from over 6,000 journals covering the years 1983-2001. Approx. 120,000 entries are added to the database annually. (1983- updated monthly)


International Medieval Bibliography r i c e o n l y (Note down-loadable IMB-fonts for non-Arabic characters in indexed literature)
The International Medieval Bibliography was founded in 1967 with the support of the Medieval Academy of America, with the aim of providing a comprehensive, current bibliography of articles in journals and miscellany volumes (conference proceedings, essay collections or Festschriften) worldwide. The discipline areas to which the IMB is relevant include Classics, English Language and Literature, History and Archaeology, Theology and Philosophy, Medieval European Languages and Literatures, Arabic and Islamic Studies, History of Education, Art History, Music, Theatre and Performance Arts, Rhetoric and Communication Studies. (1981-)


Iter Gateway to the Renaissance u n r e s t r i c t e d
Includes a journals database, which includes approximately 135,000 records from scholarly journals pertaining to the Renaissance (1300-1700) and Middle Ages (400-1500), as well as a monographs database (under construction), which acts as a bibliography of monographs, material published in monographs, and collected essays pertaining to the Renaissance (1300-1700) and, eventually, the Middle Ages (400-1500).


JSTOR o n p r o x y | includes Full Text | Source List
JSTOR provides online, fulltext access to over 300 core scholarly journals from date of inception to a "moving wall" of 2-5 years from present. The archived collection includes journals in humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. The content is searchable by author, title, fulltext with limits by discipline, year, and article type. (Note: pop-up blocking must be disabled.)


LexisNexis Academic o n p r o x y | includes Full Text | Source List
Includes government and legal information with access to government and political news, legal news, and state and federal statutes and case law. Also includes law reviews, state and country profiles and other news and reference resources.


Magazine Stacks u n r e s t r i c t e d
This freely-accessible database allows you to search or browse the table of contents information of numerous German and English-language historical journals, Festschriften and monographic series. Many journals are represented in complete runs and many extend back to the nineteenth century.


Nineteenth Century Index - C19 o n p r o x y | includes Full Text
C19 Index is the bibliographic spine of 19th century research, providing integrated access to the most important finding aids for books, periodicals, official publications, newspapers and archives. Users of C19 Index can query its 9 collections simultaneously, or can conduct more detailed research using collection specific search screens. The database includes the following indexes: ArchivesUSA, American Periodicals Series [journals on microfilm], House of Commons Parliamentary Papers [fulltext available], Nineteenth Century [books on microfilm], Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue, Palmer's Index to the Times, Periodicals Index Online, Poole's Index to Periodical Literature, Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals. (1800-1899)


Nineteenth Century Masterfile (Series I and V) o n p r o x y
Within Series I are the main multi-title, periodical indices, spanning nearly all Anglo-American periodicals of the late eighteenth through early twentieth century. PP reproduces the indexing from: Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (1802-1907), Index to Periodicals (1890-1902) (Ed. William T. Stead), Cumulative Index to a Selected List of Periodicals, Nineteenth Century Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature (1890-1899), ... and many more. Series V provides online access to the Descriptive Catalogue of the Government Publications of the U.S., 1774-1882, Compilation of the Message and Papers of the Presidents (1789-1897), Hansard's Index to Debates, House of Commons (1803-1830) and Hansard's Index to Debates, House of Lords (1803-1830).


Periodicals Index Online o n p r o x y
Periodicals Index Online began as Periodicals Contents Index at Harvard University. Articles from over 900 humanities and social sciences periodicals with nineteenth century content have been indexed. (1790-1919)


Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies o n p r o x y (via FirstSearch)
A unique and rich new source of information for students and specialists in Slavic studies and social sciences about materials published in the Commonwealth of Independent States and Eastern Europe. Created by one of the world's largest producers of bibliographies in the social sciences and humanities. RAS cites and abstracts books, manuscripts, dissertations, plus articles from more than 10,000 periodicals. The vendor of this database has merged with OCLC; the database migrated onto the WorldCat interface, 9/19/07.


Web of Knowledge o n p r o x y previously known as Web of Science | includes Full Text
The Web of Science is an integrated database of three citation indexes: Science Citation Index (SCI), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), and Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI). SCI and SSCI have searchable author abstracts and each database may be searched by a variety of other accesses including who the author cites. WOS permits searching one or more of the three databases. SCI on WOS coverage is from 1900 to date. SSCI indexes material from 1956 to date. AHCI indexes materials from 1975 to date. Includes ISIHighlyCited: a directory of over 250 eminent researchers in life sciences, medicine, physical sciences and social sciences. (minimum 1975- (see description))


WorldCat o n p r o x y (courtesy of Texshare LogoTexshare) (via FirstSearch)
WorldCat is a combined catalog for over 18,000 libraries worldwide. The information is updated daily. [See also Worldcat.org which presents the same data with an interface similar to familiar search engines, and which is freely available to any internet user.]


Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB) u n r e s t r i c t e d
ZDB is the largest database of periodicals and serials in the world. It contains over 1,2 million titles in all languages, published from 1500 to the present day. Electronic editions of periodicals are also included. In addition, ZDB lists over 6 million holdings of these titles in 4,300 German libraries.



Print & Other Indexes

C.R.I.S.: the combined retrospective index set to journals in history, 1838-1974
Call Number:  Z6205 .C18  REFERENCE
v. 1. World history: Africa through China.--v. 2. World history: Columbia through Europe, Eastern, Central and Southern.--v. 3. World history: Europe, General through Latin America, General.--v. 4. World history: Mexico throughWest Indies and Caribbean Area.--v. 5. United States history: Chrnological categories and Aerospace through Army. --v. 6. United States history: Biography and Genealogy Index.--v. 7. United States history: Black history through Elections.--v. 8. United States history: Foreign Policy through Religion and Social History.--v. 9. United States history: Science, Medicine and Culture through West and Frontier Thesis.--v. 10-11. Author index.


Guardian Index, 1842-1928 (Microfilm)
Call Number:  AI21 .G8 G82  GOVERNMENT PUBS
pt.1: 1842-1880; pt.2: 1881-1904; pt.3: 1905-1928. Includes printed guide.


IBZ [International Bibliography of Periodical Literature]
Holdings:  1896-1982
Call Number:  AI9 .B5 - AI9 .I5  REFERENCE
This index to international periodicals is made in Germany and covers all subject areas. It includes citations to book reviews.

Prior to 1965, published in 3 parts:
-- a bibliography of German periodical articles (1896-1964) AI9 .B5
-- a bibliography of international periodical articles (1911-1964) AI9. B7
-- and a bibliography of German-language book reviews (1900-1943) AI9 .B6

(Other available formats:  1983- available online)


Index to House of Commons Parliamentary Papers (CDROM)
Holdings:  1801-1997
Call Number:  J301 .I5  REFERENCE DESK
(Other available formats:  Also available online)


International Bibliography of Historical Sciences
Holdings:  1926-1991, 1993-1996
Call Number:  Z6205 .I5  REFERENCE
A bibliography of international journal articles classed by subject and including an author/person and a geographical index. The subject classification scheme is provided in German, Spanish, French, English, and Italian.


Palmer's Index to The Times 1790-1905 (CDROM)
Call Number:  AN3 .T5 Index  REFERENCE DESK
(Other available formats:  Times Digital Archive: as of 5/03 coverage back to 1876)


Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature
Holdings:  1900-
Call Number:  AI3 .R48  REFERENCE
An author subject index to selected general interest periodicals.
(Other available formats:  Currently 1963-1982 available online via Readers Guide Retrospective)


Social Sciences & Humanities Index
Holdings:  1907-
Call Number:  AI3 .R49  REFERENCE
In 1974, this title split into Humanities Index: AI3 .R492, and Social Sciences Index: AI3 .R493.



Online Text Collections


ANNO -- AustriaN Newspapers Online u n r e s t r i c t e d
This is a virtual newspaper reading room hosted by the Austrian National Library. It makes available to readers hundreds of historical newspaper and magazine titles published in Austria from late 18th through early 20th century.


ArchiveGrid r i c e o n l y
Finding aids are tools for navigation within archival collections, and contain detailed information about the collections. ArchiveGrid provides centralized access for searching and retrieval of archival finding aids that have been encoded using XML and the standard for Encoded Archival Description (EAD). The finding aids are indexed centrally at RLG but are supported in a distributed environment — some reside on a server at RLG, others are located on other servers around the world. (Previously known as RLG Archival Resources.)


Digital Dissertations and Theses from ProQuest/UMI r i c e o n l y
A comprehensive source for doctoral dissertations from the United States and Canada. Includes citations for dissertations ranging from 1861 to those accepted last semester. A limited number of master's theses is also included. Titles represent authors from North America and Europe, with over a million titles in full text.


Digital National Security Archive o n p r o x y
The database contains more than 35,000 of the most important, declassified U.S. federal documents that led to policy decisions. The Digital National Security Archive contains fifteen complete collections: Afghanistan, Berlin Crisis 1958-1962, Cuban Missile Crisis, El Salvador, Iran-Contra Affair, Intelligence Community, Iran Revolution, Iraqgate, Military Uses of Space, Nicaragua, Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Philippines, Presidential Directives from Truman to Clinton, South Africa, and Soviet Estimate.


Early American Imprints: Series I, Evans (via publisher): 1639-1801 | Early American Imprints: Series I, Evans (via University of Michigan) o n p r o x y
Based on the renowned American Bibliography by Charles Evans. The definitive resource for every aspect of life in 17th- and 18th-century America, from agriculture and auctions through foreign affairs, diplomacy, literature, music, religion, the Revolutionary War, temperance, witchcraft, and just about any other topic imaginable. Upon completion, Evans Digital will consist of more than 36,000 works and 2,400,000 images.


Early American Imprints: Series II, Shaw-Shoemaker: 1801-1819 o n p r o x y
Covering every aspect of American life during the early decades of the United States, this rich primary source collection provides full-text access to the 36,000 American books, pamphlets and broadsides published in the first nineteen years of the nineteenth century.


Early English Books Online (page images only) | Early English Books (full text searchable) o n p r o x y
Early English Books Online (EEBO) contains over 125,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640), Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700), and the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661). The Early English Books Tract Supplements will also be added to EEBO soon. The works in this collection are presented as images, which may be viewed online, or downloaded in PDF format for viewing off-line. To view the images online, you will need the DjVu plugin. Downloaded files are in Adobe Acrobat format.


Empire Online: 1492-1962 o n p r o x y
This project is being published in five sections between 2003 and 2007 offering over 60,000 images of original documents linked to essays by leading scholars in the field. These are: Section I: Cultural Contacts, 1492-1969 (March 2003); Section II: Empire Writing and the Literature of Empire (March 2004); Section III: The Visible Empire (Winter 2004/5); Section IV: Religion and Empire (Winter 2005/6); and Section V: Race, Class and Colonialism, c1783-1969 (Winter 2006/7).


House of Commons Parliamentary Papers: 1801-1900 r i c e o n l y
The origins of HCPP online lie in the Chadwyck-Healey microfiche edition of the nineteenth century House of Commons Sessional Papers. The microfiche edition includes filmed images of 79,527 papers, covering 4.2 million pages. The accompanying 5 volume index, Peter Cockton's Subject Catalogue of the House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, 1801-190, was the first thematic listing of the complete set of parliamentary papers. HCPP online brings these two resources together. HCPP online will be published in a series of releases from summer 2005 to early 2006. This initial release comprises of the index to all 79,257 papers. This will be followed in September with the first one million pages of full text, covering the years 1840-1859. Subsequent substantial releases will complete the file by early 2006.


NetLibrary - Fondren Library's collection (supplemented courtesy of Texshare LogoTexshare) o n p r o x y
Contains reference books, scholarly monographs, and consumer books that have been converted into digital format for electronic distribution. Rice University's private collection (emphasizing computing "how to" manuals, employment resources, and general reference titles) are available full text - as are thousands of titles purchased by the state library consortia, Texshare. In addition, fulltext access is available to hundreds of classic academic texts that are in the public (copyright) domain. See Webcat for specific titles (keyword="netlibrary").


ORB: Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies u n r e s t r i c t e d
This Website, written and maintained by medieval scholars, includes an encyclopedia, peer-reviewed articles, transcriptions and translations of primary texts, and textbooks for class use.


Past Masters o n p r o x y
Rice's access to this collection includes works by the following authors and the following packages: Anselm, Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle, Augustine, Jane Austen, A.J. Ayer, Jeremy Benthem, George Berkeley (Bishop of Clyne), Robert Boyle, British Philosophy: 1600-1900, Charlotte Brontë, Fanny Burney, John Calvin, Samuel Coleridge, R.G. Collingwood, The Continental Rationalists, Anne, Conway, Charles Darwin, Donald Davidson, John Dewey, René Descartes, John Dewey, Charles Dickens, The Eighteenth Century, Frederick Engels, Adam Ferguson, Johann Fichte, William Gladstone, Thomas, Hardy, Georg Hegel, Thomas Hobbes, David Hume, Immanual Kant, Kierkegaard, G. W. Leibniz, John Locke, Martin Luther, Katherine Mansfield, Thomas Malthus, Karl Marx, Modern Era (1800-1950), Nietzsche, William of Ockham, Oxford Classical Dictionary, Charles Sanders Peirce, Plato, Political Philosophy: Machiavelli to Mill, Alexander Pope, Romantic Age, Josiah Royce, George Santayana, Arthur Schopenhauer, Henry Sidgwick, Adam Smith, Herbert Spencer, Jonathan Swift, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Max Weber, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Wordsworths (Letters of) and William Butler Yeats. See the database for specific titles.


Patrologia Graecae r i c e o n l y
Migne's Patrologiae Graecae contains more than 160 volumes of Greek material (with Latin translations) relevant to the study of the history of the Christian Church from its beginnings through the Council of Florence in 1439. Edited by J.-P. Migne, it was published in print in the nineteenth century and is now made available electronically for the first time


Patrologia Latina Database o n p r o x y
Guide
The Patrologia Latina Database (PLD) is a comprehensive electronic version of the Latin portion of Jacques-Paul Migne's massive Patrologiae Cursus Completus, including notes, glosses and indexes. The Patrologia Latina, though originally published in the 19th century, still represents the only scholarly edition of many works.


Perseus Digital Library u n r e s t r i c t e d
Originating out of the Classics Department at Tufts University, this Website now includes primary and secondary resources in Classics, the English Renaissance, and more.


Sabin Americana r i c e o n l y
"Based on Joseph Sabin's landmark bibliography, this collection contains works about the Americas published throughout the world from 1500 to the early 1900's. Included are books, pamphlets, serials and other documents that provide original accounts of exploration, trade, colonialism, slavery and abolition, the western movement, Native Americans, military actions and much more. With over 6 million pages from 29,000 works, this collection is a cornerstone in the study of the western hemisphere."


Thesaurus Linguae Graecae o n p r o x y
The TLG Digital Library now contains virtually all ancient Greek texts surviving from the period between Homer (8th century B.C.) and A.D. 600, and a large number of texts deriving from the period between A.D. 600 and 1453, in excess of 80 million words. The project continues its efforts to include all extant Greek texts from the byzantine and post-byzantine period. The online version is updated regularly with new texts as they become available.


Zeitschriften der Aufklärung -- Journals of the Enlightenment era u n r e s t r i c t e d
"Retrospektive Digitalisierung wissenschaftlicher Rezensionsorgane und Literaturzeitschriften des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts aus dem deutschen Sprachraum" -- digital versions of German-language journals of the second half of 18th and early 19th centuries.


Microform Sets


Black Death, Series I, Pts. 1&2 (1474-1531)
Call Number:  RC 172.B53 1994  microfilm
Library Catalog Access:  series title
Guide:  Reel guide with detailed listings.


British Trials 1660-1900
Call Number:  KD 370.B74  microfiche
Library Catalog Access:  series title
Guide:  Comprehensive index; Online information at http://www.proquest.com/products_umi/descriptions/British-Trials-1660-1900-265.shtml
Received as published.


Dreyfus Affair in the Making of Modern France
Call Number:  DC 354.D857  microfilm
Library Catalog Access:  series & individual titles
Guide:  Comprehensive index; Online information and guide at http://www.galegroup.com/servlet/ItemDetailServlet?region=9&imprint=745&titleCode=PSM82&type=4&id=N245


Early English Books (Pollard & Redgrave) 1475-1640
Call Number:  PR 1105.U5  microfilm
Library Catalog Access:  series & individual titles
Guide:  Reel guides & comprehensive catalog; Also refer to Pollard and Redgrave. A Short-Title Catalog… Z2002.P77 1976 Ref.
Received as published. Also available online (on proxy) as EEBO at http://www.rice.edu/fondren/collections/electr/restricted/bkshld_eebo.html See record at http://www.rice.edu/fondren/collections/electr/etexts.html


Early English Books (Wing) 1641-1700
Call Number:  PR 1105.U51  microfilm
Library Catalog Access:  series & individual titles
Guide:  Reel guides & comprehensive catalog; Also refer to Wing. Short-Title Catalog… Z2002.W5 1994 Ref
Received as published. Unit 108 missing. Also available online (on proxy) as EEBO at http://www.rice.edu/fondren/collections/electr/restricted/bkshld_eebo.html See record at http://www.rice.edu/fondren/collections/electr/etexts.html


Eighteenth Century 1701-1800 (English language)
Call Number:  PR 1105.U52  microfilm
Library Catalog Access:  series & individual titles
Guide:  comprehensive guides through unit 106
Received as published.


Europe, 1950-1961
Call Number:  D 1050.P6 1977Supp.  microfilm
Library Catalog Access:  series title
Guide:  none
O.S.S./State Dept. intelligence & research reports; pt. 10, Supp. to Postwar Europe


Goldsmiths'-Kress Colonies
Call Number:  JV420 .C64 1995  microfilm
Library Catalog Access:  series title only
Guide:  Printed guide; Online information and guide at http://www.gale.com/servlet/ItemDetailServlet?region=9&imprint=745&titleCode=PSM1&type=2&id=N432
The Colonies subset of Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature. Contains material in Dutch, English, French, German, Spanish and Swedish.


History of Science & Technology: Series 1 (Sloane)
Call Number:  R 489.S63A2  microfilm
Library Catalog Access:  series title
Guide:  Detailed reel guide & notes


History of Science & Technology: Series 2 (Banks)
Call Number:  Q 143.B3 1993  microfilm
Library Catalog Access:  series title
Guide:  Detailed reel guide & notes


History of Science & Technology: Series 3 (Babbage)
Call Number:  QA 3.B2  microfilm
Library Catalog Access:  series title
Guide:  Detailed reel guide & notes


Image of the World: Geography and Cosmography
Call Number:  Z240 .I3595 unit 3  microfiche
Library Catalog Access:  unit title
Guide:  Printed guide and checklist
Unit 3 of the series "Incunabula: the Printing Revolution in Europe, 1455-1500"


Industrial Revolution, a documentary history
Call Number:  T 26.G7 I53  microfilm
Library Catalog Access:  series title
Guide:  Reel guides in three volumes; Online guides at http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/collections_az/IndRev-1-01/highlights.aspx


Masculinity: Men Defining Men, 1560-1918
Call Number:  HQ1090.7 .G7 M37  microfilm
Library Catalog Access:  series title
Guide:  Print guides. Online information at http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/collections_az/Masc-1/highlights.aspx
Part 1: Sources from the Bodleian Library, Oxford, 1600-1800


Montefiore Collection of Hebrew Manuscripts in the Library of Jews' College, London
Call Number:  Z 6605.H4M66  microfiche
Library Catalog Access:  series title
Guide:  Hardcover printed copy gives organization of the collection with detailed description of the contents.


Nineteenth Century: General Collection
Call Number:  CB 415.N56  microfiche
Library Catalog Access:  series & individual titles
Guide:  Contents list thru latest unit received; also CD-ROM index at (General) Reference Desk, call # AP 4.N72
Received as published. Use CD or guide for access.


Nuremberg Medical Trial, 1946/47
Call Number:  KZ1176.5 .N67  microfiche
Library Catalog Access:  series title
Guide:  Printed guide


Postwar Europe [World War II]
Call Number:  D 1050.P6 1977  microfilm
Library Catalog Access:  series title
Guide:  Printed reel guide
O.S.S./State Dept. intelligence & research reports no. 5


Renaissance Man: the Reconstructed Libraries of European Scholars, 1450-1700
Call Number:  AC1 .R46  microfilm
Library Catalog Access:  series title
Guide:  Printed guides for Ser.1 pts.1-3; Online information at http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/collections_az/RenMan-1-1/highlights.aspx
Series 1. The books and manuscripts of John Dee, 1527-1608 -- pt.1. Manuscripts from the Bodleian Library, Oxford. pt. 2. Manuscripts from Corpus Christi College, Oxford -- pt. 3. Manuscripts and books from Cambridge University Library -- pt. 4. Manuscripts and annotated books from the Library of the Royal College of Physicians, London -- pt. 5-6. Annotated books from the Library of the Royal College of Physicians, London


Sex & Sexuality, 1640-1940: literary, medical and sociological perspectives
Call Number:  HQ19 .S49  microfilm
Library Catalog Access:  series title with contents notes
Guide:  Guide to part 1; Online information and guides at http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/search/search.aspx?mainsearch=SEX%20&%20SEXUALITY&kw=SEX+%26+SEXUALITY
Part 1: Sources from the Bodleian Library, Oxford, and the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London. Part 2: Romantic friendships & lesbian relationships in literature and history.



Reference Works


Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2d ed. ed. Jan Palmowski. Oxford University Press: 2003.
Available Online o n p r o x y
Call Number:  D419 .P32 2003   REFERENCE
1900 to present


Dictionary of Political Biography. Dennis Kavanagh . Oxford University Press: 1998.
Available Online o n p r o x y
Call Number:  D412 .D53 1998    REFERENCE
This dictionary covers all the major figures in world politics of the twentieth century.


Dictionary of the Middle Ages. Joseph R. Strayer. Scribner: 1982-1989.
Call Number:  D114 .D5   REFERENCE


Dictionary of World History r i c e o n l y


Directory of History Departments and Organizations in the United States and Canada. American Historical Association.
Holdings:  latest year only in Reference
Call Number:  D16.3 .G83   REFERENCE


Dynasties of the World. John E. Morby. Oxford University Press : 2002.
Available Online o n p r o x y
Call Number:  CS27 .M67 2002   STACKS
From Horus Aha, first king of Egypt, to Abd Allah II, present king of Jordan, this title charts five millenia of kings, queens, emperors, empresses, regencies, joint reigns, abdications, depositions, interregna, foreign rule, mandates, protectorates, and dynastic unions.


Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing. Kelly Boyd. Fitzroy Dearborn: 1999.
Call Number:  D14 .E53   REFERENCE


Grants, Fellowships & Prizes of Interest to Historians. American Historical Association.
Holdings:  latest edition only
Call Number:  D16.25 .G69   REFERENCE


Historic World Leaders. Anne Commire. Gale: 1994.
Call Number:  CT104 .H57   REFERENCE
v.1 Africa, Middle East, Asia, Pacific; v.2-3 Europe; v.4-5 North & South America


International Encyclopaedia for the Middle Ages r i c e o n l y
IEMA Online is a supplement to Lexikon des Mittelalters online, providing original articles that cover the time period 300-1500 CE, in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.


Lexikon des Mittelalters online
The standard encyclopaedia for medieval studies. It deals with all branches of Medieval Studies and covers the period from 300 to 1500 AD/CE for the whole of Europe and parts of the Middle East and North Africa. Users can perform automatic bibliographic searches in the International Medieval Bibliography Online.


Who's Who in the Classical World. Simon Hornblower and Tony Spawforth . Oxford University Press: 2000.
Available Online o n p r o x y
Call Number:  DE7 .W48 2000    REFERENCE
Focusing exclusively on real people, this is a dictionary of ancient biography, covering Greek and Roman history and politics, literature, philosophy, science, and art.


Who's Who in the Twentieth Century. Oxford University Press : 1999.
Available Online o n p r o x y
Call Number:  CT120 .W49 1999    REFERENCE


Newspapers

Microforms are located in the Government Publications Department (Fondren basement).

Observer u n r e s t r i c t e d
Print Holdings:  current 4 months
Call Number:  AN4.L8 O3
Microform Holdings:  1791-1971 on microfilm


Times (London) u n r e s t r i c t e d
Print Holdings:  current issues retained until microfilm received
Call Number:  AN3 .T5
Microform Holdings:  1785- on microfilm
Online Coverage for Rice:  currently 1785-1985 full-image via Times Digital Archiveo n p r o x y; 7/1985-current full-text via Academic Universe o n p r o x y
Notes: Further indexing: microfilm index covers back to 1790; Palmers Index (CDROM) covers 1790-1905 (Ref-Desk)




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