Research Guides: History Research Guide: Reference Sources

Reference Recomendations

These are some examples of reference books on various historical topics located in the Library Collection. For additional help, please visit the Research Help Desk or Contact a Librarian:

A Guide to the History of California by Doyce B. Nunis; Gloria Ricci Lothrop
Call Number: F861 G85 1989
ISBN: 0313249709
Publication Date: 1989
U. S. Presidential Elections and Candidates by James T. Havel
Call Number: JK528 .H38 1996
ISBN: 0028646223
Publication Date: 1996
American Women's History by Doris L. Weatherford
Call Number: HQ1115 .W4 1994
ISBN: 0671850091
Publication Date: 1994
Milestone Documents in African American History by Paul Finkelman (Editor-In-Chief)
Call Number: E184.6 .M55 2010
ISBN: 9781935306054
Publication Date: 2010
Mexico by Don M. Coerver; Suzanne B. Pasztor; Robert Buffington
Call Number: F1234 .C67 2004
ISBN: 1576071324
Publication Date: 2004
Historical Dictionary of Revolutionary China, 1839-1976 by Edwin Pak-Wah Leung
Call Number: DS740.2 .H57 1992
ISBN: 0313264570
Publication Date: 1992
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation by Hans J. Hillerbrand (Editor)
Call Number: BR302.8 .O93 1996
ISBN: 0195064933
Publication Date: 1996
Encyclopedia of European Social History by Peter Stearns (Editor)
Call Number: HN373 .E63 2001
ISBN: 0684805820
Publication Date: 2000

Online Reference Resources

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