| History
of Western Civilization Subject Guide LRC@TCC
Scope:
Resources for the history of western civilization from the ancient
world to the modern day world.
Call Numbers: C, D
Keywords to search: civilization, pre-history,
ancient history, medieval, names of time periods (ex. Middle
ages, Renaissance), peasants, Protestantism, names of empires (Ex.
Greek, Roman, Byzantine),
countries, rulers, Reformation, Catholic Church, names of wars,
Subjects to search (Library of Congress):
Civilization, Western
Civilization—History
Civilization, Ancient
Civilization, Anglo-Saxon
Civilization, Arab
Civilization, Celtic
Civilization, Classical
Civilization, Greco-Roman
Civilization, Medieval
Civilization, Modern
Culture—Origin
Europe—Civilization – History
Europe—Civilization – History
– 16 th Century
Europe—Civilization – History
– 17 th Century
Europe—Civilization – History
–1492-1648
Greece – Civilization
Greece – History
Reformation
Renaissance
Rome – Civilization
Rome – History
Rome--History--Germanic
Invasions, 3rd-6th Centuries
Books in our catalog:
Gale Virtual Reference Library (r)
History in Dispute REF
D20.H56 2000
Encyclopedia of World Biography
REF CT103.E56 1998
World History: A Dictionary
of Important People, Places, and Events from Ancient Times to the
Present REF D9.W47 1994
Women in World History:
A Biographical Encyclopedia REF HQ1115.W6 1999
Library Resources:
America:
History and Life
Biography
Reference Bank
Cambridge
University Press
Historical
Abstracts
Humanities International Complete
OmniFile
Full Text Select
Oxford
University Press
Project
Muse
U.S.
History in Context
World
History in Context
Library Subject
Guides:
Western
Civilization: Pre-history
Western
Civilization: Ancient
Western
Civilization: Medieval
Western
Civilization: Sixteenth Century
Western
Civilization: Seventeenth Century
Western
Civilization: Eighteenth Century
Western
Civilization: Nineteenth Century
Western
Civilization: Twentieth Century
Internet Resources:
HistoryNet
- Collection of frequently updated articles, reviews, and photographs
about historical events around the world.
Best
of History Web Sites - an award-winning
portal created for history teachers, students, and general history
enthusiasts.
Western
Civilization - various links to Western Civilization sites.
Maps
from Google Directory
WTPS
World History Links
BYU
EuroDocs: Primary Historical Document From Western Europe -- Selected
Transcriptions, Facsimiles and Translations
Eyewitness
to History – eyewitness accounts to different periods of history.
The
Avalon Project at Yale Law School – documents from different
centuries
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