| History
of World Civilization Subject Guide LRC@TCC
Scope: Resources for the study of the history of world civilizations
from the ancient period to the present
Call number areas to browse:
C1-51 Auxiliary Sciences of History, CB3-482 History of Civilization,
CC1-960 Archaeology, D1-2009 World History and History of Europe,
Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, etc., DA-DR History of
Europe, DS1-937 History of Asia, DT1-3415 History of Africa,
DU1-950 History of Oceania (South Seas), E11-143 America, F1201-3799
Latin America. Spanish America
Keywords to search: ancient; civilization; history; names of geographical
regions (e.g. Mesoamerica, Oceania, Carthage); names of civilizations
(Aztecs, Egyptians, Babylonians, Gupta, Vikings); names of time
periods, empires, or dynasties (Akkadian, Zhou, Sui, Kush); pre-history;
archaeology; antiquities; names of leaders and significant individuals
(Senusret, Confucius)
Subjects to search:
World history
Civilization, Ancient
History, Ancient
Archaeology
Cities and towns, Ancient
Historical geography
Prehistoric peoples
Human beings—History
Extinct cities
Books in our catalog:
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Cassell’s chronology of world history: dates, events and
ideas that made history (REF D11.W635 2005)
Berkshire encyclopedia of world history (REF D23.B45 2005)
Global history: cultural encounters from antiquity to the present
(D20.G57 2004)
The Greenwood encyclopedia of daily life: a tour through history
from ancient times to the present (D20.G57 2004)
The human story: our history, from the Stone Age to today (D23.D38
2004)
Religions of the ancient world: a guide (BL687.R47 2004)
Women’s history in global perspective (HQ1121.W88585 2004)
Library Resources:
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Expanded Academic Index/ASAP
Historical Abstracts
OmniFile
Full Text Select
Oxford Reference Online Premuium
Oxford
University Press
Project
Muse
World
History in Context
Internet Resources:
The Internet Ancient History Sourcebook has a guide for studying
the subject and is a directory of links to valid, qualified websites.
Companion website
to NOVA’s “Secrets of Lost Empires” series.
British
Museum. View timelines, slideshows, and
brief descriptions of cities, religions, buildings, and other
historical themes.
Livius Collection of articles on ancient history.
Exploring Ancient World Cultures site is a collection of essays,
timelines, images, and links on ancient world cultures.
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