World History   Tags: global_studies, history, world_history  

RAP (Research Advisory Program

The Research Advisory Program (RAP) provides students the opportunity to meet with a librarian for in-depth reference assistance to identify appropriate sources for a research topic.

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Electronic Reference:

• Biography in Context- Provides full-text biographies of individuals.
  
  
• Credo Reference- Hundreds of reference books (encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographies, quotations) from over 70 academic publishers.
  
  
• Oxford Digital Reference Shelf: From 1750 to the present, including social, economic, cultural and politica topics, maritime history, Byzantium, the Renaissance, and Economic history spanning all periods of human history.
  

• Sage Reference  Offers access to 72 encyclopedias online in a variety of subjects.

Print Reference:

American Historical Association's guide to historical literature
ASU Reference | Z6201 .A55 1995
The third edition of this classic work. It lists books on many various topics in its two volumes. Organized by topic and area.

Atlas of the classical world
ASU Reference Atlases | DE29 .H463
Atlases organize information geographically, and this atlas of the classic world is an excellent example.

Dictionary of National Biography (60 vols.)
ASU Reference | DA28 .O95 2004
Authoritative biographies of 50,000 people who shaped the history of Britain from the earliest times to the present.

Encyclopedia of the Renaissance
ASU Reference  CB361 .E52 1999

Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life
ASU Reference | GT31 .G74 2004
A six volume work that approaches daily living thematically and chronologically and has worldwide coverage. Features include primary documents, illustrations, maps, concept maps, and chronologies.
See online version: Greenwood Digital Collection Online
Click on the letter "D" to get to the Daily Life Collection.

International Historical Statistics: Africa, Asia & Oceania, 1750-2000
ASU Reference | HA 4675.M552 2003
Arranged geographically and provides historical statistics for some of the following categories: population, labour force, agriculture, industry and education.

International Historical Statistics: Europe, 1750-1993
ASU Reference | HA1107.M5 1998
Arranged geographically and provides historical statistics for some of the following categories: population, labour force, agriculture, industry and education.

Navigating world history : historians create a global past / Patrick Manning
ASU Main Stacks | D21.3 .M285 2003
List of reference sources organized by LC Classification with an index to authors and titles.

Princeton Encyclopedia of the World Economy
ASU Main Stacks HF1373 .P75 2009

Renaissance and Reformation
ASU Reference | CB359 .R455 2007
Six volume, eclectic, well-researched set organized by theme, such as "Architecture, Painting, and Sculpture," "Daily Life," "Politics and Economics," or "Wars and Battles."

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