LibGuides: World History: Overview

RAP Sessions

The Research Advisory Program (RAP). Provides students the opportunity to meet with a librarian for in-depth assistance.

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Reference Sources

Gale in Context (Biographies)

Gale in Context combines biographies with related full-text articles from magazines and newspapers, thousands of images, and links to vetted websites.

A comprehensive database of biographical information on over 380,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. Search for people---both current and historic from all eras and fields of endeavor---based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full text.
Coverage: Current and retrospective
Credo Reference
Credo Reference provides access to hundreds of reference books (encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographies, quotations) from over 70 academic publishers.

It includes over 3 million entries, 200,000+ images (art, diagrams, maps and photos), and over 100,000 audio pronunciation files and sound clips.

Links to History Resources from Carleton College
Comprehensive guide to historical links worldwide.

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

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online (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.

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