WORLD HISTORY RESOURCES - POST WORLD WAR II
Jan. 2009

REFERENCE BOOKS:

Revolutionary Movements in World History R 303.REV

            Encyclopedia of Terrorism R 303.625 COM

Encylopedia of World Terrorism R 303.625 ENC

Greenhaven Encyclopedia of Terrorism R 303.625

Chronologies of Modern Terrorism R 303.625 RUB          

            Facts about the World's Nations R 310.58 FAC

            The Statesman's Yearbook: The Politics, Culture and Economies of the World R 310.58 STA

            World Political Systems R 320.3 DEN

            Encyclopedia of Modern Worldwide Extremists and Extremist Groups R 320.53 ATK

Encyclopedia of Latin American Politics R 320.98 ENC

Human Rights Violations R 323 HUM

U.S. Latin-American Relations R 327.7308 DEN

            World Economy R 330.9 WOR

            The American Economy R 330.973 AME

Gale Encyclopedia of United States Economic History R 330.973 GAL

Great Debates at the United Nations R 341.23 GOR

Encyclopedia of the United Nations R 341.23 MOO

Encyclopedia of Warfare R 355.009 GIL

America at War R 355.0092 AME

Encyclopedia of Wars R 355.003 PHI

            Dictionary of Wars R 355.0203 DIC

            The Associated Press Library of Disasters R 363.34 ASS

Disasters, Accidents, and Crises in American History R 363.341 CAM

The Environment Encyclopedia R 363.7 EBL

            Encyclopedia of Environmental Issues R 363.7 ENC

            Encyclopedia of War Crimes and Genocide R 364.1 HOR

            Encyclopedia of Genocide R 364.15 ENC

Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity R 364.15 ENC

Dictionary of Genocide R 364.15 TOT

Timelines of Science and Technology R 509 SCI

Science and Its Times R 509 SCI

            Astronomy and Space R 520.03 ENC

The Road to Globalization: Technology & Science Since 1800 R 600 POG

USA in Space R 629.4 USA

Timelines of History R 902.02 TIM

Encyclopedia of World History R 903 ENC

History Behind the Headlines: the Origins of Conflicts Worldwide R 909 HIS

History of the Modern World R 909.08 HIS

Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World: 1750 to the Present R 909.08 OXF

            Encyclopedia of the Cold War R 909.82 ARM

Chronicle of the 20th Century R 909.82 CHR

            Encyclopedia of the Cold War: a Political, Social and Military History R 808.82 ENC

            Encyclopedia of Conflicts Since World War II R 909.82 ENC

Encyclopedia of the Modern World: 1900 to the Present R 909.82 ENC

Chronicle of 20th Century Conflict R 909.82 GRN

Great Events from History: the 20th Century 1941-1970 R 909.82 GRE

            Great Events from History: the 20th Century 1971-2000 R 909.82 GRE

            People's Century 1900-1999 R 909.82 HOO

The Global Village Companion R 909.82 LEV

Encyclopedia of Stateless Nations R 909.829 ENC

CIA World Factbook R 910.5 WOR

            The Dictionary of World Biography: 20th Century R 920 DIC

The Encyclopedia of World Biography R 920 DIC

            The History of Europe R 940 STE

            World Conflicts: Asia and the Middle East R 950.4 WOR

Modern China: An Encyclopedia R 951.003 MOD

Encyclopedia of the Palestinians R 956.94 ENC

The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War R 959.704 GRE

New Encyclopedia of Africa R 960 NEW

Ency. of African History R 960.03 ENC

American Decades R 973.9 AME

20th Century America R 973.9 TWE

Encyclopedia of the McCarthy Era R 973.918 KLI

Cold War America 1946-1990 R 973.92 GRE

Postwar America R 973.92 POS

Ency. of Cold War Politics R 973.92 TOR

The Seventies in America R 973.924 SEV

Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture R 980.003 ENC

Latin American Lives R 980.003 LAT
Gale Virtual Reference Library ( over 500 reference ebook titles online from GALENET)

Gale Biography Resource Center (online from Galenet)

BOOKS: Some books are on reserve. Use the Online Book Catalog to find additional books on your

topic.

ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES: From the library homepage, go to the following database services to get reference

material, or magazine and newspaper articles; Home access is available using remote access codes (see additional handout)

ABC-CLIO Social Studies - Use World History: Modern, World Geography, or U.S. at War

GaleNET - Use the Gale Virtual Reference Library – Search across all reference books or view

history publication titles and select an individual title/volume to search.

Use the Gale Biography Resource Center for biographical articles on people

Encyclopedia Britannica – Use articles from the encyclopedia (for high school students  

and up) and use additional content from selected periodicals and web sites

FACTS.com - Use World News Digest, including special features and top news stories by decade

World Conflicts

EBSCOhost - Use MasUltra, Newspaper Source and/or Masterfile Premier for magazine and

newspaper articles

Newsbank - Use Newsbank School Library Collection (1992 - Current), Retrospective (1970-

1991), Chicagoland Newspapers (Tribune, Sun-Times and Daily Herald), UN Connections  

Proquest - Use Proquest Newspapers and Platinum Periodicals (default) for current resources (1985 - present)

Historical Newspapers - Includes New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Defender, Los 

Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal and several more (dates of coverage vary)

INTERNET RESOURCES: For reliable, evaluated sites, go to the following on the library homepage:

Web Subject Directory: Go to Social Studies and then to World History or US History

Also Use the Librarians Index to the Internet for reliable web sites.