HIS172: Atlantic World

European History Sources

Cambridge Modern History 14 vols.
Ref D 208 .N4

Especially volumes 6,7,8, which cover 1688-1793. Good for overall background.

Chronology of World History 4 vols.
Ref D 11 .M39 1999

Especially Volume 2: 1492-1775, The Expanding World

Europe 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World 6 vols.
Ref D 209 .E97 2004

Longman Companion to Formation of the European Empire, 1488-1920
Ref D 217 .C46 2000

Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism
Ref D 217 .H57 1991

Facts on File Dictionary of European History, 1485-1789
Ref D 231 W54

Christopher Columbus Encyclopedia 2 vols.
Ref E 111 .C774 1991

Encycloppedia of Exploration to 1800
Ref G 80 .H68 2003

American History Sources

Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies 3 vols.
REF E 45 .E53 1993

This set contains brief essays on issues relating to the North American Colonies. Some essays include brief bibliographies.

Revolutionary America, 1763 to 1800
Ref E 162 .P86 1994

Part of the "Almanacs of American Life" series; contains chronologies, tables, and maps.

American Eras 8 vols.
Ref E 169.1 .A4719 1998

Good overall background material. Vols. 1-3 cover pre-1600 through the American Revolution.

Dictionary of American History, 3rd Edition 10 vols.
Ref E 174 .D52 2003

Comprehensive, multi-volume encyclopedia of essays on a wide range of topics.

American Heritage Encyclopedia of American History
Ref E 174 .A535 1998

Oxford Companion to United States History
Ref E 174 .O94 2001

See, especially, the entries on "Revolution and Constitution, Era of," and "Revolutionary War."

Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates, 10th Edition
REF E 174.5 .C3 1997

Encyclopedia of American History, 7th Edition
Ref E 174.5 .E52 1996

Reference Library of Hispanic America 4 vols.
Ref E 184 .S75 R44 2002

American Revolution, 1775-1783: An Encyclopedia
Ref E 208 .A433 1993

Two volumes of essays on over 800 topics; good coverage of all battles and biographies.

Abstracts and Indexes (Periodical Articles)

America: History and Life

This is the major scholarly index to the literature of U.S. history. Brief summaries accompany most of the articles listed.

Historical Abstracts

Comprehensive historical coverage of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada). Brief summaries accompany most of the articles listed.

Humanities Full Text

This index covers the major scholarly journals in history, most of which are available in the F&M periodicals collection. The index can be searched electronically from 1983 to the present. Older volumes - under the title Humanities Index - are available in the Microforms Room.

Primary Sources & Websites

Pennsylvania Gazette

Weekly newspaper published in Philadelphia from 1728 - 1789.

NewsBank - Early American Newspapers Series 1, 1690-1876

Early American Newspapers features cover-to-cover reproductions of hundreds of historic newspapers, providing more than one million pages as fully text-searchable facsimile images. For students and scholars of early America, this unique collection -- based largely on Clarence Brigham's "History and Bibliography of American Newspapers,1690-1820" -- offers an unprecedented look back into the extraordinary history of the United States -- the story of its people, ideals, commerce and everyday life.

Early American Imprints (Evans Collection)

A collection of nearly 50,000 titles on microfiche; the full text of books, pamphlets and broadsides published in America in the years 1639 to 1800. There is currently a trial of online access through 10/31/05.

American Memory (Library of Congress)

Links to collections at the Library of Congress; can search by topics or time periods.

Virtual Jamestown

An interactive guide to the Jamestown Colony.

Yahoo - History Menu

Links to web sites on exploration, Colonial America, and other topics from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries.