INTRODUCTION

FIND BACKGROUND INFORMATION

SELECTED PRINT REFERENCE SOURCES

FIND BOOKS IN LAVERY LIBRARY AND BEYOND

FIND ARTICLES AND MORE

FIND WEBSITES

INTRODUCTION
This subject guide covers the history of the countries of Europe from ancient times to the present. Please see the World History Subject Guide and British History Subject Guide for additional resources.

FIND BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Reference Books are located on the Main Level of Lavery Library.

Reference books provide background information to help you understand your topic, narrow your topic, or prepare an outline of your topic. They also help define terms related to your topic, provide assistance in the selection of subject terms for your database searches, and contain factual information, such as, statistics, biographies, and maps.

SELECTED PRINT REFERENCES SOURCES:

Literature and Research Guides

Encyclopedias
HN373.E63 2001 REF
Encyclopedia of European Social History From 1350 to 2000

DD256.5 1991 REF
The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich

Dictionaries
D1051 .U78 1996 REF
A Dictionary of European History and Politics, 1945-1995

Atlases
G2081.S1H8 1996 REF
A Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe

Chronologies
D11.C57 1997 V.1 REF
Chronology of European History, 15,000 B.C. to 1997

Biographies
CT103.C4 1997
Chambers Biographical Dictionary

CT103.C26 1994
The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia

Statistical Sources
CB69.C37 1993 REF
The Encyclopedia of World Facts and Dates

HA1107.M5 1998 REF
International Historical Statistics: Europe, 1750-1993

Primary Sources
H51.B25
From Alexander To Constantine: Passages and Documents Illustrating the History of Social and Political Ideas

FIND BOOKS IN LAVERY LIBRARY AND BEYOND
The key to the library's extensive book collection is the Library Catalog. It may be searched by Author, Title, Subject, or Keyword. Subject headings are established by the Library of Congress. If you have any trouble selecting a Subject heading for your topic, try a Keyword search or check the listings in the Library of Congress Subject Headings red books (Z 695 .L69 2001 REF) in the Reference area near the main floor computers.

Subject Headings which may be useful to you for World History are:

History—Europe
History—[name a country]
[name a specific event or person such as Napoleon or battle of the bulge]

If you would like to browse in the European History section of the library, the main call numbers are: D,s; CB's; HN's

Circulating books are all located on the Upper Level.

Link to the Library Catalog from the library's home page http://library.sjfc.edu

Find books in Other Libraries by selecting Library Catalog from the library's home page, then select Other Library Catalogs.

Search the world for books by selecting WorldCat from the databases listed under Research Databases. From the library's home page, select Research Tools, select Research Databases, then select WorldCat from the alphabetized list.

To order a book from another library use the online Interlibrary Loan form, accessible from the library's home page http://library.sjfc.edu.

FIND ARTICLES AND MORE
Lavery Library subscribes to an extensive collection of Research Databases that may be used to search for articles on your topic in periodicals, newspapers, and book chapters. Periodicals include both scholarly journals and popular magazines. When researching for courses in your major, it is usually recommended that you use scholarly articles, also referred to as peer reviewed or refereed articles. Databases will often allow you to limit your search to scholarly articles.

If the article cited on the database that you are using does not appear in full-text on the database, check Periodical Holdings to determine if the periodical is either full-text on another database or available in hard copy in the library's collection. From the library's home page, select Research Tools, then select Research Databases.

Research Databases are listed both alphabetically and by subject on the library's home page. When starting research in European History, the following databases are recommended:

Historical Abstracts
JSTOR
Expanded Academic

Link to Subject Listing of databases available for Humanities and Art

FIND WEBSITES
When using websites for research it is very important to evaluate their authority and content. Use the following checklist to evaluate sites before using them as references.

Evaluating Web Sites Checklist

Your liaison librarian has provided a list of quality websites for European History. They are available on the library's home page under Selected Websites. Select History. Under World History, select Europe.

To search for additional websites, start with Google - http://www.google.com.