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Western Civilization : A Concise History vol. 3 by Christopher Brooks (Author)
Publication Date: 2019
Volume 3, from the Napoleonic era to the recent past, covers topics including the Industrial Revolution, the politics of Europe in the nineteenth century, modern European imperialism, the world wars, fascism, Nazism, and the Holocaust, the postwar era, the Cold War, and recent developments in economics and politics

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Western Civilization: a brief history by Paul R. Waibel
ISBN: 9781119160786
Publication Date: 2020-02-11
A concise one-volume survey that covers the subject's ancient origins through to the early 21st century stressing social and intellectual history, rather than merely listing names and dates. The text explores key events, figures, themes, and characteristics in the history of Western Civilization.

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Online Reference Books

Europe, 1789 To 1914 : Encyclopedia of the Age of Industry and Empire by John Merriman (Editor); Jay Winter (Editor)
Call Number: Online in Gale Virtual Reference Library
ISBN: 9780684314969
Publication Date: 2006-07-01
A five-volume survey of European history from the onset of the French Revolution to the outbreak of World War. Alphabetically arranged entries cover the period's most significant personalities and meaningful developments in the arts, religion, politics, exploration, and warfare.
Europe since 1914 : Encyclopedia of the Age of War and Reconstruction by John Merriman; J. M. Winter
Call Number: Online in Gale Virtual Reference Library
ISBN: 9780684314976
Publication Date: 2006-10-01
A multi-volume survey of European history from the beginning of World War I in 1914 to the present, presented through alphabetically arranged entries that focus on the period's scientific, social and cultural history as well as the political, military and economic developments.
The Industrial Revolution in Europe, 1750-1914 by James Farr (Editor)
ISBN: 9780787660468
Publication Date: 2002-11-18
World Eras provides a multicultural approach with a cross-disciplinary overview of world history and a strong emphasis of daily life and social history. Each chapter within a volume includes an introductory essay, a timeline, entries on specific topics, events or movements, biographies of prominent individuals, and important publications of the era.

Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
Access to encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

Specialized Encyclopedias

Grove Art Online (now part of Oxford Art Online) This link opens in a new window
Provides access to foremost scholarly art encyclopedia covering all aspects of Western and non-Western visual art.
Also includes The Oxford Companion to Western Art, edited by Hugh Brigstocke (2001), The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms by Michael Clarke and Deborah Clarke, and Encyclopedia of Aesthetics edited by Michael Kelly (1998).
Biography in Context This link opens in a new window
Provides biographical information on more than 528,000 people throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas; includes more than 27,000 images

Article Databases

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Archive of interdisciplinary journals and books, covering the Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Religion.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides full text coverage to peer-reviewed titles in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education and more.

History Databases

Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Searchable reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada) includes over 800,000 annotated bibliographic citations to articles and book reviews
America: History and Life This link opens in a new window
Provides access to scholarly literature from journals, dissertations and book and media reviews on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present

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The USGenWeb Project provides free genealogy websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States. This Project is non-commercial and fully committed to free genealogy access for everyone. Organization is by county and state, and this website provides you with links to all the state genealogy websites which, in turn, provide gateways to the counties.

The Archives Library Information Center (ALIC) provides a selection of links for how to do genealogical research, genealogy resources around the world, and searchable databases.