Keeley Library Student Pages:
Social Studies -
World History
For background on the subject, consult general encyclopedias such as Americana, Britannica, Colliers, World Book, etc. Look for articles on "History" or "World History." To locate materials in the Keeley Library, see the section on Finding Your Way Around the Library.
Internet Resources
Library Catalog
To locate items in the library catalog, search in iBistro. You may want to limit your search to search only the Keeley Library, instead of all of the SAILS libraries. The following subjects are just some suggestions for your search:
- Biography
- Civilization
- Geography
- Historiography
- History
- History, Ancient
- History, Modern
- Middle Ages--History
- Military history
- Naval history
- Revolutions
- World history
- World politics
- and the subdivision --History under the names of countries
SAILS Databases
As members of SAILS, Durfee students and teachers can access journal and newspaper articles as well as online reference books, from the library's computers and from home. Simply go to the online catalog page, access the online catalog, and click on .
Selected Reference Books
- Dictionary of Modern Politics
- Dictionary of Twentieth Century History
- Dictionary of world biography
- Encyclopedia of European social history from 1350 to 2000
- Great Events From History
- Great Events From History. Ancient and medieval series
- Great Events From History. Modern European series
- Great Events From History. Worldwide twentieth century series
- Lands and Peoples
- McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Biography
- Profiles in world history
- Timelines on file
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