Subject Guide for History and Political Science
FINDING ARTICLES
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FINDING AUTHORITATIVE WEB SITES
Alvernia Library’s Internet Reference Library
The Internet Reference Library has a list of selected History Web sites. The Internet Reference Library can be accessed from the Resources page of the Library Web site.
Alvernia Library Research Page
The Research Guides page, listed under Research Help on the Alvernia Library Research page, links to sources for finding and evaluating Web sites.
FINDING BOOKS, VIDEOS, DVDS, & CDS
A collection of over 12,000 eBooks is now accessible from NetLibrary. eBooks are full text electronic versions that can be borrowed and returned over the Internet.
WorldCat 179 million records
This Online Union Catalog lists holdings from libraries across the world. Searches can be conducted across all libraries or limited to the Alvernia Library collection. Searches can also be limited to specific types of documents such as books, visual materials and Internet resources. (dates of coverage: 2100 B.C. – present)
Requesting a book from this collection only takes a minute. Click on the Borrow this item from another library link. Submit the form with your Alvernia ID number and allow two weeks for delivery of the requested book.
Alvernia's Catalog is the best tool for finding items in Alvernia Library's collection. You can search for books, audiobooks, books in the Best Seller collection, audio-visual materials (videos, DVD's and CD's), course reserves, and journals in our print collection. Item records indicate if the item is available. Students, faculty and staff with an Alvernia ID card can place a hold on items that are currently in circulation.
The Dewey Decimal System is used to classify books in the Alvernia Library. Books on history are primarily located in the 900 - 990 sections.
Examples of books with background information on history are listed below:
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences R 300.3 I61 2008
Encyclopedia of American Social History R301.0973 E56 1993
Political Handbook of th World 2008 R320.9 P769 2008
Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life: A Tour Through History from Ancient Times to the Present R390.21 G816 2004
The Historical Encyclopedia of Costumes R391.009 R121
Encyclopedia of World History R902 L276
The Timetables of History: Horizontal Linkage of People and Events R902.02 G888T
The Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval and Modern Chronologically Arranged R903 E56 2006
Medieval World R909.07 M489 2002
Great Events from History: Ancient and Medieval Series R909.09 M194
Chronicle of the 20th Century R909.82 C557
Atlas of the World R912 A881 2006
Historical Atlas of Ancient America R912.7 B213 2002
The Praeger Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Civilization R913.38 D488
Encyclopedia of Latin America R918.03 E56
Great Events from History: Modern European Series R940 M194
Companion to British History R941 A742 2001
Encyclopedia of Asian History R950 E56 The American Years R973.02 A512 2003
Political Corruption in America: An Encyclopedia of Scandals, Power and Greed R973.03 G878 2003
International
Encyclopedia of the Social Services
The Encyclopedia covers articles
and biographies contributed by scholars from around the world on a wide array of
global topics in the social sciences.
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