Selected Resources for:
European History

American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies   

http://0-search.ebscohost.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=sbh

1956-

Citations to U.S. and Canadian publications on topics related to East-Central Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet Union, including culture, history, economics, international relations, and literature. It contains bibliographic records for journal articles, books, book chapters, book reviews, dissertations, online resources, and selected government publications.

Location: LAU Ref Stacks Z2483 .A65

European Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies  

http://www2.msh-paris.fr/betuee/BD_Bibl_Est_accueil_angl.htm

EBSEES lists books, journal articles, reviews and theses on Eastern Europe (formerly Communist countries) published in Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, The Netherlands, and Switzerland. It includes documents from all these countries, whether published in that country's language or in the languages of the countries studied. This includes national minorities and émigré publications. The database contains over 50,000 bibliographical citations to works published between 1991 and 1996. From 1996 onwards, German monographs are not listed, as users can find them through the catalogues of the German National Library in Frankfurt/Main.

Location: Cahiers du monde russe et sovietique.

Historical Abstracts   

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1450- .

Indexes and abstracts articles dealing with European history from 1450 to the present. The printed version of this index is also available.

Humanities Full Text   

http://0-vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/hww/jumpstart.jhtml?prod=HUMFT

1984- .

Indexes the major scholarly English-language journals in the humanities (including history and literature). Under Open Database Selection Area, select Humanities Full Text. For prior years, use Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective.

JSTOR   

http://0-www.jstor.org.library.lausys.georgetown.edu

Full text (in PDF format) of selected, important scholarly journals in a number of fields. Note: journals in JSTOR usually do not include the most recent three to five years. For more recent articles, use one of the other indexes listed in this section.

Project Muse   

http://0-muse.jhu.edu.library.lausys.georgetown.edu:80/journals/

Mid-1990s- (dates vary by title).

Provides access to almost 250 journals published by the Johns Hopkins University Press, and 40 other scholarly publishers. Covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics and many others. You can search across all journals in the database, selected subsets of journal titles or just a single title. Full text is available for titles marked with a green arrow.

European Maps: The Yale Map Collection  

http://www.library.yale.edu/MapColl/oldsite/map/eur.html

Historical maps of the British Isles, France and the Low Countries, Central and Eastern Europe, and the Mediterranean, from the 1500's through the 1800's.

New Penguin Atlas of Recent History: Europe Since 1815  

Over fifty color maps and text describing major events and developments in Europe from 1815 through 2000. Emphasis is given to military campaigns and political boundaries.

Location: Ref G 1797.21 .S1 M3 2002

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection  

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html

The University of Texas online collection of maps. Most of the maps are in the public domain and can be downloaded. Includes current and historical maps of specific countries as well as Europe as a whole.

Shepherds Historical Atlas  

One of the standard historical atlases. Has maps of various areas of the world at historically significant times.

Location: LAU Ref Stacks G 1030 .S4

Times Atlas of European History  

Covers over 3000 years of European history. Text and color maps chart the shifting borders throughout the development of the European countries.

Location: Ref. G 1797.21 .S1 T5 1994

Political Chronology of Europe  

Provides a factual record of the most significant political events that shaped the history of each country in Europe. These include wars, border disputes, invasions, assassinations, treaties, formation of political parties, elections, and constitutional changes.

Location: Ref D 11 .P73 2001

Timetables of History  

A year-by-year listing of significant events in history, politics, religion, philosophy, the arts, science, and daily life. Covers all time periods and regions.

Location: LAU Ref Stacks D 11 .G78 2005

Library of Congress Country Studies  

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

This series has individual volumes on most eastern and some western European countries, each with a different call number. The chapter on the country's history provides a brief overview that emphasizes the twentieth century. Also includes bibliographies. Known as the Area Handbook Series. Also available in print. In GEORGE, choose to do a title search for: [Name of Country]: A Country Study. Located in Ref., Gov. Docs., and Main stacks.

A-Z of Modern Europe  

A comprehensive but concise historical dictionary which defines modern Europe through its important events and people.

Location: Ref. D 299 .P64 2000

Blackwell Dictionary of Historians  

Contains articles on terms, movements and historiography of specific countries. Also has 450 biographical entries with the scholarly reputation of the historians, the circumstances in which they worked, and current opinions of their work.

Location: Ref. Biog. D 14 .B58 1988

Columbia Dictionary of European Political History Since 1914  

Contains articles averaging about half a page on major events, individual, political groups, and issues in European history since the beginning of World War I.

Location: Ref. D 424 .C65 1992

Dictionary of Concepts in History  

Explains historical terminology and principles. Each entry has four parts: a brief definition of the concept, a summary of its history, a list of references cited, and a bibliography of sources for further reading.

Location: Ref. D 13 .R49 1986

Dictionary of European History and Politics, 1945-1995  

Historical dictionary of brief entries covering events, issues, states, and individuals in the post World War II era in Europe.

Location: LAU Ref Stacks D 1051 .U79 1996

Great Historians of the Modern Age: an International Dictionary.  

Summarizes the contributions and insights of several hundred 19th- and 20th- century historians from 38 countries and regions around the world. Also contains an extensive subject index as well as an index to historians.

Location: Ref. Biog. D 14 .G75

Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism  

Major focus is the Spanish, Portuguese, British, Dutch, French, German, Belgian, and Italian empires during the past 500 years.

Location: LAU Ref Stacks D 217 .H57 1991

Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe  

Includes entries for Albania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and the countries that once made up Yugoslavia. Some information on European Russia is included. Gives brief but comprehensive introduction into a country's history during the last two centuries. Includes article on political organizations and movements and extensive maps.

Location: LAU Ref DJK 6 .E53 2000

Encyclopedia of European Social History: From 1350 to 2000  

Six volumes. Broad essays in the first volume explain the methods of social history, the sociohistorical periods into which modern Europe can be divided and the formative social and cultural influences in various regions or countries. The second through fifth volumes are divided into 19 topics such as work, religion, nationalism, holidays, etc. The sixth volume includes biographies of important figures in European social history.

Location: LAU Ref Stacks HN 373 .E63 2001

Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing  

Alphabetical and thematic lists of entries and a chronological list of historians. Includes essays on individual historians, essays focusing on nations or geographical regions, and topical essays about historical subdisciplines, methods, or important historical debates.

Location: Ref. D 14 .E58 1999

Encyclopedia of the Holocaust  

One volume with more than 650 entries on significant aspects of the Holocaust, including people, cities and countries, camps, resistance movements, Holocaust denial, Nazi propaganda, youth movements, Holocaust museums and memorials, and more. Also contains eight substantial essays on the history of the Holocaust and its antecedents, including the history of European Jewry, Jewish contributions to European culture, and the rise of antisemitism and Nazism.

Location: Ref. D 804.25 .E53 2000

Encyclopedia of the Renaissance  

Articles cover all aspects of life during the period including the arts, culture, economics, humanism, literature, philosophy, politics, religion, science, social history, and women's roles. Includes a chronology from 1300 to 1724. Six volumes.

Location: Ref. CB 361 .E52 1999

Europe 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World  

Over 1,000 articles cover major topics in art, government, and education. Also provides biographical entries on key figures of the period. Six volumes.

Location: LAU Ref Stacks 209 .E97 2004

Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing  

Covers historiography and historians from around the world. Contains brief biographical articles on individual historians, surveys of national or regional historical writing and topical entries on concepts or themes in historiography.

Location: Ref. D 13 .G47 1998

Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation  

http://0-www.oxfordreference.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t172

Covers all aspects of the Reformation, political, social and intellectual, as well as religion. The scholarly articles vary in length from a few paragraphs to several pages and include bibliographies.

Location: LAU Ref Stacks BR 302.8 .O93 1996

Oxford Illustrated History of Modern Europe  

A basic history of Europe from the mid-eighteenth century to the present. Useful for a brief overview of a time period or subject.

Location: Ref. D 359 .O93 1996

European Political Facts 1648-1789  

Provides brief information on various aspects of European political history such as parliaments, elections, political parties, defense, treaties, battles, heads of state, population, and the church.

Location: Ref. JN 9 .B3 1984

European Political Facts 1789-1848  

Provides brief information on various aspects of European political history such as parliaments, elections, political parties, defense, treaties, battles, heads of state, population, and the church.

Location: Ref. JN 10 .C65

European Political Facts 1848-1918  

Provides brief information on various aspects of European political history such as parliaments, elections, political parties, defense, treaties, battles, heads of state, population, and the church.

Location: Ref. JN 10 .C66 1978

European Political Facts 1918-1990  

Provides information on international organizations and on various aspects of European countries, such as parliaments, elections, political parties, defense, and treaties. Other volumes cover earlier periods.

Location: LAU Ref Stacks JN 12 .C643 1992

Cambridge Economic History of Europe  

Covers all of Europe from the Middle Ages into the twentieth century. Individual chapters are written by experts. Extensive bibliographies are found at the end of each volume.

Location: Ref. HC 240 .C3

New Cambridge Modern History  

An authoritative fourteen-volume history of Europe with individual chapters written by specialists. There is a separate bibliography volume (Ref. D 208 .N41).

Location: Ref. D 208 .N4

American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature  

This extensive, annotated bibliography covers all fields of history, including European, and is a good starting point for identifying basic works on a topic.

Location: Ref. Z 6201 .G95

Bibliographie Annuelle de l'Histoire de France  

All aspects of French history are covered in this listing of books and periodical articles. Arranged chronologically, with a detailed author and subject index. Primarily French language materials.

Location: Ref. Z 2179 .B5

Historiography  

A bibliography of recent historiographies. Volume 1 covers bibliographies, books, conferences, and dissertations. Volume 2 has a geographic classification.

Location: Ref. Z 6208 .H5 H57 1987

Indice Historico Espanol  

Covers all periods in the history of Spain. Draws on a world literature of books and articles. Has an emphasis on cultural developments.

Location: Ref. Z 2697 .C3

International Bibliography of Historical Sciences  

Lists books and periodical articles covering all fields of history and time periods. Arranged by field of history. Includes indexes by author, geographic location, and historical figure.

Location: LAU Ref Stacks Z 6205 .I61

Jahresberichte für Deutsche Geschichte  

Lists books and articles on German history. Has author/title and subject indexes.

Location: Ref. Z 2236 .J26

Study of History: A Bibliographical Guide  

A selected bibliography of books and articles on the nature, purposes, and methods of the study of history, beginning with works dealing with the ancient world and progressing chronologically to the recent past. Focuses on Western historiography with an emphasis on historical writing in Britain.

Location: Ref. D 13 .R44 2000

Writings on British History  

Covers British history through 1939 in books and articles. Although there is a subject index, it is probably best to go to the appropriate time period and type of history. Includes author index.

Location: Ref. Z 2016 .R88

GEORGE   

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/

Check for books on your topic in GEORGE, the library's catalog. Search by keyword, author, title, or subject heading. To find a book by topic, search by Library of Congress Subject Headings, keywords, or try looking up a title you know and click on "Find Similar Items" to search by the subject headings listed in the book's catalog record.

Library of Congress Catalog  

http://catalog.loc.gov/

The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world. An unparalleled world resource, the collection holds more than 138 million items, including more than 32 million cataloged books and other print materials in 470 languages; more than 61 million manuscripts; the largest rare book collection in North America; and the world's largest collection of legal materials, films, maps, sheet music and sound recordings. The Library of Congress occupies three buildings on Capitol Hill. To make use of its resources as a Georgetown affiliate, consult GU-LC Connection. General information for researchers appears at LC's Researchers page.

WorldCat   

http://0-newfirstsearch.oclc.org.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/autho=100161383;dbname=WorldCat;screen=advanced;done=http://www.library.georgetown.edu;FSIP

WorldCat is a catalog consisting of over 100 million records for books and other materials in over 60,000 libraries. NOTE: Available only to Georgetown University students, faculty, and staff. A publicly accessible version is available at http://www.worldcat.org/.

WRLC Catalog  

http://catalog.wrlc.org/

The catalog of the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC): George Washington, American, Catholic, George Mason, Gallaudet, and Marymount Universities, the University of the District of Columbia, and Georgetown University. Georgetown students may borrow directly from WRLC libraries or request items via the WRLC Catalog.

International Historical Statistics: Europe, 1750-2005  

1750-2005

This print source includes available statistics for European countries on population, labor, agriculture, industry, external trade, transport, communications, finance, prices, and national accounts.

Location: Ref. HA 1107 .M5 2007

Historical Archives of the European Communities  

http://www.iue.it/ECArchives/EN/

The Eurhistar database, a repository for official documents of EEU agencies, maintained at the European University Institute, Florence. Includes the original European Community files, papers of European politicians and officials, archives of European parties and organizations, and a collection of official Community publications.

Europe (Voice of the Shuttle: History)  

http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2713#id877

A mammoth meta-index of Internet resources for European history. Links are divided into the following categories: General European History Resources, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Spain, U.K., Courses. This is a section of the History page of the "Voice of the Shuttle: Web Page for Humanities Research" maintained by Alan Liu at the University of California Santa Barbara.

EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe  

http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page

Primary sources and other historical documents concerning political, economic, social and cultural history of European nations. Organized by country, the archive includes treaties, maps, literature, laws, letters, and other historically significant documents. Maintained by Richard Hacken at Brigham Young University.

European Enlightenment  

http://www.wsu.edu:8000/~dee/ENLIGHT/ENLIGHT.HTM

A hypertext collection of essays concerning major figures, events, and writings of the European Enlightenment, part of the World Cultures site at Washington State University.

Historical Directories  

http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/historynotes.asp

The "Historical Notes" tab includes links to web sites dealing with genealogy, British local and urban history, and British military history.

RefWorks  

http://0-www.refworks.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/refworks

RefWorks is an online research management, writing, and collaboration tool designed to help researchers gather, manage, store, and share information and generate citations and bibliographies.