Selected Resources for:
World History

America: History & Life   

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

1954- .

Primary index to research in American and Canadian history, including social and cultural history. Includes abstracts (summaries) of journal articles. Limit by language, time period, and document type (articles, collections of articles, books, and dissertations).

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Historical Abstracts   

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

1450- .

Primary index to materials for research in non-U.S./non-Canadian history, including social and cultural history. Includes abstracts (summaries) of journal articles. Covers world history from 1450 to the present.

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 of selected, important scholarly journals in a number of fields. Journals in JSTOR usually do not include the most recent 3-5 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 scholarly journals in the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.

Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History  

http://0-find.galegroup.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/gvrl/infomark.do?type=aboutBook&prodId=GVRL&eisbn=0974309176&version=1.0&userGroupName=wash43584&source=gale

Location: Ref. D 23 .B45 2005

Encyclopedia of World History  

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/record=b2300917~S4

Humanities E-Book Project  

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

Full-text collection of over 1,000 major, scholarly books covering the histories of America, Asia, Africa, Latin America and other parts of the world. The books are relatively recent.

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.