History 101: World History
This guide will provide you with a starting point for research in your subject area.
Step 1: Define Your Topic
To help you in this process, use specialized encyclopedias and handbooks located in the reference collection, or chapters from a current textbook to give you a short overview of your research subject. These articles are written by experts on the topic and they often include other references listed at the end of the article. You can be assured that the references listed there are authoritative sources and well worth obtaining for your paper. Some reference books that may be useful:
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Ref FC 23 .C36
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Canadian Encyclopedia
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Ref FC 23 .O94
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Oxford Companion to Canadian History
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Ref D 11 .W635
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Cassell's chronology of world history: dates, events and ideas that made history
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Ref D 9 .L33
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Chambers dictionary of world history
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Ref D 419 .P32
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A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century World History
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Ref D 114 .O94
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The Oxford dictionary of the Middle Ages
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Step 2: Look for Books
Begin your research by checking for your topic in the library catalogue. Remember to click on the item in the results list to display the longer record, and then examine the Subject Terms at the bottom of the record. Click on appropriate relevant Subject Terms to see if there are any other items available on your topic. Some useful World history Subject Terms include:
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Asia, Southeastern - History - 20th Century
- Chronology, Historical
- Cold War
- Europe - Civilization
- Europe - History - 476-1492
- Europe - History - 1945
- History - 1945
- History, Modern - 20th Century
- History, Modern - 21st Century
- Rome - History - Empire, 284-476
- Russia - History
- Social history - 1945
- Social history - 20th Century
- World history
- World politics - 1945
- World politics - 20th century
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World politics - 21st century
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns
Other Reference Sources
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Ref G 1105 .A8
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Atlas of North America
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Ref G 1115 .C37
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The Canadian Atlas
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Ref G 1021 .O88
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Canadian Oxford World Atlas
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Ref G 1106 .S12 H3
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America Discovered: a Historical Atlas of North American Exploration
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Ref G 1021 .H2735
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Hammond New Century World Atlas
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Ref G 2081 .S1 M3
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Historical Atlas of East Central Europe
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Ref G 1030 .T54
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The Times Atlas of World History
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Ebooks on World History
Step 3: Use Periodical Articles
Periodicals offer excellent information. To locate articles in your subject area, use the online indexes - Ebscohost's Academic Search Complete, Canadian Reference Centre, and Military and Government Collection. Once you have located article citations, if the article is not in fulltext online, click on the Request This Item button on the article to get the article through Interlibrary Loans. Don't forget that you have access to the UNBC Library for both catalogued books as well as their Library Databases (UNBC Databases must be used in the UNBC library to be properly accessed). Remember to order Interlibrary Loan items early!
Have fun! If you have comments or suggestions, email me at lovittj@cnc.bc.ca