LibGuides: History Resources: Find Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Find Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Electronic Reference
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*Full access to reference books covering multiple subject areas
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*Online encyclopedias covering multiple subject areas

eReference Highlights:

Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History (Macmillan, 2006)
Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture (Scribner, 2008)
Encyclopedia of Modern China (Scribner, 2009)
Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century (Gale, 2007)
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture (St. James Press, 2013)

Maps & Cartography

David Rumsey Map Collection
The David Rumsey Map Collection, housed at Stanford University, is home to over 150,000 historic maps and cartographic materials from around the world, over 121,000 of which have been digitized into this online collection. All the images in this collection are licensed under a Creative Commons License.

To locate encyclopedias and dictionaries in the library's 2nd-floor reference collection, use the blue Library of Congress handout to identify appropriate call number areas, and then browse.

Relevant sections for history include:

D - World History

DA - Great Britain

DC - France

DD - Germany

DS - Asia

DT - Africa

E - United States

F1-F975 - United States local history

F1201-F3799 - Latin America

Print Reference Highlights:

Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895
Call Number: E185 .E545 2006 (2nd floor reference collection)
Publication Date: 2006
Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present
Call Number: E185 .E5453 2009 (2nd floor reference collection)
Publication Date: 2009
Berkshire Encyclopedia of China
Call Number: DS735.A2 B47 2009 (2nd floor reference collection)
Publication Date: 2008
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Call Number: DA28 .O95 2004 (2nd floor reference collection)
Publication Date: 2004
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography is a collection of 50,000 specially written biographies of men and women who have shaped all aspects of the British past, from the earliest times to the end of the year 2000.