Guides and Handbooks

Reference Sources in History: an introductory guide. Ronald H. Fritze. Santa Barbara,CA ABC-Clio, c.1990

 

The American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature. Mary Beth Norton and Pamela Gerardi. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995

 

Historian's Handbook: a descriptive guide to reference works. Helen J. Poulton. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1972

Chrononologies

Chronologies help researchers pinpoint the day, decade or century that an event occurred. They also describe the inventions, events, and the world political, economic and cultural climate for a particular time period.

General Chronologies

Day by day, the forties. Thomas M. Leonard. New York : Facts on File, 1977. This is a 5 volume set with a volume for each decade from 1940's-1980's MH/Main Reference D11.5 .L44

 

Calendar of creative man. John Paxton and Sheila Fairfield. New York, N.Y. : Facts on File, 1980. MH/Main Reference D11 .P38

 

The Timetables of American history. Laurence Urdang, ed. New York : Simon and Schuster, 1981. MH/Main Reference E174.5 .U75

Subject-specific chronologies

Chronology of native North American history : from pre-Columbian times to the present. Duane Champagne, ed. Detroit : Gale Research, 1994. MH/Main Reference E77 .C555 1994

Timelines of African-American history : 500 years of Black achievement. Thomas Dale Cowan. New York : Berkley Pub. Group, 1994 MH/Main Reference E185 .C86 1994

The timetables of Jewish history : a chronology of the most important people and events in Jewish histroy. Judah Gribetz, et al. New York : Simon & Schuster, 1993. MH/Main Reference DS114 .G68 1993

The Women's Chronology. James Trager. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1994. MH/Main Reference HQ1122 T73 1994

Historic Dictionaries

Historical Dictionaries are reference guides to the history of a particular country, region, movement, time period or genre presented in a dictionary format. Within an historical dictionary for France, you would be able to look up movements, wars, individuals, or divisions of the government and obtain a brief synopsis on whatever you were looking for. Below are some examples of the types of dictionaries available. For a more complete list or for a dictionary specific to your research topic you can either run a search in the Five College Library Catalog or consult with a Reference Librarian

European

Historical dictionary of Fascist Italy. Philip V. Cannistraro, editor-in-chief. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, c1982. MH/Main Reference DG571.A1 H57

Historical dictionary of Hong Kong and Macau. Elfed Vaughan Roberts, Sum Ngai Ling, Peter Bradshaw. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1992. MH/Main Reference DS796.H757 R64

Historical dictionary of Napoleonic France, 1799-1815. Edited by Owen Connelly [and] Harold T. Parker, Peter W. Becker, and June K. Burton, associate editors [and] Janice Seaman Berbin, editorial assistant. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, c1985. MH/Main Reference DC201 .H673

Historical dictionary of Stuart England, 1603-1689. Ronald H. Fritze and William B. Robison, editors-in-chief ; Walter Sutton, assistant editor. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1996. MH/Main Reference DA375 .H57 1996

Historical dictionary of Germany. Wayne C. Thompson, Susan L. Thompson, Juliet S. Thompson. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1994.MH/Main Reference DD84 .T48

Historical dictionary of modern Spain, 1700-1988. Robert W. Kern, editor-in-chief, Meredith D. Dodge, associate editor.New York : Greenwood Press, 1990.MH/Main Reference DP192 .H57 1990