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Below is a select list of resources for historical information.

BOOKS

Chronologies and Timelines

Chronicle of the World
REF D 11 .C56 1996

Historical Tables 58 BC - AD 1990
REF D 11 .S83 1991


Monarchs, Rulers, Dynasties, and Kingdoms of the World
REF D 107 .T36 1983

Page One:   Major Events 1920-1983 as Presented in the New York Times
REF D 411 .P255 1983

People's Chronology
REF D 11 .T83 1992

Timetables of History
REF D 11 .G78 1982

World History Factfinder
REF D 20 .M48 1989

Ancient History

The Age of God-kings: Time Frame--3000-1500 BC
D 57 .A34 1987

Atlas of Classical History
REF G 1033 .A833 1985

Empires Ascendant: Time Frame 400 BC-AD 200
D 57 .E47 1987

Encyclopedia of World History
REF D 21 .L27 1972

Great Cities of the Ancient World
D 62 .D4 1990

Great Events from History
REF D 59 .M26

Herodotus
D 56.52 .H45 E9 1982

The History of Herodotus
AC 1 .G72 vol. 6

A History of the Ancient World
D 59 .S75 1983

A Soaring Spirit: Time Frame, 600-400 BC
D 57 .S69 1987

Middle Ages

The Barbarian Kings
D 21.3 .C25 1982

Dictionary of the Middle Ages
REF D 114 .D5 1982

Everyday Life of Medieval Travellers
G 369 .R68 1989

Everyday Life in Medieval Times
D 127 .R6 1987

Fury of the Northmen: Time Frame, AD 800-1000
D 123 .F87 1988

Horizon Book of the Middle Ages
CB 351 .B48 1984

The March of Islam: Time Frame, AD 600-800
D 121 .M34 1988

Medieval Europe, 400-1500
D 117 .K62 1987

The Middle Ages
VIDEO D 117 .M54 1997

The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval Europe
D 102 .O94 1988

The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History
D 117 .P75

Western Europe in the Middle Ages, 300-1475
D 117 .T6 1983


Modern History (16th Century--Present)

Chronicle of the 20th Century
D 422 .C57 1987

Dictionary of European History
REF D 231 .W54

Dictionary of National Biography (To be listed here, one must be very British and very dead!)
REF DA 28 .D47

Dictionary of 20 th Century History
REF D 419 .P27 1979

Encyclopedia of the 20 th Century
REF D 419 .F33 1991

Great Events from History:   Modern European Series
REF   D 209 .M29

Great Events from History:   Worldwide Twentieth Century Series
REF   D 421 .M26

The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
D 210 .T89 1984

Modern Times: The World from the Twenties to the Eighties
D 421 .J64 1985

The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
D 398 .T8 1985

The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers
D 210 .K46 1987


Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in World History
SPEC D 21 .T34 2002

Who Was Who in World War II
REF D 736 K43 1989

Women Who Ruled
REF D 107 .J33 1990

World War II
VIDEO D 743 .W6754 1995

World War II:   America at War 1941-1945
REF D 743.5 .P56 1991

American History

General Collection E 160-E900

America Grows Up  
VIDEO E 178 .A465 1980

American Historical Images on File
REF CT 213 .F33 1990

American History
E 178.2 .A472 1990

The Annals of America
REF E 173 .A793 1976

Atlas of American History
REF G 1201.S1 F4 1987

The Civil War
VIDEO E 458 .C58

The Civil War (Ken Burns)
VIDEO E 468 .C625 1991

The Coming of the Civil War
E 338 .C92

Democracy on Trial: A Documentary History of American Life, 1845-1877
E 415.7 .D46 1988

Dictionary of American Biography
REF E 176 .D563


Dictionary of American History
REF E 174 .D52 2003

Founding Fathers
RESERVE DVD E 302.5 .F686 2000

Great Lives from History:   American Series

REF CT 214 .G74 1987

Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970

REF HA 202 .B87 1975

La Otra Historia de los Estados Unidos

E 178.1 .Z5618 2000

Midcentury America: Life in the 1850's

E 166 B64

Notable American Women
REF CT 3260 .N57

Ordeal by Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction
E 468 .M23

Reexamining U.S. History from a Multi-cultural Perspective
VIDEO E 178 .R449 1998

The Shaping of America: A People's History of the Young Republic

E 301 .S6

Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in American History 2001
SPEC E 178.6 .T35

The Twentieth Century, A People's History
E 741 .Z55 1984

MAPS & ATLASES

Atlases are found in the Atlas Cases and in REFERENCE G.
Large format maps , including USGS Arizona Topographical Maps, are in the Map File.


DATABASES

Available on our website at http://www.pvc.maricopa.edu/library/databases/social.html

Use these databases to find articles from periodicals:  

Expanded Academic ASAP and MasterFILE Premier index periodicals such as America, Historical Methods, Journal of Modern History, etc. For historical info on other countries, a good search strategy is the name of a country followed by the subheading history .  
EXAMPLE:   Ireland - History


PERIODICALS

American Heritage
American History
Current History
Journal of American Ethnic History
Journal of Arizona History
Southwestern Lore

WEBSITES
 
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