Research Guides -- History:
European
Library Catalogs / Electronic
Databases /Atlases / Internet Resources
Europe and the Modern World Bibliography (Ryan)
Making of Modern Europe Bibliography (Ryan)
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MATC Libraries Online Catalog - Webcat provides access to books, magazines, Reserve material, audio-visual material
(for example, videos), and web resources Search by subject or keyword.
Most European History books will be located in the 900's. Sample subject headings: Renaissance, Civilization, Medieval, Europe History 15th Century, France History, 17th Century England.
Reference books may also be useful for biographical sketches or background information about a topic. For example:
Ref 940 M19 Vol. 1-6
Magill's history of Europe / edited by Frank N. Magill
Ref 920.02 EN56 1998
Encyclopedia of world biography / Bourgoin, Suzanne Michele, 1968-
Other Library Catalogs can also be accessed from MATC libraries web page.
Search the University of Wisconsin - Madison Libraries catalog- MadCat which includes holdings at the Wisconsin State Historical Library & Archives. UW Borrowing Card: The MATC Libraries have an agreement with the UW-Madison Libraries to provide a borrowing card free of charge to MATC students. Stop in at any of the MATC Libraries to learn more and fill out the form.
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Atlases are available in both the reference and circulating collections of the library. Click on one of these selected titles to see if it is available in the library.
Ref 912 G649 2005
Goode's world atlas
912 AT881 2005
Atlas of the world / [cartography by Philip's]
911.4 B261
The history atlas of Europe
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Academic Search Elite or Expanded Academic ASAP or Academic Onefile
Use these academic databases to find articles from scholarly and history journals. Full-text titles include History Today, History Review, Journal of Modern History, Journal of American Ethnic History, Journal of Social History, and others.
Academic Universe
Large database with news, business, reference, country profiles, almanacs etc.
Humanities Full-text
Indexes 400 English language periodicals in archaeology and classical studies, art, film, folklore, history, journalism, linguistics, literature, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion, and theology.
JSTOR
Full text, digitized articles from more than 100 journals including scholarly and academic history journal collection. Titles included as far back as late 1800s up to prior to past 2-7 years.
Proquest
Historical Newspapers
Chicago Defender (1921-1975) Chicago Tribune (1849-1985), New York Times(1851 – three years prior to present year )
Full page images of the Chicago Defender , Chicago Tribune, New York Times. Complete with illustrations, advertisements, obituaries, etc. as they appeared in the newspaper at that time.
Proquest Online
Newspapers
Includes several European newspapers such as BBC Monitoring, The Times(London),
Daily Record(Glasgow), and European Report (Brussels). Most are full text from
the later 1990's to the present.
Book Review Search Tools:
Search "Newspapers of Record" in Proquest Newspapers Database (using Firefox)
Search "Newspapers of Record" in Proquest Newspapers (using Internet Explorer)
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Eurodocs
http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page
Primary source documents from European history.
Country Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
In-depth analyses of 85 countries including history, put out by the Library of Congress.
Background Notes
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
Information on countries provided by the U.S. Department of State.
Avalon Project - Pre 18th Century Documents
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/pre18.htm
Collection of documents from Yale Law School.
H-Net Reviews
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/
Online scholarly book review resource
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/
Full text historical documents and links for ancient, medieval, and modern history.
Old Bailey Online
http://www.oldbaileyonline.org
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674 to 1834
Russia Engages the World and The Romanovs
http://russia.nypl.org/ and http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/slv/exhibit/roman.html
NYPL digital collections
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Citations
Chicago Style Citations
MATC Libraries History Research Guide
Knightcite
http://webapps.calvin.edu/knightcite/index.php
This is a free citation-producing service (MLA , APA, and Chicago) created by the Heckman Library at Calvin College.
MATC Virtual Writing Center
http://matcmadison.edu/is/writingcenter/
The MATC Writing Center is available to all students at MATC who have writing needs. The Center hopes to provide support and assistance to students from all programs and departments in which teachers assign writing projects.
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