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Internet History Sourcebooks Project
From Fordham University history professor Paul Halsall, a sourcebook for primary sources available on the web. Particularly useful for identifying primary sources from pre-modern eras.

Credo Reference: History

History Books

General Reference Sources

Unfamiliar with a term or concept used in class? You'll find detailed information in these books! Look below to seach in Credo for a number of additional reference titles, or take a look at Credo Reference's own Research Guides for African History, American History, British History, and Native American Studies:

The American Heritage Encyclopedia of American History by John Mack Faragher
Call Number: Valley City State University Reference Room (R 973 Am35f )
ISBN: 0805044388
Publication Date: 1998-10-16
More than 125 contributors, all experts in their fields, present the best in recent scholarship, spanning the pre-Columbian period through the 1990s.
A Dictionary of American History by Thomas L. Purvis
Call Number: Online
ISBN: 0631227954
Publication Date: 1997-01-01
A Dictionary of World History by Edmund Wright (Editor); Margaret Tuthill (Illustrator); Linda Wells (Illustrator)
Call Number: Valley City State University Reference Room (R 903 D561o )
ISBN: 0199202478
Publication Date: 2007-01-08
An incredibly useful reference, the second edition of A Dictionary of World History has been fully revised and updated in order to bring it into the 21st century. It contains over 4,000 clear and concise entries on all aspects of history, from prehistory right up to the present day.
World Monarchies and Dynasties by John Middleton (Editor)
Call Number: Valley City State University Reference Room (R 903 W89362 )
ISBN: 0765680505
Publication Date: 2005-04-14
This fully-illustrated encyclopedia provides the first complete survey of all the major rulers and ruling families of the world, past and present. No other reference work approaches the topic with the same sense of magnitude or connection to historical context.
The Encyclopaedia of the Renaissance by Thomas Goddard Bergin (Editor); Jennifer Speake (Editor)
ISBN: 9781849720045
Publication Date: 1999-12-31