Geography and History

 
900    General works
910    Geography & travel
920    Biography, genealogy, insignia
930    History of ancient world
940    General history of Europe
950    General history of Asia (Far East)
960    General history of Africa
970    General history of North America
980    General history of South America
990    General history of other areas

900 - General Works

• Timetables of History - Ref 902 GRU
• New York Public Library Book of Chronologies - Ref 902 NEW
• Where America Stands on Today's Most Critical Issues (Gallup Polls) - Ref 909.82 GOL
• Global Studies - Ref 909.82 GRO
• American Decades - Ref 909 AME
• Encyclopedias - Web accessible encyclopedias.
• Library of Congress Country Studies - This site is highly recommended!!!  Most sites in the series deal with a particular foreign country, describing and analyzing its political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, and examining the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors.
• U.S. State Department Background Notes - Background Notes provide information on geographic entities and international organizations and are updated periodically. Background Notes for some countries are currently unavailable.

910 - Geography & Travel

• Electronic Resources for Geography - a Subject Guide from Abilene Christian University.
• Webster's Geographical Dictionary (3rd ed.) - Ref 910 WEB
• World Fact Book - Ref 910 CEN
• Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mankind - Ref 910 ILL
• Illustrated Encyclopedia of the World and its People -  Ref 910 WOR
• Land and Peoples - Ref 910.22 LAN
• Encyclopedia of World Geography - Ref 910 ENC
• National Geographic Index, 1888-1988 - Ref 910.5 NAT

 

920    Biography, genealogy, insignia

• Complete Book of U.S.Presidents - Ref 920 COM
• Congressional Directory, 1999-2000 - Ref 923.2 UNI
• Current Biography (year-by-year books) - Ref 920 CUR
• Who's Who of Pulitzer Prize Winners - Ref 920 BRE
• Flags - Ref 929.9 FLA
• Biography web sites.
• Inventors & Inventions web sites

 

930    History of ancient world

• Atlas of Ancient Egypt - REF 932 BAI
• Ancient Egypt web page
• Atlas of the Roman World - REF 937.02 CAR
• Atlas of the Greek World - REF 938 LEV
• Classical Greece (art & architecture) web page
• Costumes of the Greeks and Romans - REF 938 HOP

940    General history of Europe

• Encyclopedia of European Social History 1350-2000 - REF 306.094 ENC
• Atlas of medieval Europe.  - REF 940 MAT
• Encyclopedia of the Renaissance. - REF 940.2 BER
• The Marshall Cavendish illustrated encyclopedia of World War I - REF 940.4 MAR
• Great battles of World War II:  a visual history of victory, defeat and glory. - REF 940.53 GRE
• The Holocaust encyclopedia. - REF 940.53 HOL
• Marshall Cavendish encyclopedia of World War II  - REF 940.53 MAR
• The Simon and Schuster encyclopedia of World War II  - REF 940.53 PAR
• American Heritage picture history of World War II.  - REF 940.54 AME

950    General history of Asia (Far East)

• Atlas of the Jewish World - REF 956 DEL
• Atlas of the Islamic World - REF 956 ROB
• Islam web page
• Vietnam:  a history - REF 959.704 KAR

 

960    General history of Africa

970    General history of North America

• Washington Information Directory, 1996-1997 - Ref 975.3
• Annals of America, 1614-1986 - Ref 973 ANN
• Dictionary of American History - Ref 973.03 DIC
• 20th Century America - Ref 973.921 TWE
• Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States - Ref 973 WOR
• American Heritage 40-Year Cumulative Index - Ref 973.05 AME
• Kansas sites web page
 
Annals of Kansas, 1886-1925 - REF 978.1 ANN
Kansas in maps. - REF 978.1 BAU (OS)
Kansas trivia. - REF 978.1 BRA
Encyclopedia of Kansas.- REF 978.1 ENC
Indian place-names. - REF 978.1 RYD
Wamego, Kansas, 1866-1976. - REF 978.1 WAM


970.004

Encyclopedia of Kansas indians.  - REF 970.004 ENC
Through Indian eyes: the untold story of Native American peoples - REF 970.004 THR
Atlas of the North American Indian - REF 970.004 W
Encyclopedia of Native American tribes.  - REF 970.004 WALREF 973 AFR

REF 973

The African American almanac - REF 973 AFR
The encyclopedia of African-American heritage. - REF 973 ALT
American presidents - REF 973 AME
Encyclopedia of American facts and dates - REF 973 CAR
Documents of American History to 1898 - REF 973 COM
The Hispanic presence in North America from 1492 to today - REF 973 FER
Japanese American history : an A-to-Z reference from 1868 to the present - REF 973 JAP
The New York Public Library amazing Hispanic American history : a book of answers for kids. - REF 973 OCH
The presidency : a history of the office of the President of the United States from 1789 to the present. - REF 973 PRE
The story of America : a National Geographic picture atlas. - REF 973 SCO
Time-Life Books. African Americans: voices of triumph. Leadership. - REF 973 TIM
Time-Life Books. African Americans: voices of triumph. Perseverance.  - REF 973 TIM
Time-Life Books. African Americans: voices of triumph. Creative fire. - REF 973 TIM
The Twentieth century - REF 973 TWE

• volume I: Progressive era and the first world war, 1900-1918.
• volume II: Roaring twenties and an unsettled peace, 1919-1929
• volume III: Great depression and World War II, 1930-1945
• volume IV: Postwar prosperity and the Cold War, 1946-1963.
• volume V: Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam era, 1964-1975
• volume VI: Baby boomers and the new conservatism, 1976-1991.
Worldmark encyclopedia of the States. - REF 973 WOR
Dictionary of American History - REF 973.03 DIC
The dictionary of cultural literacy - REF 973.03 HIR
Encyclopedia of American history.  - REF 973.03 MOR
Vice presidents : a biographical dictionary. - REF 973.09 VIC

REF 973.2 (Colonial/Revolutionary America)

Colonial America to 1763.- REF 973.2 PUR

REF 973.7 (Civil War)

American Heritage century collection of Civil War art.- REF 973.7 AME
American Heritage picture history of the Civil War - REF 973.7 AME
The Civil War and Reconstruction : a student companion. - REF 973.7 BAR
Battlefields of the Civil War. - REF 973.7 DAV
Fifty basic Civil War documents - REF 973.708 COM

REF 973.8 (19th Century)

Encyclopedia of the United States in the 19th Century - 973.8 ENC

REF 973.9 (20th Century)

Encyclopedia of cold war politics. - REF 973.92 TOR
Twentieth-century America:  a primary source collection from the Associated Press - REF 973.921 TWE

980    General history of South America

990    General history of other areas

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