Get Background Information Fast: Beyond Wikipedia
Encyclopedias and other reference books provide excellent historical overviews that will help you put topics -- and the historians writing about them -- into context. The resources are a great way to
- Brainstorm ideas
- Narrow an existing topic
- Glean keywords for catalog and database searches
- Leverage bibliographies for the next stage of your research
Take a few minutes to browse the history reference books. Call numbers for history begin with D and go through F975.
| D1-2027 | World History (General) |
| DA1-DR2285 | Europe |
| DS1-937 | Asia |
| DT1-3415 | Africa |
| DU1-950 | Oceania (Australia; New Zealand) |
| E31-49.2 | North America |
| E151-975 | United States |
| F1001-1145.2 | Canada |
| F1201-3799 | Latin America |
For a detailed list, check out the Library of Congress Classification Outlines for World History and History of the Americas.
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