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Use the tabs above to find search tools for various kinds of resources.

Materials in the Reference collection in Crumb Library that can be useful for:

• getting some basic information on your topic
  
• providing lists of references to books and/or articles on your topic
  

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There are many encyclopedias and handbooks for history. Some are online, and many more are in the print reference collection.

A few of the most generally useful online resources are these:

• Dictionary of American History - A comprehensive, 10 vol. reference work on all aspects of the history of the United States
• Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World. - 8 vols. Pub. 2008. "...provides information about major world developments from 1750 to the present, with close attention to social, economic, cultural, and political topics".
• Reference e-books for U.S. History (searches multiple online titles)
• Reference e-books for World History (searches multiple online titles)
• Reference e-Books for African and Africana history (searches multiple online titles)

More extensive lists of historical encyclopedias and handbooks are found on these pages:

• United States, Canada, & Latin America
• Europe and Africa
• Middle East & Asia
  
• Topics in History (women, childhood, arts, etc.)
  

The History Department at SUNY Potsdam has posted a brief guide called Citation Style.

More extensive style guides are in the Crumb Library Reference Collection, including:

• A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations.  Turabian.  LB2369 .T8 2007 (on Reseerve)
• The Chicago manual of style.  Ref Z 253 .U69 2003
  

• Hist 480: Modern America
• Hist 480: African History, 1800-1980: primary sources