Library Guides: HIST 420: Recent European History: Background Sources

Background Sources

Guides to the Literature provide brief overviews of historical people, places, and theories. Refer you to key articles and books for additional research.

Sources for modern European History include:

Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)
Includes:
Europe Since 1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of War and Reconstruction

A collection of over 1000 reference resources.

Oxford Reference Online
Includes:
* A Dictionary of Contemporary World History

* Who's Who in the Twentieth Century

* Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World

Oxford Reference Online consists of a wealth of facts, figures, definitions, and translations found in dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press.

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HIST 420: Recent European History

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Background Sources