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Western Civilization - HIST 101 Resource Guide: Welcome

This guide will assist in finding resources on the social, religious, intellectual, scientific, artistic, economic, and political aspects of various cultures from ancient times to the early modern era.

About This Guide

This resource guide was designed to provide you with assistance in in locating good sources of information as you do research on early western civilization.To navigate this guide, click on the tabs above or the Table of Contents below. Some pages also have subpages under them with even more information. If you need help, please contact us.

About This Guide

Find Articles
Includes suggested article databases and articles.
Find Books
Includes suggested books at Stafford Library.
Find E-Books
Includes suggested e-books on world history.
Ancient World
Includes reference articles, e-book, and streaming video.
Middle and Near East
Includes reference articles on the places and culture of the middle and near east.
Pre-Classical
Reference articles and streaming video on the culture peoples, and places in the pre-classical world.
Classical
The Classical tab has reference articles, e-books, and streaming videos.There is a subpage with reference articles on important people in classical times.
Europe
Europe has subpages on the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Reformation. These pages have reference articles, e-books, streaming videos, and websites on those periods in history.
Videos
Includes streaming videos, video website, and selected DVDs at Stafford Library.

Get Started

Click on the link for articles, e-books, and streaming videos on these subjects.

"Ancient History" and Rome
Cougar Search
Prehistoric Peoples
"Early Middle Ages"

Selected E-Books

A Guide to the Ancient World, H.W. Wilson by Michael Grant
Call Number: Credo Reference
Publication Date: 1986
World History Encyclopedia by Andrea, Alfred J.
Call Number: Gale Virtual Reference Library
ISBN: 9781851099290
Publication Date: 2011
The Birth of the Past by Zachary S. Schiffman; Anthony Grafton (Foreword by)
Call Number: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
ISBN: 9781421403373
Publication Date: 2011-01-01

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