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Biography

American national biography. c1999
Call Number: Ref CT 213 .A68 1999 v.1-v.24
ISBN: 0195206355
Updates & supercedes the DAB.
Whittemore Library also has supplements 1 & 2 (c2002 & 2005)
Dictionary of American biography. c1958-1964 & supplemental volumes through 1980
Call Number: Ref E 176 .D563 v.1-v.10 & supplements
Check Comprehensive Index volume:
Ref E 176 D563 Index 4 vols. 1-10; suppl. 1-10
Dictionary of National Biography. c1921-1927 & supplemental volumes through 1990
Call Number: Ref DA 28 .D45 1921 (24 volumes + supplements)
Biographies of prominent people from England - the British Empire - Great Britain - United Kingdom. See volume: Ref DA 28 D45 1921 s. 1986-1990 (HAS INDEX VOLUME: 1901-1990)

Historical Atlases

A History of the World in 12 Maps by Jerry Brotton
Call Number: G 1030 B7 2013
ISBN: 9780670023394
Publication Date: 2013-11-14
Atlas of World History by Patrick K. O'Brien (Editor)
ISBN: 0195215672
Publication Date: 1999-12-02

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Historical Factbooks - Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Handbooks:

NEW! Encyclopedia of the Industrial Revolution in World History by Kenneth E. Hendrickson (Editor)
Call Number: Ref HD 2324 E546 2015 v.1 - V.3
ISBN: 0810888874
Publication Date: 2014
Dictionary of American History
Call Number: REF E 174 .D52 2003 vols. 1-10
ISBN: 9780684805337
Publication Date: 2002
More than 800 new entries cover recent events and topics not covered previously.
Dictionary of the Middle Ages.
Call Number: Ref D 114 .D5 1982 (12 volumes)
The Encyclopedia of World History by Peter N. Stearns (Editor); William L. Langer
Call Number: Print & Online available
ISBN: 9780395652374
Publication Date: 2001
An updated and dramatically improved version for a new generation.
St. James encyclopedia of popular culture. 1999.
Call Number: [electronic resource]
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
Call Number: Ref E 169.1 .S764 2000 (5 volumes)
The Encyclopedia of African History
Call Number: Ref DT 20 E53 2005 (3 volumes)
ISBN: 1579582451
The Encyclopedia of Women's History in America
Call Number: Ref HQ 1410 .C85 1996
ISBN: 0816026254
The Hutchinson Chronology of World History by Helicon
Publication Date: 2018
A chronology of world history through to the present.