Resource Guide:
Western Civilization 2
Selected Call Numbers
Call numbers are the shelving locations for each item. Browsing in the following areas of the library will help you find materials for your topic.
| Topic | Call Number |
|---|---|
| World War 1 (1914-1918) | D 500-680 |
| World War 2 (1939-1945) | D 731-838 |
| Early Cold War (1945-1965) | D 839-847 |
| Late Cold War (1965-1989) | D 848-850 |
| Modern Western World (1989-2000) | D 856-860 |
| 21st century General History | D 861-893 |
| Victorian England | DA 550-565 |
| 20th century Britain (England, Scotland, Ireland) | DA 566-965 |
| French Revolution and Napoleonic Period | D 301-309 / DC 139-249 |
| 20th century France | DC 361-433 |
| Pre War century Germany | DD 217-257 |
| Post War Germany | DD 257-289 |
| Italian Renaissance | DG 532-537 |
| Russian Revolution and Communism | DK 265-292 |
| 20th century United States | E 711-889 |
Selected Subject Headings
Subject headings are selected terms to represent a topic. Searching subject headings in the library catalog will bring the most complete list of results. Below are some example subject headings. More subject headings can be located in the red books at the reference desk.
- Renaissance
- Scientific Revolution
- Reformation
- Protestant Reformation
- Mercantile system
- Capitalism
- Habsburg OR Hapsburg
- Colonialism
- Colonies -- History
- Colonization -- History
- World War, 1914-1918
- Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920)
- Versailles, Treaty of, June 28, 1919 (Germany)
- World War, 1939-1945–Europe
- World War, 1939-1945–Pacific Area
- World War, 1939-1945–Moral and ethical aspects
- Cold War, 1945-1989
- Communism
- Germany (West)
- Post-communism
- Democratization
- Neocolonialism
Selected Materials at the Von Canon Library
Below are some selected materials in the library with their shelving locations. Browsing in the listed areas of the library will help you find more materials for your topic.
| Title | Call Number |
|---|---|
| Taking Sides: Clashing views on controversial issues in Western Civilization | CB 245 .T287 2000 |
| World War I: the essential reference guide | D 510 .W68 2016 |
| World War II: the definitive encyclopedia and document collection | D 740 .E516 2016 |
| 1989: the struggle to create post-Cold War Europe | D 860 .S2694 2009 |
| Burned Bridge: how East and West Germans made the Iron Curtain | DD 258.85 .G35 S44 2011 |
Selected Research Databases
The following databases are specifically useful for your topic. You can search them individually on the databases page.
- Academic Search Complete
- America: History and Life
- ArchiveGrid
- Encyclopedia Britannica
- Encyclopedia of Religion
- HeinOnline (Trial)
- Humanities International Complete
- JSTOR
- MasterFILE Premier
- Military & Government Collection
- Newspaper Source Plus
- OAISter
- Proquest Major Dailies
- Wiley Online Library
- Women’s Studies International
- WorldCat
Selected Journals and Magazines
The following journals supply articles to the library’s databases. YOu can see if a specific journal supplies articles to our databases by searching the journal title on the library journal page.
- American Communist History
- Britain and the World
- Central European History
- Economic History Review
- European Affairs
- European History Quarterly
- European Legacy
- Nineteenth-Century Gender Studies (online)
- The German Quarterly
Selected Websites and Digital Archives
The following websites are librarian-evaluated to provide trustworthy information for your topic. They include digitized collections connected to your topic.