European History Resources
Databases
Historical Abstracts
Index to articles on all topics of history from the Middle Ages to the present, excluding the Americas, which are covered in America: History and Life.
Iter (Medieval and Renaissance)
Index of journals and monographs pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
JSTOR
Provides access to articles published more than 2 years ago in over 100 scholarly journals.
Project MUSE
Collection of close to 250 full-text journals covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and more.
A&H Search
Citation index to 1,300 leading arts and humanities journals. Coverage includes selected articles from social science and science journals. Updated weekly.
Proceedings of the Old Bailey
Digital collection of all surviving editions of the Old Bailey Proceedings. The Proceedings included accounts of trials that took place at the Old Bailey.
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Online Resources & Primary Sources
Early English Books Online (EEBO)
Archive of digital facsimile images of works printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700.
Off Campus Allowed
European History
University of Washington's portal to European History Sources on the web.
EuroDocs: Online Sources for European History
Links connect to European primary historical documents that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated.
Labyrinth
Access to electronic resources in medieval studies. Texts, images, audio, video and glossaries are provided. Covers a wide range of topics.
The Avalon Project at Yale Law School
Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy.
Gallica
Gallica is a digital library of French and Francophone culture maintained by the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Contains numerous electronic texts, images, maps, animation, and sound files of French and other publications in history, literature, science, philosophy, law, economics, and political science. Includes full-text materials, some searchable. In French.
Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)
French National Library. Links to the online catalogs, online exhibits, a digital library of French and francophone culture, an image bank, and other resources and information. In French, English, and Spanish.
Reference Books
Europe 1450 to 1789 : encyclopedia of the early modern world
WSU Vancouver Reference D209 .E97 2004, 6 vols.
Ancient Europe 8000 B.C.--A.D. 1000 : encyclopedia of the Barbarian world
WSU Vancouver Reference D62 .A52 2004, 2 vols.
The Middle Ages
WSU Vancouver Reference D114 .M54 1996 3 vols.
Medieval France : an encyclopedia
WSU Vancouver Reference DC33.2 .M44 1995
The Oxford encyclopedia of the Reformation
WSU Vancouver Reference BR302.8 .O93 1996 v. 1 - v.4.
The encyclopedia of the Victorian world : a reader's companion to the people, places, events, and everyday life of the Victorian era
WSU Vancouver Reference DA550 .E53 1996
The Times atlas of European history
WSU Vancouver Reference G1797.21.S1 T5 1994
Catalogs
To Search For Primary Sources in Catalogs
To find primary sources: search for books written by key participants and organizations; do a keywords search and limit your search by publication date; do a keywords search for your subject and add special terms that designate primary sources: sources, personal narratives, diaries, correspondence, interviews, church records and registers, wills, probate records, sermons.
Griffin
Catalog of the items owned by the WSU Libraries. Includes all four campuses (Vancouver, Pullman, Tri-Cities and Spokane).
Summit Catalog
Joint catalog of libraries across the Pacific Northwest. Includes items owned by over 32 libraries.
WorldCat
Over 35 million records of any type of material owned by libraries throughout the United States and several other countries.
Subject Librarian
Kathi Fountain
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last updated: March 1, 2009
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