Dictionary of German History, 1806-1945.  Wilfried Fest.   St. Martin's Press, 1978.  

Main Level, Reference:  R 943.0703 F426D

Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe: From the Congress of Vienna to the Fall of Communism. Richard Frucht, ed.  Garland Pub., 2000. 
Main Level, Reference:  R 947.003 En19E

Encyclopedia of European Social History from 1350 to 2000. Peter N. Stearns, editor-in-chief   Scribner, c2001.   6 volumes.   Main Level, Reference: R 306.094 En19E  
v. 1. Methods and theoretical approaches -- The periods of social history -- Regions, nations, and peoples -- Europe and the world -- v. 2. Processes of social change -- Population and geography -- Cities and urbanization -- Rural life -- State and society -- v. 3. Social structure -- Social protest -- Deviance, crime, and social control -- Social problems and social reform -- v. 4. Gender -- The family and age groups -- Sexuality -- Body and mind -- Work -- v. 5. Culture and popular culture -- Modern recreation and leisure -- Religion -- Education and literacy -- Everyday life -- v. 6. Biographies -- Contributors -- Index

Encyclopedia of German Resistance to the Nazi Movement. Wolfgang Benz and Walter H. Pehle, editors. Continuum, 1997. Main Level, Reference: R 943.08603 En19E

Encyclopedia of World War II: A Political, Social and Military History, Spencer C. Tucker, ed. (vols. 1-4), Priscilla Mary Roberts, ed., vol. 5.  ABC-CLIO, 2005. Main Level, Reference: R 940.5303 En19E [5 vols]

Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism. James S. Olson, editor. Greenwood Press, 1991.  Main Level, Reference: R 903 H629H

The Hutchinson Dictionary of World History.  ABC-CLIO, c1993.  
Main Level, Reference:  R 903 H971H

Modern Germany: An Encyclopedia of History, People, and Culture, 1871-1990. Dieter K. Buse and Juergen C. Doerr, editors.  Garland Pub., 1998.

Main Level, Reference: R 943.08 M72M   [2 vols]

World War II in Europe: An Encyclopedia.  David T. Zabecki, editor. Garland Pub., 1999.

Main Level, Reference: R 940.5303 W893W  [2 vols]

Chronology of European History, 15,000 BC to 1997.  John Powell, editor.  Salem Press, 1997.   Main Level, Reference: R 940.02 C468C [3 vols]

The Oxford Companion to World War II [Oxford Reference Online]., I.C.B. Dear, editor.   Oxford University Press, 2004.
We also have an older, print edition (1995): Main Level, Reference: R 940.5303 Ox2O

Gale World History in Context [Gale]
Full-text database providing a broad collection of full-text periodicals, reference works (specialized encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc.), primary documents, and scholarly analysis.

Gale Biography in Context   [Thomson Gale]
Contains biographical information on over one million individuals from all time periods, geographical locations, and fields of endeavor. The "Biographical Facts Search" allows searching for people based on one or more personal facts, such as occupation.

Gale World History in Context  See description above, under "Reference Databases."

THOMCAT --- Search THOMCAT, the Library's catalog, for biographies and autobiographies. Select "Subject" search and enter last name first for the person you are researching.

Humanities: Documenting Sources [Research and Documentation Online], Bedford/St. Martins, 2003.

Writing Center, Presbyterian College
Citation styles, writing guides, and scheduling an appointment with a tutor.

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THOMCAT - Use the online catalog to locate books in Thomason Library. You can search by author, title, keyword, or subject. Search for a person, as AUTHOR or SUBJECT, with last name, first name:                 Stern, Fritz Richard           [as AUTHOR]                      Bismarck, Otto, Fürst von   [as SUBJECT]               SUBJECT searching requires use of Library of Congress subject headings. The terms below are examples of subject headings related to biology:                  EXAMPLES OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SUBJECT HEADINGS     Germany -- History     Germany -- History -- 1871-1918     Germany -- History -- 1848-1870     Germany -- History -- 1789-1900     Germany -- History -- William II, 1888-1918     Germany -- History -- Revolution, 1848-1849     Germany -- History -- 20th century     Germany -- Politics and government -- 1789-1900     Germany -- History -- 1918-1933   (use this for Weimar Germany)     Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)     Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Germany (East)     World War, 1914-1918 -- Causes     World War 1939 1945 Causes     World War 1939 1945 Campaigns Western Front     Communism -- Germany -- History   Subject searching is an effective and precise method of searching the catalog, however, KEYWORD searching has benefits, also. Try a KEYWORD search using two or three of the most significant words from the title or subject you are trying to find if you are unsure of the exact title or the correct subject heading to use. Place phrases in "quotation marks." Connect words with AND, OR, NOT to focus your search. Try truncation at the end of a word stem to retrieve singular, plural, and other variations of the word.  Use an asterisk (*) to truncate from 1 to 5 characters. Use a double asterisk (**) to include word endings with an unlimited number of characters. KEYWORD Searching Tips · Add an asterisk * to the root of a word to truncate or expand a term: german* = german, germany, germans, germanic industr* = industry, industries, industrial, industrialization, etc. · Use AND between words to narrow your search: German*AND history      Frankfurt Parliament AND unifi* Use OR between words to expand your search terms World War II OR Second World War   "William II" OR "Wilhelm II" When combining "AND" and "OR" terms, group "OR" terms with parentheses: Berlin Wall AND (German Democratic Republic OR GDR OR East Germany)    Frankfurt Parliament AND (unifi* OR unity OR united) Try KEYWORD searching with THOMCAT, other library catalogs, an journal databases PASCAL Delivers back to top PASCAL Catalog - If you need books in addition to those found at Thomason Library, try your search here for books in other academic libraries in SC. Through PASCAL Delivers, you can order books online for delivery within 3-4 working days. This service for current PC students, faculty, and staff is a project of PASCAL- Partnership Among SC Academic Libraries. Borrowers will be notified by e-mail when requested items arrive at Thomason Library. Click here for searching and ordering tips.     WorldCat & Interlibrary Loan back to top WorldCat – A catalog of books and materials at libraries worldwide. Try searching here to find ALL books available on a topic. Materials available at Thomason Library are highlighted and others can be borrowed through ILL or searched in PASCALCAT. Interlibrary Loan - ILL is available to PC students, faculty and staff in order to share resources between libraries. Check link for instructions.
Locating Articles:
Journal Article Databases   back to top The following journal databases are available to PC students, faculty, and staff from on- and off-campus locations.  Search using keywords or phrases dealing with your topic. Click here for search tips. Academic One File [Thomson Gale] Multidisciplinary articles from scholarly sources Academic Search Premier [EBSCOhost] Journal and magazine articles from all academic disciplines JSTOR Archive of journals including the Arts & Sciences, as well as Ecology and Botany Collection (most recent three years issues not available in this archive) Project MUSE Basic Undergraduate Collection   Current and recent volumes of 112 core journals in the humanities and social sciences.
Journal Finder   back to top Journal Finder provides access to PC's electronic and print journals, magazines, and newspapers in one convenient location. Browse Journal Finder by title or subject. When browsing or searching, you can read articles from any journal that is available in the Full-text resources online group of results. Choose a database in this group based on the dates available and the time frame in which you are interested. Library article databases are inter-connected by Journal Finder, which will lead you to the full-text of an article when available.
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Primary Documents and Images   back to top Internet Modern History Sourcebook: 19th Century Austria and Germany  Avalon Project: 19th Century Documents   GHDI: German History in Documents and Images New! European History Primary Documents [European University Institute] "A joint venture between various organizations within the European University Institute...this ambitious project attempts to create a single site compiling all digitized primary sources pertaining to European history. The various sites are arranged by nation, language, period, subject, and type of source, creating an easily usable index of digitized European primary sources. The site also features a search box that allows users to search all of the sites contained in the index." description from CHOICE Reviews Online 11/2010
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