Tips
Encyclopedias are great for:
- choosing a topic
- quick self-education
- perspective on a topic
- variant spellings, vocabulary, terminology
- bibliography
Global Sixties
The Routledge Handbook of the Global SixtiesPublication Date: 2018Featuring the cutting-edge work of over forty scholars from across the globe.
American Countercultures: an Encyclopedia of Nonconformists, Alternative Lifestyles, and Radical Ideas in U. S. HistoryCall Number: Olin Library Oversize HM647 .A44 2009 +Publication Date: 2009Three-volume set explores these movements in America from colonial times to the present
The cultural revolution in China an annotated bibliographyPublication Date: 2021The Cultural Revolution in China generated a cascade of commentaries and interpretations on the development and meaning of the upheaval. Many students and researchers have found it difficult to locate and identify literature on the period. This bibliography, first published in 1976, corrects this situation. It lists all books, monographs and journal articles in English on the Cultural Revolution, each annotated to show its relevance - a vital reference source
Oxford Reference
- Oxford Bibliographies Online (OBO)Annotated bibliographies of primary and secondary sources written by top scholars in the field.
- Oxford Research Encyclopedias (OREs)Extremely high quality set of online encyclopedias covering all disciplines, time periods, global in coverage.
- Oxford Very Short Introductions Online100 page introductions (with blbliography) on topics in Arts, Humanities, Medicine, Health, Sciences, Mathematics, Social sciences, and Law.
- Oxford Handbooks Online: Scholarly Research ReviewsThe complete texts of the Oxford handbooks in Archaeology, Business and Management, Classical Studies, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Economics and Finance, History, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, and Religion online.
Cambridge Histories Online & Cambridge Companions
- Cambridge Histories OnlineExcellent resource. Full text. Chapters as pdfs. Extremely high quality essays with rich footnotes and bibliography
- Cambridge Companions OnlineCompanions are highly recommended.
Biography
- Oxford Dictionary of National BiographyThe standard work for biography of figures influential in the British Empire. Highly recommended. Excellent bibliography.
- American National BiographyBiographical dictionary of about 17,500 notable American men and women from all eras of American history who are no longer alive. The ANB Online features thousands of illustrations, more than 80,000 hyperlinked cross-references, links to select web sites, and powerful search capabilities.
