THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
General historical reference works
Internet Sources
Specific countries, wars or historical periods
Medieval and early modern Britain and Europe
18th and 19th century Britain and Europe
United States (including Civil War and Indian Wars)

CULTURAL/PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS
Art
Death
Newspapers and Journalism
Literature
Motion Pictures
Music
Philosophical, Psychological and Religious aspects
Women
Book reviews

USEFUL CLASSIFICATION NUMBERS

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General historical reference works (not limited to a specific period)

Dictionaries, Atlases etc

Ref 904.7 C455d
Chandler, D. Dictionary of battles: the world's key battles from 405 BC today. 1987.

Ref 909.8G624w
Goldstein, E.Wars and peace treaties 1816-1991. 1991.

Ref 904.703/L163b
Laffin, J. Brassey's battles: 3,500 years of conflict, campaigns and wars from A-Z. 1986.

Ref 355.03/P248e
Parkinson, R. Encyclopedia of modern war. 1977.

Ref 904.709403 S974d
Sweetman, John A dictionary of European land battles from the earliest times to 1945. 1984.

Ref 355.0092
Windrow, M.  Wordsworth dictionary of military biography.1997

Ref 306.03 S799e
Encyclopedia of social history. ed. P. Stearns.1994

and from the main collection.........
355.009 B255
Parker, G. Cambridge illustrated history of warfare: the triumph of the West. 1995
 

Bibliographies

Ref 944.029016 R826f
Ross, S. T.  French military history, 1661-1799 : a guide to the literature. 1984

Ref/355.0942/H638g
Guide to the sources of British military history. ed. R. Higham. 1972.
Ref 355.0942/H638g/suppl 1
Jordan, G. British military history ; a supplement to Robin Higham's Guide to the sources. 1988.

Searching for journal articles

Expanded Academic Index
Broad interdisciplinary index, some articles with full text.
Good for book and film reviews

PCI (Periodicals contents index ) 1800-1990
Good for reviews of books and films, contemporary coverage of 19th century wars etc

ARTINDEX 1984-
Earlier volumes (1929- )in Ref 705 A776

MLA International bibliography. 1963-
For articles about literature and some films.

The following very important indexes are still only available in paper form in the REFERENCE COLLECTION:

Ref 973.05 A512
America: history and life 1964-

Ref 791.405 F487
Film literature index. 1973-

Ref 940.105 I618
International Medieval bibliography. 1976-

Internet resources

H-War, which is the web site of the H-War discussion list.
see also
H-Film:  scholarly discussion of cinema history and uses of the media.

Yahoo - Military Histrory

The History Net

Specific countries, wars or historical periods

Medieval and early modern Britain and Europe

Ref 355.009 B627c
Black, Jeremy. Cambridge illustrated atlas, warfare : Renaissance to revolution, 1492-1792. 1996

Ref 940.103 B875d
Broughton, B . B.  Dictionary of medieval knighthood and chivalry: Concepts and terms. 1986

Ref 940.2 T238s
Taylor, B. Society and economy in early modern Europe 1450-1789: a bibliography of post-war research. 1989.

Ref 355.00942/B886b
Bruce, A. Bibliography of British military history from the Roman invasions to the restoration 1660. 1981.

Yahoo!  Middle Ages
 

18th and 19th Century Britain and Europe

Ref/940.27003/P173e
Palmer, A. Encyclopaedia of Napoleon's Europe. 1984.

Ref/940.270016/H824n
Horward, D. D. Napoleonic military history: a bibliography. 1986.

Ref 940.27 E551 Emsley, C.
Longman comanion to Napoleonic Europe. 1993

Napoleonic wars series  from the War Times
 

United States ( including Civil War and Indian Wars)

Ref/973.7 S573w
Sifakis S.Who was who in the Civil War. 1988.

Ref/973.7016/N527
Nevins, A. Civil War books: a critical bibliography. 2 vols. 1967-1969.

Main Collection 973.78016 C689c Cole, G.
Civil War eyewitnesses : an annotated bibliography of books and articles, 1955-1986. 1988

Ref/  813.09 M542c
Menendez, A. J.  Civil War novels : an annotated bibliography.  1986

Ref/970.00497 W164
Waldman C. Atlas of the North American Indian. 1985.
Much more than maps! See chapter 5: Indian Wars.

Other useful materials on the Indians of North America will be found at Ref/970.00497

Ref 355.730016/K55m
Kinnell, S.K. Military history of the United States : an annotated bibliography. 1986.

American Civil War from the War times.

American Civil War Homepage

ART

Ref 703 T948d
The Dictionary of art. ed. Jane Turner. 1996. 34 v. .

Ref/703/E56
Encyclopedia of World art. 15 vols. 1959.

ARTINDEX 1984-
Earlier volumes (1929- )in Ref 705 A776

DEATH

NEWSPAPERS AND JOURNALISM

Ref/920/D548 Dictionary of literary biography
v. 23 American newspaper journalists, 1873-1900. ed. P.J. Ashley 1984.
v.79 American magazine journalisrts, 1850-1900. ed. S.G.Riley. 1989

Ref 05 N53y
New York Times Index. 1851-

Ref/05/T58a
Times index. 1785- (1790-1863 on Microfilm 2015-2020)
Electronic Database
Palmer's index to the Times. ( 1790-1905)

LITERATURE

General

Shakespeare

Journal Articles

MOTION PICTURES

IRef/791.4303 M167.3
International dictionary of films and filmmakers. 3rd ed., 1997-1999

Ref 791.43092/W149w
Wakeman, John World film directors. 1987-88. 2v
Biographical articles, include appraisal of films followed by a list of films and of articles about them.

Ref 791.4016 M268f
Manchel, F. Film study : an analytical bibliography. 4 vols. 1990

Ref 791.405/F487
Film literature index. 1973-

Ref 791.4365803/L284e
Langman, L. Encyclopedia of American war films. 1989.

MUSIC

Ref 780.3/G88n New Grove dictionary of music and musicians. ed. S. Sadie. 20v. 1980.

Performing Arts Reference 718.599 A752
Arnold, B. Music and war : a research and information guide. 1993

PHILOSOPHICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND RELIGIOUS ASPECTS

Ref 303 E56
Encyclopaedia of the social sciences. 15v. 1930-35.

Ref 303 I61
International encyclopedia of the social sciences. 18 vols. 1968.

Ref 103 E56
Encyclopedia of philosophy. 8 vols. 1967.

Ref 282.03 N532
New Catholic encyclopedia. 15 vols. 1967

Ref/291.03 E42e
Encyclopedia of religion. 16 vols. 1987.

Ref 320.03 M647b
Blackwell encyclopaedia of political thought. ed. D. Miller. 1987

Ref 300.3 S678.2
Social science encyclopedia. ed. A. Kuper. 2nd ed. 1996

WOMEN

BOOK REVIEWS

Ref 011.05 B72
Book review index. 1965-

Ref 028.1 F219c
Combined retrospective index to book reviews in scholarly journals 1886-1974. ed. E. I. Farber. 15 vols. 1979-82.

The Library's guide to Finding book reviews

Expanded Academic Index

PCI (Periodicals contents index ) 1800-1990

USEFUL CLASSIFICATION NUMBERS TO USE WHEN BROWSING IN THE 
REFERENCE COLLECTION

USING THE CATALOGUE

Option 6 (keyword from subject) is a very efficient means of searching.
Try combinations of terms such as:
WAR PERSONAL NARRATIVES (add another term if you want a specific war)
WAR SOCIAL ASPECTS
WAR WOMEN
WAR ART
WAR LITERATURE
WAR MOTION PICTURES
EUROPE HISTORY MILITARY

Option 7 is for LC subject headings. Useful ones to remember are :
MILITARY ART AND SCIENCE
WAR -- PHILOSOPHY
and headings for specific wars, events and periods such as:
CRIMEAN WAR, 1853-1856

Use Option 5 for very specific keyword searches.

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