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- Resources for Understanding the Conflict in Ukraine (@OSU)Resources, including articles, books, events, and films to help provide context and background for the conflict in Ukraine. **NOTE that all materials mentioned in this guide link to OSU Libraries. Search Catalyst for local access.
- Ukraine Research Guide (@NYU)This research guide is created in response to unfolding war between Ukraine and Russian Federation. It seeks to assemble materials that help illuminate the current conflict between two neighboring Slavic countries as well as to place the Ukrainian state into a larger international and historical context. Materials recommended in this guide are in English, except the last selection under "Russian perspectives" and the database of Donetsk and Luhansk newspapers in the "Conflict in the Easter Ukraine" tab. **NOTE that all materials mentioned in this guide link to NYU Libraries. Search Catalyst for local access.
Getting Started: Selected Reference Works
Begin your search with reference works to find background information, locate statistics and facts, and build a bibliography.
Oxford Bibliographies: Atlantic HistoryBibliographies about topics dealing with the interactions between different peoples and cultures on Africa, Europe, North America and South America and many islands. Covers the period between Columbus’ voyages to the New World in the late fifteenth century and the end of slavery in the Americas in the late nineteenth century.
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High quality treatments of major topics, written by major scholars in the field and pointing toward key literature. - Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new window
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An authoritative full text collection of the history of scholarship in several different academic subjects. Includes over 260 volumes published since 1960 by Cambridge University Press.
- Oxford Companions [Europe]Encyclopedic entries about a variety of topics.
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Searches the indexes of our library's print reference books. When you find an entry you'd like to read, click the "Locate this book" button or put the title of the reference book into Catalyst to find the book's location in the Reference Collection.
Encyclopedia of European Social History from 1350 to 2000 by Call Number: Ref HN373 .E63 2001 v.1 - 6Availability and more information from Catalyst...
An outstanding source of historiographical essays and factual articles on European social history; most longer essays have excellent bibliographies. 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
European Political Facts 1848-1918 by Call Number: Ref JN10 .C66Availability and more information from Catalyst...- European Political Facts of the Twentieth Century byCall Number: Ref JN12 .C643 2001Availability and more information from Catalyst...
Quick reference sources for information about European heads of state, elections, political parties, treaties, and colonies. 
International Historical Statistics by Call Number: Ref HA1107 .M5 1998ISBN: 0230005144Publication Date: 2007-11-19Availability and more information from Catalyst...
Population, labor force, agriculture, industry, trade, transportation, finance and education statistics for European countries.
