Trexler Library | Muhlenberg College

From England to the United Kingdom

Need help with your research? Contact:

Kelly Cannon
Humanities & Business Librarian
phone: x3602
email: kcannon@muhlenberg.edu
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Reference desk IM: talktotrexler

Reference works

Europe 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World (Ref Collection 940.203 D515e)
Paints with broad strokes movements and countries in this era. Each signed entry includes a substantial bibliography of recommended books and journal articles.

The Encyclopedia of European social history from 1350 to 2000 (Ref Collection 306.09403 E56o)
Approaches European history through a sociological lens, with an eye for the middle and lower classes: major themes of family, religion, and health.

biography. . .

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Ref Collection 920.042 O98d)
Standard biographical source for major figures in British history.

Dictionary of Literary Biography (Ref Collection 810.920 D554)
Includes lengthy, scholarly entries on literary figures such as Voltaire, placing the literary works in a historical context.

Authoritative secondary commentary in books . . .

Trexler Library Catalog
NOTE: Access from the Trexler Library website (http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library) > catalog.
Catalog of all books and documents in Trexler Library at Muhlenberg College.

WorldCat *** RECOMMENDED***
NOTE: Access from the Trexler Library website > Database > Most Popular > WorldCat
Catalog of books and documents in libraries throughout the world. Watch especially for the AREA LIBRARIES designation.

Authoritative secondary commentary in journal articles. . .

Historical Abstracts ***RECOMMENDED***
ACCESS: Trexler Library website (http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library) > Articles A to Z
Standard index for peer-reviewed articles and scholarly books on European history.

JSTOR
ACCESS: Trexler Library website (http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library) > Articles A to Z
5-yr old archive of full-text scholarly journals across the disciplines.

Project Muse
ACCESS: Trexler Library website (http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library) > Articles A to Z
Current issues of peer-reviewed articles from journals across the disciplines.

getting to the full text of an article. . .

Once you have found the citation of a journal article you're interested in, click on the Get It link found next to the citation, or run a journal title search in Trexler Library's online catalog. ACCESS: Trexler Library website > catalog.

articles via interlibrary loan. . .

Journal articles not found in Trexler Library can be ordered on interlibrary loan.
ACCESS: Trexler Library website > ILL

Reviewed websites with historical information

Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com)

Intute (http://www.intute.ac.uk/)
From a consortium of universities in the UK, reviews websites for purposes of higher education and research.

Citing sources in the Chicago style or other styles

For tips on citing print and electronic sources, visit Trexler Library's Citation Guides for Print and Electronic Resources. ACCESS: Trexler Library website > Citation Guides. Also try using Zotero (http://www.zotero.org) to format citations found when browsing with Firefox.