Modern World History

This research guide is a partial list of materials available to assist you as you begin a research project. The books listed below are shelved in numerical order in the Youth Services Reference collection.

Ask a Librarian if you have any questions or need assistance.

General Encyclopedias J REFERENCE

at the Homework Center

New Book of Knowledge
World Book Encyclopedia
The Grolier Student Encyclopedia

Pre-1900 J REFERENCE

J 391.009 PEN Fashion, Costume & Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body decorations, and Footwear Throughout the Ages
J 902.02 CHR Chronicle of the World
J 902.02 WET New York Public Library Book of Chronologies
J 909… Time Frame
J 909 GRO National Geographic Atlas of World History
J 909 OUR Our World’s Heritage
J 909 SOM Dorling Kindersley History of the World
J 909.08 HIS History of the Modern World
J 909.81 OUT Industrial Revolution
J 910.922 EXP Explorers and Discoverers from Alexander the Great to Sally Ride
J 911 HIS Historical Maps on File
J 912 MAP* Maps of the World
J 940.03 PEO Peoples of Europe
* Located on the Atlas Stand

20th Century J REFERENCE

J 341.23 PAT The Oxford 50th Anniversary Book of the United Nations
J 391.009 PEN Fashion, Costume & Culture
J 902.02 CHR Chronicle of the World
J 902.02 WET New York Public Library Book of Chronologies
J 909… Time Frame
J 909 GRO National Geographic Atlas of World History
J 909 OUR Our World’s Heritage
J 909 SOM Dorling Kindersley History of the World
J 909.81 OUT Industrial Revolution
J 909.08 HIS History of the Modern World
J 909.82 CHR Chronicle of the 20th Century
J 909.82 HAN Cold War
J 910.922 EXP Explorers and Discoverers from Alexander the Great to Sally Ride
J 911 HIS Historical Maps on File
J 912 ATL* Oxford Atlas of the World
J 912 MAP* Maps of the World
J 940.03 PEO Peoples of Europe
J 940.3 PEN World War I
J 940.3 SHE Pictorial History of World War I
J 940.303 GRO Grolier Library of World War I
J 940.53 WOR World War II
J 940.5318 HOL Holocaust
J 940.54 MES Pictorial History of World War II
J 940.54 NEW New Grolier Encyclopedia of World War II
J 951.9042 BEN Korean War
J 959.7043 HIL Vietnam War
* Located on the Atlas Stand

Magazines

Additional information may be found in this magazine:

• Calliope

Computer Catalog Subject Headings

Continue your research by searching these headings:

• History, Modern
• World history
• World War, 1914-1918
• World War, 1939-1945

Browsing the Shelves

Information can be found in different shelf locations based on the subject area. Below is just a small sampling of subject areas. Ask a Librarian for additional locations.

J 909—World history
J 912—Maps
J 940—History of Europe
J 950—History of Asia
J 960—History of Africa

Electronic Resources & Internet Searches

• Expand your research by searching the online encyclopedias and databases.
• Find Internet sites using Internet Links: Resources for Homework.
• Internet access at the Library is available to students who are registered with a signed Internet Use Permission Form on file.
• Each resource has a different search strategy, so be sure to ask a Librarian to assist you.

Printing articles at the Library:

Black & white at 10¢ a page
Color at $1.00 a page
Email to your home address at no cost

revised 10/04