REFERENCE BOOKS
The reference books are on the first floor near the computers in the Information Commons. These are wonderful sources to help you decide on a topic as well as to find information on your topic.
The UW Libraries use the Library of Congress Call Number System. You will see a copy of it on many of the book stacks. Especially when searching for reference books, the LC Call Number System can help you find your area of interest. For example, in the following list of reference books, I didn't use the UW Libraries Catalog. I used the LC Classification System to help me find them. Since there are many more books in the General Stacks on the third floor, you would want to use the Catalog, but browsing can still be one way of searching for resources.
This is not a complete list of reference books. You'll find other good books next to these. To find these books, use the UW Libraries Catalog to search for the TITLE, or use the call number system to help you find them.
D. History: General and Old World
D. General History
Encyclopedia of World War II: A Political, Social and Military History
The Cold War, 1945 - 1991
International Conflict: A Chronological Encyclopedia of Conflicts and Their Management, 1945 - 1995
Encyclopedia of Conflicts Since World War II
The Cold War Reference Guide: A General History and Annotated Chronology with Selected Biographies
DD. Germany
The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich
The Nazis
Who's Who in Nazi Germany
DK. Russia, Poland
Encyclopedia of Russian History
The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
Chronology of 20th - Century Eastern European History
DS. Asia and the Middle East
East Asia and the United States: An Encyclopedia of Relations Since 1784
Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East & North Africa
Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History
South East Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor
Political Leaders of Modern China: A Biographical Dictionary
Dictionary of the Politics of the People's Republic of China
E. History: United States
American Decades Primary sources
American Decades
Cold War Culture: Media and the Arts, 1945-1990
Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations
Encyclopedia of Cuban-United States Relations
Encyclopedia of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement
Encyclopedia of Racism in the United States
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Civil Rights: From Emancipation to the Twenty-first cCentury
Black Women in America
Twentieth-century America: A Primary Source Collection from the Associated Press
Cold War America, 1946 to 1990
Encyclopedia of the Great Depression
F. History: Americas
Encyclopedia of Mexico: History, Society & Culture
Encyclopedia of Latin American Politics
Encyclopedia of Cuba: People, History, Culture
HQ. The Family, Feminism, Sexuality
The Encyclopedia of Women's History in America
From Suffrage to the Senate: An Encyclopedia of American Women in Politics
Handbook of American Women's History
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