Research Resources for Contemporary World History
Journal Articles
A multidisciplinary database with full-text articles. You can find scholarly articles by checking the box to the left of the option, "Scholarly (Peer-Reviewed) Journals". Academic Search Premier contains many major peer-reviewed journals in Contemporary World History, including:Journal of World History, History Today, and many others.
Identifying Books in the
library catalog
(after clicking on library catalog
link, you will be directed to the CCA Library Online Catalog)
To find items on a specific aspect of topics, do a Word search for and keywords related to your topic. For example:
- “united nations”
- International Monetary Fund
- Marshall Plan
Reference Books
(Available online through the Gale Virtual Reference Library)
McNeill, William, Jerry Bentley, and David Christian, Eds. Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History. Great Barrington, Massachusetts: Berkshire, 2005. 2221 pp. 5 vols. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Thomson Gale.
Stearns, Peter, Ed. Encyclopedia of European Social History. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2001. 3186 pp. 6 vols. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Thomson Gale.
Web Sites
Library of Congress Country Studies
The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world, focusing on post-World War II history.