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Library Subject Guide – Western Civilization
Compiled by Carol Satersmoen, Social Sciences Librarian Liaison. Updated 2011.
Selected Web Resources
Center for History and New Media
The City of Troy
Discover
Education Place
EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe
HistoryWorld
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
National Geographic
Perseus Digital Library
WWW-VL History Central Catalogue
Selected Timelines
Spielvogel Interactive Timeline Index
HyperHistory Online
Selected Online Images and Other Media
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Ancient Art & Architecture
Art History Resources on the Web
Images of the Trojan War Myth
Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Article Databases or Online Periodicals
The Library's subscriptions to magazines that are of interest to our Western Civ. students are primarily in electronic format. Full-text articles are available in electronic formats through online databases. (see below)
Academic Search Elite | Off-Campus Access
Proquest Research Library | Off-Campus Access
Ancient and Medieval History | Off-Campus Access
Encyclopedia of Philosophy | Off-Campus Access
Encyclopedia of Religion | Off-Campus Access
Archaeology Magazine
Smithsonian
Print Magazines in Kiefer Library
Often the Library's subscription includes access to online versions. Please contact the library staff at 339-6458 if a username, password or subscriber number is needed to access the online materials.
Archaeology Magazine
Discover
National Geographic
Smithsonian
Full-Text Books Online
NetLibrary
This database includes access to such titles as:
Ancient Rome: An Introductory History, Alexander the Great, A Dictionary of Nineteenth-century World History, Civility and empire: literature and culture in British India, 1822-1922, Blundering to Glory: Napoleon's Military Campaigns, The Worlds of Medieval Europe, Beacon Lights of History Vol. 3, Part 1: The Middle Ages, Beacon Lights of History, Vol. 3, Part 2: Renaissance and Reform, Plato's Socrates. Alexander the Great: a life in legend
Selected Books
| REF DF77 .A586 2001 |
Ancient Greece |
| REF DT83 .O95 2000 |
The Oxford history of ancient Egypt |
| REF G1030 .A875 2000 |
Atlas of world history |
| B358 .T7 2003 |
The last days of Socrates |
| BM155.3 .C66 2008 |
Common Judaism: explorations in Second-Temple Judaism |
| CB245 .D63 2006 |
Documents in western civilization |
| CB245 .K28 2007 |
The Western heritage |
| CB245 .O775 2006 |
Civilization: a new history of the Western world |
| CB411 .J327 2001 |
The Enlightenment: a brief history with documents |
| CC100 .H86 2007 |
Ten discoveries that rewrote history |
| D62 .S44 2001 |
The seventy great mysteries of the ancient world: unlocking the secrets of past civilizations |
| DE80 .L36 2006 |
The classical world: an epic history from Homer to Hadrian |
| DF77 .F73 2000 |
The Greek achievement: the foundation of the Western world |
| DF78 .T53 2000 |
Greek ways: how the Greeks created western civilization |
| DG70.P7 B468 2 |
The complete Pompeii |
| DG261 .G584 2006 |
Caesar: life of a colossus |
| DS36.85 .M75 2007 |
Lost history: the enduring legacy of Muslim scientists, thinkers,and artists |
| DS69.5 .S44 2004 |
Ancient Mesopotamia: the Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians |
| DS281 .A58 2005 |
The Persian Empire |
| DT83 .D63 2 |
The complete royal families of Ancient Egypt |
| KL2212.1 .A2 2007 |
The Code of Hammurabi, King of Babylon about 2250 B.C. |
| N6250 .B962 2004 |
Byzantium: faith and power (1261-1557) |
Other Library Materials
Video/DVD
| REF QA141.2 .S86 2005 DVD |
The story of 1 |
Searching the Library Catalog
The above titles are just a few of the resources available for you. The Kiefer Library Catalog, http://tlc.aims.edu, provides access to resources available at Aims Community College. Use the following subjects (Library of Congress) and keywords to search in the library catalog:
Civilization, Classical; Rome--Civilization; Greece--Civilization; Civilization, Western; Civilization, Medieval; Europe--History; Europe--Civilization; Middle Ages; Renaissance
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