Historical Encyclopedias

United States

African American Almanac. King Ref E 185.A275 1994
African American Encyclopedia King Ref E185 .A253 1995
American women's history King Ref HQ1115 .W4 1994.
Asian American Encyclopedia King Ref E184 .O6 A827 1995
Black women in America : an historical encyclopedia King Ref E185.86 .B542 1993
Dictionary of American History King Ref E 174.D52 1976
Encyclopedia of African-American culture and history King Ref E185 .E54 1996
Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy King Ref JX 1407 .E53
Encyclopedia of American History. King Ref E 174.5 .E52 1982
Encyclopedia of American Social HistoryKing Ref HN57.E85 1993
Encyclopedia of New York City King Ref F128.3 .E75 1995
Encyclopedia of Ohio. King Ref F489 .E5 1994.
Encyclopedia of Southern Culture King Ref F2009 .E53 1989
Encyclopedia of Southern History King Ref F2007.7 .E52
Encyclopedia of the United States in the twentieth century King Ref E740.7 .E53 1996
Handbook of American Women's History King Ref HQ1410 .H36 1990.
Handbook of North American Indians King Ref E 76.2 .H36

Latin America

Encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture King Ref F1406 .E53 1996

Africa/Asia/Australia

African Studies Companion. King Ref DT 19.8 .Z45 1989
Australians: A Historical Library. King Ref DU 96.A877 1987
Cambridge History of Africa
Cambridge History of China
Kodansha encyclopedia of Japan King Ref DS805 .K633 1983.

Middle East

Cambridge Encyclopedia Middle East and North Africa
Cambridge History of Iran
Cambridge History of Islam
Cambridge History of Judaism

European

Cambridge History of British Foreign Policy
Cambridge History of the British Empire
Encyclopedia of Britain King Ref DA27.5 .G37 1993.
Encyclopedia of the Holocaust. King Ref D804.3 .E53 1990.
Historical dictionary of European imperialism King Ref D217 .H57 1991.
Modern Encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet History. King Ref DK 14 .M6

Ancient /Medieval

Cambridge Ancient History. King Ref D 57 .C252
Cambridge History of Later Greek and Early Medieval Philosophy
Cambridge Medieval History. King Ref D 117 .C3 1964
Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. King Ref DF 521.O93 1991
Penguin encyclopedia of classical civilizations King Ref CB9 .P46 1993
Dictionary of the Middle Ages. King Ref D 114 .D5 1982

World/International

Encyclopedia of world art King Ref N31 .E533
Historical Dictionaries Series:
series by Greenwood Press scattered and arranged by time period and or event or empire.
series by Scarecrow Press scattered and arranged by country. best for non-western nations.
International dictionary of historic places King Ref CC135 .I585 1995
New Cambridge Modern History. (King Ref Z 6204 .R62) for bibliography. King Ref D 298 .N4

Other

Oxford companion to World War II King Ref D740 .O94 1995.
Penguin encyclopedia of modern warfare : 1850 to the present day King Ref U24 .M335 1991

Web Sites to look at:

Catholic Encyclopedia http://www.csn.net/advent/cathen/cathen.htm
Ecole Initiative (Early Church History) http://cedar.evansville.edu/~ecoleweb/