Research Guides: HIS-102: History of Western Civilization II : Mid-17th Century to the Present: Find books

Find books

Below is a sampling of recently published books from Reynolds Libraries collections.

Among Women Across Worlds: North Korea in the Global Cold War
ProQuest eBook Central, 2023.
India after the 1857 Revolt: Decolonising the Mind
Taylor & Francis eBook, 2023.
Muse of Fire: World War I As Seen through the Lives of the Soldier Poets
Call Number: D507 .K67 2024

PRC Circulating Collection
The Path to the American Revolution: British-American Relations in Peace and War, 1721-1783
Taylor & Francis eBook, 2024.
The Picnic: A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain
Call Number: DJK50 .L66 2024

DTC Circulating Collection

When using the library's catalog or eBook databases to search for books, try some of these subject terms:

By time period:

enlightenment, civilization western history, modern 18th century history, modern 19th century history, modern 20th century history, modern 21st century history

By political/social movement or cultural event:

capitalism, communism, feminism, imperialism, industrial revolution, liberalism, modernism, nationalism, prohibition, socialism, totalitarianism, utilitarianism

By specific wars:

american revolution, french revolution, napoleonic wars, soviet union revolution, spain civil war, world war 1914-1918, world war 1939-1945

Search Reynolds Libraries catalog for books:

Ebook Central [ProQuest]
Ebook Central provides access to a wide variety of multi-disciplinary ebooks with unlimited, multi-user access, powerful research tools, and DRM-free chapter downloads (Full text)
eBook Collection [EBSCO]
Provides access to full-text online books in a wide variety of subject areas. (Full text)
Oxford Academic eBooks
Oxford Scholarship Online provides access to academic eBooks in a wide variety of subject areas, with a concentration in the humanities and social sciences. (Full text)
Taylor & Francis eBooks
eBook collection covers a wide variety of disciplines including science, technology, engineering, medical, humanities and social science.
Wiley Online Library
Access to journal articles & eBooks. Covers a variety of disciplines, including the fields of arts and humanities, business and economics, engineering, law, medicine, social sciences, sciences, and technology. Full-text coverage:1977-present.

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Reynolds Library uses Library of Congress Classification to arrange books on the shelves.

Many books on Western civilization or World History can be found in sections - C, D, E & F

If we don't have a book at Reynolds, you can search WorldCat to find books in area libraries:

Research Log Worksheet (MS Word)
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