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

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Below is a sampling of print books from our library collections on Western Civilization history topics.

Empire: A New History of the World
Call Number: D23 .S87 2020
PRC Circulating Collection
Fortress Dark and Stern: The Soviet Home Front during World War II
Oxford Scholarship Online eBook, 2021.
The Industrial Revolution in World History
Taylor & Francis eBook, 2020.
The Other Madisons: The Lost History of a President's Black Family
Call Number: E342.1 .K43 2020
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:

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

By specific wars:

american revolution, arab israeli conflict, french revolution, israeli palestinian conflict, korean war, napoleonic wars, soviet union revolution, spain civil war, vietnam war, world war 1939-1945

Search Reynolds Libraries catalog for books:

Ebook Central [ProQuest] This link opens in a new window
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] This link opens in a new window
Provides access to full-text online books in a wide variety of subject areas. (Full text)
Oxford Scholarship Online This link opens in a new window
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 This link opens in a new window
eBook collection covers a wide variety of disciplines including science, technology, engineering, medical, humanities and social science.
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
Access to journal articles & books. 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)

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From the Virginia's Community Colleges login screen, enter your username then click on the Go button.
When prompted, enter your Authorizing PIN number on your mobile phone.

If you cannot login from off campus, email library@reynolds.edu or call 804.523.5211 - or - 523-5220.

ProQuest Central eBooks Note: If you are accessing a ProQuest Central eBook from ON or OFF campus, you will be prompted with a Virginia's Community Colleges login screen. If you are accessing a ProQuest Central eBook from the library catalog, you will also be prompted to select your institution, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College.

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:

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