Research Guides: HIS-111: History of World Civilization I: Ancient Times to Mid 17th Century: Find books

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

An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence
Call Number: DT20 .B33 2024

DTC Circulation Collection
How the Spanish Empire Was Built: A 400-Year History
Call Number: HC94.Z9 F4713 2024

DTC Circulating Collection
The Missing Thread: A Women's History of the Ancient World
Call Number: CT3210 .D86 2024

PRC Circulation Collection
A Short History of Christianity Beyond the West: Asia, Africa, and Latin America 1450-2000
Brill eBook, 2024
Social Formations in the Ancient World: From Evolution of Humans to the Greek Civilisation
Taylor & Francis eBook, 2024.

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

africa history
asia history
bubonic plague
china history
crusades

genghis khan
greece civilization
islamic civilization
ming dynasty
reformation

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Ebook Central [ProQuest]
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eBook Collection [EBSCO]
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Oxford Academic eBooks
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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 Section C or Section D

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

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