| Subject headings |
| These subject headings may be used to locate books in the Pellissippi Library Catalog and the netLibrary eBook collection. | |
| Call numbers for browsing |
| Use these call numbers to browse the circulating and reference collections: |
| Databases |
| Country Watch - CountryWatch.com provides up-to-date information and news on the countries of the world. Discovering Collection - Provides in-depth reference content for areas of Literature, History, Biographies, Science, and Social Studies. Oxford Reference Online- provides contains searchable access to 100 dictionary and reference titles published by Oxford Press including A Dictionary of World History, A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century World History, and other history reference books. SocialSci Index - (OCLC) Guide to the literature of the social sciences. Wilson Biographies Plus - (online) offers over 72,000 narrative profiles of figures from antiquity to the present. Includes more than 26,000 images
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| Journals and Magazines |
| The following journals are available at the Pellissippi library in the Reference area. Many journals now have websites, providing the table of contents and access to selected articles in the current printed journal. Many include additional information and resources in certain subjects. |
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| Reference Books |
| Chronicle of the World. New York: DK, 1996. REF D 11 .C56 1996. This book covers historical events chronologically from 3.5 million years BC to the present day. Chronology of World History. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1999. REF D 11 .M39 1999. Chronologically arranged into four main categories and 25 sub categories, this resource provides a detailed, comprehensive account of history. History of the Ancient & Medieval World. New York: Cavendish, c1996. REF D 117 .H57 1996. Each volume is arranged chronologically by era and provides pictures, maps, detailed explanations, and a useful index. The Hutchinson Dictionary of World History. (all campuses) Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, c1993. REF D 9 .H87 1993. Great Thinkers of the Western World. New York: Harper Collins, c1992. REF B 72 .G74 1992. This book contains major ideas and classic works of more than 100 Western philosophers, physical and social scientists, psychologists, religious writers, and theologians. Penguin Encyclopedia of Classical Civilizations. New York: Viking, c1993. REF CB 9 .P46 1993. This resource, arranged by geographic area, covers the period between 550 BC to 600 AD. Featured are Greece, Rome, the Hellenstic kingdoms, Persia, India, and China. The Story of Civilization. Durant, Will and Ariel. New York: Simon and Schuster. CB 53 .D85. This is an 11-volume comprehensive survey of mankind and is considered a classic for the study of civilization.[located in stacks] |
| Web Resources |
| Avalon Project at Yale Law School (http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon) - collections of digital documents relevant to the fields of law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy, and government. Western Civilization Chronology (http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/WestCiv/WestCiv.html) - series of hyperlinked chronologies developed by the History Department of North Park University for use in survey history courses. Linked to the chronologies are related articles written by undergraduate students in the Western Civilization and World History survey courses. |
| Organizations |
| American Medical Association (http://www.ama-assn.org/) MedWeb (http://www.medweb.emory.edu/MedWeb/) Select All Subjects, then Societies and Associations |