Library Resources
History 520:
20th Century Europe
Locating Books
- The CAT : Catalog of Penn State University Libraries
- CIC University Libraries (Big Ten) (Search all the library catalogs of the Big Ten)
- WorldCat: holding of over 65,000 libraries worldwide
- Center for Research Libraries
- British Library Public Catalog Online
- Catalogue Général des Livres Imprimés de la Bibliothèque Nationale
Call # Z927.P2 Q, Pattee, 2nd Floor, Paterno Humanities Reading Room - Gesamtverzeichnis des Deutschsprachigen Schrifttums (German National Bibliography)
Call # Z2221.G4, Micro 4 GV. Arts & Humanities Reference, 2nd Floor Pattee.
Searchable online via IBZ
Locating Articles - Contemporary Publications
- Academic Universe (Full-text of recent U.S. and European magazines & news sources)
- European Women's Periodicals.
Call #'s: France, FILM A408, Germany, A410, News & Microforms, Ground Floor West Pattee. Printed Guide, Call # PN5184.W58E93. - Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS). West Europe, 1977-present
Call # PREX 7.10:FBIS-WEU, U.S. Documents, 2nd Floor Paterno - IBZ (International Bibliography of Periodical Literature) Online from 1984-present. In Print indexes from1896. Call # AI9.B5, Arts & Humanities Reference, 2nd Floor Pattee.
- London Times Index, 1790-present.
Call # AI21 .T46, News & Microforms, Ground Floor West Pattee - Le Monde Index, 1944-1951, 1965-1968, 1981-date.
Call # AI21 .M6, News & Microforms, Ground Floor West Pattee - NY Times, 1851-1999
- Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, 1900-present.
Call # AI3 .R4, Arts and Humanities Index Tables, 2nd Floor Pattee - World News Connection 1997-present
Translations of world news sources. For earlier years see FBIS above.
Locating Articles -- Secondary Sources
Historical Indexes & Databases (Via, http://www.lias.psu.edu/alall.html)
- America: History and Life (U.S. and Canadian history)
- Historical Abstracts (World History)
- History Cooperative (full-text of selected history journals)
- JSTOR (full-text including back issues of journal articles)
- Muse (full-text of recent journal articles)
- German Historical Journals (Tables of Contents)
- Combined Retrospective Index Set (CRIS) to Journals in History, 1838-1974
Call # Z6502.C2 Location: Pattee, Arts & Humanities Reference, Stacks Level 2
Articles in Other Disciplines (Online Databases access via: http://www.lias.psu.edu/alall.html)
- ATLA Religion Database on CD-ROM. 1993-present. Call#: CD-ROMf027
Arts & Humanities Library, 2nd floor Pattee - American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies (ABSEES) Online 1990-present. In Print, 1956-1994, Call # Z2483 .A65, Arts and Humanities Reference, 2nd Floor Pattee
- British Periodicals in the Creative Arts. Call # Film F538, News & Microforms Library, Printed Guide, Call # Z5937.B75
- Dissertation Abstracts, 1851-date. Summaries of completed dissertations.
- IBZ (International Bibliography of Periodical Literature) Online from 1986. Print indexes go back to 1896. Call # AI9.B5, Arts & Humanities Reference, 2nd Floor Pattee.
- Philosopher's Index. Indexing for books & journals in philosophy & related fields.
- Psychological Abstracts, (PsycINFO) 1887-present. Indexes psychology publications; articles, selected books, dissertations and conference proceedings.
- Sociological Abstracts, 1963-present. Indexes sociology publications including journal articles, book reviews, conference proceedings, etc...
- Web of Science Citation Indexes - use to determine who has cited another article.
Collections of Primary Source Documents
- ARTFL Full-text of French works, primarily literature.
- Dreyfus Affair in the Making of Modern France : Rare Books and Pamphlets from the Dreyfus Collection of the Harvard College Library.
FILM A413. News & Microforms, Ground Floor West Pattee
Guide: Call # DC354.8.D635 1997 - EuroDocs: Historical Documents from Western Europe
- First World War: A Documentary Record (German & Allied Propaganda)
Call # FILM A437, News & Microforms, Ground Floor West Pattee - OPIE Collection on Children's Literature. (mostly U.K.)
MICRO 4 OPIE, News & Microforms, Ground Floor West Pattee
Guide, Call # PZ5.O65Op. Education & Behavioral Sciences, 5th Floor Paterno. - Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will
Call # FILM A251, News & Microforms, Ground Floor West Pattee
Guide:, Call # DD253.25.L46 1986 - Pamphlets on Socialism, Communism, and Bolshevism,1849-1930.
Call # FILM D188, News & Microforms, Ground Floor West Pattee
Guide: Call # Z7164.S67P342 - Papers from the Mass-Observation Archive, Parts 1 & 4. (U.K.)
FILM A436, News & Microforms, Ground Floor West Pattee
Guide, Call # HN385.P37 2000 - Terrorism: Special Studies (1975-2001)
Call # FILM A303, News & Microforms, Ground Floor West Pattee
Guide, Call # HV6431.T477 - Testaments to the Holocaust
Call # FILM A423, News & Microforms, Ground Floor West Pattee
Guide, Call # D804.3.T468 - Women's Rights Pamphlets (Cornell University).
Call # MICRO 4 CORNELL, News & Microforms, Ground Floor West Pattee
Guide, Call # HQ1154.C78
Archival Resources
The Special Collections library consists of 3 units:
Collections of note for modern European history include:
Locating Archival Materials outside PSU
- Archival Resources. (Contains descriptions of collections)
- ArchivesUSA Indexes NIDS (see entry below)
- Guides to Archives and Manuscript Collections in the United States
Call # CD 3022.A2D48, Arts & Humanities Reference, Pattee Stacks Level 2 - National Inventory of Documentary Sources (NIDS)
Call # MICRO 4 NIDS, News & Microforms, Ground Floor West Pattee, and 2nd Floor Pattee (near CD-Roms). See-also ArchivesUSA above. - Repositories of Primary Sources
Reference Works -- Biographical sources
To locate brief biographies of a person use the indexes below: You will then need to search the CAT to determine if we own the source.
- Biography and Genealogy Master Index
- Research Guide to European Historical Biography, 1450-present.
Call # CT759.R47 Arts and Humanities Reference, 2nd Floor Pattee.
Reference Works -- Bibliographies and Statistics
- AHA Guide to Historical Literature (American Historical Association)
Call # D20.A55, Arts and Humanities Reference, 2nd Floor Pattee - Bibliographie Annuelle de l'histoire de France . 1955-present
Call # Z2176 .B5, Arts and Humanities Reference, 2nd Floor Pattee> - International Bibliography of Historical Sciences, 1926-present
Call # Z6205.I61, Arts and Humanities Reference, 2nd Floor Pattee. - International Historical Statistics, Europe, 1750-1993.
Call # HA1107.M5, Social Sciences Reference Collection, 2nd Floor Paterno. Als individual countries, e.g. Annuaire Statistique de la France, Annuario Statistico Italiano, etc. - Quellenkunde der Deutschen Geschichte : Bibliographie der Quellen und der Literatur zur Deutschen Geschichte. 1965-present
Call # Z2236.D3, Arts and Humanities Reference, 2nd Floor Pattee.
Questions????
Ask at the Reference Desk, 2nd Floor Arts and Humanities Library, OR contact:
Eric Novotny, Humanities Librarian for History 814-865-1014 ecn1@psu.edu, IM: HistoryLibrarian