Historical Abstracts

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Description: Contains annotated references to books, articles, and dissertations on the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life). Published since 1954, Historical Abstracts indexes over 2,000 journals published throughout the world. In addition to key historical journals from virtually every major country, Historical Abstracts covers hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanities that are of special interest to researchers and students of history. For a selected list of documents relating to world history, see:

• Cold War International History Project (CWIHP)
• Documents in Russian History
• EuroDocs: Western European Primary Historical Documents
• German Historical Documents (in German)
• Historical Research in Europe: a Guide to Archives and Libraries
• Hudson's Bay Company Archives (HBCA)
• HyperHistory Online
• Internet Modern History Sourcebook (links to primary sources)
• Mexico: from Empire to Revolution
• Parallel History Project on NATO and the Warsaw Pact
• War Times Journal Archives

Subject(s)
Area Studies
European Studies
Gender, Minority Studies & Anthropology
Government Documents
History, Genealogy & Archives
Military Science & National Security
Politics & Government
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