Henry Buhl Library: E-Books & Online Books: History

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History eBooks & Online Books

Salem History Online This link opens in a new window
Collection of key reference eBooks on historical and cultural topics, including several primary sources and biographical series.
ABC-CLIO e-Book Collection This link opens in a new window
eBook collection of 400+ encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and guides across many research areas

Oxford Reference Online Database -- History
Search history dictionaries and encyclopedias for information about topics, people, and time periods related to archaeology, the Byzantium, the Classical world, the Enlightenment, the Reformation, military history, and more.

Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new window
eBook series of 400+ volumes spanning subject areas across the humanities and social sciences, especially political and cultural history, literature, philosophy, religious studies, music, and the arts.
EBSCO eBook Collection This link opens in a new window
Access to over 200,000 full text eBooks across a variety of subjects.
Accessible Archives This link opens in a new window
Collection of primary and early sources for American history, including historical newspapers and county and regimental histories.

Global Events Milestone Events Throughout History
Covering ancient civilizations to the present, important events in history are explored with an emphasis on their significance to overall world history.

Encyclopedia of Ancient History
This title is "the only comprehensive collection of twenty-first century scholarship available on the entire ancient Mediterranean world."

Loeb Classical Library This link opens in a new window
The digital version of all Loeb volumes, searchable by author, subject, or series number. New volumes are added when published.

The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity
Covers every aspect of history, culture, religion, and life in Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East (including the Persian Empire and Central Asia) between c. AD 250 to 750, the era now generally known as Late Antiquity.
The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age
Covers Bronze Age Europe outside the Aegean area. It is split into two main parts, which provide a thematic approach (Part I) and geographical approach (Part II) to the study of the European Bronze Age.
The Early Medieval World: From the Fall of Rome to the Time of Charlemagne
This two-volume includes entries on the events, people, and ideas of the early medieval world. Primary documents are included.
The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages
Covers all key aspects of European history, society, and culture from 500 to 1500 A.D., as well as the Byzantine Empire, Islamic dynasties, and Asiatic peoples of the era.
Voices of the Reformation: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life
This fascinating collection of primary source documents furnishes the accounts—in their own words—of those who initiated, advanced, or lived through the Reformation.

Contemporary Middle East
Contains primary source documents from 1917 to the present day.
Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization
"A comprehensive reference work on the history and impact of Christianity. This four-volume work spans issues ranging from theology, politics and law, through to literature, art and architecture."
Encyclopedia of Geography
Encyclopedia gives historical geographical insight as well as focuses on the current need to understand geography ( (1) globalization, (2) environmental destruction, (3) new geospatial technologies, and (4) cyberspace.)
Encyclopedia of Race and Racism, 2nd Edition
Examines the anthropological, sociological, historical, economic, and scientific theories of race and racism in the modem era. Includes biographies of significant theorists, as well as political and social leaders and notorious racists.
Encyclopedia of U.S. Political History
Explores the events, policies, activities, institutions, groups, people, and movements that have created and shaped political life in the United States from the 1500s to the present day (from CQ Press).
Encyclopedia of U.S.- Latin American Relations
Explores more than 200 years of political, military, economic, and cultural connections between the United States of America and its neighbors to the south.
Oxford Encyclopedia of American Social History
Includes topics ranging from the westward movement of settlers and farmers in the 18th and 19th centuries, the transformation of work over time, the women's suffrage movement, counterculture, leisure activities, to the issues of voting habits, population movements and racial divides.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures
This encyclopedia "covers art, archaeology, religious studies, anthropology, history, and historiography" of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, including the Olmec, Aztec, and Mayans.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mexican History and Culture
Provides a compendium of the best available scholarship on Mexico’s rich history and culture.
Voices of the Reformation: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life
This fascinating collection of primary source documents furnishes the accounts—in their own words—of those who initiated, advanced, or lived through the Reformation.

Contemporary Middle East
Contains primary source documents from 1917 to the present day.
Counterterrorism: From the Cold War to the War on Terror
This great starting point for research on terrorism covers counterterrorism strategies and laws since WWII, key issues, counterterrorism since 9/11, and more.
Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History
Includes entries on the people, battles, armies, and states involved in the War, as well as topics related to society and culture such as music, religion, newspapers, medicine, and more. Primary documents are also included.
The Encyclopedia of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: A Political, Social, and Military History
Access 10 contextual essays, maps, and a chronology, along with entries covering the people, places, battles, and other related events and topics of the French Revolution and Napoleonic eras (from ABC-CLIO).
Encyclopedia of Middle East Wars: The United States in the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq Conflicts
"In-depth study of U.S. involvement in the modern Middle East carefully weighs the interplay of domestic, cultural, religious, diplomatic, international, and military events in one of the world's most troubled regions."
Encyclopedia of War
Covers all aspects of war, including battles, culture and society, key figures, strategy and tactics, and weapons, across all continents and all periods of human history.
Iraq War Encyclopedia
"An ideal resource for anyone interested in better understanding the controversial Iraq War. It treats the war in its entirety, covering politics, religion, and history, as well as military issues" (from ABC-CLIO).
Military Robots and Drones: A Reference Handbook
Use this title to learn more about military robots and drones, including their background and history and the controversies surrounding their use in the U.S. and abroad. This reference handbook also includes a chronology, bibliography, and documents (from ABC-CLIO).
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology
This encyclopedia provides an exhaustive and accurate view of how and why wars were waged throughout Europe, the Byzantine Empire, and the Crusader States between 500 C.E. to 1500.

Atla Historical Monographs Collection: Series 1 This link opens in a new window
Provides religious and theological literature from the late 13th century to 1922. Series 1 includes monographs prior to the 1893 World Parliament of Religions.
Atla Historical Monographs Collection: Series 2 This link opens in a new window
Series 2 covers 1893 through 1922.

Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization
"A comprehensive reference work on the history and impact of Christianity. This four-volume work spans issues ranging from theology, politics and law, through to literature, art and architecture."
Faiths across Time: 5,000 Years of Religious History
Overviews significant events and developments in religious history over the course of more than five millenia.
Voices of Early Christianity: Documents from the Origins of Christianity
Access primary documents related to early Christian history covering topics such as Christian life, the early Church, women, persecution, and politics and the Church (from ABC-CLIO).
Voices of the Reformation: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life
This fascinating collection of primary source documents furnishes the accounts—in their own words—of those who initiated, advanced, or lived through the Reformation.

Early Americas Digital Archive
"The Early Americas Digital Archive (EADA) is a collection of electronic texts and links to texts originally written in or about the Americas from 1492 to approximately 1820." Both primary and secondary sources are included (from Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities).
Making of America (Cornell)
Primary sources in American social history primarily from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
Making of America Books (University of Michigan)
Primary sources in American social history primarily from the antebellum period through reconstruction.