History: Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Northwestern Community only (available only to Northwestern faculty, students, and staff)

Dictionaries

• Dictionary of American History (Thomson-Gale)
• Dictionary of Contemporary World History (Oxford)
• Dictionary of World History (Oxford)
• Japan Knowledge
  Includes dictionaries (Japanese, English-Japanese, Japanese-English and English-English); a full text 30 vol. encyclopedia; two dictionaries of current words: I a dictionary of scientific terms; a biographical dictionary; the JK Who’s Who; the Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan; a news database (NNA) that covers Asia and the European Union; a full-text journal; chronologies (world history, Japan by period, Japan by prefecture, science, culture, society, daily life, social movements, economics and for individuals); a database of video (TV, news) recordings from 1908 to 2005; database of dissertations from the humanities departments of six universities in Japan; URL database; books in print database; sound library; music library, etc.  In Japanese and English.
• New Dictionary of the History of Ideas (Thomson-Gale)
• Oxford English Dictionary

Encyclopedias

• Berkshire Enclyclopedia of World History
• Britannica Online     
• Encyclopedia of Chicago 
  A project of the Chicago History Museum, The Newberry Library, and Northwestern University.  Print edition is available at in the main stacks and the government and geographic information and data services department at L 977.311 E56. Copies are also available at Schaffner Library reference collection and in the main library reference department at  977.311 E56. 
• Japan Knowledge
  Includes dictionaries (Japanese, English-Japanese, Japanese-English and English-English); a full text 30 vol. encyclopedia; two dictionaries of current words: a dictionary of scientific terms; a biographical dictionary; the JK Who’s Who; the Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan; a news database (NNA) that covers Asia and the European Union; a full-text journal; chronologies (world history, Japan by period, Japan by prefecture, science, culture, society, daily life, social movements, economics and for individuals); a database of video (TV, news) recordings from 1908 to 2005; database of dissertations from the humanities departments of six universities in Japan; URL database; books in print database; sound library; music library, etc.  In Japanese and English.

For further information, contact:

Harriet Lightman
Head, Academic Liaison Services
Subject Librarian for History, Economics, and Philosophy
Northwestern University Library
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208-2300
h-lightman@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-2920
Office Location: Room 2622, 2nd Floor, East Tower, Main Library