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History

Welcome to the library guide for history research at the University of Alabama.

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

General

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Oxford Reference Online Premium

Oxford Handbooks Online

Biographical

American National Biography Online

Dictionary of National Biography (British and Commonwealth)

Biography and Genealogy Master Index (covers the whole world).

 

In addition to electronic reference books, you can find print reference books in the Reference Room, Floor 2, Gorgas Library.

World History, Call Number: D

American History, Call Number E

Latin American and Alabama History, Call Number F