LibGuides: History: Find Books

Search Library Resources

To browse the Masland Library shelves for books related to History, use the call number ranges below.

D	History (General)
DA	Great Britain
DC	France
DD	Germany
DE	Greco-Roman World
DK	Russia
DS	Asia
DT	Africa
E-F	History: American
G	Geography (General), Maps
GB	Physical Geography

References

Some Information in this guide is adapted from:

https://guides.library.harvard.edu/HistSciInfo/primary#s-lg-box-wrapper-7437024

https://guides.temple.edu/history

Find Books
Use the Library Search to find books owned by Temple University Libraries. You can search by author, title, subject, or keyword.

Use the filters to the left of your search results to limit results by availability (print or online), publication date, topic, era, genre, and more.
Once you find a book that seems useful, check the list of Subject links in the item's record. Try these links to find additional books on the same topic.
- For example, the subject "World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- Great Britain" will direct you to other titles about the home front and the other social impacts of World War I in Great Britain.

eBooks

eBooks, along with journal articles and reference materials, can be found at the library and in our databases. Below are some databases to search for ebooks with a historical focus. For the complete list of History databases, click here: A-Z Databases: History.

ACLS Humanities E-Book
ACLS Humanities E-Book (HEB) is an online collection books of high quality in the humanities.
Cambridge Histories Online
Full text of all Cambridge history volumes (250+) published to date. Subject matter ranges widely across the humanities with a concentration on political and cultural history. Each volume includes authoritative narrative accounts by specialists and extensive bibliographies. The subject categories containing the most volumes are regional history, general history (with its chronological series) and literary studies, but there are also several series on the history of religion, philosophy and economic history. Content is displayed as page images and can be searched via metadata and full text.
Oxford Scholarship Online History
Oxford Scholarship Online's History collection reflects the unparalleled breadth and depth of the Oxford list, encompassing work at the cusp of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages right through to the latter decades of the twentieth century, and ranging from the most focused regional histories to the broadest transnational studies. From David d'Avray on medieval marriage to Selina Todd on young women and work in the early 1900s, from John Davis on Napoleonic Italy to David French's prize-winning work on the British army, subscribers will have access to a wide range of classic titles.

Seminal Works in History

Below are some of the seminal works in history

Histories by Herodotus; Tom Griffith (Contribution by, Introduction by); George Rawlinson (Notes by, Translator)
Call Number: D58 .H3313 1998

ISBN: 9781853264665

Publication Date: 1996-01-01
The Story of Civilization by Will Durant; Ariel Durant
Call Number: CB53 .D87 1954 (v.1 - 11)

ISBN: 9781567310238

Publication Date: 1993-03-01
The Fall of the Roman Republic by David Shotter
ISBN: 9780203622858

Publication Date: 2005-11-14
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
Call Number: DD256.5 S45 1989

ISBN: 0449209369

Publication Date: 1985-04-12
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
Call Number: BP223.Z8 L57 1999

ISBN: 0345379756

Publication Date: 1992-09-29