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Research Consultation

Reference books have several different genres--encyclopedias, dictionaries, gazeteers, guides, atlases, handbooks, and companions.  Gazeteers are geographical dictionaries.  Handbooks or guides often introduce whole disciplines, such as the Harvard Guide to American History.  Companions address particular topics like the Cambridge Companion to Medieval Women's Writing.

To find ones for your needs go to the Advanced Keyword Search Screen below.  Enter a genre in the first search window, such as encyclopedia.  In the second window try terms like these:  medieval or "middle ages".  Quotation marks get you those two words adjacent to each other in that order.  The OR gives you one, the other, or both.

If you get too many hits enter a date range under "Limit to," for example 1990 to 2009.  Or limit the search to Raynor Reference Collection.  Some reference books are on the first floor or Raynor, but most are in Memorial.

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For online reference resources of all kinds see Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, . . .

Move your cursor over the drop-down arrow on the tab for the region you want and click on E-Reference.

Chicago Manual of Style
This is the standard style manual for history papers.

Try the Quick Guide for fast answers.

Research Papers in History  Describes how to do research and cite sources.  It's in print and online.

The AHA Guide to Historical Literature will get you started on any time period anywhere in the world.  The link is to both online and print versions.