HIS002: World Civilization - French Revolution Exercise

HIS 002: World Civilization - French Revolution Exercise

Sample Subject Headings -

Reference Books –

Bleiberg, Edward, ed. Arts and Humanities Through the Eras [electronic resource]. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2005.

Brakeman, Lynne, Gall, Susan, eds. Chronology of Women Worldwide: People, Places & Events That Shaped Women's History. Detroit: Gale Research, 1997. R HQ1121.C617 1997

McNeill, William H., ed. Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History. Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire Pub. Group, 2005. D23.B45 2005 v. 1-5

Merriman, John and Jay Winter, eds. Encyclopedia of Modern Europe: Europe 1789-1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of Industry [electronic resource]. Detroit: Chalres Scribner's Sons, 2006.

Stearns, Peter N., ed. Encyclopedia of European Social History [electronic resource]. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2001.

A Sampling of Non-Reference Books in Bowman Library-

Censer, Jack Richard and Hunt, Lynn. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001. DC148 .C388 2001

Doyle, William. The Oxford History of the French Revolution. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. DC148 .D69 1989

Egendorf, Laura K., ed. The French Revolution. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 2004. DC141 .F728 2004

Hanson, Paul R. The A to Z of the French Revolution. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2007. DC147 .H36 2007

Hesse, Carla. The Other Enlightenment: How French Women Became Modern. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001. DC 33.6 .H46 2001

Kates, Gary, ed. The French Revolution: Recent Debates and New Controversies. London: Routledge, 1998. DC148 .F727 1998

Montfort, Catherine R., ed. Literate Women and the French Revolution of 1789. Birmingham, AL: Summa Publications, 1994. PQ276 .L57 1994

Research Databases -

These resources are Web-based subscription services available via Bowman Library's Web Page.

XreferPlus - search for “French Revolution” or “Enlightenment”; useful for providing background information.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online - useful for background information on the French Revolution, as well as the Enlightenment.

Biography Resource Center - useful for searching biographical and historical information for French Revolution characters, such as Marie-Olympe de Gouges, Marie-Jeanne Roland, Robespierre, Marie Antoinette, Napoleon.

Proquest – use "Advanced Search" to search for articles in magazines, newspapers, and scholarly journals on the French Revolution.

Wilson Select Plus - articles in the humanities; try searching for "French Revolution and women."

Selected Free Web Sites –

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution
Essays, images, texts, maps, etc. written and edited by two acclaimed French history scholars, and produced by George Mason University and the City University of New York.

The Internet Modern History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook13.html
From Fordham University. Includes original documents from the French Revolution, including Olympe de Gouge’s Declaration of the Rights of Women and of the Citizen, 1791.

Bartleby.com
http://www.bartleby.com/
Good overview and analysis of the revolution, with original sources, including the full text of Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Women, 1792.

Imaging the French Revolution; Depictions of the French Revolutionary Crowd
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/imaging/
Images of crowds and crowd violence during the French Revolution, as well as an essay that interprets the roles of women in the Revolution. From George Mason University.

Citing Your Sources-

Be sure to check with your professor on which citation style is required. Bowman Library provides the following resources to assist with citation format:For online resources, see How to Cite Your Research for links to MLA, APA and Chicago citation styles.

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers - LB2369 .G53 2003 (Located in Library Permanent Reserves).

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association - BF76.7 .P83 2001 (Located in Library Permanent Reserves).

The Chicago Manual of Style - Z253 .U69 2003 (Located in Library Permanent Reserves).