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Use the library catalogue to locate items (Note: resources on the French Revolution are listed under the subject France--History--1789-1799, Revolution).
Suggested resources for French Revolution (reference section):
 | REF 903 WET Wetterau, Bruce. World history : a dictionary of important people, places, and events, from ancient times to the present. New York: H. Holt, 1994. |
| REF 909 GUI The Guinness encyclopedia of world history. Harmondsworth, Eng.: Guinness Publishing, 1993. |
| 940.2 TAY Taylor, A. J. P. (Alan John Percivale). Revolutions and revolutionaries. New York: Oxford University, c1980. Includes index. |
| REF 902 GRU Grun, Bernard. The timetables of history : a horizontal linkage of people and events. New York : Simon and Schuster, c1975. |
| REF 902 ING Ingpen, Robert R. Encyclopedia of events that changed the
world: eighty turning points in history. New York, N.Y. : Viking Studio Books, 1991. |
| REF 902.02 DEF De Ford, Miriam Allen. Who was when? New York : H.W. Wilson,1976. Includes index. |
Alberta Learning Online Reference Centre
| Go to the Alberta Learning Online Reference Centre, World Book or Grolier Online, to print an article from one of the encyclopedias. | ||||||
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You must use caution when researching via the World Wide Web. Be sure to evaluate each site you use. Who created it? What qualifications does this individual have? Here are a few useful sites.
Internet Modern History Sourcebook - French Revolution - Extensive scholarly site includes some primary documents and translations of these as well as lots of other material.
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution - An extensive site with maps, text, images and a timeline.
| You can search for particular events by keyword or topic on the search page. |
| To get to the maps, put your mouse over "Browse" and then click "Maps." |
HistoryWiz - Search for French Revolution or go to the Site Map to find it.
Lecture 11: The Origins of the French Revolution - this site from HistoryGuide.org has a good overview of economic and social conditions.
Europe in Retrospect - The French Revolution - This Britannia Internet Magazine siteprovides useful information on the history of Europe during the past two hundred years and, in this chapter, the ideology of the French Revolution.
UT Library Online Perry-Castaņeda Library Map Collection Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd
| France in 1789 |
| France in 1791 |
| Central Europe in 1812 |
British Newspaper Coverage of the French Revolution - "A Small Archive of the British View of Unspeakable Events in the French Revolution." Excerpts from newspapers of the time.
The Guillotine Page - Includes images, a gallery of names associated with the guillotine, and more.
Napoleon page - includes links political cartoons of the period, as well as lots of material about Napoleon.
| Use EasyBib.com (MLA style) or SourceAid.com (Chicago, MLA, APA, CSE styles) to do your bibliography online. |
| For more advice on referencing your work, go to the Citing Sources page on the MEL Library web site. |
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