Encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks offer generalist information that may be useful in learning more about a topic or beginning research. The links below offer resources for modern European and British history.
Authoritative and accessible reference guide to the major people, events, and issues that have shaped the development of Europe from the French Revolution to the present day.
Includes articles on the diplomatic, political, institutional, economic, and social history of postwar Europe (after 1945). Covering all of Europe with a notable focus on Eastern Europe.
A collection of 50,000 specially written biographies of men and women who have shaped all aspects of the British past, from the earliest times to the end of the year 2000.