War and the Environment in the Atlantic World
UB History Resources: The Ultimate Guides
United States History Resources (UB)
http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/blog/history-us/
World History Resources (UB)
http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/blog/history-world/
I. Finding Background Information: Expanding Contexts and Knowledge Wikipedia: It can be good place to begin; but entries are uneven. Be sure to review the references that conclude each entry.
The Atlantic World and Atlantic History in the Wikipedia!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_world
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_history
Environmental History in the Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_history
Military History in the Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history
Specialized Scholarly Encyclopedias
Depending upon what you’re researching, many topically focused encyclopedias may be useful. These are not given below. Any book may serve as an “encyclopedia” – a source of background knowledge and means of extending and understanding contexts. In this light a pertinent bibliography may help. Consult your instructor, bibliographies, and books such as: The Atlantic in Global History, 1500-2000 (Jorge Canizares-Esguerra and Erik Seeman, 2006). For helpful texts, search Amazon, Google Books, as well as our catalog. To go beyond Buffalo in the traditional way, use WorldCat http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/pdp/index.asp?ID=400 Dissertation also can be used to provide both background and bibliography – and many are now available to you freely and full text, consult http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/pdp/index.asp?ID=125
Gale Virtual Reference Library
http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/pdp/index.asp?ID=176
Environmental Encyclopedia
http://bison.buffalo.edu:8991/F/?func=direct&doc_number=002329440
Encyclopedia of Environmental World History, 3 vols.
Silverman Library (Capen)
Reference GE 10.E63.2004
Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change, 5 vols.
Silverman Library (Capen)
Reference GE 149.E443.2002
The encyclopedia of North American colonial conflicts to 1775 :a political, social, and military history /Spencer C. Tucker, volume editor ; James Arnold and Roberta Wiener, editors, documents volume ; Paul G. Pierpaoli, Jr., associate editor ; Justin Murphy, Jim Piecuch, assistant editors. — Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2008.
3 v. (lvii, 1188, I-17 p.) : ill., maps ; 29 cm. (20090226 )
Lockwood Library: Reference | E181 .E6315 2008
International encyclopedia of military history /James C. Bradford, editor ; preface by Jeremy Black. — New York : Routledge, 2006.
2 v. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 29 cm. (Baker & Taylor BKTY 55.01 55.01 0415973325 0006101791 active ) (Baker & Taylor BKTY 55.01 55.01 0415973333 0006101792 active ) (Baker & Taylor BKTY 350.00 350.00 0415936616 0004445594 active )
Lockwood Library: Reference | D25 .A2 I58 2006
Encyclopedia of American military history /Spencer C. Tucker, general editor ; associate editors David Coffey, John C. Fredriksen, Jusitn D. Murphy. — New York : Facts On File, 2003.
3 v. : ill., maps ; 29 cm. (Facts on File library of American history )
Lockwood Library: Reference | E181 .E63 2003
Clodfelter, Micheal, 1946-
Warfare and armed conflicts :a statistical reference to casualty and other figures, 1500-2000 /Micheal Clodfelter. — 2nd ed. — Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 2002.
xvi, 840 p. ; 28 cm.
Lockwood Library: Reference | D214 .C54 2002
Farwell, Byron.
The encyclopedia of nineteenth-century land warfare :an illustrated world view /Byron Farwell. — New York : W.W. Norton, 2001.
xii, 900 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Lockwood Library: Reference | D361 .F34 2001
Colonial wars of North America, 1512-1763 :an encyclopedia /editor, Alan Gallay. — New York : Garland, 1996.
856 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. (Military history of the United States ; vol. 5. Garland reference library of the humanities ; vol. 1245. )
Lockwood Library: Reference | E46.5 .C65 1996
Overview Essays
Blackwell Reference Online
http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/pdp/index.asp?ID=463
Oxford Handbooks Online
http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/pdp/index.asp?ID=481
II. Finding Articles and More
America: History and Life
http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/pdp/index.asp?ID=29
Historical Abstracts
http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/pdp/index.asp?ID=205
Google Scholar
War and all its aspects is studied by anthropologists and others as well as by historians. The two history indexes are very wide-ranging in disciplinary coverage – and, of course, Google Scholar covers all disciplines. Nonetheless, you might want to consult the anthropological literature in particular. Begin with the resources identified here: http://libweb1.lib.buffalo.edu/infotree/resourcesbysubject.asp?subject=Anthropology
III. Finding Books
UB Catalog
http://catalog.lib.buffalo.edu/
WorldCat
http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/pdp/index.asp?ID=400
Amazon
Google Books
http://books.google.com/advanced_book_search?q=w
Google Labs’ Ngram Viewer
ACLS Humanities EBook Project
http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/pdp/index.asp?ID=16
IV. Finding Book Reviews Book reviews may be found using many different indexes; but the references below were found doing a JSTOR search. For a general guide to book reviews see the UB library guide: http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/asl/guides/book_reviews.html
Book reviews for: Warfare and Diplomacy in Pre-Colonial West Africa
There are many places to look, look in JSTOR if the publication date allows.
Maier, D. J. E. “Review: [Untitled].” The Journal of African History 32, no. 1 (1991): 170.
Meunier, R. “Review: [Untitled].” Cahiers d’Études Africaines 18, no. 71 (1978): 465.
Muffett, David. “Review: [Untitled].” The American Historical Review 83, no. 2 (1978): 495-96.
Smaldone, Joseph P. “Review: War and Diplomacy in West Africa.” The Journal of African History 18, no. 4 (1977): 624-25.
VI. Tracing an Idea
Google Scholar – Citation Search
[BOOK] Warfare & diplomacy in pre-colonial West Africa
RS Smith – 1989 – books.google.com
Published in the United States of America by The University of Wisconsin Press 114 North Murray
Street Madison, Wisconsin 53715 Published in Great Britain by James Currey Ltd 54b Thornhill
Square, Islington London, Nl 1BE Copyright © 1976 Robert S. Smith First published by …
Cited by 52 – Related articles – Library Search – All 7 versions – Import into EndNote
And one of the 52 citing works is:
[BOOK] Law and colonial cultures: legal regimes in world history, 1400-1900
LA Benton – 2002 – books.google.com
Law and Colonial Cultures Law and Colonial Cultures advances a new perspective in world
history, arguing that cultural practice and institutions – not just the global economy – shaped colonial
rule and the international order. The book examines the shift from the multicentric law of …
Cited by 139 – Related articles – Library Search – Import into EndNote
VII. Finding Primary Source Material
Historical Map Collection
http://www.library.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/hist_sites.html
Early Encounters in North America
http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/pdp/index.asp?ID=130
VIII. Lists of Books and Web Sites
Recent Works in Atlantic History (International Seminar on the History of the Atlantic World, Harvard University)
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~atlantic/Resources/resourcesrecentworks.html
Web Sites (International Seminar on the History of the Atlantic World, Harvard University)
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~atlantic/Resources/resourceswebsites.html
IX. Joining the Atlantic World Community
H-Atlantic (Atlantic World)
http://www.h-net.org/~atlantic/
Itinerario: International Journal on the History of European Expansion and Global Interaction
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=ITI
X. Joining the Environmental History Community
H-Environment (Environmental History)
http://www.h-net.org/~environ/
Environmental History (the journal)
http://www.environmentalhistory.net/gallery/index.htm
XI. Joining the Military History Community
H-War (Military History)
Journal of Military History