| Resource Name & Link to Resource: | Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World |
| Description: | Provides information about major world developments from 1750 to the present, with close attention to social, economic, cultural, and political topics. Contains articles on world events; countries; organizations; regions; ethnic groups; and themes such as social history, demography, family life, politics, economics, religion, thought, education, science and technology, and culture. It offers coverage of standard geographic and ethnic units—such as Scandinavia, Korea, or the Gypsies—in the modern period. Significant institutions such as the International Red Cross and the League of Nations are treated at length. Comprehensive coverage enables readers to broaden their research outside a particular time or region and to explore topics within the context of modern world history. This is the online version of the eight volume set; it contains over 2,000 entries. Available through Oxford Reference. |
| Resource Type(s): | E-Book(s), Reference Tool |
| Access information: | Resource is available on-campus or off-campus via EZProxy; Click the resource name to access it or here for off-campus instructions. |
| Fulltext: | Fulltext is available. |
| Vendor Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Research Guides: | Reference Sources |
| Update Frequency: | 2008 ed. |
