CALL NUMBERS 900-999
BIOGRAPHY,
GEOGRAPHY & HISTORY
Updated November 13, 2014
SUBJECT-SPECIFIC REFERENCE SOURCES
Trustworthy sources for background information: terminology, dates, people, places, & events
Sources
R 909.82 T482o
R 910 L238g
R 920.009 Af839g
R 920.073 W62
R 923.3 C188a
R 938 An22m
R 940.23 En19g
R 940.25 En19d
R 940.53 En19t
R 946.082 En19r
R 960 Af83g 2005
R 973.0496 En19s
R 973.8 Am 35e
R 973.9 Am35d
Times Atlas of the 20th Century
Lands and PeoplesAfrican American Lives
Who’s Who in America
American Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and Business Visionaries
Ancient Greece and Rome
Encyclopedia of the Renaissance
Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment
Encyclopedia of World War II
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Culture
Africana
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History
American Eras
American Decades (also available online)
SUBJECT GUIDES: RECOMMENDED ARTICLE DATABASES & EBOOKS
Hand-picked by librarians. Linked from http://library.olivet.edu/subject-guides/index.php
Biographies
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Benner Library Reference Desk
Call
Email
815-939-5355
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Geography
History
Military Science
Monday - Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
9:00AM-10:00PM
9:00AM-5:00PM
CLOSED
7:30PM-10:00PM
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holidays & breaks
GENERAL REFERENCE SOURCES
Facts
R 031 En19c
R 317.3 Un3s
R 317.3 W893
Encyclopedia Americana
Statistical Abstract of the United States
World Almanac
Words
R 423 Ox 2
R 423.1 R634rn
Oxford English Dictionary (also online)
Roget’s New Thesaurus
Citation
R 808.02 Am35 2010 Publication Manual of the APA
R 808.02 M72h 2009 MLA Handbook
R 808.02 Un3c
Chicago Manual of Style
Quotes
R 808.882 Si58c
Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations
Places
R 912 AtG5ox
Atlas of the World (shelved on atlas table behind Reference Desk)
People
R 920 C936
R 920 D561
Current Biography Yearbook
American National Biography (also online)
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
Use these call numbers to find the books you need.
Reference books begin with “R” and are shelved on the 1st-floor.
Books, you can check out, are shelved on the 3rd floor, unless otherwise noted.
shelved in 3rdfloor Religion
Room
000
Computers, Information, Bibliographies
500
Science
100
Philosophy & Psychology
600
Technology
200
Religion
700
Arts & Recreation
300
Social Sciences
800
Literature
400
Language
900
History & Geography
shelved
on 2ndfloor
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