History: Home

The UCSB Library has FIVE library research guides that cover the discipline of history.

• United States History

• World History (generally)

• World History by Period 

  • prehistory & ancient history

  • medieval history

  • early modern history

  • 19th & 20th centuries

• World History by Region

  • Africa

  • Asia

  • Australia & Oceania

  • British Isles

  • Europe

  • Latin America

  • Middle East

• World History by Topic

  • Commerce, Commodities & Material Culture

  • Empires, Borderlands & their Legacies

  • Gender & Sexualities

  • Public History

  • History of Public Policy

  • Race & Ethnicity

  • Religion, Culture & Society

  • Science & Technology

Each guide contains lists of links (for online resources) and call numbers (for print resources) that you might find useful for research in the discipline.

You may need to consult more than one of these guides to locate the information resources that best cover your topic.