Nations and Empire

Catalog at Falvey
Keyword and subject searches in the Library's catalog are good starting points when first exploring a topic. Search results can be narrowed with facets such as topic, era, language or region. Facets are located on the right hand side of the results screen.
Explore the following links to discover locally available books on empire and imperialism. Add additional keywords to the search box to narrow search results further or use available topic facets.

Recommended subject terms:
Change geographical identifier or use facets to limit results.
Imperialism
Colonization
Great Britain - Colonies
United States - Colonial question

WorldCat (OCLC)
Use WorldCat to find books which are not available at Falvey Library. WorldCat is a catalog of library holdings worldwide. Use the inter-library loan request option to request books from other libraries.

Historical Abstracts (EBSCO)
Indexes academic journals, magazines, books, book reviews and dissertations that cover world history from 1450 to the present, excluding North American history which is covered in the companion index: America: History and Life. Includes abstracts for academic journal articles and selective full-text content. Coverage extends back to 1953.
A Short Introduction to Historical Abstracts is a self-paced interactive tutorial for students new to this resource.

America: History and Life (EBSCO)
Indexes the literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Includes citations for journal and magazine articles, book reviews and dissertations. Abstracts of journal articles are included together with selected full-text. Indexing goes back to 1964.
America: History & Life is a self-paced interactive tutorial for students new to this resource.