MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY

PATHFINDERS - European History - 16th-18th Century
Below you will find web sites, databases and MC library print materials to help you in your research on this topic.

MC Library Print Resources:

190 Gay The Enlightenment (For discussion of absolutism) 509 K685m Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times
190 M178g Great Thinkers of the Western World 509 Sp23h

The History of Science From the Ancient Greeks to the Scientific Revolution
270.6 D223p The Protestant Reformation 901.9 Cha The Western Experience to 1715
270.6 B How the Reformation Happened 901.9 M919p The Myth of the Machine
270.6 D The Protestant Reformation 901.9 Tie Great Issues in Western Civilization
270.6 H A Popular History of the Reformation 940.23 D932a The Age of Reason Begins
270.6 L The Renaissance and the Reformation 940.23 D932r The Reformation
274.2 C The Reformation in England 940.23 Hav The Age of Reformation
274.2 C The Protestant Reformation in Great Britain 940.25 D9329 The Age of Louis XIV
274.2 D The Beginning of the English Reformation B Various Biographies
309.142 H Reformation to Industrial Revolution CB Math Men of Mathematics
REFERENCE:      
Ref 031 N The Catholic Encyclopedia    
Ref 509.2 Gre The Great Scientists Ref 909 Wes Western Civilization (2 vols.)
Ref CB

Abridged Encyclopedia of World Biography

 Great Books Selected works of various scientists

Selected Web Sites:

Modern History Sourcebook from Fordham University
Great site for primary source documents. Information on The Age of Absolutism, The Protestant Reformation, The Scientific Revolution and more. Look at the left hand side bar for your topic.

Discovery and Reformation from Washington State University
Select "Contents" from side panel for topic links.

The Galileo Project (not just about Galileo)
Information on the life and work of Galileo and other scientists of the 16th and 17th Centuries. Search the "Catalog of the Scientific Community" section. This is a great site for biographical background material that includes information such as who scientist corresponded with and who were their sponsors.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Particularly useful for characters from the Scientific Revolution and Protestant Reformation. In-depth articles.


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Suggested Databases:

Biography Resource Center and History Resource Center (Modern World)
Great sources for biographical information on your character as well as ideas and movements. This is only available until 11-30-07.

Encyclopedia Britannica
Better and more reliable source than Wikipedia. (see Mrs. Pienton for user name and password)

World History: Modern Era
Beginning with the year 1500 find descriptions of events, places and cultural developments in world history as well as biographies, primary sources, maps, and web links. Not only for history research. See Mrs. Pienton for remote access id and password.

Suggested Reference Resources:

The Catholic Encyclopedia
The google search engine on the site only searches articles within the Catholic Encyclopedia. Note that
the MC kibrary has a print version as well.