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This is a list of encyclopedias and encyclopedic/biographical dictionaries published on the subject of history and historians in any language. Entries are in the English language unless stated as otherwise.

Contents

General history

  • American Association for State and Local History. Directory of historical organizations in the United States and Canada. AASLH Press, 1990–. ISSN 1045-456X.
  • Bagnall, Roger S.; Brodersen, Kai; Champion, Craige B.; Erskine, Andrew, Huebner, Sabine R. (2012): The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, Wiley, 13 vols, 7,800 pages. ISBN 9781405179355. Subscription-based online access available.
  • Behnen, Michael, ed. (2002): Lexikon der deutschen Geschichte 1945–1990. Ereignisse – Institutionen – Personen im geteilten Deutschland. Kröner, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 9783520834010. (German)
  • Burnett, Thom. Conspiracy Encyclopedia: The Encyclopedia of Conspiracy Theories
  • Carruth, Gordon. Encyclopedia of World Facts and Dates. HarperCollins, 1993.
  • DeFronzo, James V. Revolutionary movements in world history: From 1750 to the present. ABC-CLIO, 2006. ISBN 1851097937.
  • dtv (2002): Lexikon des Mittelalters, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 9 vols, paperback, 9,900 pages. ISBN 978-3423590570. Online edition (2009) available from Brepolis, ISBN 978-2-503-52415-3. (German)
  • Evans, Barbara Jean. A to zax: a comprehensive dictionary for genealogists & historians. Hearthside Press, 1995. ISBN 0945231024.
  • Feather, John. Dictionary of Book History. Oxford University Press, 1987.
  • Fondation DHS, ed. (2011) Dictionnaire Historique de la Suisse (Historical Dictionary of Switzerland), Editions Gilles Attinger, Hauterive, ISBN 2-88256-133-4. (French) Also published in German as Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz, Schwabe AG, Basel, ISBN 3-7965-1900-8 (German) and Italian as Dizionario storico della Svizzera, Armando Dadò editore, Locarno, ISBN 88-8281-100-X. (Italian). The work currently consists of 10 volumes (A-Sa) in each language and is expected to be completed in 2014 with the 13th volume. Free searchable online access is available.
  • Geiss, Dieter, contrib. (2008): Der Grosse Ploetz, 35th edition, Verlag Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2,128 pages. ISBN 978-3-525-32008-2.
  • Haydn, Joseph, Benjamin Vincent. Haydn's dictionary of dates and universal information relating to all ages and nations. Scholarly Press, 1968.
  • International Committee of Historical Sciences. International bibliography of historical sciences: Internationale Bibliographie der Geschichtswissenschaften. Librairie Armand Colin. ISSN 0074-2015.
  • Johnson, David E. From day to day: A calendar of notable birthdays and events. Scarecrow Press, 2001. ISBN 081083944X.
  • Kirby, D.P. (3 June 1997). A Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-1-85264-047-7. 
  • Kohn, George Childs, Leonard Latkovski. Dictionary of historic documents. Facts on File, 2003. ISBN 0816047723.
  • Kuhlman, Erika A. A to Z of women in world history. Facts on File, 2002. ISBN 0816043345.
  • Langer, William L. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1972.
  • Lenman, Bruce, Hilary Marsden. Chambers dictionary of world history. Chambers, 2005. ISBN 0550100946.
  • MacCusker, John J. History of world trade since 1450. Macmillan Reference USA, 2006. ISBN 9780028658407.
  • Peregrine, Peter N., Melvin Ember, Human Relations Area Files, Inc. Encyclopedia of prehistory. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, 2001–2002. ISBN 0306462648.
  • Ritter, Harry. Dictionary of concepts in history. Greenwood Press, 1986. ISBN 0313227004.
  • Shillington, Kevin (2004). Encyclopedia of African History. Routledge. 3 vols. 1,912 pages. ISBN 978-1-57958-245-6.
  • Stearns, Peter N. (2001): The Encyclopedia of World History, 6th edition, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1,243 pages. With searchable CD. ISBN 9780395652374.
  • Strayer, Joseph, ed. (1989). Dictionary of the Middle Ages. Charles Scribner's Sons. ISBN 0-684-19073-7. Jordan, William Chester, ed. (2003). Dictionary of the Middle Ages: Supplement 1. Charles Scribner's Sons. ISBN 0-684-80642-8
  • Taddey, Gerhard, ed. (1998): Lexikon der deutschen Geschichte. Ereignisse, Institutionen, Personen. Von den Anfängen bis zur Kapitulation 1945., 3rd edition, Kröner, Stuttgart, 1,410 pages. ISBN 3-520-81303-3.
  • Wetterau, Bruce. Macmillan Concise Dictionary of World History. Macmillan, 1983.
  • Williams, Henry Smith (1905), The Historians' History of the World, New York, The Outlook Company.

    • Chronologies

  • Asimov's Chronology of the World. HarperCollins, 1991.
  • Grun, Bernard. Timetables of History. 3rd ed, Simon & Schuster, 1991.
  • Murray, Tim. Milestones in archaeology: A chronological encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO, 2007. ISBN 9781576071861.
  • New York Public Library Book of Chronologies. Prentice Hall, 1990.
  • Trager, James. The People's Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record of Human Events from Prehistory to the Present. Rev. ed., Holt, 1992.

    • Exploration and discovery

  • Bohlander, Richard. World Explorers and Discoverers. Macmillan, 1992.
  • Delpar, Helen. The Discoverers: An Encyclopedia of Explorers and Exploration. McGraw-Hill, 1980.
  • Holland, Clive. Arctic exploration and development, c. 500 B.C. to 1915: An encyclopedia. Garland Publ., 1994. ISBN 0824076486.
  • The Marshall Cavendish Illustrated Encyclopedia of Discovery and Exploration. Marshall Cavendish, 1991.

    • Historians

  • Boyd, Kelly. Encyclopedia of historians and historical writing. Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999. ISBN 1884964338.
  • Cannon, John Ashton. The Blackwell dictionary of historians. Blackwell Reference, 1988. ISBN 063114708X.
  • Jenkins, Ellen J. Eighteenth-Century British Historians. Thomson Gale, 2007. ISBN 9780787681548.
  • Wilson, Clyde Norman. American historians, 1607–1865. Gale Research, 1984. ISBN 0810317087.

    • Historiography

  • Boia, Lucian, Ellen Nore, Keith Hitchins International Committee of Historical Sciences. Great historians from antiquity to 1800: An international dictionary. Greenwood Press, 1989. ISBN 0313245177.
  • Woolf, D. R., Kathryn M. Brammall, Greg Bak. A global encyclopedia of historical writing. Garland, 1998. ISBN 0815315147.

    • Ancient history

  • Bhattacharyya, Narendra Nath. The Geographical dictionary: Ancient and early medieval India. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 1991. ISBN 8121500788.
  • Leroi-Gourham, André, José Garanger, Dominique Baffier. Dictionnaire de la préhistoire. Presses universitaires de France, 1988. ISBN 2130414591. (French)
  • Salisbury, Joyce E., Mary Lefkowitz. Encyclopedia of women in the ancient world. ABC-CLIO, 2001. ISBN 1576070921.

    • Classical era

  • Avi-Yonah, Michael, Israel Shatzman, F. W. Walbank.Illustrated encyclopaedia of the classical world. Sampson Low, 1976. ISBN 0562000372.
  • Cancik, Hubert, Helmuth Schneider, Christine F. Salazar, David E. Orton. Brill's New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of the ancient world. Brill, 2002–. ISBN 9004122591.
  • Daremberg, Charles Victor. Dictionnaire des antiquités grecques et romaines, d'après les textes et les monuments. Hachette, 1877–1919. (French).
  • De Grummond, Nancy Thomson. An encyclopedia of the history of classical archaeology. Greenwood Press, 1996. ISBN 0313220662.
  • Grant, Michael, Rachel Kitzinger. Civilization of the ancient Mediterranean: Greece and Rome. Scribner's, 1988. ISBN 0684175940.
  • Hazel, John. Who's who in the Greek world. Routledge, 2000. ISBN 0415124972.
  • Hazel, John. Who's who in the Roman world. Routledge. ISBN 0415224101.
  • Hornblower, Simon, Antony Spawforth. The Oxford classical dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 0198606419.
  • Hornblower, Simon, Antony Spawforth. The Oxford companion to classical civilization. Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN 0198601654.
  • Pauly, August Friedrich von. Paulys real-encyclopadie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft. Supplement: Neue Bearbeitung unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher Fachgenossen. J. B. Metzler, 1903–1978.
  • Paulys real-encyclopadie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft: neue Bearbeitung unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher Fachgenossen. J.B. Metzler, 1894–1972. (German)
  • Salisbury, Joyce E., Mary Lefkowitz. Encyclopedia of women in the ancient world. ABC-CLIO, 2001. ISBN 1576070921.
  • Shipley, Graham. The Cambridge dictionary of classical civilization. Cambridge University Press, 2006. ISBN 0521483131.
  • Speake, Graham. Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic tradition. Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000.

    • Middle Ages

  • Bhattacharyya, Narendra Nath. The Geographical dictionary: Ancient and early medieval India. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 1991. ISBN 8121500788.
  • Broughton, Bradford B., Megan Broughton Blumbergs. Dictionary of medieval knighthood and chivalry. Greenwood Press, 1986. ISBN 0313245525.
  • Chevalier, Ulysse. Répertoire des sources historiques du moyen âge. A. Picard, 1905–1907.
  • Crabtree, Pam J. Medieval archaeology: An encyclopedia. Garland, 2001. ISBN 0815312865.
  • Dahmus, Joseph. Dictionary of Medieval Civilization. Macmillan, 1984.
  • Fritze, Ronald H., William B. Robison. Historical dictionary of late medieval England, 1272–1485. Greenwood Press, c2002. ISBN 0313291241.
  • Gerli, E. Michael, Samuel G. Armistead. Medieval Iberia: An encyclopedia. Routledge, 2003. ISBN 0415939186.
  • International encyclopaedia for the Middle Ages (IEMA): A supplement to LexMA-online. Brepols. Available online here.
  • Jeep, John M. Medieval Germany: An encyclopedia. Garland, 2001. ISBN 0824076443.
  • Johnson, Ruth A. All things medieval: an encyclopedia of the medieval world. Greenwood, 2011. ISBN 9780313364624.
  • Jordan, William C. Dictionary of the Middle Ages. Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004–. ISBN 0684806428.
  • Kazhdan, Alexander B. The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford University Press, 1991. ISBN 014051323X.
  • Khan, Iqtidar Alam. Historical dictionary of medieval India. Scarecrow Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-8108-5503-8.
  • Langer, Lawrence N. Historical dictionary of medieval Russia. Scarecrow Press, 2002. ISBN 0810840804.
  • Lexikon des Mittelalters online (LexMA). Brepols. Available online here. (German).
  • Loyn, H. R. Middle Ages: A Concise Encyclopedia. Thames & Hudson, 1989.
  • Meri, Josef W., Jere L. Bacharach. Medieval Islamic civilization: An encyclopedia. Routledge, 2006. ISBN 0415966914.
  • Meyer, Otto, Renate Klauser. Clavis mediaevalis: Kleines Wörterbuch der Mittelalterforschung. O. Harrassowitz, 1962. (German).
  • Murray, Alan V. The Crusades: An encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO, 2006. ISBN 1576078620.
  • Nicol, Donald MacGillivray. A biographical dictionary of the Byzantine Empire. Seaby, 1991. ISBN 1852640480.
  • ORB: The online reference book for medieval studies. Kathryn Talarico College of Staten Island, City University of New York. Available online here.
  • Pulsiano, Phillip, Kirsten Wolf, Paul Acker. Medieval Scandinavia: An encyclopedia. Garland, 1993. ISBN 0824047877.
  • Rosser, John H. Historical dictionary of Byzantium. Scarecrow Press, 2001. ISBN 0810839792.
  • Roth, Norman. Medieval Jewish civilization: An encyclopedia. Routledge, 2003. ISBN 0415937124.
  • Slack, Corliss Konwiser. Historical dictionary of the crusades. Scarecrow Press, 2003. ISBN 0810848554.
  • Snodgrass, Mary Ellen, Linda Campbell Franklin. Who's who in the Middle Ages. McFarland, 2001. ISBN 0786407743.
  • Strayer, Joseph R. Dictionary of the Middle Ages. Scribner's, 1982-1989.
  • Vauchez, André, R. B. Dobson, Michael Lapidge. Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages. Editions du Cerf; Fitzroy Dearborn; Città nuova, 2000. ISBN 1579582826.
  • Xiong, Victor Cunrui. Historical dictionary of medieval China. Scarecrow Press, 2009. ISBN 9780810860537.

    • Renaissance

  • Bergin, Thomas G. and Jennifer Speake. Encyclopedia of the Renaissance. Facts on File, 1987.
  • Bergin, Thomas Goddard, Jennifer Speake. Encyclopedia of the Renaissance and the Reformation. Facts on File, 2004. ISBN 0816054517.
  • Bietenholz, Peter G., Thomas B. Deutscher. Contemporaries of Erasmus: a biographical register of the Renaissance and Reformation. University of Toronto Press, 1985–1987. ISBN 0802025072.
  • Campbell, Gordon. The Oxford dictionary of the Renaissance. Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 0198601751.
  • Grendler, Paul F., Renaissance Society of America. Encyclopedia of the Renaissance. Scribner's in association with the Renaissance Society of America, 1999. ISBN 0684805146.
  • Nauert, Charles Garfield. Historical dictionary of the Renaissance. Scarecrow Press, 2004. ISBN 0810848678.
  • Robin, Diana Maury, Anne R. Larsen, Carole Levin. Encyclopedia of women in the Renaissance: Italy, France, and England. ABC-CLIO, 2007. ISBN 1851097724.

    • Reformation

  • Bergin, Thomas Goddard, Jennifer Speake. Encyclopedia of the Renaissance and the Reformation. Facts on File, 2004. ISBN 0816054517.
  • Bietenholz, Peter G., Thomas B. Deutscher. Contemporaries of Erasmus: a biographical register of the Renaissance and Reformation. University of Toronto Press, 1985–1987. ISBN 0802025072.

    • 20th Century

  • Brownstone, David and Irene Franck. Dictionary of 20th Century History. Prentice Hall, 1990.
  • Burnett, Thom. Conspiracy Encyclopedia: The Encyclopedia of Conspiracy Theories
  • Drexel, John. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of the 20th Century. Facts on File, 1991.
  • Palmowski, Jan. A dictionary of contemporary world history: From 1900 to the present day. Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 019860484X.
  • Pons, Silvio, Robert Service, Mark Epstein, Charles Townsend. A dictionary of 20th-century communism. Princeton University Press, 2010. ISBN 9780691135854.
  • Sader, Emir. Latinoamericana: Enciclopedia contemporanea da America Latina e do Caribe. Laboratorio de Politicas Publicas; Boitempo Editorial, [2006?]. ISBN 8575590847.
  • Teed, Peter. Dictionary of Twentieth-Century History. Oxford University Press, 1992.
  • Tucker, Spencer. Encyclopedia of the Cold War: A political, social, and military history. ABC-CLIO, 2007. ISBN 978-1-85109-701-2.
  • Yust, Walter. 10 eventful years: A record of events of the years preceding, including and following World War II, 1937 through 1946. Encyclopædia Britannica, [1947].
  • Zeleza, Tiyambe, Dickson Eyoh. Encyclopedia of twentieth-century African history. Routledge, 2003. ISBN 0415234794.

    • Holocaust

  • Epstein, Eric Joseph, Philip Rosen, Henry R. Huttenbach. Dictionary of the Holocaust: Biography, geography, and terminology. Greenwood Press, 1997. ISBN 031330355X.
  • Fischel, Jack. Historical dictionary of the Holocaust. Scarecrow Press, 1999. ISBN 0810836114.
  • Laqueur, Walter, Judith Tydor Baumel. The Holocaust encyclopedia. Yale University Press, 2001. ISBN 0300084323.
  • Niewyk, Donald L., Francis R. Nicosia. The Columbia guide to the Holocaust. Columbia University Press, 2000. ISBN 0231112009.
  • Spector, Shmuel, Robert Rozett. Encyclopedia of the Holocaust. Facts on File, 2000. ISBN 0816043337.
  • Spector, Shmuel, Geoffrey Wigoder. The encyclopedia of Jewish life before and during the Holocaust. Yad Vashem; New York University Press, 2001. ISBN 0814793568.

    • History of mathematics

  • Grrattan-Guinness, Ivor. Companion Encyclopedia of the History and Philosophy of the Mathematical Sciences. Routledge, 1993.

    • History of medicine

  • Bynum, W. F. and Roy Porter. Companion Encyclopedia of the History of Medicine. Routledge, 1994.
  • Kohn, George C. Encyclopedia of plague and pestilence: From ancient times to the present. Facts On File, 2007. ISBN 9780816069354; ISBN 0816069352.
  • McGrew, Roderick E. and Margaret P. McGrew. Encyclopedia of Medical History. McGraw-Hill, 1985.

    • History of psychology

  • Howells, John G. & M. Livia Osborn. A Reference Companion to the History of Abnormal Psychology. Greenwood, 1984.

    • History of science

  • Asimov, Isaac. Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery. HarperCollins, 1989.
  • Bynum, William F. Dictionary of the History of Science. Princeton University Press, 1981.
  • Gascoigne, Robert Mortimer. Chronology of the History of Science, 1450-1900. Garland, 1987.
  • Hellemans, Alexander and Bryan Bunch. Timetables of Science: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Science. Simon & Schuster, 1988.
  • History of Science and Technology: A Narrative Chronology. Facts on File, 1988.
  • McNeil, Ian. An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology. Routledge, 1990.
  • Mount, Ellis and Barbara List. Milestones in Science and Technology: The Ready Reference Guide to Discoveries, Inventions, and Facts. 2nd ed., Oryx, 1993.
  • Murray, Tim. Milestones in archaeology: A chronological encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO, 2007. ISBN 9781576071861.
  • Parkinson, Claire. Breakthroughs: A Chronology of Great Achievements in Science and Mathematics, 1200-1930. G.K. Hall, 1985.

    • Jewish history

  • Epstein, Eric Joseph, Philip Rosen, Henry R. Huttenbach. Dictionary of the Holocaust: Biography, geography, and terminology. Greenwood Press, 1997. ISBN 031330355X.
  • Gribetz, Judah. Timetables of Jewish History: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in Jewish History. Simon & Schuster, 1993.
  • Kantor, Mattis. Jewish Time Line Encyclopedia. Jason Aronson, 1989.
  • Medoff, Rafael, Chaim Isaac Waxman. Historical dictionary of Zionism. Scarecrow Press, 2000. ISBN 0810837730.
  • Niewyk, Donald L., Francis R. Nicosia. The Columbia guide to the Holocaust. Columbia University Press, 2000. ISBN 0231112009.
  • Roth, Norman. Medieval Jewish civilization: An encyclopedia. Routledge, 2003. ISBN 0415937124.
  • Shamir, Ilana and Shlomo Shavit. Young Reader's Encyclopedia of Jewish History. Viking Kestral, 1987.
  • Spector, Shmuel, Geoffrey Wigoder. The encyclopedia of Jewish life before and during the Holocaust. Yad Vashem; New York University Press, 2001. ISBN 0814793568.

    • Military history

  • Gaines, W. Craig (1 April 2008). Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks. LSU Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-4789-4. 

    • Regional history

  • Canby, Courtlandt. Encyclopedia of Historic Places. Facts on File, 1984.
  • Esposito, John L. The Oxford encyclopedia of the modern Islamic world. Oxford University Press, 1995. ISBN 0195066138.

    • Africa

  • Appiah, Anthony, Henry Louis Gates. Africana: The encyclopedia of the African and African American experience. Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0195170555.
  • Arnold, Guy. Historical dictionary of civil wars in Africa. Scarecrow Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-8108-5766-7.
  • Collins, Robert O. Historical dictionary of pre-colonial Africa. Scarecrow Press, 2001. ISBN 0810839784.
  • Diagram Group. Encyclopedia of African peoples. Facts on File, 2000. ISBN 0816040990.
  • Falola, Toyin. Key events in African history: A reference guide. Greenwood Press, 2002. ISBN 0313313237.
  • Lye, Keith, Diagram Group. Encyclopedia of African nations and civilizations. Facts on File, 2002. ISBN 0816045682.
  • Middleton, John, Joseph Calder Miller. New encyclopedia of Africa. Thomson/Gale, 2008. ISBN 9780684314549.
  • Page, Willie F., Facts on File. Encyclopedia of African history and culture. Facts on File, 2001. ISBN 0816044724.
  • Shillington, Kevin. Encyclopedia of African history. Fitzroy Dearborn, 2005. ISBN 1579582451.
  • The United States in Africa: A Historical Dictionary. Greenwood, 1989.
  • Vogel, Joseh O., Jean Vogel. Encyclopedia of precolonial Africa: Archaeology, history, languages, cultures, and environments. AltaMira Press, 1997. ISBN 0761989021.
  • Zeleza, Tiyambe, Dickson Eyoh. Encyclopedia of twentieth-century African history. Routledge, 2003. ISBN 0415234794.

    • African islands

    Mauritius
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Mayotte
  • Sellier, Jean, Anne. Le Fur, Bertrand de Brun. Atlas historique des provinces et régions de France: Genèse d'un peuple. La Découverte, 1997. ISBN 2707127515.
    • Réunion
  • Sellier, Jean, Anne. Le Fur, Bertrand de Brun. Atlas historique des provinces et régions de France: Genèse d'un peuple. La Découverte, 1997. ISBN 2707127515.
    • Seychelles
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.

    • North Africa

  • Clements, Frank. Historical dictionary of Arab and Islamic organizations. Scarecrow Press, 2001. ISBN 0810839776.
  • Dumper, Michael, Bruce E. Stanley, Janet L. Abu-Lughod. Cities of the Middle East and North Africa: A historical encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO, 2007. ISBN 1576079198.
  • International encyclopaedia for the Middle Ages (IEMA): A supplement to LexMA-online. Brepols. Available online here.
  • Lexikon des Mittelalters online (LexMA). Brepols. Available online here. (German).
  • Mattar, Philip. Encyclopedia of the modern Middle East and North Africa. Macmillan Reference USA, 2004. ISBN 0028657691.
  • Mawṣililī, Ahmad. Historical dictionary of Islamic fundamentalist movements in the Arab world, Iran, and Turkey. Scarecrow Press, 1999. ISBN 0810836092.
  • Somel, Selçuk Akşin. Historical dictionary of the Ottoman Empire. Scarecrow Press, 2003. ISBN 0810843323.
  • Talhami, Ghada Hashem. Historical dictionary of women in the Middle East and North Africa. Scarecrow Press, 2013. ISBN 9780810868588.
  • Who's who in the Arab world. Publitec Editions, 1966–. ISSN 0083-9752.
    • Algeria
  • Naylor, Phillip Chiviges.Historical dictionary of Algeria. Scarecrow Press, 2006. ISBN 081085340X.
    • Egypt
  • Coughlin, Kathryn M. Muslim cultures today: A reference guide. Greenwood Press, 2006. ISBN 0313323860.
  • Goldschmidt, Arthur, Robert Johnston. Historical dictionary of Egypt. Scarecrow Press, 2003. ISBN 0810848562.
  • Lobban, Richard. Historical dictionary of ancient and medieval Nubia. Scarecrow Press, 2004. ISBN 0810847841.
    • Ancient Egypt
  • Bard, Kathryn A., Steven Blake Shubert. Encyclopedia of the archaeology of ancient Egypt. Routledge, 1999. ISBN 0415185890.
  • Bierbrier, M. L. Historical dictionary of ancient Egypt. Scarecrow Press, 1999. ISBN 0810836149.
  • Bunson, Margaret. The Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt. Facts on File, 2012. ISBN 9780816082162.
  • David, A. Rosalie, Antony E. David. A biographical dictionary of ancient Egypt. Seaby, 1992. ISBN 1852640324.
  • Encyclopedia of Egyptology. University of California, Los Angeles. Available online here.
  • Morkot, Robert. Historical dictionary of ancient Egyptian warfare. Scarecrow Press, 2003. ISBN 0810848627.
  • Redford, Donald B. The Oxford encyclopedia of ancient Egypt. Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0195102347.
  • Wilkinson, Toby A. H. The Thames and Hudson dictionary of ancient Egypt. Thames and Hudson, 2005. ISBN 0500051372.
    • Libya
  • St. John, Ronald Bruce. Historical dictionary of Libya. Scarecrow Press, 2006. ISBN 0810853035.
    • Morocco
  • Park, Thomas Kerlin, Aomar Boum. Historical dictionary of Morocco. Scarecrow Press, 2006. ISBN 0810853418.
    • Sudan
  • Coughlin, Kathryn M. Muslim cultures today: A reference guide. Greenwood Press, 2006. ISBN 0313323860.
  • Lobban, Richard. Historical dictionary of ancient and medieval Nubia. Scarecrow Press, 2004. ISBN 0810847841.
  • Lobban, Richard, Robert S. Kramer, Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban. Historical dictionary of the Sudan. Scarecrow Press, 2002. ISBN 0810841002.
    • Western Sahara
  • Pazzanita, Anthony G. Historical dictionary of Western Sahara. Scarecrow Press, 2006. ISBN 0810855402.

    • Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Mays, Terr M., Mark DeLancey. Historical dictionary of international organizations in sub-Saharan Africa. Scarecrow Press, 2002. ISBN 0810842572.
  • Middleton, John. Encyclopedia of Africa south of the Sahara. C. Scribner's Sons, 1997. ISBN 0684804662.
    • Central Africa
    Angola
  • James, W. Martin, Susan H. Broadhead. Historical dictionary of Angola. Scarecrow Press, 2004. ISBN 0810849402.
    • Burundi
  • Eggers, Ellen K. Historical dictionary of Burundi. Scarecrow Press, 2006. ISBN 0810853027.
    • Cameroon
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Chad
  • Decalo, Samuel. Historical dictionary of Chad. Scarecrow Press, 1997. ISBN 0810832534.
    • Equatorial Guinea
  • Liniger-Goumaz, Max. Historical dictionary of Equatorial Guinea. Scarecrow Press, 2000. ISBN 0810833948.
    • Gabon
  • Gardinier, David E., Douglas A. Yates. Historical dictionary of Gabon. Scarecrow Press, 2006. ISBN 0810849186.
    • Republic of the Congo
  • Decalo, Samuel, Virginia McLean Thompson, Richard Adloff. Historical dictionary of Congo. Scarecrow Press, 1996. ISBN 0810831163.
    • Rwanda
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • East Africa
    Burundi
  • Eggers, Ellen K. Historical dictionary of Burundi. Scarecrow Press, 2006. ISBN 0810853027.
    • Kenya
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
  • Maxon, Robert M., Thomas P. Ofcansky. Historical dictionary of Kenya. Scarecrow Press, 2000. ISBN 0810836165.
    • Madagascar
  • Allen, Philip M., Marueen Covell. Historical dictionary of Madagascar. Scarecrow Press, 2005. ISBN 0810846365.
    • Malawi
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
  • Kalinga, Owen J. M., C. A. Crosby. Historical dictionary of Malawi. Scarecrow Press, 2001. ISBN 0810834812.
    • Mozambique
  • Azevedo, Mario Joaquim, Emmanuel U. Nnadozie, Tombe Nhamitambo Mbuia-João. Historical dictionary of Mozambique. Scarecrow Press, 2003. ISBN 0810837927.
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Tanzania
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
  • Ofcansky, Thomas P., Rodger Yeager, Laura S. Kurtz. Historical dictionary of Tanzania. Scarecrow Press, 1997. ISBN 0810832445.
    • Uganda
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Horn of Africa
  • Clements, Frank. Historical dictionary of Arab and Islamic organizations. Scarecrow Press, 2001. ISBN 0810839776.
  • Mawṣililī, Ahmad. Historical dictionary of Islamic fundamentalist movements in the Arab world, Iran, and Turkey. Scarecrow Press, 1999. ISBN 0810836092.
  • Somel, Selçuk Akşin. Historical dictionary of the Ottoman Empire. Scarecrow Press, 2003. ISBN 0810843323.
    • Djibouti
  • Alwan, Daoud Aboubaker, Yohanis Mibrathu. Historical dictionary of Djibouti. Scarecrow Press, 2000. ISBN 0810838737.
    • Eritrea
  • Killion, Tom. Historical dictionary of Eritrea. Scarecrow Press, 1998. ISBN 0810834375.
    • Ethiopia
  • Coughlin, Kathryn M. Muslim cultures today: A reference guide. Greenwood Press, 2006. ISBN 0313323860.
  • Shinn, David Hamilton, Thomas P. Ofcansky, Chris Prouty. Historical dictionary of Ethiopia. Scarecrow Press, 2004. ISBN 0810849100.
    • Somalia
  • Mukhtar, Mohamed Haji, Margaret Castagno. Historical dictionary of Somalia. Scarecrow Press, 2003. ISBN 0810843447.
    • Southern Africa
    Botswana
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
  • Ramsay, Jeff, Barry Morton, Fred Morton. Historical dictionary of Botswana. Scarecrow Press, 1996. ISBN 0810831430.
    • Lesotho
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
  • Rosenberg, Scott, Richard Frederick Weisfelder, Michelle Frisbie-Fulton. Historical dictionary of Lesotho. Scarecrow Press, 2004. ISBN 0810848716.
    • Madagascar
  • Allen, Philip M., Marueen Covell. Historical dictionary of Madagascar. Scarecrow Press, 2005. ISBN 0810846365.
    • Namibia
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
  • Grotpeter, John J. Historical dictionary of Namibia. Scarecrow Press, 1994. ISBN 081082728X.
    • South Africa
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
  • Saunders, Christopher C., Nicholas Southey, Mary-Lynn Suttie. Historical dictionary of South Africa. Scarecrow Press, 2000. ISBN 0810836467.
    • Swaziland
  • Booth, Alan R., John J. Grotpeter. Historical dictionary of Swaziland. Scarecrow Press, 2000. ISBN 0810837498.
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Zambia
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
  • Simon, David, James R. Pletcher, Brian V. Siegel. Historical dictionary of Zambia. Scarecrow Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-8108-5305-8.
    • Zimbabwe
  • Rubert, Steven C., R. Kent Rasmussen. Historical dictionary of Zimbabwe. Scarecrow Press, 2001. ISBN 0810834715.
    • West Africa
    Benin
  • Decalo, Samuel. Historical dictionary of Benin. Scarecrow Press, 1995. ISBN 0810829053.
    • Burkina Faso
  • McFarland, Daniel Miles, Lawrence Rupley. Historical dictionary of Burkina Faso. Scarecrow Press, 1998. ISBN 0810834057.
    • Ghana
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
  • Owusu-Ansah, David. Historical dictionary of Ghana. Scarecrow Press, 2005.
    • Guinea
  • O'Toole, Thomas, Janice E. Baker. Historical dictionary of Guinea. Scarecrow Press, 2005. ISBN 0810846349.
    • Liberia
  • Dunn, D. Elwood, Amos Jones Beyan, Carl Patrick Burrowes. Historical dictionary of Liberia. Scarecrow Press, 2001. ISBN 0810838761.
    • Mali
  • Imperato, Pascal James, Gavin H. Imperato. Historical dictionary of Mali. Scarecrow Press, 2008. ISBN 9780810856035.
    • Mauritania
  • Pazzanita, Anthony G., Alfred G. Gerteiny. Historical dictionary of Mauritania. Scarecrow Press, 1996. ISBN 0810830957.
    • Niger
  • Decalo, Samuel. Historical dictionary of Niger. Scarecrow Press, 1997. ISBN 0810831368.
    • Nigeria
  • Coughlin, Kathryn M. Muslim cultures today: A reference guide. Greenwood Press, 2006. ISBN 0313323860.
  • Falola, Toyin, Ann Genova. Historical dictionary of Nigeria. Scarecrow Press, 2009. ISBN 9780810856158.
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Sierra Leone
  • Fyle, C. Magbaily, Cyril P. Foray. Historical dictionary of Sierra Leone. Scarecrow Press, 2006. ISBN 0810853396.
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.

    • Americas

  • Bedini, Silvio. The Christopher Columbus Encyclopedia. Simon & Schuster, 1992.
  • Provost, Foster. Columbus Dictionary. Omnigraphics, 1991.
  • Sabin, Joseph, Wilberforce Eames, R. W. G. Vail Bibliographical Society of America. A dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to the present time. Joseph Sabin, 1868–1936.

    • Caribbean

  • Atkinson, Nadine C. The Caribbean history pocket encyclopedia. Arawak, 2003. ISBN 9768189002.
  • Balderston, Daniel, Mike Gonzalez, Ana M. López. Encyclopedia of contemporary Latin American and Caribbean cultures. Routledge, 2000. ISBN 041513188X.
  • Collier, Simon, Thomas E. Skidmore, Harold Blakemore. The Cambridge encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean. Cambridge University Press, 1992. ISBN 0521413222.
  • Désormeaux, Emile, & Jean Baptiste Du Tertre1. Antilles d'hier et d'aujourd'hui: Tout l'univers antillais du début de la colonisation à nos jours. Désormeaux, [1978–].
  • Hallewell, Laurence. Historical dictionaries of Latin America. Scarecrow, 1967–. ISSN 1931-874X.
  • Kinsbruner, Jay, Erick Detlef Langer. Encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture. Gale, 2008. ISBN 9780684312705.
  • Sader, Emir. Latinoamericana: Enciclopedia contemporanea da America Latina e do Caribe. Laboratorio de Politicas Publicas; Boitempo Editorial, [2006?]. ISBN 8575590847.
  • Saunders, Nicholas J. Peoples of the Caribbean: An encyclopedia of archeology and traditional culture. ABC-CLIO, 2005. ISBN 1576077012.
  • Tenenbaum, Barbara A. Latin America, history and culture: An encyclopedia for students. Macmillan Library Reference, 1999. ISBN 0684805766.
    • Anguilla
  • Carty, Brenda, Coleville L. Petty. Anguilla: Tranquil isle of the Caribbean. Macmillan Education, 2000.
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Aruba
    Bahamas
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Barbados
  • Fraser, Henry, John Gilmore, Sean Carrington. A–Z of Barbados heritage. Macmillan Caribbean, 2003. ISBN 0333920686; ISBN 9780333920688.
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Bonaire
    British Virgin Islands
    Caribbean Netherlands
    Cayman Islands
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Cuba
  • Enciclopedia y Clásicos Cubanos, inc. La enciclopedia de Cuba. Enciclopedia y Clásicos Cubanos, 1975–1977. ISBN 8435900975.
  • Ezquerra, Jaime Alvar. Diccionario Espasa historia de España y América. Espasa, 2002. ISBN 8467003162.
  • Martínez-Fernández, Luis. Encyclopedia of Cuba: People, history, culture. Greenwood Press, 2003. ISBN 157356334X.
  • Suchlicki, Jaime. Historical dictionary of Cuba. Scarecrow Press, 2001. ISBN 081083779X.
  • Tucker, Spencer D., James Arnold, Roberta Wiener, Paul G. Pierpaoli, Jack McCallum, Justin D. Murphy. The encyclopedia of the Spanish-American and Philippine-American wars: A political, social, and military history. ABC-CLIO, 2009. ISBN 9781851099511.
    • Curaçao
    Dominica
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Dominican Republic
  • Enciclopedia dominicana. Enciclopédia Dominicana, 2000. ISBN 9768156341.
  • Ramos, Alejandro Paulino, Aquiles Castro. Diccionario de cultura y folklore dominicano. ABC Editorial, 2005. ISBN 9993482382.
    • French Antilles
  • Corzani, Jack. Dictionnaire encyclopedique Desormeaux. Editions Desormeuax, [1992–1993]. ISBN 2852750201.
    • Grenada
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Guadeloupe
  • Corzani, Jack. Dictionnaire encyclopedique Desormeaux. Editions Desormeuax, [1992–1993]. ISBN 2852750201.
  • Sellier, Jean, Anne. Le Fur, Bertrand de Brun. Atlas historique des provinces et régions de France: Genèse d'un peuple. La Découverte, 1997. ISBN 2707127515.
    • Haiti
  • Oriol, Michèle, Corinne Wieser. Histoire et dictionnaire de la révolution et de l'indépendance d'Haïti, 1789–1804. Fondation pour la Recherche Iconographique et Documentaire, 2002. ISBN 9993520829.
    • Jamaica
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
  • Senior, Olive. Encyclopedia of Jamaican heritage. Twin Guinep, 2003. ISBN 9768007141.
    • Martinique
  • Corzani, Jack. Dictionnaire encyclopedique Desormeaux. Editions Desormeuax, [1992–1993]. ISBN 2852750201.
  • Sellier, Jean, Anne. Le Fur, Bertrand de Brun. Atlas historique des provinces et régions de France: Genèse d'un peuple. La Découverte, 1997. ISBN 2707127515.
    • Montserrat
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Puerto Rico
  • Fernandez, Ronald, Serafin Méndez Méndez, Gail Cueto. Puerto Rico past and present: An encyclopedia. Greenwood Press, 1998. ISBN 031329822X.
  • Sugrañes, José A. Toro. Nueva enciclopedia de Puerto Rico. Editorial Lector, 1995. ISBN 8487624421.
    • Saba
  • Hoetink, H. Encyclopedie van de Nederlandse Antillen. Elsevier, 1969.
    • Saint Barthélemy
  • Sellier, Jean, Anne. Le Fur, Bertrand de Brun. Atlas historique des provinces et régions de France: Genèse d'un peuple. La Découverte, 1997. ISBN 2707127515.
    • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Saint Lucia
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Saint Martin
  • Sellier, Jean, Anne. Le Fur, Bertrand de Brun. Atlas historique des provinces et régions de France: Genèse d'un peuple. La Découverte, 1997. ISBN 2707127515.
    • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Sint Eustatius
  • Hoetink, H. Encyclopedie van de Nederlandse Antillen. Elsevier, 1969.
    • Sint Maarten
  • Hoetink, H. Encyclopedie van de Nederlandse Antillen. Elsevier, 1969.
    • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • U. S. Virgin Islands

    Central America

  • Balderston, Daniel, Mike Gonzalez, Ana M. López. Encyclopedia of contemporary Latin American and Caribbean cultures. Routledge, 2000. ISBN 041513188X.
  • Bunson, Margaret, Stephen Bunson. Encyclopedia of ancient Mesoamerica. Facts on File, 1996. ISBN 0816024022.
  • Carrasco, David. The Oxford encyclopedia of Mesoamerican cultures: The civilizations of Mexico and Central America. Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0195108159.
  • Collier, Simon, Thomas E. Skidmore, Harold Blakemore. The Cambridge encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean. Cambridge University Press, 1992. ISBN 0521413222.
  • Evans, Susan Toby, David L. Webster. Archaeology of ancient Mexico and Central America: An encyclopedia. Garland, 2001. ISBN 0815308876.
  • Hallewell, Laurence. Historical dictionaries of Latin America. Scarecrow, 1967–. ISSN 1931-874X.
  • Kinsbruner, Jay, Erick Detlef Langer. Encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture. Gale, 2008. ISBN 9780684312705.
  • Phillips, Charles, David M. Jones. The illustrated encyclopedia of Aztec and Maya: The history, legend, myth and culture of the ancient native peoples of Mexico and Central America. Lorenz, 2004. ISBN 0754814890.
  • Sader, Emir. Latinoamericana: Enciclopedia contemporanea da America Latina e do Caribe. Laboratorio de Politicas Publicas; Boitempo Editorial, [2006?]. ISBN 8575590847.
  • Smith, Joseph. Historical dictionary of United States–Latin American relations. Scarecrow Press, 2007. ISBN 0810855291.
  • Tenenbaum, Barbara A. Latin America, history and culture: An encyclopedia for students. Macmillan Library Reference, 1999. ISBN 0684805766.
    • Belize
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Costa Rica
  • D'Angelo, G., Carlos Gispert. Enciclopedia de Costa Rica. Océano, 2001. ISBN 8449418798.
  • Ezquerra, Jaime Alvar. Diccionario Espasa historia de España y América. Espasa, 2002. ISBN 8467003162.
  • Gutierrez, Pedro Rafael. Calendario historico: 500 anos de historia de Costa Rica. Universidad Autonoma de Centro America, 1988. ISBN 9977630526.
    • Dominican Republic
  • Ezquerra, Jaime Alvar. Diccionario Espasa historia de España y América. Espasa, 2002. ISBN 8467003162.
    • El Salvador
  • Cardenal, Rodolfo. Enciclopedia de El Salvador. Océano, [2001]. ISBN 8449416183.
  • Ezquerra, Jaime Alvar. Diccionario Espasa historia de España y América. Espasa, 2002. ISBN 8467003162.
  • Peñate, Óscar Martínez and María Elena Sánchez. El Salvador, diccionario: Personajes, hechos históricos, geografía e instituciones. Editorial Nuevo Enfoque, 2000. ISBN 9992380047.
    • Guatemala
  • Ezquerra, Jaime Alvar. Diccionario Espasa historia de España y América. Espasa, 2002. ISBN 8467003162.
    • Honduras
  • d'Angelo, Graciela. Enciclopedia de Honduras. Océano Grupo Editorial, 2004. ISBN 8449419441.
  • Ezquerra, Jaime Alvar. Diccionario Espasa historia de España y América. Espasa, 2002. ISBN 8467003162.
  • Ortega, Ramiro Colindres, Oscar Armando Valladares. Enciclopedia histórica de Honduras. Graficentro Editores, 1989.
  • O, Ramiro Colindres. Enciclopedia hondureña ilustrada: De personajes históricos y figuras contemporáneos. Graficentro Editores, 1994.
    • Nicaragua
  • Ezquerra, Jaime Alvar. Diccionario Espasa historia de España y América. Espasa, 2002. ISBN 8467003162.
  • Gispert, Carlos. Enciclopedia de Nicaragua. Oceano, 2003. ISBN 8449422310.
    • Panama
  • Ezquerra, Jaime Alvar. Diccionario Espasa historia de España y América. Espasa, 2002. ISBN 8467003162.

    • North America

  • Cooke, Jacob Ernest, W. J. Eccles, Mathé Allain. Encyclopedia of the North American colonies. Charles Scribner's Sons; Macmillan Canada; Macmillan International, 1993. ISBN 0684192691.
  • Keller, Rosemary Skinner, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Marie Cantlon. Encyclopedia of women and religion in North America. Indiana University Press, 2006. ISBN 0253346851.
  • Miller, Randall and John D. Smith. Dictionary of Afro-American Slavery. Greenwood, 1988.
  • Zhou, Peter X. Collecting Asia: East Asian libraries in North America, 1868–2008. Association for Asian Studies, 2010. ISBN 9780924304569.
    • Bermuda
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Canada
  • Bercuson, David, J. L. Granatstein. Canadian military history. Oxford University Press, 1992. ISBN 0195408470.
  • The Canadian encyclopedia (aka L'encyclopédie canadienne.) [1]. Historica Foundation, 2000.
  • Ciment, James, Thaddeus Russell. The home front encyclopedia: United States, Britain, and Canada in World Wars I and II. ABC-CLIO, 2007. ISBN 978-1-57607-849-5.
  • Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. [2] University of Regina.
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
  • Gough, Barry M. Historical dictionary of Canada. Scarecrow Press, 1999. ISBN 081083541X.
  • Hayes, Derek. Historical atlas of the Arctic. Douglas and McIntyre; University of Washington Press, 2003. ISBN 1553650042.
  • Holland, Clive. Arctic exploration and development, c. 500 B.C. to 1915: An encyclopedia. Garland Publ., 1994. ISBN 0824076486.
  • Lamar, Howard Roberts. The new encyclopedia of the American West. Yale University Press, 1998. ISBN 0300070888.
  • Mills, William J. Exploring polar frontiers: A historical encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO, 2003. ISBN 1576074226.
  • Myers, Jan. The Fitzhenry & Whiteside Book of Canadian Facts and Dates. Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1986.
  • Nuttall, Mark. Encyclopedia of the Arctic. Routledge, 2005. ISBN 1579584365.
  • Story, Norah. Oxford Companion to Canadian History and Literature. Oxford University Press, 1967.
    • Greenland
  • Hayes, Derek. Historical atlas of the Arctic. Douglas and McIntyre; University of Washington Press, 2003. ISBN 1553650042.
  • Holland, Clive. Arctic exploration and development, c. 500 B.C. to 1915: An encyclopedia. Garland Publ., 1994. ISBN 0824076486.
  • Mills, William J. Exploring polar frontiers: A historical encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO, 2003. ISBN 1576074226.
  • Nuttall, Mark. Encyclopedia of the Arctic. Routledge, 2005. ISBN 1579584365.
    • Mexico
  • Alvarez, José Rogelio. Enciclopedia de México. Enciclopedia de México, 1998. ISBN 1564090248.
  • Arellanes, Anselmo. Diccionario histórico de la revolución en Oaxaca. [IIS] UABJO; IEEPO, 1997. ISBN 9687596058.
  • Carrasco, David. The Oxford encyclopedia of Mesoamerican cultures: The civilizations of Mexico and Central America. Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0195108159.
  • Coerver, Don M., Suzanne B. Pasztor, Robert Buffington. Mexico: An encyclopedia of contemporary culture and history. ABC-CLIO, 2004. ISBN 1576071324.
  • Collier, Simon, Thomas E. Skidmore, Harold Blakemore. The Cambridge encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean. Cambridge University Press, 1992. ISBN 0521413222.
  • Dent, David W. Encyclopedia of modern Mexico. Scarecrow Press, 2002. ISBN 0810842912.
  • Evans, Susan Toby, David L. Webster. Archaeology of ancient Mexico and Central America: An encyclopedia. Garland, 2001. ISBN 0815308876.
  • Ezquerra, Jaime Alvar. Diccionario Espasa historia de España y América. Espasa, 2002. ISBN 8467003162.
  • Fernández, Roberto Peredo, Octavio Ochoa Contreras, Gialuanna Ayora Vázquez. Diccionario enciclopédico veracruzano. Universidad Veracruzana, 1993. ISBN 9688342939.
  • Frazier, Donald S. The United States and Mexico at war: Nineteenth-century expansionism and conflict. Macmillan Reference USA, 1998. ISBN 0028646061.
  • García, Carlos Román. Diccionario enciclopédico de Chiapas. Consejo Estatal para la Cultura y las Artes de Chiapas; Universidad de Ciencias y Artes del Estado de Chiapas, 2000. ISBN 9685025908.
  • Guerrero Cultural Siglo XXI, A.C. Diccionario enciclopédico del Estado de Guerrero. Guerrero Cultural Siglo XXI, A.C, 1999.
  • Hallewell, Laurence. Historical dictionaries of Latin America. Scarecrow, 1967–. ISSN 1931-874X.
  • Higuera, Salvador Mateos. Enciclopedia gráfica del México antiguo. Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público, 1992–[1994]. ISBN 9688065560.
  • Instituto Nacional de Estudios Históricos de la Revolución Mexicana. Diccionario histórico y biográfico de la Revolución Mexicana. Instituto Nacional de Estudios Históricos de la Revolución Mexicana, Secretaría de Gobernación, 1990–1994. ISBN 968805562X.
  • Kinsbruner, Jay, Erick Detlef Langer. Encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture. Gale, 2008. ISBN 9780684312705.
  • Lamar, Howard Roberts. The new encyclopedia of the American West. Yale University Press, 1998. ISBN 0300070888.
  • Musacchio, Humberto. Diccionario enciclopédico del Distrito Federal. Hoja Casa Editorial, 2000. ISBN 9686565582.
  • Musacchio, Humberto. Milenios de México. Hoja Casa Editorial, 1999. ISBN 9686565345.
  • Phillips, Charles, David M. Jones. The illustrated encyclopedia of Aztec and Maya: The history, legend, myth and culture of the ancient native peoples of Mexico and Central America. Lorenz, 2004. ISBN 0754814890.
  • Pinzon, Soledad Mata, Carlos Zolla, Diego Méndez Granados Instituto Nacional Indigenista (Mexico). Diccionario enciclopédico de la medicina tradicional mexicana. Instituto Nacional Indigenista, 1994. ISBN 9682961335.
  • Diccionario Porrúa de historia, biografía y geografía de México. Editorial Porrúa, 1995. ISBN 968452904X.
  • Smith, Joseph. Historical dictionary of United States–Latin American relations. Scarecrow Press, 2007. ISBN 0810855291.
  • Werner, Michael S., Tom Willcockson, Robert M. Salkin. Encyclopedia of Mexico: History, society and culture. Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997. ISBN 1884964311.
    • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  • Sellier, Jean, Anne. Le Fur, Bertrand de Brun. Atlas historique des provinces et régions de France: Genèse d'un peuple. La Découverte, 1997. ISBN 2707127515.
    • United States
  • Abramson, Rudy, Jean Haskell, Jill Oxendine. Encyclopedia of Appalachia. University of Tennessee Press, 2006. ISBN 1572334568.
  • Adams, James T. Dictionary of American History. Rev. ed., Scribner's, 1976.
  • Atlas of American History. 2nd ed., Scribner's, 1984.
  • Becker, William H. The Encyclopedia of American Business History and Biography. Facts on File/Bruccoli Clark Layman, 1988-.
  • Benowitz, June Melby. Encyclopedia of American women and religion. ABC-CLIO, 1998. ISBN 0874368871.
  • Boyer, Paul S., Melvyn Dubofsky. The Oxford companion to United States history. Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0195082095.
  • Bradley, David, Shelley Fisher Fishkin. The encyclopedia of civil rights in America. Sharpe Reference, 1998. ISBN 0765680009.
  • Browne, Ray Broadus, Pat Browne. The guide to United States popular culture. Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 2001. ISBN 0879728213.
  • Buenker, John D., Joseph Buenker. Encyclopedia of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. Sharpe Reference, 2005. ISBN 0765680513.
  • Carruth, Gorton. The Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates. 9th ed., HarperCollins, 1997. ISBN 0062701924.
  • Cayton, Mary Kupiec, Peter W. Williams. Encyclopedia of American cultural and intellectual history. Scribner, 2001. ISBN 0684805618.
  • Cayton, Mary Kupiec, Elliott J. Gorn, Peter W. Williams. Encyclopedia of American Social History. Scribner's; Maxwell Macmillan Canada; Maxwell Macmillan International, 1993. ISBN 0684192462.
  • Ciment, James. Colonial America: An encyclopedia of social, political, cultural, and economic history. Sharpe Reference, 2006. ISBN 0765680653.
  • Ciment, James. Encyclopedia of American immigration. M.E. Sharpe, 2001. ISBN 0765680289.
  • Ciment, James, Thaddeus Russell. The home front encyclopedia: United States, Britain, and Canada in World Wars I and II. ABC-CLIO, 2007. ISBN 978-1-57607-849-5.
  • Ciment, James. Postwar America: An encyclopedia of social, political, cultural, and economic history. M. E. Sharpe, 2006. ISBN 076568067X.
  • Clinton, Catherine, Christine A. Lunardini. The Columbia guide to American women in the nineteenth century. Columbia University Press, 2000. ISBN 0231109202.
  • Concise Dictionary of American History. Scribner's, 1983.
  • Corps, Terry. Historical dictionary of the Jacksonian era and Manifest Destiny. Scarecrow Press, 2006. ISBN 0810854538.
  • Cullen-DuPont, Kathryn. Encyclopedia of women's history in America. Facts on File, 2000. ISBN 0816041008.
  • Davis, Richard C. Encyclopedia of American forest and conservation history. Macmillan; Collier Macmillan, 1983. ISBN 0029073502.
  • DeConde, Alexander, Richard Dean Burns, Fredrik Logevall. Encyclopedia of American foreign policy. Scribner, 2002. ISBN 0684806576.
  • Dictionary of American Biography. Scribner's, 1928-.
  • Duchak, Alicia. A–Z of modern America. Routledge, 1999. ISBN 0415187559.
  • Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies. 1993.
  • Faragher, John M. The Encyclopedia of Colonial and Revolutionary America. Facts on File, 1989.
  • Ferris, William. The Greenwood encyclopedia of American regional cultures. Greenwood Press, 2004. ISBN 0313332665.
  • Finkelman, Paul. Encyclopedia of the new American nation: The emergence of the United States, 1754–1829. Charles Scribner's Sons; Thomson Gale, 2006. ISBN 0684313464.
  • Foner, Eric. Freedom's lawmakers: A directory of black officeholders during Reconstruction. Louisiana State University Press, 1996. ISBN 0807120820.
  • Foner, Eric and John Garraty. The Reader's Companion to American History. Houghton Mifflin, 1991.
  • Frazier, Donald S. The United States and Mexico at war: Nineteenth-century expansionism and conflict. Macmillan Reference USA, 1998. ISBN 0028646061.
  • Goldfield, David R. Encyclopedia of American urban history. Sage, 2007. ISBN 0761928847.
  • Gordon, Lois G., Alan Gordon. American chronicle: Year by year through the twentieth century. Yale University Press, 1999. ISBN 0300075871.
  • Hahn, Peter L. Historical dictionary of United States–Middle East relations. Scarecrow Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8108-5549-6.
  • Johnson, Thomas Herbert. Oxford Companion to American History. Oxford University Press, 1966.
  • Kammen, Carol, Norma Prendergast. Encyclopedia of local history. AltaMira Press, 2000. ISBN 0742503992.
  • Kane, Joseph Nathan. Facts About the Presidents. 6th ed., H. W. Wilson, 1993.
  • Kane, Joseph Nathan. Facts About the States. H. W. Wilson, 1989.
  • Kane, Joseph Nathan, Steven Anzovin, Janet Podell. Famous first facts: A record of first happenings, discoveries, and inventions in American history. H. W. Wilson, 2006. ISBN 0824210654.
  • Knight, Peter. Conspiracy theories in American history: An encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO, 2003. ISBN 1576078124.
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  • Kutler, Stanley I., Robert Dallek, David A. Hollinger. Encyclopedia of the United States in the twentieth century. Charles Scribner's Sons; Simon & Schuster; Prentice Hall International, 1996. ISBN 0132105357.
  • Mankiller, Wilma Pearl. The reader's companion to U.S. women's history. Houghton Mifflin, 1998. ISBN 0395671736.
  • Matray, James Irving. East Asia and the United States: An encyclopedia of relations since 1784. Greenwood Press, 2002. ISBN 0313305579.
  • Mays, Dorothy A. Women in early America: Struggle, survival, and freedom in a new world. ABC-CLIO, 2004. ISBN 1851094296.
  • McElvaine, Robert S. Encyclopedia of the Great Depression. Macmillan Reference USA, 2004. ISBN 0028656865.
  • Middleton, Ken. American women's history: A research guide. [3].
  • Moreno, Barry. Encyclopedia of Ellis Island. Greenwood Press, 2004. ISBN 0313326827.
  • Morris, Richard B. Encyclopedia of American History. 6th ed., HarperCollins, 1982.
  • Morris, Richard Brandon and Jeffrey Brandon Morris. Encyclopedia of American history. Harper Collins, 1996. ISBN 0062700553.
  • Ness, Immanuel, Stephen Eric Bronner, Frances Fox Piven. Encyclopedia of American social movements. Sharpe Reference, 2004. ISBN 0765680459.
  • Olson, James S. and Susan Wladaver-Morgan. Dictionary of United States Economic History. Greenwood, 1992.
  • Porter, Glenn. Encyclopedia of American Economic History: Studies of the Principal Movements and Ideas. Scribner's, 1980.
  • Queen, Edward L., Stephen R. Prothero, Gardiner H. Shattuck. Encyclopedia of American religious history. Facts on File, 2001. ISBN 0816043353.
  • Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr. Almanac of American History.
  • Scribner Desk Dictionary of American History. Scribner's, 1984.
  • Shavit, David. United States in Asia: A Historical Dictionary. Greenwood, 1990. ISBN 0313253412.
  • Shifflett, Crandall A. Victorian America, 1876 to 1913. Facts on File, 1996. ISBN 0816025312.
  • Sifakis, Carl. The mafia encyclopedia. Facts on File, 2005. ISBN 0816056943.
  • Smith, Joseph. Historical dictionary of United States–Latin American relations. Scarecrow Press, 2007. ISBN 0810855291.
  • Sutter, Robert G. Historical dictionary of Chinese foreign policy. Scarecrow Press, 2011. ISBN 9780810868601.
  • The United States in Africa: A Historical Dictionary. Greenwood, 1989.
  • The United States in Asia: A Historical Dictionary. Greenwood, 1990.
  • The United States in the Middle East: A Historical Dictionary. Greenwood, 1988.
  • Tucker, Spencer D., James Arnold, Roberta Wiener, Paul G. Pierpaoli, Jack McCallum, Justin D. Murphy. The encyclopedia of the Spanish-American and Philippine-American wars: A political, social, and military history. ABC-CLIO, 2009. ISBN 9781851099511.
  • Urdang, Laurence. Timetables of American History. Simon & Schuster, 1981.
  • Van Sant, John E., Peter Mauch, Yoneyuki Sugita. Historical dictionary of United States–Japan relations. Scarecrow Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8108-5608-0.
  • Wakelyn, Jon L. Birth of the Bill of Rights: Encyclopedia of the Antifederalists. Greenwood Press, 2004. ISBN 0313317399.
  • Weatherbee, Donald E. Historical dictionary of United States–Southeast Asia relations. Scarecrow Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-8108-5542-7.
  • Wintz, Cary D., Paul Finkelman. Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance. Routledge, 2004. ISBN 157958389X.
  • Wynar, Lubomyr Roman, Anna T. Wynar. Encyclopedic directory of ethnic newspapers and periodicals in the United States. Libraries Unlimited, 1976. ISBN 0872871541.
  • Yanak, Ted and Pam Cornelison. Great American History Fact-Finder. Houghton Mifflin, 1993.
    • Alaska
  • Hayes, Derek. Historical atlas of the Arctic. Douglas and McIntyre; University of Washington Press, 2003. ISBN 1553650042.
  • Holland, Clive. Arctic exploration and development, c. 500 B.C. to 1915: An encyclopedia. Garland Publ., 1994. ISBN 0824076486.
  • Mills, William J. Exploring polar frontiers: A historical encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO, 2003. ISBN 1576074226.
  • Nuttall, Mark. Encyclopedia of the Arctic. Routledge, 2005. ISBN 1579584365.
    • American West
  • Cusic, Don. Cowboys and the Wild West: An A–Z guide from the Chisholm Trail to the silver screen. Facts on File, 1994. ISBN 0816027838.
  • Lamar, Howard Roberts. The new encyclopedia of the American West. Yale University Press, 1998. ISBN 0300070888.
  • Lamar, Howard R. The Reader's Encyclopedia of the American West. HarperCollins, 1977.
  • McLoughlin, Denis. Wild and Woolly: An Encyclopedia of the American West. Doubleday, 1975.
  • Nestor, Sandy. Silver and gold mining camps of the old West: A state by state American encyclopedia. McFarland, 2007. ISBN 9780786428137.
    • Midwest
  • Sisson, Richard, Christian K. Zacher, Andrew R. L. Cayton. The American Midwest: An interpretive encyclopedia. Indiana University Press, 2007. ISBN 0253348862.
    • New England
  • Feintuch, Burt, David H. Watters. The encyclopedia of New England: The culture and history of an American region. Yale University Press, 2005. ISBN 0300100272.
    • Southern United States
  • Current, Richard Nelson, Paul D. Escott. Encyclopedia of the Confederacy. Simon & Schuster, 1993–. ISBN 0132759918.
  • Richter, William L. Historical dictionary of the Old South. Scarecrow Press, 2006. ISBN 0810850745.
  • Riley, Sam G. Magazines of the American South. Greenwood Press, 1986. ISBN 0313243379.
  • Twyman, Robert W. and David C. Roller. The Encyclopedia of Southern History. Louisiana State University Press, 1979.
  • Volo, James M., Dorothy Denneen Volo. Encyclopedia of the antebellum South. Greenwood Press, 2000. ISBN 0313308861.
  • Wilson, Charles Reagen, James G. Thomas, Ann J. Abadie, University of Mississippi. The new encyclopedia of Southern culture. University of North Carolina Press, 2006–2007. ISBN 9780807830031.

    • South America

  • Balderston, Daniel, Mike Gonzalez, Ana M. López. Encyclopedia of contemporary Latin American and Caribbean cultures. Routledge, 2000. ISBN 041513188X.
  • Collier, Simon, Thomas E. Skidmore, Harold Blakemore. The Cambridge encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean. Cambridge University Press, 1992. ISBN 0521413222.
  • Gunson, Phil, Andrew Thompson, Greg Chamberlain. The dictionary of contemporary politics of South America. Routledge, 1989. ISBN 0415028086.
  • Hallewell, Laurence. Historical dictionaries of Latin America. Scarecrow, 1967–. ISSN 1931-874X.
  • Kinsbruner, Jay, Erick Detlef Langer. Encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture. Gale, 2008. ISBN 9780684312705.
  • Sader, Emir. Latinoamericana: Enciclopedia contemporanea da America Latina e do Caribe. Laboratorio de Politicas Publicas; Boitempo Editorial, [2006?]. ISBN 8575590847.
  • Smith, Joseph. Historical dictionary of United States–Latin American relations. Scarecrow Press, 2007. ISBN 0810855291.
  • Tenenbaum, Barbara A. Latin America, history and culture: An encyclopedia for students. Macmillan Library Reference, 1999. ISBN 0684805766.
    • Argentina
  • Chávez, Fermín, Roberto Vilchez, Enrique Manson, Lorenzo González. Diccionario histórico argentino. Ediciones Fabro, 2005. ISBN 9872166609.
  • de Santillan, Diego Abad. Gran enciclopedia argentina. Ediar, 1956–1964.
  • Ezquerra, Jaime Alvar. Diccionario Espasa historia de España y América. Espasa, 2002. ISBN 8467003162.
  • Kohut, David R., Olga Vilella, Beatric Julian. Historical dictionary of the "dirty wars". Scarecrow Press, 2003. ISBN 0810848538.
    • Bolivia
  • Barnadas, Josep M., Guillermo Calvo, Juan Ticlla Grupo de Estudios Históricos. Diccionario histórico de Bolivia. Grupo de Estudios Históricos, 2002. ISBN 8483702770.
  • Ezquerra, Jaime Alvar. Diccionario Espasa historia de España y América. Espasa, 2002. ISBN 8467003162.
  • Sagárnaga M., J. Antonio. Breve diccionario de la cultura nativa en Bolivia. Producciones Cima, [2002].
    • Brazil
  • Brasil A/Z: Enciclopédia alfabética em um único volume. Editora Universo, 1988. ISBN 8585222212.
  • de Oliveira, José Teixeira and Affonso d'Escragnolle Taunay. Dicionário brasileiro de datas históricas. Editora Vozes, 2002. ISBN 853262698X.
  • Ezquerra, Jaime Alvar. Diccionario Espasa historia de España y América. Espasa, 2002. ISBN 8467003162.
  • Flores, Moacyr. Dicionário de história do Brasil. EDIPUCRS, 2004. ISBN 8574302090.
  • Lopes, Nei. Enciclopédia brasileira da diáspora africana. Selo Negro Edições, 2004. ISBN 8587478214.
  • Vainfas, Renaldo. Dicionário do Brasil colonial, 1500–1808. Objetiva, 2000. ISBN 8573023201.
  • Vainfas, Renaldo. Dicionário do Brasil imperial, 1822–1889. Objetiva, 2002. ISBN 8573024410.
    • Chile
  • Céspedes, Mario, & Lelia Garreaud. Gran diccionario de Chile: Biográfico-cultural. Importadora Alfa, 1988.
  • Ezquerra, Jaime Alvar. Diccionario Espasa historia de España y América. Espasa, 2002. ISBN 8467003162.
  • Kohut, David R., Olga Vilella, Beatric Julian. Historical dictionary of the "dirty wars". Scarecrow Press, 2003. ISBN 0810848538.
  • Vergara, Abraham Quezada. Diccionario de conceptos históricos y geográficos de Chile. RIL Editores, 2004. ISBN 9562843572.
    • Rapa Nui
  • West, Barbara A. Encyclopedia of the peoples of Asia and Oceania. Facts On File, 2009. ISBN 9780816071098.
    • Colombia
  • Ezquerra, Jaime Alvar. Diccionario Espasa historia de España y América. Espasa, 2002. ISBN 8467003162.
  • Medellín, Jorge Alejandro, & Diana Fajardo Rivera. Diccionario de Colombia. Grupo Editorial Norma, 2005. ISBN 9580485615.
  • Melo, Jorge Orlando, José Antonio Ocampo. Gran enciclopedia de Colombia: Temática. Círculo de Lectores, c1991–c1994. ISBN 9582802944.
    • Ecuador
  • Albuja, Ana Maria Cadena. Este es mi país Ecuador: Enciclopedia temática-alfabética. Grupo Cultural, 2006. ISBN 9978322191.
  • Ezquerra, Jaime Alvar. Diccionario Espasa historia de España y América. Espasa, 2002. ISBN 8467003162.
  • Neto, Paulo de Carvalho. Diccionario del folklore ecuatoriano. Editorial Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, 2001. ISBN 9789978622018.
  • Noboa, Fernando Jurado. Diccionario histórico genealógico de apellidos y familias de origen quechua, aymara y araucano (Ecuador). Temístocles Hernández, 2002. ISBN 9978424075.
  • Ponce, Javier. Enciclopedia Ecuador a su alcance. Espasa, 2004. ISBN 9978983244.
    • Falkland Islands
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • French Guiana
  • Corzani, Jack. Dictionnaire encyclopedique Desormeaux. Editions Desormeuax, [1992–1993]. ISBN 2852750201.
  • Sellier, Jean, Anne. Le Fur, Bertrand de Brun. Atlas historique des provinces et régions de France: Genèse d'un peuple. La Découverte, 1997. ISBN 2707127515.
    • Guyana
  • Balkaran, Lal. Dictionary of the Guyanese Amerindians and other South American native terms: An A–Z guide to their anthropology, cosmology, culture, exploration, history, geography, legend, folklore and myth. LBA, 2002. ISBN 0969983387.
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
  • National History & Arts Council. Dictionary of Guyanese folklore. National History & Arts Council, 1975.
    • Paraguay
  • Ezquerra, Jaime Alvar. Diccionario Espasa historia de España y América. Espasa, 2002. ISBN 8467003162.
    • Peru
  • Brown, Fortunato. Todo el Perú 1996: Breve enciclopedia peruana. Ediciones Brown, 1996. OCLC 253829698.
  • Enciclopedia tematica del Peru. El Comerio, 2004. ISBN 9972752003.
  • Ezquerra, Jaime Alvar. Diccionario Espasa historia de España y América. Espasa, 2002. ISBN 8467003162.
    • Suriname
  • Friedrich, Conrad, Albert Bruijning, Jan Voorhoeve, M. Gordijn. Encyclopedie van Suriname. Elsevier, 1977. ISBN 9010018423.
    • Uruguay
  • Ezquerra, Jaime Alvar. Diccionario Espasa historia de España y América. Espasa, 2002. ISBN 8467003162.
  • Kohut, David R., Olga Vilella, Beatric Julian. Historical dictionary of the "dirty wars". Scarecrow Press, 2003. ISBN 0810848538.
    • Venezuela
  • Campos, Manuel Rodriguez, Sara Colmenares. Diccionario de historia de Venezuela. Fundacion Polar, 1997. ISBN 9806397371.
  • Ezquerra, Jaime Alvar. Diccionario Espasa historia de España y América. Espasa, 2002. ISBN 8467003162.
  • Gran enciclopedia de Venezuela. Globe, c1998–c2001. ISBN 9806427009.
  • Sanz, Rodolfo. Diccionario para uso de chavistas, chavólogos y antichavistas. Editorial Nuevo Pensamiento Crítico, 2004. ISBN 9801206527.
  • Strauss, Rafael A., Nelson Garrido. Diccionario de cultura popular. Fundación Bigott, [1999]. ISBN 9806428137.

    • Antarctica

  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
  • Mills, William J. Exploring polar frontiers: A historical encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO, 2003. ISBN 1576074226.
  • Riffenburgh, Beau. Encyclopedia of the Antarctic. Routledge, 2007. ISBN 0415970245.

    • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.

    • Asia

  • Embree, Ainslie Thomas, Asia Society. Encyclopedia of Asian history. Scribner; Collier Macmillan, 1988. ISBN 0684186195.
  • Ghazanfar, Shaikh M. Islamic civilization: History, contributions, and influence: A compendium of literature. Scarecrow Press, 2006. ISBN 0810852640.
  • Shavit, David. United States in Asia: A Historical Dictionary. Greenwood, 1990.
  • West, Barbara A. Encyclopedia of the peoples of Asia and Oceania. Facts On File, 2009. ISBN 9780816071098.

    • Central Asia

  • Buell, Paul D. Historical dictionary of the Mongol world empire. Scarecrow Press, 2003. ISBN 0810845717.
  • Dani, Ahmad Hasan, V. M. Masson, UNESCO. History of civilizations of Central Asia. UNESCO, 1992–.
  • East Asian Curriculum Project, Columbia University. The Mongols in world history. East Asian Curriculum Project. Available online here.
  • Embree, Ainslie Thomas, Asia Society. Encyclopedia of Asian history. Scribner; Collier Macmillan, 1988. ISBN 0684186195.
  • Levinson, David Karen Christensen. Encyclopedia of modern Asia. Charles Scribner's Sons, 2002. ISBN 0684806177.
  • Rhyne, George N., Edward J. Lazzerini, Bruce Friend Adams. The supplement to the modern encyclopedia of Russian, Soviet and Eurasian history. Academic International Press, 1995–. ISBN 0875691420.
  • Somel, Selçuk Akşin. Historical dictionary of the Ottoman Empire. Scarecrow Press, 2003. ISBN 0810843323.
    • Kazakhstan
  • Hanks, Reuel R. Central Asia: A global studies handbook. ABC-CLIO, 2005. ISBN 1851096566.
    • Kyrgyzstan
  • Abazov, Rafis. Historical dictionary of Kyrgyzstan. Scarecrow Press, 2004. ISBN 0810848686.
  • Hanks, Reuel R. Central Asia: A global studies handbook. ABC-CLIO, 2005. ISBN 1851096566.
    • Tajikistan
  • Abdullaev, Kamoludin, Shahram Akbarzadeh. Historical dictionary of Tajikistan. Scarecrow Press, 2002. ISBN 0810841843.
    • Turkmenistan
  • Abazov, Rafis. Historical dictionary of Turkmenistan. Scarecrow Press, 2005. ISBN 0810853620.
    • Uzbekistan
  • Coughlin, Kathryn M. Muslim cultures today: A reference guide. Greenwood Press, 2006. ISBN 0313323860.
  • Hanks, Reuel R. Central Asia: A global studies handbook. ABC-CLIO, 2005. ISBN 1851096566.

    • East Asia

  • Levinson, David Karen Christensen. Encyclopedia of modern Asia. Charles Scribner's Sons, 2002. ISBN 0684806177.
  • Matray, James Irving. East Asia and the United States: An encyclopedia of relations since 1784. Greenwood Press, 2002. ISBN 0313305579.
    • China
  • Buell, Paul D. Historical dictionary of the Mongol world empire. Scarecrow Press, 2003. ISBN 0810845717.
  • Cheng, Linsun, Kerry Brown. Berkshire encyclopedia of China: Modern and historic views of the world's newest and oldest global power. Berkshire, 2009. ISBN 9780977015948.
  • Darvis, Edward Lawrence. Encyclopedia of contemporary Chinese culture. Routledge, 2005. ISBN 0415241294.
  • East Asian Curriculum Project, Columbia University. The Mongols in world history. East Asian Curriculum Project. Available online here.
  • Gao, James Zheng. Historical dictionary of modern China (1800-1949). Scarecrow Press, 2009. ISBN 9780810849303.
  • Guo, Jian, Yongyi Song, Yuan Zhou. Historical dictionary of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Scarecrow Press, 2006. ISBN 0810854619.
  • Historical Dictionary of Revolutionary China, 1839-1976, Greenwood, 1992.
  • James, C. V., Chung-kuo she hui kʻo hsüeh yüan; Chung-kuo she hui kʻo hsüeh chʻu pan she. Information China: The comprehensive and authoritative reference source of new China. Pergamon Press, 1989. ISBN 0080347649.
  • LaFleur, Robert André. China: A global studies handbook. ABC-CLIO, 2003. ISBN 1576072843.
  • Leese, Daniel. Brill's encyclopedia of China. Brill, 2009. ISBN 9789004168633.
  • Leung, Pak-Wah. Historical dictionary of revolutionary China, 1839–1976. Greenwood Press, 1992. ISBN 0313264570.
  • Lieberthal, Kenneth, Bruce J. Dickson. A research guide to central party and government meetings in China, 1949–1986. M.E. Sharpe, 1989. ISBN 0873324927.
  • Lin, Chun, Hans Hendrischke. The territories of the People's Republic of China. Routledge, 2006. ISBN 1857433955.
  • Luo, Jing, Aimin Chen, Shunfeng Song. China today: An encyclopedia of life in the People's Republic. Greenwood Press, 2005. ISBN 0313321701.
  • Michaud, Jean. Historical dictionary of the peoples of the Southeast Asian massif. Scarecrow Press, 2006. ISBN 081085466X.
  • Olson, James Stuart. An ethnohistorical dictionary of China. Greenwood Press, 1998. ISBN 0313288534.
  • O'Neill, Hugh. Companion to Chinese History. Facts on File, 1987.
  • Pong, David. Encyclopedia of modern China. Charles Scribner's Sons/Gale, Cengage Learning, c2009. ISBN 9780684315669.
  • Sullivan, Lawrence R. Historical dictionary of the People's Republic of China. Scarecrow Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8108-5380-5.
  • Sullivan, Lawrence R., Nancy R. Hearst. Historical dictionary of the People's Republic of China, 1949–1997. Scarecrow Press, 1997. ISBN 0810833492.
  • Sutter, Robert G. Historical dictionary of Chinese foreign policy. Scarecrow Press, 2011. ISBN 9780810868601.
  • Tiedemann, R. G. Reference guide to Christian missionary societies in China: From the sixteenth to the twentieth century. M.E. Sharpe, 2009. ISBN 9780765618085.
  • Wang, Ke-Wen. Modern China: An encyclopedia of history, culture, and nationalism. Garland Publishing, 1998. ISBN 0815307209.
  • Wortzel, Larry M., Robin D. S. Higham. Dictionary of contemporary Chinese military history. Greenwood Press, 1999. ISBN 0313293376.
  • Xiong, Victor Cunrui. Historical dictionary of medieval China. Scarecrow Press, 2009. ISBN 9780810860537.
    • Hong Kong
  • Chan, Ming K., Shiu-Hing Lo. Historical dictionary of the Hong Kong SAR and the Macao SAR. Scarecrow Press, 2006. ISBN 0810850613.
  • Roberts, Elfed Vaughan, Ngai-Ling Sum, Peter Bradshaw. Historical dictionary of Hong Kong and Macau. Scarecrow Press, 1992. ISBN 0810825740.
  • Sutter, Robert G. Historical dictionary of Chinese foreign policy. Scarecrow Press, 2011. ISBN 9780810868601.
    • Macau
  • Chan, Ming K., Shiu-Hing Lo. Historical dictionary of the Hong Kong SAR and the Macao SAR. Scarecrow Press, 2006. ISBN 0810850613.
  • Roberts, Elfed Vaughan, Ngai-Ling Sum, Peter Bradshaw. Historical dictionary of Hong Kong and Macau. Scarecrow Press, 1992. ISBN 0810825740.
    • Japan
  • Bowring, Richard John, Peter F. Kornicki. The Cambridge encyclopedia of Japan. Cambridge University Press, 1993. ISBN 0521403529.
  • Ellington, Lucien. Japan: A global studies handbook. ABC CLIO, 2002. ISBN 1576072711.
  • Embree, Ainslie Thomas, Asia Society. Encyclopedia of Asian history. Scribner; Collier Macmillan, 1988. ISBN 0684186195.
  • Hoover, William D. Historical dictionary of postwar Japan. Scarecrow Press, 2011. ISBN 9780810854604.
  • Huffman, James L. Modern Japan: An encyclopedia of history, culture, and nationalism. Garland Publishing, 1998.
  • Hunter, Janet. Concise Dictionary of Modern Japanese History. University of California Press, 1984.
  • Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan. Kodansha, 2002. Available online here.
  • Kokushi Daijiten Henshū Iinkai. Kokushi Daijiten. Yoshikawa Kobunkan, 1979-1997. ISBN 4642005013(v.1).
  • Perez, Louis G. Japan at war: an encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO, 2013. ISBN 9781598847413.
  • Stockwin, J. A. A. Dictionary of the modern politics of Japan. Routledge Curzon, 2003. ISBN 0415151708.
  • Van Sant, John E., Peter Mauch, Yoneyuki Sugita. Historical dictionary of United States–Japan relations. Scarecrow Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8108-5608-0.
    • North Korea
  • Connor, Mary E. The Koreas: A global studies handbook. ABC-CLIO, 2002. ISBN 1576072770.
  • Embree, Ainslie Thomas, Asia Society. Encyclopedia of Asian history. Scribner; Collier Macmillan, 1988. ISBN 0684186195.
  • Kim, Ilpyong J. Historical dictionary of North Korea. Scarecrow Press, 2003. ISBN 0810843315.
  • Pratt, Keith L., Richard Rutt, James Hoare. Korea: A historical and cultural dictionary. Curzon Press, 1999. ISBN 0700704647; ISBN 0700704639 (pbk.)
  • Yŏnhap Tʻongsin. North Korea handbook. M.E. Sharpe, 2002. ISBN 0765610043.
    • Korean War
  • Lentz, Robert J. Korean War filmography: 91 English language features through 2000. McFarland, 2003. ISBN 0786410469.
  • Matray, James. Historical Dictionary of the Korean War. Greenwood, 1991.
  • Summers, Harry G. Korean War Almanac. Facts on File, 1990.
  • Spencer Tucker, Paul G. Pierpaoli, Jinwung Kim, Xiaobing Li, James Irving Matray. The encyclopedia of the Korean War: A political, social, and military history. ABC-CLIO, 2010. ISBN 9781851098491.
    • South Korea
  • Connor, Mary E. The Koreas: A global studies handbook. ABC-CLIO, 2002. ISBN 1576072770.
  • Embree, Ainslie Thomas, Asia Society. Encyclopedia of Asian history. Scribner; Collier Macmillan, 1988. ISBN 0684186195.
  • Nahm, Andrew C., James Hoare. Historical dictionary of the Republic of Korea. Scarecrow Press, 2004.
  • Pratt, Keith L., Richard Rutt, James Hoare. Korea: A historical and cultural dictionary. Curzon Press, 1999. ISBN 0700704647; ISBN 0700704639 (pbk.)
    • Korean War
  • Lentz, Robert J. Korean War filmography: 91 English language features through 2000. McFarland, 2003. ISBN 0786410469.
  • Matray, James. Historical Dictionary of the Korean War. Greenwood, 1991.
  • Summers, Harry G. Korean War Almanac. Facts on File, 1990.
  • Spencer Tucker, Paul G. Pierpaoli, Jinwung Kim, Xiaobing Li, James Irving Matray. The encyclopedia of the Korean War: A political, social, and military history. ABC-CLIO, 2010. ISBN 9781851098491.
    • Mongolia
  • Atwood, Christopher Pratt. Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol empire. Facts On File, 2004. ISBN 0816046719.
  • Sanders, Alan J. K. Historical dictionary of Mongolia. Scarecrow Press, 2010. ISBN 9780810861916.
    • Taiwan
  • Cooper, John Franklin. Historical dictionary of Taiwan (Republic of China). Scarecrow Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8108-5600-4.
  • Lin, Chun, Hans Hendrischke. The territories of the People's Republic of China. Routledge, 2006. ISBN 1857433955.
  • Olson, James Stuart. An ethnohistorical dictionary of China. Greenwood Press, 1998. ISBN 0313288534.
  • Sutter, Robert G. Historical dictionary of Chinese foreign policy. Scarecrow Press, 2011. ISBN 9780810868601.

    • Middle East

  • Buell, Paul D. Historical dictionary of the Mongol world empire. Scarecrow Press, 2003. ISBN 0810845717.
  • East Asian Curriculum Project, Columbia University. The Mongols in world history. East Asian Curriculum Project. Available online here.
  • Hahn, Peter L. Historical dictionary of United States–Middle East relations. Scarecrow Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8108-5549-6.
  • Hiro, Dilip. The essential Middle East: A comprehensive guide. Carroll & Graf, 2003. ISBN 0786712694.
  • International encyclopaedia for the Middle Ages (IEMA): A supplement to LexMA-online. Brepols. Available online here.
  • Lexikon des Mittelalters online (LexMA). Brepols. Available online here. (German).
  • Mattar, Philip. Encyclopedia of the modern Middle East and North Africa. Macmillan Reference USA, 2004. ISBN 0028657691.
  • Shavit, David. United States in Asia: A Historical Dictionary. Greenwood, 1990. ISBN 0313253412.
  • Talhami, Ghada Hashem. Historical dictionary of women in the Middle East and North Africa. Scarecrow Press, 2013. ISBN 9780810868588.
    • Byzantium
  • Kazhdan, Alexander B. The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford University Press, 1991. ISBN 014051323X.

    • Russia

  • A. I. Podberezkin Dukhovnoe nasledie. Rossiia—2000: Sovremennaia politicheskaia istoriia (1985–1999 gody). Vserossiiskoe obshchestvenno-politicheskoe dvizhenie v podderzhku otechestvennoi nauki, kultury, obrazovaniia, zdravookhraneniia i predprinimatel'stva "Dukhovnoe nasledie": RAU-Korporatsiia, 2000. ISBN 586014122X.
  • Bienkowski, Piotr, A. R. Millard. Dictionary of the ancient Near East. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000. ISBN 0812235576.
  • Blackwell Encyclopedia of the Russian Revolution. Blackwell, 1988.
  • Coughlin, Kathryn M. Muslim cultures today: A reference guide. Greenwood Press, 2006. ISBN 0313323860.
  • Hayes, Derek. Historical atlas of the Arctic. Douglas and McIntyre; University of Washington Press, 2003. ISBN 1553650042.
  • Holland, Clive. Arctic exploration and development, c. 500 B.C. to 1915: An encyclopedia. Garland Publ., 1994. ISBN 0824076486.
  • Jackson, George D., Robert James Devlin. Dictionary of the Russian Revolution. Greenwood Press, 1989. ISBN 0313211310.
  • Langer, Lawrence N. Historical dictionary of medieval Russia. Scarecrow Press, 2002. ISBN 0810840804.
  • Mills, William J. Exploring polar frontiers: A historical encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO, 2003. ISBN 1576074226.
  • Nuttall, Mark. Encyclopedia of the Arctic. Routledge, 2005. ISBN 1579584365.
  • Paxton, John. Encyclopedia of Russian History: From the Christianization of Kiev to the Breakup of the USSR. ABC-Clio, 1993.
  • Rhyne, George N., Edward J. Lazzerini, Bruce Friend Adams. The supplement to the modern encyclopedia of Russian, Soviet and Eurasian history. Academic International Press, 1995–. ISBN 0875691420.
  • Shmidt, S. O., M. I. Andreev, V. M. Karev. Moskva: Entsiklopediia. Bol'shaia Rossiiskaia entsiklopediia, 1998. ISBN 5852702773.
    • Soviet Union
  • Sovet Narodnykh Komissarov SSSR, Sovet Ministrov SSSR, Kabinet Ministrov SSSR, 1923–1991: Entsiklopedicheskii spravochnik. Izd-vo obʺedineniia "Mosgorarkhiv", 1999. ISBN 5722800686.

    • South Asia

  • Embree, Ainslie Thomas, Asia Society. Encyclopedia of Asian history. Scribner; Collier Macmillan, 1988. ISBN 0684186195.
  • Levinson, David Karen Christensen. Encyclopedia of modern Asia. Charles Scribner's Sons, 2002. ISBN 0684806177.
    • Afghanistan
  • Adamec, Ludwig W. Historical dictionary of Afghan wars, revolutions, and insurgencies. Scarecrow Press, 2005. ISBN 0810849488.
  • Adamec, Ludwig W. Historical dictionary of Afghanistan. Scarecrow Press, 2003. ISBN 081084852X.
  • Clements, Frank A. Conflict in Afghanistan: A historical encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO, 2003. ISBN 1851094024.
  • Coughlin, Kathryn M. Muslim cultures today: A reference guide. Greenwood Press, 2006. ISBN 0313323860.
    • Bangladesh
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
  • Rahman, Syedur, Craig Baxter. Historical dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press, 2010. ISBN 9780810867666.
  • Wolpert, Stanley A. Encyclopedia of India. Charles Scribner's Sons, Thomson Gale, 2006. ISBN 0684313499.
    • Bhutan
    British Indian Ocean Territory
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • India
  • Battacherje, S. B. Encyclopaedia of Indian events and dates. New Dawn Press, 2006. ISBN 193270549X.
  • Bhattacharyya, Narendra Nath. The Geographical dictionary: Ancient and early medieval India. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 1991. ISBN 8121500788.
  • Blackwell, Frita. India: A global studies handbook. ABC-CLIO, 2004. ISBN 1576073483.
  • Coughlin, Kathryn M. Muslim cultures today: A reference guide. Greenwood Press, 2006. ISBN 0313323860.
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
  • Ghosh, A. An Encyclopedia of Indian Archaeology. Munshiram Manoharlal, 1989.
  • Kapoor, Subodh. The Indian encyclopaedia: Biographical, historical, religious, administrative, ethnological, commercial and scientific. Cosmo Publications, 2002. ISBN 8177552570.
  • Khan, Iqtidar Alam. Historical dictionary of medieval India. Scarecrow Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-8108-5503-8.
  • Mansighn, Surjit. Historical dictionary of India. Scarecrow Press, 2006. ISBN 0810847701.
  • Mehra, Parshotam. Dictionary of Modern Indian History, 1707-1947. Oxford University Press, 1985.
  • Olson, James Stuart. An ethnohistorical dictionary of China. Greenwood Press, 1998. ISBN 0313288534.
  • Roy, Kumkum. Historical dictionary of ancient India. Scarecrow Press, 2009. ISBN 9780810853669.
  • Wolpert, Stanley A. Encyclopedia of India. Charles Scribner's Sons, Thomson Gale, 2006. ISBN 0684313499.
    • Maldives
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Nepal
  • Shrestha, Nanda R., Keshav Bhattarai. Historical dictionary of Nepal. Oxford: Scarecrow Press, 2003. ISBN 0810847973.
  • Wolpert, Stanley A. Encyclopedia of India. Charles Scribner's Sons, Thomson Gale, 2006. ISBN 0684313499.
    • Pakistan
  • Burki, Shahid Javed. Historical dictionary of Pakistan. Scarecrow Press, 2006. ISBN 9780810856011.
  • Coughlin, Kathryn M. Muslim cultures today: A reference guide. Greenwood Press, 2006. ISBN 0313323860.
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
  • Wolpert, Stanley A. Encyclopedia of India. Charles Scribner's Sons, Thomson Gale, 2006. ISBN 0684313499.
    • Sri Lanka
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
  • Gunawardena, C. A. Encyclopedia of Sri Lanka. New Dawn Press, 2006. ISBN 1932705481.
  • Samarasinghe, S. W. R. de A., Vidyamali Samarasinghe. Historical dictionary of Sri Lanka. Scarecrow Press, 1998. ISBN 0810832801.
  • Wolpert, Stanley A. Encyclopedia of India. Charles Scribner's Sons, Thomson Gale, 2006. ISBN 0684313499.

    • Southeast Asia

  • Dalby, Andrew. South East Asia: A guide to reference material. Hans Zell Publishers, 1993. ISBN 1873836007.
  • Embree, Ainslie Thomas, Asia Society. Encyclopedia of Asian history. Scribner; Collier Macmillan, 1988. ISBN 0684186195.
  • Levinson, David Karen Christensen. Encyclopedia of modern Asia. Charles Scribner's Sons, 2002. ISBN 0684806177.
  • Miksic, John N. Historical dictionary of ancient Southeast Asia. Scarecrow Press, 2007. ISBN 0810855224.
  • Oni, Keat Gin. Southeast Asia: A historical encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor. ABC-CLIO, 2004. ISBN 1576077705.
  • Weatherbee, Donald E. Historical dictionary of United States–Southeast Asia relations. Scarecrow Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-8108-5542-7.
    • Brunei
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
  • Sidhu, Jatswan S., Ranjit Singh. Historical dictionary of Brunei Darussalam. Scarecrow Press, 2010. ISBN 9780810859807.
    • Cambodia
  • Corfield, Justin J., Laura Summers. Historical dictionary of Cambodia. Scarecrow Press, 2003. ISBN 0810845245.
  • Michaud, Jean. Historical dictionary of the peoples of the Southeast Asian massif. Scarecrow Press, 2006. ISBN 081085466X.
    • East Timor
  • Gunn, Geoffrey C. Historical dictionary of East Timor. Scarecrow Press, 2011. ISBN 9780810867543.
    • Indonesia
  • Coughlin, Kathryn M. Muslim cultures today: A reference guide. Greenwood Press, 2006. ISBN 0313323860.
  • Cribb, R. B. Historical dictionary of Indonesia. Scarecrow Press, 1992. ISBN 0810825422.
  • Lamoureux, Florence. Indonesia: A global studies handbook. ABC-CLIO, 2003. ISBN 1576079139.
  • Post, Peter, William H. Frederick, Iris Heidebrink, Shigeru Satō, William Bradley Horton, Didi Kwartanada, Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie. The encyclopedia of Indonesia in the Pacific War. Brill, 2010. ISBN 9789004168664.
    • Laos
  • Michaud, Jean. Historical dictionary of the peoples of the Southeast Asian massif. Scarecrow Press, 2006. ISBN 081085466X.
  • Stuart-Fox, Martin. Historical dictionary of Laos. Scarecrow Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-8108-5624-0.
    • Malaysia
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
  • Ooi, Keat Gin. Historical dictionary of Malaysia. Scarecrow Press, 2009. ISBN 9780810859555.
    • Myanmar
  • Michaud, Jean. Historical dictionary of the peoples of the Southeast Asian massif. Scarecrow Press, 2006. ISBN 081085466X.
  • Seekins, Donald M. Historical dictionary of Burma (Myanmar). Scarecrow Press, 2006. ISBN 9780810854765.
    • Philippines
  • Guillermo, Artemio R., May Kyi Win. Historical dictionary of the Philippines. Scarecrow Press, 2005. ISBN 0810854902.
  • Senate of the Philippines. Senate of the Philippines. Available online here.
  • Tucker, Spencer D., James Arnold, Roberta Wiener, Paul G. Pierpaoli, Jack McCallum, Justin D. Murphy. The encyclopedia of the Spanish-American and Philippine-American wars: A political, social, and military history. ABC-CLIO, 2009. ISBN 9781851099511.
  • Woods, Damon L. The Philippines: A global studies handbook. ABC-CLIO, 2006. ISBN 1851096752.
    • Singapore
  • Corfield, Justin J., Robin Corfield. Encyclopedia of Singapore. Scarecrow Press, 2006. ISBN 0810853477.
  • Corfield, Justin J., K. Mulliner. Historical dictionary of Singapore. Scarecrow Press, 2011. ISBN 9780810871847.
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Thailand
  • Michaud, Jean. Historical dictionary of the peoples of the Southeast Asian massif. Scarecrow Press, 2006. ISBN 081085466X.
  • Smith, Harold E., Gayla S. Nieminen, May Kyi Win. Historical dictionary of Thailand. Scarecrow Press, 2005. ISBN 0810853965.
    • Vietnam
  • Lockhart, Bruce McFarland, William J. Duiker. Historical dictionary of Vietnam. Scarecrow Press, 2006. ISBN 0810850532.
  • Michaud, Jean. Historical dictionary of the peoples of the Southeast Asian massif. Scarecrow Press, 2006. ISBN 081085466X.
  • Woods, L. Shelton. Vietnam: A global studies handbook. ABC-CLIO, 2002. ISBN 1576074161.
    • Vietnam War
  • Anderson, David L. The Columbia guide to the Vietnam War. Columbia University Press, 2002. ISBN 0231114923.
  • Frankum, Ronald Bruce. Historical dictionary of the war in Vietnam. Scarecrow Press, 2011. ISBN 9780810867963.
  • Kutler, Stanley. Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War. Simon & Schuster, 1994.
  • Olson, James S. Dictionary of the Vietnam War. Greenwood, 1988.
  • Summers, Harry. Vietnam War Almanac. Facts on File, 1985.
  • Tucker, Spencer C, Paul G. Pierpaoli, Jr., Merle L. Pribbenow II, James H. Willbanks, David T. Zabecki. The encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A political, social, and military history. ABC-CLIO, 2011. ISBN 9781851099603.

    • Western Asia

  • Clements, Frank. Historical dictionary of Arab and Islamic organizations. Scarecrow Press, 2001. ISBN 0810839776.
  • Dumper, Michael, Bruce E. Stanley, Janet L. Abu-Lughod. Cities of the Middle East and North Africa: A historical encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO, 2007. ISBN 1576079198.
  • ETANA: Electronic tools and ancient Near Eastern archives. Available online here.
  • Kumaraswamy, P. R. Historical dictionary of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Scarecrow Press, 2006. ISBN 0810853434.
  • Mawṣililī, Ahmad. Historical dictionary of Islamic fundamentalist movements in the Arab world, Iran, and Turkey. Scarecrow Press, 1999. ISBN 0810836092.
  • Meyers, Eric M., American Schools of Oriental Research. The Oxford encyclopedia of archaeology in the Near East. Oxford University Press, 1997. ISBN 0195065123.
  • Somel, Selçuk Akşin. Historical dictionary of the Ottoman Empire. Scarecrow Press, 2003. ISBN 0810843323.
  • Who's who in the Arab world. Publitec Editions, 1966–. ISSN 0083-9752.
    • Armenia
  • Adalian, Rouben Paul. Historical dictionary of Armenia. Scarecrow Press, 2002. ISBN 0810843374.
  • Bienkowski, Piotr, A. R. Millard. Dictionary of the ancient Near East. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000. ISBN 0812235576.
    • Bahrain
  • Bienkowski, Piotr, A. R. Millard. Dictionary of the ancient Near East. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000. ISBN 0812235576.
  • Peck, Malcolm C. Historical dictionary of the Gulf Arab states. Scarecrow Press, 2007. ISBN 9780810854.
    • Iran
  • Bienkowski, Piotr, A. R. Millard. Dictionary of the ancient Near East. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000. ISBN 0812235576.
  • Coughlin, Kathryn M. Muslim cultures today: A reference guide. Greenwood Press, 2006. ISBN 0313323860.
  • Embree, Ainslie Thomas, Asia Society. Encyclopedia of Asian history. Scribner; Collier Macmillan, 1988. ISBN 0684186195.
  • Gunter, Michael M. Historical dictionary of the Kurds. Scarecrow Press, 2004. ISBN 0810848708.
  • Leick, Gwendolyn. Historical dictionary of Mesopotamia. Scarecrow Press, 2003. ISBN 0810846497.
  • Lorentz, John H. Historical dictionary of Iran. Scarecrow Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8108-5330-0.
  • Mawṣililī, Ahmad. Historical dictionary of Islamic fundamentalist movements in the Arab world, Iran, and Turkey. Scarecrow Press, 1999. ISBN 0810836092.
  • Yar-Shater, Ehsan. Encyclopaedia Iranica. Columbia University Center for Iranian Studies, 2002. Available online here.
    • Iraq
  • Bienkowski, Piotr, A. R. Millard. Dictionary of the ancient Near East. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000. ISBN 0812235576.
  • Coughlin, Kathryn M. Muslim cultures today: A reference guide. Greenwood Press, 2006. ISBN 0313323860.
  • Ghareeb, Edmund, Beth Dougherty. Historical dictionary of Iraq. Scarecrow Press, 2004. ISBN 0810843307.
  • Gunter, Michael M. Historical dictionary of the Kurds. Scarecrow Press, 2004. ISBN 0810848708.
  • Leick, Gwendolyn. Historical dictionary of Mesopotamia. Scarecrow Press, 2003. ISBN 0810846497.
    • Israel
  • Bienkowski, Piotr, A. R. Millard. Dictionary of the ancient Near East. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000. ISBN 0812235576.
  • Edelheit, Hershel, Abraham J. Edelheit. History of Zionism: A handbook and dictionary. Westview, [2000]. ISBN 0813329817.
  • Kumaraswamy, P. R. Historical dictionary of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Scarecrow Press, 2006. ISBN 0810853434.
  • Medoff, Rafael, Chaim Isaac Waxman. Historical dictionary of Zionism. Scarecrow Press, 2000. ISBN 0810837730.
  • Reich, Bernard. Historical Dictionary of Israel. Scarecrow Press, 1992.
  • Reich, Bernard, David Howard Goldberg, Historical dictionary of Israel. Scarecrow Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-8108-5541-0.
  • Wigoder, Geoffrey. New encyclopedia of Zionism and Israel. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; Associated University Presses, 1994. ISBN 0838634338.
    • Jordan
  • Bienkowski, Piotr, A. R. Millard. Dictionary of the ancient Near East. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000. ISBN 0812235576.
    • Kuwait
  • Bienkowski, Piotr, A. R. Millard. Dictionary of the ancient Near East. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000. ISBN 0812235576.
  • Leick, Gwendolyn. Historical dictionary of Mesopotamia. Scarecrow Press, 2003. ISBN 0810846497.
  • Peck, Malcolm C. Historical dictionary of the Gulf Arab states. Scarecrow Press, 2007. ISBN 9780810854.
    • Lebanon
  • AbuKhalil, Asʻad. Historical dictionary of Lebanon. Scarecrow Press, 1998. ISBN 0810833956.
  • Bienkowski, Piotr, A. R. Millard. Dictionary of the ancient Near East. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000. ISBN 0812235576.
    • Oman
  • Bienkowski, Piotr, A. R. Millard. Dictionary of the ancient Near East. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000. ISBN 0812235576.
  • Peck, Malcolm C. Historical dictionary of the Gulf Arab states. Scarecrow Press, 2007. ISBN 9780810854.
    • Palestine
  • Bienkowski, Piotr, A. R. Millard. Dictionary of the ancient Near East. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000. ISBN 0812235576.
  • Kumaraswamy, P. R. Historical dictionary of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Scarecrow Press, 2006. ISBN 0810853434.
  • Mattar, Philip. Encyclopedia of the Palestinians. Facts on File, 2005. ISBN 0816057648.
  • Nazzal, Nafez, Laila A. Nazzal. Historical dictionary of Palestine. Scarecrow Press, 1997. ISBN 0810832399.
    • Qatar
  • Bienkowski, Piotr, A. R. Millard. Dictionary of the ancient Near East. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000. ISBN 0812235576.
  • Peck, Malcolm C. Historical dictionary of the Gulf Arab states. Scarecrow Press, 2007. ISBN 9780810854.
    • Saudi Arabia
  • Bienkowski, Piotr, A. R. Millard. Dictionary of the ancient Near East. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000. ISBN 0812235576.
  • Coughlin, Kathryn M. Muslim cultures today: A reference guide. Greenwood Press, 2006. ISBN 0313323860.
  • Peterson, John. Historical dictionary of Saudi Arabia. Scarecrow Press, 2003. ISBN 0810846772.
    • Syria
  • Bienkowski, Piotr, A. R. Millard. Dictionary of the ancient Near East. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000. ISBN 0812235576.
  • Commins, David Dean. Historical dictionary of Syria. Scarecrow Press, 2004. ISBN 0810849348.
  • Gunter, Michael M. Historical dictionary of the Kurds. Scarecrow Press, 2004. ISBN 0810848708.
  • Leick, Gwendolyn. Historical dictionary of Mesopotamia. Scarecrow Press, 2003. ISBN 0810846497.
    • United Arab Emirates
  • Bienkowski, Piotr, A. R. Millard. Dictionary of the ancient Near East. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000. ISBN 0812235576.
  • Peck, Malcolm C. Historical dictionary of the Gulf Arab states. Scarecrow Press, 2007. ISBN 9780810854.
    • Yemen
  • Bienkowski, Piotr, A. R. Millard. Dictionary of the ancient Near East. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000. ISBN 0812235576.
  • Burrowes, Robert D. Historical dictionary of Yemen. Scarecrow Press, 1995. ISBN 0810829878.

    • Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.

    • Europe

  • Cook, Chris, Philip Broadhead. The Routledge companion to early modern Europe, 1453–1763. Routledge, 2006. ISBN 9780415409575.
  • International encyclopaedia for the Middle Ages (IEMA): A supplement to LexMA-online. Brepols. Available online here.
  • Koch, John T., Antone Minard. The Celts: history, life, and culture. ABC-CLIO, 2012. ISBN 9781598849646.
  • Lexikon des Mittelalters online (LexMA). Brepols. Available online here. (German).
  • Merriman, John M., J. M. Winter. Europe since 1914: Encyclopedia of the age of war and reconstruction. Charles Scribner's Sons/Thomson Gale, 2006. ISBN 0684313650.
  • Olsen, James S. Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism. Greenwood, 1991.
  • Roy, Joacquin, Aimee Kanner. Historical dictionary of the European Union. Scarecrow Press, 2006. ISBN 0810853140.
  • Spector, Shmuel, Geoffrey Wigoder. The encyclopedia of Jewish life before and during the Holocaust. Yad Vashem; New York University Press, 2001. ISBN 0814793568.

    • Central Europe

  • Webb, Adrian. The longman companion to Central and Eastern Europe since 1919. Longman, 2002. ISBN 0582437326.
    • Austria
    Croatia
    Czech Republic
    Germany
    Hungary
    Italy
  • Coppa, Frank J. Dictionary of modern Italian history. Greenwood Press, 1985. ISBN 031322983X.
    • Liechtenstein
  • Jeep, John M. Medieval Germany: An encyclopedia. Garland, 2001. ISBN 0824076443.
    • Poland
    Romania
    Slovakia
    Slovenia
    Switzerland
  • Jeep, John M. Medieval Germany: An encyclopedia. Garland, 2001. ISBN 0824076443.
  • Sandford, John. Encyclopedia of contemporary German culture. Routledge, 1999. ISBN 0415124484.
  • Schelbert, Leo. Historical dictionary of Switzerland. Scarecrow Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8108-4931-0.

    • Eastern Europe

  • Spector, Shmuel, Geoffrey Wigoder. The encyclopedia of Jewish life before and during the Holocaust. Yad Vashem; New York University Press, 2001. ISBN 0814793568.
  • Webb, Adrian. The longman companion to Central and Eastern Europe since 1919. Longman, 2002. ISBN 0582437326.
    • Armenia
    Austria
    Azerbaijan
  • Bienkowski, Piotr, A. R. Millard. Dictionary of the ancient Near East. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000. ISBN 0812235576.
  • Swietochowski, Tadeusz, Brian C. Collins. Historical dictionary of Azerbaijan. Scarecrow Press, 1999. ISBN 0810835509.
    • Baltic states
    Estonia
  • Miljan, Toivo. Historical dictionary of Estonia. Scarecrow Press, 2004. ISBN 0810849046.
    • Latvia
    Lithuania
    Belarus
    Croatia
  • Frucht, Richard C. Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe: From the Congress of Vienna to the fall of communism. Garland Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0815300921.
  • Roman, Eric. Austria-Hungary and the successor states: A reference guide from the Renaissance to the present. Facts On File, 2003. ISBN 0816045372.
  • Šuster, Željan. Historical dictionary of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Scarecrow Press, 1999. ISBN 0810834669.
    • Czech Republic
  • Frucht, Richard C. Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe: From the Congress of Vienna to the fall of communism. Garland Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0815300921.
  • Hochman, Jiri. Historical dictionary of the Czech State. Scarecrow Press, 1998. ISBN 0810833387.
  • Roman, Eric. Austria-Hungary and the successor states: A reference guide from the Renaissance to the present. Facts On File, 2003. ISBN 0816045372.
    • Georgia
  • Bienkowski, Piotr, A. R. Millard. Dictionary of the ancient Near East. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000. ISBN 0812235576.
  • Mikaberidze, Alexander. Historical dictionary of Georgia. Scarecrow Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8108-5580-9.
    • Hungary
  • Frucht, Richard C. Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe: From the Congress of Vienna to the fall of communism. Garland Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0815300921.
  • Roman, Eric. Austria-Hungary and the successor states: A reference guide from the Renaissance to the present. Facts On File, 2003. ISBN 0816045372.
    • Kazakhstan
    Moldova
    Poland
  • Dzieęgielewski, Jan. Encyklopedia historii Polski: Dzieje polityczne. Morex: Egross, 1994–1995. ISBN 839025221X.
  • Frucht, Richard C. Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe: From the Congress of Vienna to the fall of communism. Garland Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0815300921.
  • Gorzdecka-Sanford, Adriana. Historical dictionary of Warsaw. Scarecrow Press, 1997. ISBN 0810832992.
    • Romania
  • Frucht, Richard C. Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe: From the Congress of Vienna to the fall of communism. Garland Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0815300921.
    • Russia
  • Blackwell Encyclopedia of the Russian Revolution. Blackwell, 1988.
  • Jackson, George & Robert Devlin. Dictionary of the Russian Revolution. Greenwood, 1989.
  • Paxton, John. Encyclopedia of Russian History: From the Christianization of Kiev to the Breakup of the USSR. ABC-Clio, 1993.
    • Slovakia
  • Frucht, Richard C. Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe: From the Congress of Vienna to the fall of communism. Garland Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0815300921.
  • Roman, Eric. Austria-Hungary and the successor states: A reference guide from the Renaissance to the present. Facts On File, 2003. ISBN 0816045372.
    • Slovenia
  • Frucht, Richard C. Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe: From the Congress of Vienna to the fall of communism. Garland Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0815300921.
  • Roman, Eric. Austria-Hungary and the successor states: A reference guide from the Renaissance to the present. Facts On File, 2003. ISBN 0816045372.
  • Šuster, Željan. Historical dictionary of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Scarecrow Press, 1999. ISBN 0810834669.
    • Southeast Europe
  • Somel, Selçuk Akşin. Historical dictionary of the Ottoman Empire. Scarecrow Press, 2003. ISBN 0810843323.
    • Albania
  • Coughlin, Kathryn M. Muslim cultures today: A reference guide. Greenwood Press, 2006. ISBN 0313323860.
  • Frucht, Richard C. Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe: From the Congress of Vienna to the fall of communism. Garland Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0815300921.
    • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Coughlin, Kathryn M. Muslim cultures today: A reference guide. Greenwood Press, 2006. ISBN 0313323860.
  • Frucht, Richard C. Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe: From the Congress of Vienna to the fall of communism. Garland Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0815300921.
  • Roman, Eric. Austria-Hungary and the successor states: A reference guide from the Renaissance to the present. Facts On File, 2003. ISBN 0816045372.
  • Šuster, Željan. Historical dictionary of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Scarecrow Press, 1999. ISBN 0810834669.
    • Bulgaria
  • Detrez, Raymond. Historical dictionary of Bulgaria. Scarecrow Press, 2006. ISBN 978-0-8108-4901-3.
  • Kumanov, Milen, Kolinka Isova. Istoricheska entsiklopediia Bulgariia. Trud, 2003. ISBN 9545282029.
  • Frucht, Richard C. Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe: From the Congress of Vienna to the fall of communism. Garland Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0815300921.
    • Cyprus
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Greece
    Macedonia
  • Frucht, Richard C. Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe: From the Congress of Vienna to the fall of communism. Garland Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0815300921.
  • Kiselinovski, Stojan, Institut za nacionalna istorija (Skopje, Macedonia). Makedonski istoriski recnik. Institut za nacionalna istorija, 2000. ISBN 9989624461.
  • Roman, Eric. Austria-Hungary and the successor states: A reference guide from the Renaissance to the present. Facts On File, 2003. ISBN 0816045372.
  • Šuster, Željan. Historical dictionary of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Scarecrow Press, 1999. ISBN 0810834669.
    • Montenegro
  • Frucht, Richard C. Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe: From the Congress of Vienna to the fall of communism. Garland Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0815300921.
  • Roman, Eric. Austria-Hungary and the successor states: A reference guide from the Renaissance to the present. Facts On File, 2003. ISBN 0816045372.
  • Šuster, Željan. Historical dictionary of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Scarecrow Press, 1999. ISBN 0810834669.
    • Romania
    Serbia
  • Frucht, Richard C. Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe: From the Congress of Vienna to the fall of communism. Garland Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0815300921.
  • Roman, Eric. Austria-Hungary and the successor states: A reference guide from the Renaissance to the present. Facts On File, 2003. ISBN 0816045372.
  • Šuster, Željan. Historical dictionary of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Scarecrow Press, 1999. ISBN 0810834669.
    • Turkey
  • Bienkowski, Piotr, A. R. Millard. Dictionary of the ancient Near East. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000. ISBN 0812235576.
  • Coughlin, Kathryn M. Muslim cultures today: A reference guide. Greenwood Press, 2006. ISBN 0313323860.
  • Gunter, Michael M. Historical dictionary of the Kurds. Scarecrow Press, 2004. ISBN 0810848708.
  • Heper, Metin. Historical dictionary of Turkey. Scarecrow Press, 2002. ISBN 0810841339.
  • Leick, Gwendolyn. Historical dictionary of Mesopotamia. Scarecrow Press, 2003. ISBN 0810846497.
  • Mawṣililī, Ahmad. Historical dictionary of Islamic fundamentalist movements in the Arab world, Iran, and Turkey. Scarecrow Press, 1999. ISBN 0810836092.
  • Sauer, Jutta. Türkisches biographisches archiv (TBA). K. G. Saur, 1999–2002. ISBN 3598342845.
    • Ukraine

    Northern Europe

    Aland Islands
    Baltic states
    Estonia
    Latvia
    Lithuania
    Faroe Islands
    Finland
  • Alho, Olli, Hildi Hawkins, Päivi Vallisaari Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. Finland, a cultural encyclopedia. Finnish Literature Society, 1997. ISBN 9517178859.
  • Hayes, Derek. Historical atlas of the Arctic. Douglas and McIntyre; University of Washington Press, 2003. ISBN 1553650042.
  • Holland, Clive. Arctic exploration and development, c. 500 B.C. to 1915: An encyclopedia. Garland Publ., 1994. ISBN 0824076486.
  • Mills, William J. Exploring polar frontiers: A historical encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO, 2003. ISBN 1576074226.
  • Nuttall, Mark. Encyclopedia of the Arctic. Routledge, 2005. ISBN 1579584365.
  • Pulsiano, Phillip, Kirsten Wolf, Paul Acker. Medieval Scandinavia: An encyclopedia. Garland, 1993. ISBN 0824047877.
    • Iceland
  • Hálfdanarson, Guðmundur. Historical dictionary of Iceland. Scarecrow Press, 1997. ISBN 0810833522.
  • Hayes, Derek. Historical atlas of the Arctic. Douglas and McIntyre; University of Washington Press, 2003. ISBN 1553650042.
  • Holland, Clive. Arctic exploration and development, c. 500 B.C. to 1915: An encyclopedia. Garland Publ., 1994. ISBN 0824076486.
  • Mills, William J. Exploring polar frontiers: A historical encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO, 2003. ISBN 1576074226.
  • Nuttall, Mark. Encyclopedia of the Arctic. Routledge, 2005. ISBN 1579584365.
  • Pulsiano, Phillip, Kirsten Wolf, Paul Acker. Medieval Scandinavia: An encyclopedia. Garland, 1993. ISBN 0824047877.
    • Ireland
  • Ciment, James, Thaddeus Russell. The home front encyclopedia: United States, Britain, and Canada in World Wars I and II. ABC-CLIO, 2007. ISBN 978-1-57607-849-5.
  • Donnelly, James S., Jr., Karl S. Bottigheimer. Encyclopedia of Irish history and culture. Macmillan Reference USA, 2004. ISBN 0028659023.
  • Haigh, Christopher. The Cambridge Historical Encyclopedia of Great Britain and Ireland. Cambridge University Press, 1985.
  • Jenkins, Ellen J. Eighteenth-Century British Historians. Thomson Gale, 2007. ISBN 9780787681548.
  • Lalor, Brian, Frank McCourt. The encyclopedia of Ireland. Yale University Press, 2003. ISBN 0300094426.
    • Isle of Man
    Scandinavia
  • Nordstrom, Byron J. Dictionary of Scandinavian History. Greenwood, 1986.
  • Pulsiano, Phillip, Kirsten Wolf, Paul Acker. Medieval Scandinavia: An encyclopedia. Garland, 1993. ISBN 0824047877.
    • Denmark
  • Pulsiano, Phillip, Kirsten Wolf, Paul Acker. Medieval Scandinavia: An encyclopedia. Garland, 1993. ISBN 0824047877.
    • Norway
  • Hayes, Derek. Historical atlas of the Arctic. Douglas and McIntyre; University of Washington Press, 2003. ISBN 1553650042.
  • Holland, Clive. Arctic exploration and development, c. 500 B.C. to 1915: An encyclopedia. Garland Publ., 1994. ISBN 0824076486.
  • Mills, William J. Exploring polar frontiers: A historical encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO, 2003. ISBN 1576074226.
  • Nuttall, Mark. Encyclopedia of the Arctic. Routledge, 2005. ISBN 1579584365.
  • Pulsiano, Phillip, Kirsten Wolf, Paul Acker. Medieval Scandinavia: An encyclopedia. Garland, 1993. ISBN 0824047877.
  • Sjåvik, Jan. Historical dictionary of Norway. Scarecrow Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-8108-5753-7.
    • Sweden
  • Hayes, Derek. Historical atlas of the Arctic. Douglas and McIntyre; University of Washington Press, 2003. ISBN 1553650042.
  • Holland, Clive. Arctic exploration and development, c. 500 B.C. to 1915: An encyclopedia. Garland Publ., 1994. ISBN 0824076486.
  • Mills, William J. Exploring polar frontiers: A historical encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO, 2003. ISBN 1576074226.
  • Nuttall, Mark. Encyclopedia of the Arctic. Routledge, 2005. ISBN 1579584365.
  • Pulsiano, Phillip, Kirsten Wolf, Paul Acker. Medieval Scandinavia: An encyclopedia. Garland, 1993. ISBN 0824047877.
  • Scobbie, Irene. Historical dictionary of Sweden. Scarecrow Press, 2006. ISBN 9780810853751.
    • United Kingdom
  • Alexander, Marc. A companion to the royal heritage of Britain. Sutton, 2005. ISBN 0750932686; ISBN 9780750932684.
  • Cannon, John Ashton. The Oxford companion to British history. Oxford University Press, 2002.
  • Ciment, James, Thaddeus Russell. The home front encyclopedia: United States, Britain, and Canada in World Wars I and II. ABC-CLIO, 2007. ISBN 978-1-57607-849-5.
  • Cook, Chris. The Routledge companion to Britain in the nineteenth century, 1815–1914. Routledge, 2005. ISBN 0415359694.
  • Cook, Chris, John Stevenson. The Longman companion to Britain since 1945. Longman, 2000. ISBN 0582356741.
  • Dabydeen, David, John Gilmore, Cecily Jones. The Oxford companion to Black British history. Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN 9780192804396.
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
  • Haigh, Christopher. The Cambridge Historical Encyclopedia of Great Britain and Ireland. Cambridge University Press, 1985.
  • Jenkins, Ellen J. Eighteenth-Century British Historians. Thomson Gale, 2007. ISBN 9780787681548.
  • Newman, Gerald, Leslie Ellen Brown. Britain in the Hanoverian age, 1714–1837: An encyclopedia. Garland Publishing, 1997. ISBN 0815303963.
  • Richardson, John, Brian Christmas. The local historian's encyclopedia. Historical Publications, 2003. ISBN 0948667834.
  • Wagner, J. A. Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses. ABC-CLIO, 2001. ISBN 1851093583.
    • England
  • Fritze, Ronald H., William B. Robison. Historical dictionary of late medieval England, 1272–1485. Greenwood Press, c2002. ISBN 0313291241.
  • Griffiths, Dennis. The encyclopedia of the British press, 1422–1992. St. Martin's Press, 1992. ISBN 0312086334.
  • Kinney, Arthur F., David W. Swain, Eugene D. Hill. Tudor England: An encyclopedia. Garland, 2001.
  • Ollard, S. L., Gordon Crosse, Maurice Francis Bond. A dictionary of English church history. A.R. Mowbray; Morehouse-Gorham, [1948].
  • Watts, V. E., John Insley, Margaret Gelling. The Cambridge dictionary of English place-names: Based on the collections of the English Place-Name Society. Cambridge University Press, 2004. ISBN 0521362091.
    • Northern Ireland
  • Donnelly, James S., Jr., Karl S. Bottigheimer. Encyclopedia of Irish history and culture. Macmillan Reference USA, 2004. ISBN 0028659023.
  • Lalor, Brian, Frank McCourt. The encyclopedia of Ireland. Yale University Press, 2003. ISBN 0300094426.
    • Scotland
  • Donnachie, Ian, George Hewitt. Collins dictionary of Scottish history. HarperCollins, 2001. ISBN 0007121857.
  • Mullay, Sandy. The Edinburgh encyclopedia. Mainstream, 1996.

    • Southern Europe

    Southcentral Europe
    Italy
  • Cancik, Hubert, Helmuth Schneider, Christine F. Salazar, David E. Orton. Brill's New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of the ancient world. Brill, 2002–. ISBN 9004122591.
  • Dall'Acqua, Marzio. Enciclopedia di Parma: Dalle origini ai giorni nostri. F.M. Ricci, 1998. ISBN 8821609448.
  • Grant, Michael and Rachel Kitzinger. Civilization of the Ancient Mediterranean: Greece and Rome. Scribner's, 1988.
  • Historical Dictionary of Fascist Italy. Greenwood, 1982.
  • Nash, Ernest, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut. Pictorial dictionary of ancient Rome. Thames and Hudson, 1968.
  • Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 1970.
  • Sandys, John Edwin. A companion to Latin studies. University Press, 1929 [1921].
  • Sarti, Roland. Italy: A reference guide from the Renaissance to the present. Facts On File, 2004. ISBN 0816045224.
  • Secchia, Pietro, Enzo Nizza. Enciclopedia dell'antifascismo e della Resistenza. La Pietra [Walk Over], 1968–1989.
  • Speake, Graham. Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic tradition. Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000.
    • San Marino
    Vatican City
    Southeastern Europe
    Albania
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Bulgaria
    Croatia
    Cyprus
  • Bienkowski, Piotr, A. R. Millard. Dictionary of the ancient Near East. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000. ISBN 0812235576.
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
  • Panteli, Stavros. Historical dictionary of Cyprus. Scarecrow Press, 1994. ISBN 0810829126.
    • Greece
  • Cancik, Hubert, Helmuth Schneider, Christine F. Salazar, David E. Orton. Brill's New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of the ancient world. Brill, 2002–. ISBN 9004122591.
  • Grant, Michael and Rachel Kitzinger. Civilization of the Ancient Mediterranean: Greece and Rome. Scribner's, 1988.
  • Hazel, John. Who's who in the Greek world. Routledge, 2000. ISBN 0415124972.
  • Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 1970.
  • Speake, Graham. Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic tradition. Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000.
  • Traulos, Iōannēs N., Deutsches Archäologisches Institut. Pictorial dictionary of ancient Athens. Thames and Hudson, 1971. ISBN 0500050120.
  • Whibley, Leonard. A companion to Greek studies. The University Press, 1931.
    • Kosovo
  • Frucht, Richard C. Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe: From the Congress of Vienna to the fall of communism. Garland Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0815300921.
  • Roman, Eric. Austria-Hungary and the successor states: A reference guide from the Renaissance to the present. Facts On File, 2003. ISBN 0816045372.
  • Šuster, Željan. Historical dictionary of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Scarecrow Press, 1999. ISBN 0810834669.
    • Macedonia
    Malta
  • Berg, Warren G. Historical dictionary of Malta. Scarecrow Press, 1995. ISBN 0810830183.
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Montenegro
    Romania
    Serbia
    Slovenia
    Southwestern Europe
  • Gerli, E. Michael, Samuel G. Armistead. Medieval Iberia: An encyclopedia. Routledge, 2003. ISBN 0415939186.
    • Andorra
    Gibraltar
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Portugal
  • Santana, Francisco, Eduardo Sucena. Dicionário da história de Lisboa. C. Quintas, 1994. ISBN 9729603006.
  • Serrão, Joel. Dicionário de história de Portugal. Iniciativas Editoriais, [1975–].
    • Spain
  • Beede, Benjamin R. The War of 1898 and U.S. interventions, 1898–1934: An encyclopedia. Garland, 1994. ISBN 0824056248.
  • Cortada, James W. Historical dictionary of the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939. Greenwood Press, 1982. ISBN 0313220549.
  • Historical Dictionary of Modern Spain, 1700-1988. Greenwood, 1990.
  • Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Empire, 1402-1975. Greenwood, 1991.
  • Rodgers, E. J., Valerie Rodgers. Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture. Routledge, 1999. ISBN 0415131871.
  • Tucker, Spencer D., James Arnold, Roberta Wiener, Paul G. Pierpaoli, Jack McCallum, Justin D. Murphy. The encyclopedia of the Spanish-American and Philippine-American wars: A political, social, and military history. ABC-CLIO, 2009. ISBN 9781851099511.

    • Western Europe

    Austria
  • Austria from A to Z. Graz Technical University. Available online here.
  • Jeep, John M. Medieval Germany: An encyclopedia. Garland, 2001. ISBN 0824076443.
  • Roman, Eric. Austria-Hungary and the successor states: A reference guide from the Renaissance to the present. Facts On File, 2003. ISBN 0816045372.
  • Sandford, John. Encyclopedia of contemporary German culture. Routledge, 1999. ISBN 0415124484.
    • Belgium
  • Jeep, John M. Medieval Germany: An encyclopedia. Garland, 2001. ISBN 0824076443.
  • State, Paul F. Historical dictionary of Brussels. Scarecrow Press, 2004. ISBN 0810850753.
    • France
  • Antony, Bernard. Dictionnaire de la réplique. Godefroy de Bouillon, [2004].
  • Fremont-Barnes, Gregory. The encyclopedia of the French revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: A political, social, and military history. ABC-CLIO, 2006. ISBN 1851096469; ISBN 978-1-85109-646-6.
  • Furet, François and Mona Ozouf. A Critical Dictionary of the French Revolution. Harvard University Press, 1989.
  • Historical Dictionary of France from the 1815 Restoration to the Second Empire. Greenwood, 1987.
  • Historical Dictionary of Napoleanic France, 1799-1815. Greenwood, 1985.
  • Historical Dictionary of the French Second Empire, 1852-1879. Greenwood, 1985.
  • Historical Dictionary of the Third French Republic, 1870-1940. Greenwood, 1986.
  • Historical Dictionary of the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Republics, 1946-1991. Greenwood, 1992.
  • Jouanna, Arlette. Histoire et dictionnaire des guerres de religion. R. Laffont, 1998. ISBN 2221074254.
  • Northcutt, Wayne. Historical dictionary of the French Fourth and Fifth Republics, 1946–1991. Greenwood Press, 1992. ISBN 0313263566.
  • Paxton, John. Companion to the French Revolution. Facts on File, 1988.
  • Pope, Stephen. Dictionary of the Napoleonic wars. Facts on File, 1999. ISBN 0816042438.
  • Roberts, William J. France: A reference guide from the Renaissance to the present. Facts On File, 2004. ISBN 0816044732.
  • Scott, Samuel F. and Barry Rothaus. Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution 1789-1799. Greenwood, 1985. ISBN 0313211418.
  • Sellier, Jean, Anne. Le Fur, Bertrand de Brun. Atlas historique des provinces et régions de France: Genèse d'un peuple. La Découverte, 1997. ISBN 2707127515.
  • Sirinelli, Jean-François, Daniel Couty. Dictionnaire de l'histoire de France. A. Colin, 1999. ISBN 2035050855.
  • Suratteau, Jean-René, Francis Gendron, Jean Paul Bertaud. Dictionnaire historique de la Révolution française. Presses universitaires de France, 1989. ISBN 2130425224.
    • Germany
  • Epstein, Eric Joseph, Philip Rosen, Henry R. Huttenbach. Dictionary of the Holocaust: Biography, geography, and terminology. Greenwood Press, 1997. ISBN 031330355X.
  • Gutman, Israel. Encyclopedia of the Holocaust. Macmillan, 1990.
  • Jeep, John M. Medieval Germany: An encyclopedia. Garland, 2001. ISBN 0824076443.
  • Sandford, John. Encyclopedia of contemporary German culture. Routledge, 1999. ISBN 0415124484.
  • Taddey, Gerhard. Lexikon der deutschen Geschichte: Ereignisse, Institutionen, Personen: von den Anfängen bis zur Kapitulation 1945. Kröner, 1998. ISBN 3520813033; ISBN 9783520813039.
  • Vincent, C. Paul, Harry Ritter. A historical dictionary of Germany's Weimar Republic, 1918–1933. Greenwood Press, 1997. ISBN 0313273766.
  • Zentner, Christian and Friedemann Bedurftig. Encyclopedia of the Third Reich. Macmillan, 1991.
    • Liechtenstein
    Luxembourg
  • Barteau, Harry C. Historical dictionary of Luxembourg. Scarecrow Press, 1996. ISBN 0810831066.
    • Monaco
    Netherlands
  • Jeep, John M. Medieval Germany: An encyclopedia. Garland, 2001. ISBN 0824076443.
  • Koopmans, Joop W., A. H. Huussen. Historical dictionary of the Netherlands. Scarecrow Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8108-5627-1.
    • Switzerland

    Byzantium

  • Kazhdan, Alexander B. The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford University Press, 1991.

    • Oceania

  • Craig, Robert D., Frank P. King. Historical dictionary of Oceania. Greenwood Press, 1981. ISBN 0313210608.
  • Lal, Brij V., Kate Fortune. The Pacific Islands: An encyclopedia. University of Hawai'i Press, 2000. ISBN 082482265X.
  • West, Barbara A. Encyclopedia of the peoples of Asia and Oceania. Facts On File, 2009. ISBN 9780816071098.

    • Australia

  • The Australian encyclopaedia. Australian Geographic Society, 1996. ISBN 1862760144.
  • Bassett, Jan. Oxford Dictionary of Australian History. Oxford University Press, 1986.
  • Docherty, James. Historical Dictionary of Australia. Scarecrow Press, 1993.
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
  • Gilbert, Alan D. Australians: A Historical Library. Cambridge University Press, 1988.

    • Melanesia

    Fiji
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • New Caledonia
  • Sellier, Jean, Anne. Le Fur, Bertrand de Brun. Atlas historique des provinces et régions de France: Genèse d'un peuple. La Découverte, 1997. ISBN 2707127515.
    • Papua New Guinea
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Solomon Islands
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Vanuatu
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.

    • Micronesia

  • Wuerch, William L., Dirk Anthony Ballendorf. Historical dictionary of Guam and Micronesia. Scarecrow Press, 1994. ISBN 0810828588.
    • Federated States of Micronesia
    Guam
  • Wuerch, William L., Dirk Anthony Ballendorf. Historical dictionary of Guam and Micronesia. Scarecrow Press, 1994. ISBN 0810828588.
    • Kiribati
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Marshall islands
    Nauru
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Northern Mariana Islands
    Palau

    Polynesia

  • Craig, Robert D. Historical dictionary of Polynesia. Scarecrow Press, 2002. ISBN 0810842378.
  • Historical Dictionary of Polynesia. Scarecrow Press, 2011. ISBN 9780810867727.
    • American Samoa
    Cook Islands
  • Craig, Robert D. Historical dictionary of Polynesia. Scarecrow Press, 2002. ISBN 0810842378.
    • Easter Island
  • Craig, Robert D. Historical dictionary of Polynesia. Scarecrow Press, 2002. ISBN 0810842378.
    • French Polynesia
  • Craig, Robert D. Historical dictionary of Polynesia. Scarecrow Press, 2002. ISBN 0810842378.
  • Sellier, Jean, Anne. Le Fur, Bertrand de Brun. Atlas historique des provinces et régions de France: Genèse d'un peuple. La Découverte, 1997. ISBN 2707127515.
    • Tahiti
  • O'Reilly, Patrick, Raoul Teissier, J. Boullaire. Tahitiens: Répertoire biographique de la Polynésie française. Musée de l'homme, 1975. (French)
    • Hawaii
  • Craig, Robert D. Historical dictionary of Polynesia. Scarecrow Press, 2002. ISBN 0810842378.
    • New Zealand
  • Bateman New Zealand encyclopedia. David Bateman Ltd., 2005. ISBN 1869536010.
  • Craig, Robert D. Historical dictionary of Polynesia. Scarecrow Press, 2002. ISBN 0810842378.
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
  • Te Ara--The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Manatu Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage, 2005-. Available online here.
    • Niue
  • Craig, Robert D. Historical dictionary of Polynesia. Scarecrow Press, 2002. ISBN 0810842378.
    • Norfolk Island
    Pitcairn Islands
  • Craig, Robert D. Historical dictionary of Polynesia. Scarecrow Press, 2002. ISBN 0810842378.
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Samoa
  • Craig, Robert D. Historical dictionary of Polynesia. Scarecrow Press, 2002. ISBN 0810842378.
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Tokelau
  • Craig, Robert D. Historical dictionary of Polynesia. Scarecrow Press, 2002. ISBN 0810842378.
    • Tonga
  • Craig, Robert D. Historical dictionary of Polynesia. Scarecrow Press, 2002. ISBN 0810842378.
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Tuvalu
  • Craig, Robert D. Historical dictionary of Polynesia. Scarecrow Press, 2002. ISBN 0810842378.
  • Gascoigne, Bamber. Encyclopedia of Britain. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0028971426.
    • Wallis and Futuna
  • Craig, Robert D. Historical dictionary of Polynesia. Scarecrow Press, 2002. ISBN 0810842378.
  • Sellier, Jean, Anne. Le Fur, Bertrand de Brun. Atlas historique des provinces et régions de France: Genèse d'un peuple. La Découverte, 1997. ISBN 2707127515.

    • Today in history

  • Denney, Robert E., Gregory J. W. Urwin. The Civil War years: A day-by-day chronicle of the life of a nation. Sterling, 1992. ISBN 0806985194.
  • Gutierrez, Pedro Rafael. Calendario historico: 500 anos de historia de Costa Rica. Universidad Autonoma de Centro America, 1988. ISBN 9977630526.
  • Johnson, David E. From day to day: A calendar of notable birthdays and events. Scarecrow Press, 2001. ISBN 081083944X.
  • Marsh, W. B., Bruce Carrick. 365: Your date with history. Icon, 2004. ISBN 1840466065.

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