Oriented toward the historical researcher, this guide selectively introduces major available American, British, and West European resources. Annotated for usefulness and content, these materials are broadly organized in categories according to the type of information they provide. Included are research guides; encyclopedias, dictionaries, and tables; bibliographies; indexes and abstracts; biographical sources; statistics; national bibliographies; book reviews; dissertations; atlases and gazetteers; portraits and pictorial sources; guides to libraries, archives, and manuscripts; government publications; and an author title index. (RAA)