The history collection includes many literary sources in their original languages and their translations as well as encyclopedias, dictionaries and lexicons and secondary materials. A major section of the history collection includes a series of resources from prominent national collections, among them England, France, Germany and Italy.

This series includes secondary materials as well. The collection also includes materials covering the history of Eastern Europe, Non-Muslim Africa, as well as basic resources regarding the history and geography of different nations and countries.