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Online Resource Name
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Online Resource
Description
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Academic
Search Premier
(EBSCOhost) |
More
than 4,600 scholarly publications on every area of academic
study.
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America: History & Life with Full Text™
(EBSCOhost)
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America: History and Life™ with Full Text covers the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present, with selective indexing for over 1,700 journals from 1955 to present.
It provides full-text coverage of more than 230 journals and nearly 100 books, as well as citations and links to book and media reviews. Strong English-language journal coverage is balanced by an international perspective on topics and events, including abstracts in English of articles published in more than 40 languages.
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American
History in Video
(Alexander Street)
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Provides
the largest and richest collection of video available online
for the study of American history, with 2,000 hours and more
than 5,000 titles on completion. The collection allows students
and researchers to analyze historical events, and the presentation
of historical events over time, through commercial and governmental
newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important
documentaries. This release includes over 1260 titles, equaling
approximately 420 hours.
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| AP
Images |
AP
Images Multimedia Archive provides a sensory journey of photographs,
audio sound bites, graphics and text spanning over 160 years
of history. From simple keyword searching to more complex
searches such as concept, color, and category, students may
enhance research projects with over two million news photographs
dating back to 1826 and as current as a few moments ago, tens
of thousands of graphics, audio files dating from the 1920's,
and news stories dating from 1997.
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Auxilliary Sciences of History
(ebrary)
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This link option searches through our ebrary collection of full-text books with the general subject of "Auxilliary Sciences of History" pre-selected which includes archaeology, biography, diplomatics, archives, seals, genealogy, heraldry, history of civilixation, epigraphy inscriptions, numisamtics and calendar technical chronology.
For information on using our ebrary collection on mobile devices or eReaders, click here.
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Films On Demand
History
Digital Educational Videos |
The Films on Demand collections provide unlimited, 24/7 access to more than 4,000 full-length videos and 52,000 video clips - all Closed Captioned. These videos cover topics in Humanities & Social Sciences, Business & Economics, Science & Mathematics, Career & Technical Education, and Health & Medicine to name a few. The video content can be linked with our course management system and used by faculty and students anytime, anywhere.
This link goes directly to the History Subject area which includes American History, European History, and World History.
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Gale
Virtual Reference Library
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Chapters
from encyclopedias including biographies. |
| Grove
Art Online |
Encyclopedia
of the arts and art history with web links. Advanced search
includes "People" section as well as "Search Biographies."
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History (General) and History of Europe
(ebrary)
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This link option searches through our ebrary collection of full-text books with the general subject of "History (General) and History of Europe" pre-selected which includes Africa, Asia, Austria - Liechtenstein - Hungary-Czechoslovakia, Balkan Peninsula, Easter Europe (General), Central Europe, France - Andorra - Monaco, Germany,Great Britain, Greco-Roman World, Greece, Gypsies, History (General), Italy - Malta, Low Countries - Benelux Countries, Netherlands (Holland), Northern Europe (Scandinavia), Oceania (South Seas), Russia (Soviet Union, Former Soviet Republics - Poland), Spain - Portugal and Switzerland.
For information on using our ebrary collection on mobile devices or eReaders, click here.
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History - America
(ebrary)
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This link option searches through our ebrary collection of full-text books with the general subject of "History - America" pre-selected which includes United States of America (General), and local history United States of America (British, French, Latin, Spanish America).
For information on using our ebrary collection on mobile devices or eReaders, click here.
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Issues
and Controversies in American History
(Facts on File) |
Builds
a deeper understanding of how historical events have shaped
our nation
by exploring the key players and the battles they fought.
Professors - contact one of the Librarians if you wish access to the "Teacher Resources" under the "Enhanced Lessons" link.
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| JSTOR |
A
trusted archive of important scholarly journals, spanning many
disciplines.
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Literature
Resource Center
(Gale)
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Literary
criticism and biography on notable authors.
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MasterFILE
Premier
(EBSCOhost) |
Articles
from 1,860 periodicals since 1990. Can limit to scholarly, peer
reviewed journals.
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| ProQuest Research Library: History |
Provides access to a range of resources including scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers. Subjects covered include civilizations, historical studies, military history, periods & events, US history, and world history.
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Salem History
(Salem Press) |
Salem History is a robust online database that includes the complete content of many of the printed reference. Currently online with:
- Milestone Documents - A new, primary source series.
- The Decades - Salem's critically acclaimed American history series.
- Great Lives from History - The worldwide biographical resource.
- Great Events from History - History throughout the centuries.
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U.S History
(ebrary) |
This link option searches through our ebrary collection of full-text books with the general subject of "U.S. History" pre-selected.
For information on using our ebrary collection on mobile devices or eReaders, click here.
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World History in Video
(Alexander Street) |
An online collection of streaming video, providing access to English-language documentaries offering a survey of human history from the earliest civilizations to the fall of the Berlin Wall and covering Africa and the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Oceania. All videos are fully transcripted and can be trimmed down to clips to be used in presentations or instruction. Faculty can also create playlists.
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