CSI Library: History : Getting Started

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Resource Spotlight

New E-resources Guide for Remote Work
As CSI transitions quickly to remote learning, the library has put together this guide to help faculty find resources to reformat their classes for remote learning and to help students find the materials they need to work from home. Most of the resources in this guide are either newly added to the Library's collections or are temporarily accessible for the semester. Many publishers and vendors have stepped up to allow free access to textbooks or to e-books for alternative reading assignments, to provide streaming video trials, or even to help students access the internet from home.

Discipline-Specific Databases

America: History and Life
Abstracts and full text of journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada.

JSTOR
Full text access to complete back runs of scholarly journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, including nearly 470 journal titles in history. Coverage for most journals does not include the last 3-5 years.

e-Reference Collections

Brill's New Pauly - Encyclopedia Of The Ancient World
Online edition of Brill's New Pauly, the authoritative encyclopedia of the ancient world. Fifteen volumes (Antiquity, 1-15) are devoted to Greco-Roman antiquity and cover more than 2,000 years of history, ranging from the second millennium BC to early medieval Europe. Five volumes (Classical Tradition, I-V) are uniquely concerned with the long and influential aftermath of antiquity.

Cambridge Histories Online
The Cambridge Histories includes hundreds of digitized volumes covering various aspects of world history including law, politics, religion, philosophy, science, and economics.
Gale EBooks (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library)
Digital reference collection containing thousands of full text encyclopedias, almanacs, handbooks, and specialized reference books. Search all titles or browse titles by subject, including "History."
Historical Statistics of the United States
Electronic edition of the 5-volume Historical Statistics of the United States. Find historical statistics on topics such as population, income, employment, education, crime, and economics.
Salem History
Full text history reference books from Salem Press. Provides general information about historical eras, events, and figures. Titles include:Milestone Documents, The Decades, Great Events from History, Great Lives from History.

Films & Documentaries

Kanopy - Live Streaming Video
The collection consists of streaming films, which can be watched on or off campus, that cover a full range of disciplines including documentaries, tutorials, and TV shows on academic topics. A number of classic and popular films from the Criterion Collection are also included. If you are a faculty member and you cannot find the film you need for your course, please fill out our Request Form. The library will need notice so that we can purchase the film licence from Kanopy or order a DVD, depending on your classroom needs.
Film Platform
This collection of streaming videos connects academic audiences with leading documentary films from across the world. It includes a wide variety of meaningful documentaries of social, political and cultural importance, in many subjects. Please consider Film Platform as your first stop for streaming video; all films are available immediately, without the need to request from the library. Film highlights include RBG, Dolores, and films in many languages.