CSI Library: History : Getting Started

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OneSearch allows you to search for books, articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers, streaming video and DVDs (media), or to search across all of our resources in one place.

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American Historical Association (AHA) -- Classroom Materials

The AHA has sorted this wealth of documents by both geography and time period, as well as thematically, based on categories used in the AHA Member Taxonomy. They hope to add resources to these pages as faculty either complete new materials or revise preliminary efforts as a result of ongoing consultation with their colleagues.

National Council on Public History Project
This directory is a free guide to history-focused digital projects for students, faculty, public history professionals, and anyone interested in learning about history through digital media.
AHA's Directory of History Dissertations
The Directory contains 57,445 dissertations that were completed or are currently in progress at 204 history departments in the United States and Canada.
AHA’s Remote Teaching Resources
The American Historical Association's Remote Teaching Resources compiles materials and tools to help historians develop courses and teach remotely in online and hybrid environments.

Discipline-Specific Databases

America: History and Life with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Abstracts and full text of journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada.

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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.
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans 1639-1800 This link opens in a new window
Digital collection of books, pamphlets and broadsides published in the United States between 1639-1800. Early American Imprints is the definitive resource for primary source research in early American history. Topics covered include agriculture, commerce, education, labor, medicine, military & foreign affairs, politics, religion, slavery, and much more.
Coverage Dates: 1639 to 1800

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 This link opens in a new window
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) This link opens in a new window
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 This link opens in a new window
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 This link opens in a new window
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.
AVON (Academic Video Online)
This Database contains more than 66,000 streaming video titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more. They are all immediately available. All documentaries formerly on Film Platform are now available in this database. Collections on the platform include PBS (1,500 films), Documentaries (3,000 films), and Sony Picture Classics (350 films).