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History Subject Guide Databases and Journal Indexes The following databases are only available to faculty, staff, and students of Charleston Southern University: Academic OneFile (InfoTrac) A general database that contains full text and indexed articles from magazines, newspapers, books and journals in most disciplines Academic Search Premier (EBSCOHost)  A general, multi-disciplinary database that contains full text and indexed articles from magazines, newspapers, books and journals Britannica Online Contains the well-respected Encyclopaedia Britannica with over 73,000 short and book-length articles on every subject. This online resource also includes a multimedia database with thousands of photographs, illustrations, and sound files; links to thousands of Web sites reviewed by Britannica editors to ensure their quality and appropriateness; hundreds of video clips; links to selected magazines and journals; Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus; the World Data Analyst which combines detailed statistics with powerful tools for analysis and display, features a unique collection of in-depth information about the countries of the world, and allows you to create interesting and information comparative charts and tables; more than 4000 quotations from both historical and contemporary men and women on a wide variety of topics; and a selection of 225 works by 140 authors to introduce you to the great writing and ideas of the Western world. CQ Researcher A journal that contains original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news. Controversial topics addressed in a balanced, unbiased manner. e-Duke Journals Scholarly Collection: Expanded Provides online access to journal titles published by Duke University Press. Subjects include the Humanities and Social Sciences. The number of titles in the collection is expected to grow from year to year. All of the journals are also accessible by title through the library's Journals by Title webpage. EBSCO eBook Collection A collection of over 21,000 electronic books available in full text online. These titles may be searched in the library's catalog or directly in the EBSCO database. Formerly known as NetLibrary, titles in this collection cover all subject areas. Essay and General Literature Index A bibliographic database that cites essays and articles contained in collections of essays and miscellaneous works published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. Essay and General Literature Index focuses on the humanities and social sciences, with subject coverage ranging from economics, political science, and history to criticism of literary works, drama, and film. European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750 Covering European works relating to the Americas, this database contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. It covers the history of European exploration as well as portrayals of native American peoples. A wide range of subject areas are covered; from natural disasters to disease outbreaks and slavery. The database was adapted from the bibliography European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed In Europe Relating to The Americas, 1493-1750, co-developed by John Alden and Dennis Landis, Curator of European Books at The John Carter Brown Library. Expanded Academic (InfoTrac) A general database that contains full text and indexed articles from magazines, newspapers, books and journals. General OneFile (InfoTrac) A general database that contains full text and indexed articles from magazines, newspapers, books and journals in most disciplines ranging from architecture to biology and history to mathematics. JSTOR An archive of scholarly journals that offers high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. The journals archived in JSTOR span many disciplines. Because of JSTOR's archival mission, there is a gap, typically from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issue and the back issues available in JSTOR. Select Advanced Search to choose discipline title. Opposing Viewpoints in Context Provides contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues. Drawing on the acclaimed Greenhaven Press series, it features continuously updated viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience. Oxford Journals Online Provides abstract and full text access to journals published by Oxford University Press. Disciplines covered in Oxford Journals are the humanities, law, life sciences, mathematics & physical sciences, medicine, and social sciences. Oxford Reference Online Premium Combines language and subject reference works together to form a large reference library. It contains over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works. SIRS Knowledge Source A comprehensive database portal which is comprised of several distinct reference databases including SIRS Researcher, SIRS Government Reporter, SIRS Renaissance, SIRS WebSelect, SIRS Discoverer, and Discoverer WebFind. SIRS provides relevant, credible, full text information on social issues, science, history, government, the arts and humanities. U.S. History in Context (Gale) Provides contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. History. Merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience. World History in Context (Gale) Provides contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in World History. Merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience. Print Sources American History American Civil War (Ref. E 468 .A 4 2000 v. 1-3) American Decades (Ref. E 169.12 .A419 1994 v. 1-10) The American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature (Ref. D 20 .A43 1995 v. 1-2) American National Biography (Ref. CT 213 .A 68 1999 v.1-24) Battles and Leaders of the Civil War (Ref. E 470 .B33 v.1-4) Datapedia of the United States (Ref. HA 202 .K87 2001) Dictionary of American History (Ref. E 174 .D52 2003 v. 1-10) Dictionary of Concepts in History (Ref. D 13 .R49 1986) Dictionary of National Biography (Ref. DA 28 .D45 v. 1-29) Encyclopedia of American social movements (Ref. HN 57 .E594 2004 v. 1-4) Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance (Ref. NX 512.3 .A35 E53 2004 v. 1-2) Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History (Ref. DT 29 .E53 2003) Everyman's Dictionary of Dates (Ref. D 9 .D5 1964) Historical Atlas of the United States (Ref. G 1201 .S1 H5 2003) National Cyclopedia of American Biography (Ref. E 176 .N28 v.1-63 & A-M) Official Military Atlas of the Civil War (Ref. G 1201 .S5 U6 2003) Photographic History of the Civil War (Ref. E 468.7 .M4 v. 1-10) Reference Sources in History (Ref. D 16 .F88 1990) Women During the Civil War: An Encyclopedia (Ref. E 628 .H37 2004) World History Biographical dictionary of World War I (Ref. D 507 .H47) Cambridge Ancient History (Ref. D 57 .C25 v. 1-14) Cambridge Medieval History (Ref. D 117 .C3 1964 v. 1-8) Chronology of World History (Ref. D 11 .F75 1978) Dictionary of Concepts in History (Ref. D 13 .R49 1986) Dictionary of the Middle Ages (Ref. D 114 .D5 1982 v. 1-13) Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century World History (connect to E-book or create a NetLibrary account first) Encyclopedia of Exploration to 1800: A Comprehensive Reference Guide to the History and Literature of Exploration, Travel, and Colonization from the Earliest Times to the Year 1800 (Ref. G 80 .H68 2003) Encyclopedia of Exploration, 1800 to 1850: A Comprehensive Reference Guide to the History and Literature of Exploration, Travel and Colonization between the Years 1800 and 1850 (Ref. G 80 .H69 2004) Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged (Ref. D 21 .L27 1972) Everyman's Dictionary of Dates (Ref. D 9 .D5 1964) New Cambridge Modern History (Ref. D 208 .N4 1957 v. 1-12) Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Ref. DF 521 .O93 1991) Reference Sources in History (Ref. D 16 .F88 1990) The Times Atlas of the Second World War (Ref. G 1038 .T6 1989) Women in the Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia (Ref. HQ 1143 .W643 2004 v. 1-2) Circulating Collection All Quiet on the Western Front (PT 2635 .E68 I625) Longest Day: June 6, 1944 (D 756.5 .N6 R9 1994) My Experiences in the World War (D 570 .P44 1931 v.1-2) The First World War (D 521 .K345 1999) The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire (DG 311 .G43 1845 v. 1-5 storage) (AC 1 .G7 v. 40-41) The Modern Researcher (D 13 .B334 1957) The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany (DD 256.5 .S48 1960) The Second World War by Winston Churchill (D 743 .C484 v. 1-2) Internet Resources American History American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library (Library of Congress)
American Women's History: A Research Guide Best of History Web Sites
A Biography of America
Chronology of US Historical Documents
Experiencing War: Stories from the Veteran's History Project The Great War and the Shaping of America
Historical United States census data browser National Archives and Records Administration Making of America
Our Documents
The Perilous Fight: America 's World War II in Color Smithsonian National Museum of American History World War II: The Homefront
World History Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
BBC History Timelines
Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World Encyclopaedia of British History, 1700-1950 Encyclopaedia of the First World War EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe German Studies Web: Literature Resources
Guide to History on the Web
Historical Text Archive
HistoryWorld
HyperHistory
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Irish History on the Web
Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) Second World War Encyclopaedia A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust WebChronology Project
Women in World History Biographies, essays, and lesson plans on women's history The World War I Document Archive
World War II Timeline
Journals and Magazines The following journals are available in the CSU library: Adelphi papers American Heritage American Historical Review American Journal of Archaeology American Quarterly Americana Americas Carologue Chief Executive Church History Comparative Studies in Society and History Current History Economic History Review Eighteenth-Century Studies English Historical Review German Life and Letters Greece and Rome Hispanic American Historical Review Historian: a Journal of History History and Theory History of Education Quarterly History Teacher History Today International Social Science Journal Journal of American History Journal of Economic History Journal of Modern History Journal of Negro History Journal of Southern History Magazine of History Pacific Historical Review Reason Renaissance Quarterly Social Studies South Carolina Historical Society Speculum Studies in the Renaissance The Mississippi Valley historical review The William and Mary quarterly Theatre History Studies World Today Yale French Studies Find a list of e-journals in history available at CSU |
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