“This work is my ministry,” she says, “and I've been placed on our Earth for this reason. Helping the poor is one of the areas that gives my life great meaning.”
Photographer Jill Booth Macdonell '57
history resources @ CSC library
online databases
subject specific databases
African American Experience a full-text digital resource exploring the history and culture of African Americans, as well as the greater Black Diaspora
America History and Life index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present; includes citations and links to book and media reviews
American Indian Experience full-text digital resource exploring the histories and contemporary cultures of the indigenous peoples of the United States
American National Biography Full Text biographies of prominent Americans
Latino American Experience a full-text digital resource exploring the history and culture of U.S. Latinos
Proquest Social Sciences Journals full-text and peer-reviewed articles
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database comprises nearly 35,000 individual slaving expeditions between 1514 and 1866. Records of the voyages have been found in archives and libraries throughout the Atlantic world. They provide information about vessels, enslaved peoples, slave traders and owners, and trading routes
World History Collection World History Collection offers a global look at history with content from Africa, Asia, North and South America, Europe and the Middle East. World History Collection contains cover-to-cover full text for 150 titles, including many peer-reviewed journals. Full text dates as far back as 1964
trials
Please e-mail any comments about the trials to Carrie Thomas, College Librarian
America: History and Life with some full text expires Feb. 28, 2010
Historical Abstracts with some full text expires Feb. 28, 2010
American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection: Series I (1691 – 1820) expires June, 2010
American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection: Series II (1821 – 1837) expires June, 2010
other databases
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,500 journals, including more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles
Access World News The electronic editions of record for local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers as well as full-text content of key international sources; includes world map
Credo Reference A collection of online Reference Books
EJS E-Journals (EBSCO) articles
Integrated Search Search all the EBSCO History databases at once
netLibrary e-books
Newspaper Source (EBSCO)cover-to-cover full text for 25 national & international newspapers; full text television & radio news transcripts are also provided
Oxford Online Reference A collection of online Reference Books
primary sources
American Civil War: Letters and Diaries Full text
Black Thought and Culture: African Americans from Colonial Times to the Present Full text non-fiction published works of leading African Americans
British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries Full text
Chronicling America This site allows you to search and view newspaper pages from 1880-1910 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present
Cleveland Colby Colgate Archives at Colby-Sawyer College
Early Americas Digital Archive The Early Americas Digital Archive (EADA) is a collection of electronic texts and links to texts originally written in or about the Americas from 1492 to approximately 1820
Early Encounters in North America Full text of letters, diaries, memoirs covering people, cultures, and environment
Historical New York Times Full text 1851 to 2005
Manuscript Women's Letters and Diaries
North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories Full text
North American Women's Letters and Diaries: Colonial to 1950 Full text
Social and Cultural History: Letters and Diaries online
World Digital Library United Nations site bringing together, in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world
history websites
Center for History and New Media From George Mason University in Virginia, CHNM brings history to audiences worldwide by collecting born-digital records of the present, archiving documents of the past, and presenting historical exhibits
Historical United States Census Browser
International Labour Organization UN agency that provides publications, databases, statistics
ProCon.org an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, provides pros and cons on diverse controversial topics with facts and quotations from thousands of experts
books
Use the CSC Library catalog to find books about history:
Search with subject browse or subject keyword using any of these words: History - ancient, United States - History or try your own words in a general keyword search.
Most history books are classified under CB (History of Civilization), D (European), E and F (American), and can be found on the upper level of the barn, and in the Reference Collection on the library's main level.
