Research Guide

This blog is intended to assist CBC Library users in finding information resources for history-related topics. 'General' postings should be read first - they cover resources appropriate to all time periods, regions and topics. Other postings highlight resources of particular interest to specific classes. The terms 'ancient,' 'middle ages' and 'modern' are used very loosely; please address any questions about the defining events and characteristics of these periods to a history faculty member.

Finding Books - General/World History

CBC Library Catalog: The subject terms applied most often are:
  • History
  • Historic
  • Antiquities
  • Archaeology
  • Civilization

Adding one of these to a search including the name of a country or region will present you with a list of books, ebooks, videos, and other items in the Library's collections. For instance, a search on 'antiquities america'

- will provide hundreds of titles related to the prehistory of the americas.

ACLS Humanities E-Books: A project of the American Council of Learned Societies, contains a growing collection of over 1200 scholarly titles selected by noted historians. Expanding coverage of nearly all time periods and locations. May be browsed by subject, or for highly specific topics you may wish to search the full text.

Ebrary holds over 18,000 recent ebooks, many from university and other scholarly publishers. As with the ACLS titles it is possible to perform a keyword search on the full text of all volumes. It is also possible to do an 'advanced' search on the subjects of the books and produce a list of titles to browse; for instance, a search on 'history' and 'united states' offers over 870 titles.

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Free Web Resources

American Women's History: A Research Guide Best Information on the Net - History: Sites selected for scholarly research by O'Keefe Library at St. Ambrose University; primarily free sites, some subscription sites are listed to which CBC students will not have access.

Best of History Web Sites: indexes "over 1200 history-related web sites that have been reviewed for quality, accuracy, and usefulness."

Biography of America: companion website to the Annenberg/WGBH video series, with key events, maps, and a 'webography' for each segment. Videos may be viewed online with free registration.

Digital History: Primarily U.S. history

Cold War International History Project History Guide: A "subject gateway to scholarly relevant websites in history;" use the Advanced Search feature to limit by language (this is an international project).

History Matters: the U.S. Survey Course on the Web.

History/North America/Internet Resources - Subject guide from Rutger's University Libraries.

H-Net Discussion Networks - Email lists and other resources for over 100 topics in history and the humanities.

Internet Public Library - History Section

Making of America: "a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction."

OAIster: Open Archives Initiative; searches over 7 million records of "academically-oriented digital resources."

Perseus Digital Library: Primary and secondary sources for the study of various time periods and places, including the classical world and the English Renaissance.

Repositories of Primary Sources: Lists"over 5000 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources;" most have at least some online content.

U.S. National Archives: Includes thousands of online historical documents.

World Wide Web Virtual Library - History