Research Guides: History and Humanities Research Guide: HIST52 / HUM8: Dunsheath

Hum 8 / Hist 52 Assignment

History 52 / Humanities 8: Women in Humanities with Professor Dunsheath

This Research Guide was created to help you find resources for your Woman's Biography research assignment.

Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
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A database of encyclopedias, almanacs and specialized reference sources.
U.S. History (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
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Delivers the best titles from world-class sources. Find comprehensive coverage of the most-studied topics, from the arrival of Vikings in North America 1,000 years ago to Vietnam, Watergate and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
World History (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
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This database offers students and researchers unparalleled access to a broad collection of scholarly analysis and full-text periodicals, reference works and primary documents.
Salem Press Encyclopedias This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to encyclopedias on subjects including history, literature, science, and health.

EBSCO This link opens in a new window
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Search across all EBSCO article databases.

Artemis Literary Criticism & Biographies
Find biographies on authors, poets, and other writers.

Artstor (ITHAKA) This link opens in a new window
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Contains over one million images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences from more than 150 museum and university collections of paintings and photographs. Note: Access to ARTstor requires on-campus registration.
Biography (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
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Contains biographies on more than 335,000 people from around the world and throughout history.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
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Source of high-quality video and multimedia for academic, vocational and life-skills content.

Finding books and ebooks on your subject is as easy as 1, 2, 3:

Click on the link below to get to ELAC's online library catalog.
Type in the name of your subject in the text box last name then first, e.g. Obama, Michelle
Click on the "words or phrase" or "subject" button.

Library Catalog
This is the link to ELAC's online Catalog, where you go to find books available at the library.

I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai; Christina Lamb (As told to)
Call Number: LC2330 .Y68 2013
La Malinche: Raíz de México by Juan Miralles
Call Number: F1219.75 .M37 M57 2004
Ladies of the Night : A Historical and Personal Perspective on the Oldest Profession in the World by Simmons, Gene
Call Number: HQ111 .S474 2008
Margaret Sanger by Jean H. Baker
Call Number: HQ764 .S3 B35 2012
Triangle : The Fire that Changed America by Von Drehle, Dave
Call Number: F 128.5 .V688 2003
Sally Ride: America's first woman in space by Lynn Sherr
Call Number: TL789.85 .R53 S54 2015
A Class by Herself: protective laws for women workers, 1890s-1990s by Nancy Woloch
Call Number: KF3555 .W65 2015
Helen of Troy by Ruby Blondell
Call Number: PA3015 .R5 H3725 2013

These ebooks are available online. When you access ebooks off-campus, you will be prompted to enter your ACE Account.