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Locating articles

The library subscribes to various databases specific to the field of history. In addition, there are cross-disciplinary databases that include citations to articles related to history, many of which are full text. For a list of other databases with History content, please visit the A to Z database list.

America: History & Life with Full Text
Covers the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. Includes full text.
Academic Search Complete
Multi-disciplinary. Includes full text
19th Century US Newspapers Digital Archive
Provides primary source newspaper content from the 19th Century
American Decades
Cross-disciplinary. Information on periods of contemporary American social history from 1900-1999.
European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750
Provides access to more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750.
JSTOR
Cross-disciplinary database. Includes full-text articles from over 2,000 publications.
ProQuest Central
Citations, abstracts, and full-text articles and graphics from more than 10,000 magazines, journals and newspapers.

Useful books

Books at the COC Library are shelved by Library of Congress Classification. In this system, books on history can be found in these call numbers: World History (D call number range) and History of the Americas (E - F call number ranges). The library's eBook collections contain additional titles that pertain to historical topics.

This Violent Empire: The Birth of an American National Identity
Call Number: eBook
The United States in World History
Call Number: eBook
The Elusive West and the Contest for Empire, 1713-1763
Call Number: eBook
U.S. Women's History
Call Number: eBook
Weaving the Past: A History of Latin America's Indigenous Women from the Prehispanic Period to the Present
Call Number: eBook
Our Stories Remember: American Indian History, Culture, & Values through Storytelling
Call Number: eBook
American Indian Treaties: The History of a Political Anomaly
Call Number: eBook
History and Memory in African-American Culture
Call Number: eBook
The Economic Mind in America: Essays in the History of American Economics
Call Number: eBook
Middle Eastern Societies in the 20th Century
Call Number: eBook

Related resources

Academic Video Online
Provides access to almost 70,000 video titles spanning a wide range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more.
College Complete eBook Collection
Provides access to more than 46,000 eBooks from leading academic publishers.

Calisphere
Calisphere provides free access to unique and historically important artifacts for research, teaching, and curious exploration.
Freedom Archives
The Freedom Archives is a non-profit educational archive located in San Francisco dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of historical audio, video, and print materials documenting progressive movements and culture from the 1960s to the 1990s.
Internet Archive
Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
Library of Congress Digital Collections
The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution. Explore its rich collection of digital materials.
The National Archives
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper.
Online Archive of California
The Online Archive of California (OAC) provides free public access to detailed descriptions of primary resource collections maintained by more than 200 contributing institutions including libraries, special collections, archives, historical societies, and museums throughout California and collections maintained by the 10 University of California (UC) campuses.
Purdue OWL
The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University provides writing resources and instructional material, including citation style guide examples for MLA, APA, and Chicago.
The Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex, with 19 museums and the National Zoo—shaping the future by preserving our heritage, discovering new knowledge, and sharing our resources with the world.

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