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Electronic Resources on the Free Web

Ancient History Encyclopedia
A standalone nonprofit encyclopedia venture based in the UK.
What Made Ancient Athens a City of Genius?
Interesting article by Eric Weiner.
Ancient Greece
From SUNY Oneonta.
Crusade for the Vote
Timelines and primary sources from the National Women's History Museum.
A Hand-Drawn Map of Greenwich Village, 1925
From Slate.com.
Immigration Timeline and Resources
From the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Foundation.
Library of Congress Films and Videos
Public domain video content, including culturally important productions and video documentation of important events or trends in American history.
Photos of New York's Bohemian Greenwich Village
From Monovisions Black and White Photography Magazine
Timeline of US Labor History
From the Center for Labor Education and Research, University of Hawaii. Contains links to further info about people and events.
The Women's Rights Movement 1840-1920
From the historical archives of the US House of Representatives.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Submissions are invited; articles are regularly updated. (RCL)

HSL Books and E-Books

Books and e-books are a particularly rich genre for finding information about history. Find these and more print and electronic books in Cavalog. Talk to a librarian if you need help.

Athens Victorious by Gregory Recco
ISBN: 9780739123270
Publication Date: 2009-12-30
Democracy and Knowledge by Josiah Ober
ISBN: 9780691146249
Publication Date: 2010-04-04
Comic Democracies by Angus Fletcher
ISBN: 9781421419343
Publication Date: 2016-05-30
It Happened on Washington Square by Emily Kies Folpe
Call Number: F128.65 .W3 F65 2002
ISBN: 9780801870880
Publication Date: 2002-10-09
America's Women : four hundred years of dolls, drudges, helpmates, and heroines by Gail Collins
Call Number: HQ1410 .C588 2003
ISBN: 9780060185107
Publication Date: 2003-09-23
City of Dreams: the 400-year epic history of immigrant New York by Tyler Anbinder
Call Number: F128.9 .A1 A63 2016
ISBN: 9780544104655
Publication Date: 2016-10-18

HSL Electronic Resources

CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
CQ Researcher provides in depth coverage of current events and issues. Original reports are searchable or browsable by topic or date.
Credo This link opens in a new window
Credo is a collection of 700+ reference sources. You can search everything in the Credo library, search only a specific subject, or search within a single reference source.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
This streaming video collection offers curriculum focused content for the Business, Communications, Education, Health, the Humanities, Math, Medicine, Psych, Sociology, and more.
Humanities International Index This link opens in a new window
Humanities International Index provides citations and abstracts to articles, essays, reviews and other reference sources in the humanities.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR is a multidisciplinary archive of scholarly works. It is a good database for researchers of art history, history, literature and religious studies.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Nexis Uni provides full text to major US and world publications including news wires, tv and radio broadcasts, legal publications, SEC filings, company reports, and blogs from trusted news sources.
Reference Shelf This link opens in a new window
Covers a wide range of social and historical topics, with some links to primary sources.

Other Resources

Historic Newspapers
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Primary and Secondary Sources
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New York Times This link opens in a new window
Includes backfile of articles to 1867.

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