Embedded Files
Books
Books
Click on the Spartan head to search the SPA Library Catalog to discover books in our own collection and beyond.
Click on the Spartan head to search the SPA Library Catalog to discover books in our own collection and beyond.
Click on the WorldCat logo to search the catalogs of academic and public libraries.
Click on the WorldCat logo to search the catalogs of academic and public libraries.
Databases and Web Resources
Databases and Web Resources
Reference Sources
Reference Sources
Reference sources provide background and context for your topic. These might include general or subject specific encyclopedias, specialized dictionaries, or handbooks. They come in a both print or digital forms. Many of the digital resources listed in this section also contain primary source or secondary source documents to augment their reference style overviews of specific topics. Click on the downward arrow to the right to expand this section for a list of resources.
Encyclopedia content for high school grades plus multimedia, timelines, world atlas, country comparison, and primary sources.
Covers an array of historical topics and narratives through text, video, interactive features, social media and mobile apps.
International in scope, enables students and researchers to discover the everyday details about past eras that make historical accounts relevant and meaningful.
Provides holistic topic perspectives by integrating a multitude of content, including: Reference articles; periodical and newspaper articles; primary sources; multimedia records, including charts, graphs, maps and tables; and video and audio content from NBC, NPR and many other respected sources.
Great Events and Great Lives offer far-reaching view of history, and include worldwide coverage of important events, men and women in all areas of achievement from ancient times to the modern era.
Developed in collaboration with international communities of scholars across all fields of study, Oxford University Press has developed new comprehensive collections of in-depth, peer-reviewed summaries
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy organizes scholars from around the world in philosophy and related disciplines to create and maintain an up-to-date reference work.
Covers early human history around the globe—from prehistoric times to the beginnings of the Renaissance. In addition to articles, includes media, visuals and maps.
Covering history from the Renaissance to today. In addition to articles, includes media, visuals and maps.
Covers religion around the globe, from prehistory to the present. Includes articles, media, visuals, statistics and timelines.
Primary Sources
Primary Sources
Primary sources give you direct first-hand information about your topic. They are from the same time as your famous person or historical event. Some examples of primary sources could include: Letters, news articles, witness reports, photographs or other images and certain kinds of objects, like statues, artwork or possibly daily use objects. Many archives and museums have digitized their collections and made them accessible online or through specialized databases and websites. Click on the downward arrow to the right to expand this section for a list of resources.
Europeana brings together thousands of European archives, libraries and museums and research to provide access to millions of books, music, artworks and more.
Gateway website for topics such as the Renaissance, Reformation and Enlightenment periods. Includes oral histories, maps and general history topics.
Covers global history from ancient times to the present day. Contents include reference books, essays, journal articles, historical newspaper and magazine articles, maps, rare books, government documents, transcripts of historical speeches, images and video clips. Study Units offer editorially selected material on over 500 historical topics.
These sourcebooks offer collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts related to Byzantine, Islamic, Jewish, Indian, East Asian, and African history. You will also find many documents especially relevant to women's history and LGBT studies.
From Georgetown University, this is a good source for certain topics of medieval history. It includes some primary sources.
The flagship collection from this digital project, under development since 1987, covers the history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world.
The WDL makes it possible to discover, study, and enjoy cultural treasures and significant historical documents on one site, in a variety of ways. Content on the WDL includes books, manuscripts, maps, newspapers, journals, prints and photographs, sound recordings, and films.
A searchable collection of legal documents from 4000 BCE to the present day.
Secondary Sources
Secondary Sources
Secondary sources give you a scholar’s well-researched opinion about the significance of your person or event. They re-examine or discover new primary sources and build on one another’s research. Some examples of secondary sources could include: Scholarly monographs, peer-reviewed articles, and information from respected websites. Click on the downward arrow to the right to expand this section for a list of resources.
A selection of resources compiled by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University. This resource is especially helpful for topics related to China, Japan and the Mongols?
Great site for historical overviews, timelines, general information about epochs.
Hosted by the Women's Classical Caucus, this website brings together resources for information on women, gender, sex, sexualities, race, ethnicity, class, status, masculinity, enslavement, disability, and the intersections among them in the ancient Mediterranean world.
Portal of several large EBSCO databases covering all subjects and ranging from popular magazine articles to scholarly peer-reviewed journals.
Covers global history from ancient times to the present day. Contents include reference books, essays, journal articles, historical newspaper and magazine articles, maps, rare books, government documents, transcripts of historical speeches, images and video clips. Study Units offer editorially selected material on over 500 historical topics.
This link allows you to search for, and access, content within History Today Magazine from 1975 to the present. If you are accessing this at home refer to the EBSCO Host username and password. PLEASE NOTE: You will need to put an AND (upper case) after JN "History Today". For example: JN "History Today" AND Marco Polo.
JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that includes full-text content of more than 1,400 academic journals, as well as thousands of primary sources.
This link allows you to search for, and access, content within National Geographic from 1995 to present (with a 3 Month delay). If you are accessing this at home refer to the EBSCO Hoster username and password. PLEASE NOTE: You will need to put an AND (upper case) after JN "National Geographic". For example: JN "National Geographic" AND Marco Polo.
Project MUSE is a leading provider of digital humanities and social science content for the scholarly community. MUSE is the trusted source of complete, full-text versions of scholarly journals from many of the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies, with over 120 publishers currently participating. UPCC Book Collections on Project MUSE, launched in January 2012, offer top quality book-length scholarship, fully integrated with MUSE's scholarly journal content.
This link allows you to search for, and access, content within Smithsonian Magazine from 1990 to the present. If you are accessing this at home refer to the EBSCO Host username and password. PLEASE NOTE: You will need to put an AND (upper case) after JN "Smithsonian". For example: JN "Smithsonian" AND Marco Polo.
From the BBC, the Story of Africa tells the history of the continent from an African perspective.
This site offers information and resources to help you learn about women’s history in a global context.
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