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History of Western Civilization I, II

Welcome to the research guide for your course in the History of Western Civilization I, II.  The suggested electronic resources are available linked from here and from the Electronic Resources section of the library home page.  Print resources are available in the PHC on campus collection or by mail to distance learning members of the PHC community.  You may check out the location and availability of an item in the on campus collection through the online catalog, Voyager, accessed here and through the menu on the left.

Professional library assistance is available on campus, by phone at 541-441-8400, or by email at askalibrarian@phc.edu .

Reference Works

Encyclopedia of World History, published in 2000, is available in the PHC collection at Ref D 21 .E577 2000.

Full text documents of Epic of Gilgamesh, Beowulf, and Machiavelli's The Prince are available in the on campus collection and online at netLibrary.  Also available at netLibrary are a variety of full-text resources.

Databases

JSTOR provides access to articles from over 240 scholarly journals in a wide variety of disciplines, although acquisitions are subject to a moving inclusion date with the result that most articles are 5 years old or older, which is usually not a problem in history research, but may be a problem if more current research is needed.

Original Sources - World History  access an extensive collection of primary source documents in a variety of disciplines.

ProQuest  has an extensive collection of current articles from scholarly journal articles and newspapers.  The site is easy to navigate and allows users to limit searches to provide focused results.  The site also suggests alternative subject terms to use if a broader or narrower search is required. 

Internet

Avalon Project provides access to the Yale University site containing a variety of primary source documents in the area of history, law, politics, diplomacy, and government.

BBC Ancient History  access the BBC archives on the topics of Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Viking history and British pre-history.

Labyrith provides access to a collection of Georgetown University maintained resources for medieval studies.

NYPL Digital Library provides access to an extensive array of visual information from images of Greek pottery to great works of medieval art to illuminated medieval manuscripts. 

 

Subjects

 

Civilization, Classical--History

Civilization, Western--History

Civilization, Western--History--Sources

Research tips 

  • Search by subject: Once you have located one item in the catalog, you may click on the search term within the record to find other items on the same or similar, subjects.
  • Search by call number:  Once you have located one item in the catalog, click on the call number to view similar titles that surround that item on the shelf. 
  • Use JSTOR and LexisNexi Academic to locate  articles on a particular subject.
  • Interlibrary loan (ILL):  If you are unable to locate an item in the PHC online or on campus collection, you may request resources through Interlibrary loan.  ILL requests may be made directly into the library database WorldCat.  If you have difficulty requesting an ILL in WorldCat, you may use the form on the website or request assistance from any of the library staff. Once you locate an appropriate resource, potential valuable resources may be listed in the item's bibliography. 
  • Loudoun County Public Library's Purcellville Branch is available to students offering a variety of potentially valuable resources.  A library card may be obtained by presenting your PHC library card and their catalog is available online, as well as the option to request items.

Turabian is the approved citation format for this course.  Information on proper Turabian citation is available in the PHC collection, Chicago manual of style, at Ref Z 253 .U69 2003 or online at several sites, such as http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/chicagogd.php 

 

 

Created March 2010  by V. Thornhill