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Databases

JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive This link opens in a new window
JSTOR contains the full text of articles published in approximately 430 journals from the fields of arts and sciences, and business. Its archive spans from the first volume of the journal to within the past three to five years of the journal.

Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
World history from 1450 to the present (excluding United States and Canada).

1. Type your keywords on the library website's main search box (This is what we call Library One Search).

screenshot of library one search with "ancient egypt" in search box

2. On the left-hand side, we want to limit to books and ebooks. You may need to click "Show more" as pictured below

library one search results list with callout to "show more" on left under source types

3. Select books and ebooks.

screenshot of source types

4. Review results. screenshots of result lists with notes next to books N is for Art D is history and you'll also see ebooks.

5. Here are the table of contents for an ebook. You may wish to browse the list of figures or the index.

screenshot showing search phrase - explaining truncation and call out to left side limits for online access.

To search through the entirety of ebooks and articles, select "TX All Text" in the pull-down menu to the right of the search box.

screenshot library one search with "scarab seal" in search box. Pull down menu selection is TX "All Text"

1. To get to this screen below, click on the Advanced One Search Link from the library website. It's located under the search bar.

Click on Advanced Search located under the search

2. When in Library One Search, click on Imagine Search, in the top menu (towards the left).

Picture of Advanced One Search with Image Search highlighted in the menu.

3. Type in a search phrase, consider adding quotes to find the terms together. Pictured below "ancient egypt".

On the results page, you may wish to limit to Historical Photos.

1900-1919 All-American Ads
Call Number: NC998.A1 A45 2005
30s: All-American Ads
Call Number: NC998.5.A1 A13 2003
Portraiture by Shearer West
Call Number: eBook via Ebsco
ISBN: 0191518034
Publication Date: 2004-04-01
his fascinating new book explores the world of portraiture from a number of vantage points, and asks key questions about its nature. How has portraiture changed over the centuries? How have portraits represented their subjects, and how have they been interpreted? Issues of identity, modernity, and gender are considered within a cultural and historical context.
Imaging the Role by Jenny Egan
Call Number: eBook via Ebsco
ISBN: 0809315076
Publication Date: 1992-03-11
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life by Timothy L. Gall
Call Number: Reference GN333 .W67
ISBN: 9781414448824
Publication Date: 2009-05-12
This encyclopedia "covers more than 500 cultural groups in Asia and Oceania, Europe, the Americas and Africa. Five volumes — organized for quick reference by continent — cover history, politics, customs, religion, education, gender issues (new to 2nd edition!) and much more for culture groups such as Kurds, Amish, Germans and others."

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