Research Guide: Humanities

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Library Collection

Selected Subject Headings

Culture

History

Language and Languages -- Study and Teaching

Philosophy

Religions

Selected Print Sources

The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy. R103 Cam

Encyclopedia of American History. R973.03 Enc

The Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. R902.02 Enc

Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. R200.3 Oxf

Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life. Rj305.8003 Wor

eBooks

The Humanities: A Selective Guide to Information Sources.

The illustrated Encyclopedia of Active New Religions, Sects, and Cults.

The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy.

Reference Resources

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CultureGrams
Experience the cultures of 187 countries in the World Edition with maps, statistics, a glossary, and in-depth information. Contact your local branch library for login and password information.

FindArticles
LookSmart's FindArticles is a vast archive of published articles that you can search for free.

FirstSearch
Databases: ArticleFirst, Electronic Collections Online, ERIC, GPO, MEDLINE, PapersFirst, Proceedings, RILM Music Abstracts, UnionLists, WorldAlmanac, and WorldCat.

Gale Free Resources
Gale Free Resources including: Black History Month, Hispanic Heritage, Poet's Corner, Women's History, and Literary Index.

Gale InfoTrac
Includes General Reference Center Gold and Gale Virtual Reference Library with St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, 1st Edition. Also Diversity Studies, Gender Studies, Pop Culture, Religion and Philosophy, US History, and World History eCollections.

Grolier Online
Grolier Online includes Encyclopedia Americana and Nueva enciclopedia Cumbre en línea.

Issues & Controversies
Facts.com online source of up-to-date, in-depth and objective information on the most prominent and hotly debated issues of the day.

NewsBank
Full-text articles from national and international newspapers, includes: America’s Obituaries & Death Notices, America’s Newspapers, and Access World News.  Orlando Sentinel archives.

Oxford African American Studies Center
Provides more than 7,500 articles by top scholars in the field. Includes Africana, an account of the African and African American experience in five volumes and the Encyclopedia of African American History.

Wilson Web
Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated contains more than 95,000 biographies and obituaries and more than 26,000 photographs.

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Google Scholar searches for peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts, and articles.

Internet Guide

General

Florida Humanities Council - Publications, exhibits, radio, calendar, gathering, teachers, more.

Humanities HUB - Theory, methods, research, teaching, organizations, articles, dictionaries.

Humanities Text Initiative - Online access to full text resources in the humanities.

A Lexicon of the Humanities - Literary criticism, rhetoric, linguistics, identity politics, with glossary.

National Endowment for the Humanities - Grant applications, news, publications, projects.

Smithsonian Institution - Art and science exhibitions, education, libraries, publications, and events.

Voice of the Shuttle - Humanities research, contents by subject, resources, guide, and search.
 

Culture

Area Studies - Directory by country, links to government, politics, parties and elections.

The British Museum - World cultures collections by region, education, site navigation, and exhibits.

Cultural Studies Central - Commentary, analysis, Web projects, resources, discussion list, links.

National Museum of the American Indian - Books, calendar, education, exhibitions, collections.

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology - Events, online exhibitions, more.  En Español.

UNESCO Culture Sector - Diversity, world heritage, arts, museums, cultural tourism, news, more.
 

History

American Memory - The Library of Congress site, collections by topic, Ask a Librarian.

Ancient Rome Project - Roman army, clothing, medicine, funerals, marriage, gods and goddesses.

Best History Sites - Sites rated for usefulness and accuracy to help you study or teach history.

Biographical Dictionary - Search by birth and death years, positions held, professions, works.

Central Florida Memory - Digital collection of maps, photographs, postcards, and directories.

A Chronology of US Historical Documents - Browse documents from pre-colonial to the present.

Decades in 20th Century America - Decades Report information, link, and reference books.

The Encyclopedia of World History - Search over 20,000 entries from prehistoric times to 2000.

Flags of the World - Vexillology site with flag images, information, and historical data.

Florida Heritage Collection - Florida’s history, culture, arts, literature, sciences, social sciences.

Florida Memory Project - Florida Photographic Collection, online classroom, history, timeline.

History Channel - Store, This Day in History, speeches, discussions, classroom, exhibits, TV.

TheHistoryNet - American and world history, wars and battles, index, events, exhibits, and gallery.

History Timelines - History directory by subject, region, On This Day in History, wars, and more.

HistoryWired - Virtual tour of the collections of the National Museum of American History.

Holocaust Center - Goals, education, events, Teacher's Institute, donations, museum, history.

Home of Heroes - Hall of Heroes Museum, patriotism, the Medal of Honor, military history.

Inaugural Addresses - The Complete Book of Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the U.S.

Lives, the Biography Resource - Guide to biography websites by individual name or collections.

Milieux: The Costume Store - Costume image links, museums, and history and research.

Museum of Seminole County History - Information and tour, location, links, events, timeline.

National World War II Memorial - Information and design, national campaign, who's who, archives.

Orange County Regional History Center - Exhibits, education, events & programs, fun stuff, more.

Our Documents - U.S. milestone documents, teacher's toolbox, news & events, project overview.

PRESIDENT - Presidential libraries, presidential websites, first ladies, and directory.

Presidents of the United States - Site for presidential resources with alphabetized subjects.

Smithsonian Institution - Art and science exhibitions, education, libraries, publications, and events.

Time Capsule - Enter a date for headlines, birthdays, songs, TV shows, toys, and books.

Today in History - Library of Congress site with events on today's date, yesterday, and an archive.

United States Civil War Center - Search, browse index, book reviews, cemetery database, events.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Education, history, remembrance, and conscience.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Information, background and history, and special events.

Year by Year: 1900-2006 - Timelines, major events in world and U.S. history by year for 1900-2006.
 

Languages and Translation

Internet Polyglot - Free language lessons online with tutorials, games, and dictionaries.

Language Dictionaries - Directory of links to over 260 language dictionaries.

Language Learning Library - Language learning portal offering relevant and useful resources.

Lingro - Language dictionaries that allow translation of words on a webpage by clicking on them.

Yahoo! Babel Fish - Translate plain text or a webpage to and from many languages.
 

Philosophy

Ayn Rand Institute - Official Ayn Rand and Objectivism site with highlights, announcements, links.

ephilosopher - Research, news, people & places, education, employment, media, symposia, tech.

Guide to Philosophy on the Internet - Directory of sites on philosophy and philosophers.

The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Table of Contents, search, timeline, keywords index.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Table of contents, search, what's new, archives, and citing.
 

Religion

About Religion & Spirituality - Search by subject, links to major and alternative religions.

Internet Theology Resources - Research guide of religious resources arranged by subject.

Project Gutenberg - Full-text of The Bhagavad Gita, The Bible, The Koran, and Tao Te Ching.

religion-online - Search or browse directory of full-text articles on religion by category.

Religions of the World - BBC guide to six of the major religions of the world.

TheologyWebSite - Forums, index, journal, study guide, events, news & views, e-texts, and chat.
 

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