General Resources - History 2320 - Toye (NeSCC) - Wayne G. Basler Library at Northeast State Community College

Open Access Textbooks

These textbooks are free to use and available online.

OmniFile Full Text Mega & America - History and Life

This tutorial shows the basics of OmniFile Full Text Mega. It also works for America - History and Life.

EBSCO Tutorials. EBSCOhost Basic Search - Tutorial. YouTube.

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Using eBooks

There are three main ways to locate and access the information in eBooks:

Table of Contents: You can use the table of contents, located on the left side of the page, to locate topics in the book by headings such as volume, section, chapter, etc.

You can use the index (located through the table of contents). Once you locate your topic of interest, enter the page number in the box at the bottom center of the page, and click on Go.

You can also search the text of the book, using the search tool in the toolbar on the top right side of the page. It is the icon of a page with a magnifying glass. The results of the search will appear at the top center of the page, and they are linked to take you to the pages found.

You can use the forward and backward arrows at the bottom of the page to turn the pages as you read.

You can use the tools at the top right side of the page to print, email, and save portions of the book.

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China in World History by Paul S. Ropp
Publication Date: 2010
Encyclopedia of World History by Janice J. Terry (Editor); Jiu-Hwa Lo Upshur (Editor); Marsha E. Ackermann (Editor); Michael Schroeder (Editor); Mark Whitters (Editor)
Publication Date: 2008
Childhood in World History by Peter N. Stearns
Publication Date: 2006
World History Encyclopedia by Alfred J. Andrea, et. al. (Editor) An unprecedented undertaking by academics reflecting an extraordinary vision of world history, this landmark multivolume encyclopedia focuses on specific themes of human development across cultures era by era, providing the most in-depth, expansive presentation available of the development of humanity from a global perspective. Well-known and widely respected historians worked together to create and guide the project in order to offer the most up-to-date visions available. * Contributions by a team of over 800 historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and other academics, focused on a world-based view of history, including well-known researchers as well as innovative newcomers who have made remarkable contributions. This multi-faceted approach offers a work that combines orthodox views with creative new perspectives * Twenty-one volumes covering the breadth of human history, in nine eras: Beginnings of Human Society; Early Civilizations, 4000-1000 BCE; Classical Traditions, 1000 BCE-300 CE; Expanding Regional Civilizations, 300--1000; Intensified Hemispheric Interactions, 1000-1500; The First Global Age, 1450-1770; The Age of Revolutions, 1750-1914; Crisis and Achievement, 1900-1945; Promises and Paradoxes, 1945-Present * General chronologies plotting large-scale changes in human organization, in areas such as population flow, technological development, and the evolution of social and political institutions * Hundreds of images and maps, plus charts and bibliographies * A wide range of primary source excerpts (some translated into English for the first time) giving students firsthand exposure to the raw materials of historical research
Publication Date: 2008
A History of World Agriculture: From the Neolithic Age to the Current Crisis by Marcel Mazoyer; Laurence Roudart; James H. Membrez (Translator)
Publication Date: 2006