The following resources will help you with various assignments covered in HIS 101.

Introduction, suggested search terms, anything for this particular course and/or assignment.

Online Databases 

To access online databases, click the link on the Research page of the library's web site. (NOTE:  A valid TTC ID card is needed to access the databases from off campus). For tutorials on using all online sources visit the research section of the library webpage. .

Biography Resource Center - Contains biographies on over 1000 individuals from various walks of life.  Biographical essays are taken from reputable reference sources.  Also includes full text magazine articles and selected websites on individuals. Examples of Historic figures included in this database are Saladin Yusuf ibu Ayyub, Otto I, Martin Luther, etc. Biographical entries also include bibliographies and reference lists of additional Information.

History Resource Center-World - Full-text information from over  full-text from over 100 periodicals and 1400 maps and images is available in this database. Search by keyword for peoples' names, places and events.

JSTOR - Provides access hundreds of articles taken from scholarly journals in various subject areas.  Some articles date back to the 1900's.   Included in the History journal selections are the Journal of the History of Ideas, Studies in the Renaissance, and Journal of Military History.

NetLibrary - Numerous electronic books are available on all topics covered in HIS 101 through TTC’s Online library (netLibrary).  Using keyword search, enter the topic or subject you are studying.  The resulting book titles are all fully available online.  Examples of the titles found in NetLibrary include: 

 Byzantine Empresses: Women and Power in Byzantium, AD 527-1204 by Lynda Garland.

The First Crusaders: 1095-1131 by Jonathan Simon Christopher Riley-Simon.

Faces of Power: Alexander's Image and Hellenistic Politics by Andrew F. Stewart

Reference Titles (in library use only) 

Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages (D127 .D54 2000 -- Reference -- Palmer)

Roman Republic and Empire: 264 B.C.E. - 476 C.E. (D20 .W67 -- Reference -- Main)

Dictionary of the Middle Ages (D114 .D5 -- Reference -- Main)

Great Lives from History.  The Ancient World. 2 vols.  (CT113 .G745 2004 -- Reference -- Main, Palmer)

 Internet Sites 

http://bubl.ac.uk/link/a/ancienthistory.htm This link is from BUBL, a service of the Centre for Digital Library Research.  At this site, you will find a portal to hundreds ofo quality websites in the area of Western Civilization (and much more).  Ancient History. Find links by clicking into the alphabetical list at the top of the page and searching for, for example, Ancient history by clicking the letter "A" and then searching the list for "ancient history."  Clicking on the other letters will get you to  "medieval history," "renaissance history," "Egyptian history," etc. for a multitude of useful sites related to your work in this course.

The Research link from the library’s web page provides resources such as an MLA citation guide, web site evaluation guide, and statistical information.  You will also find specific course resource pages and subject guides.