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Reference e-books

This guide contains listings and links to CSM Library's online reference books: encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries, indexes, and much, much more!

Maps, Atlases and Dictionaries

Historical Atlas of the United States by Mark C. Carnes
Call Number: Online
Publication Date: 2002
Hutchinson Dictionary of Geography by Helicon Publishing
Publication Date: 2005
Companion Encyclopedia of Geography: The Environment and Humankind by Douglas, Ian
Call Number: Online

Very Short Introductions to..

Great Depression & the New Deal : A Very Short Introduction by Rauchway, Eric
Call Number: Online
Renaissance : A Very Short Introduction by Brotton, Jerry
Call Number: Online
Roman Empire : A Very Short Introduction by Kelly, Christopher
Call Number: Online

History Encyclopedias

Colonialism: An International Social, Cultural, and Political Encyclopedia by Page, Melvin E. Sonnenburg, Penny M.
Call Number: Online
Immigration and Asylum: From 1900 to the Present by Gibney, Matthew J. Hansen, Randall
Call Number: Online
Iberia and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History: a Multidisciplinary Encyclopedia by Francis, J. Michael
Call Number: Online
Cold War: A Student Encyclopedia by Tucker, Spencer
Call Number: Online
Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia by Ruíz, Vicki. Sánchez Korrol, Virginia.
Call Number: Online
American Women's History (Oxford Student Companions to American History) by Matthews, Glenna
Call Number: Online
The Civil Rights Movement by The Editors of Salem Press
Call Number: Online
Routledge Companion to the American Civil War Era by Tulloch, Hugh
U-X-L American Decades by Gale Research Staff
Call Number: Online
Publication Date: 2002
Early Civilizations in the Americas by Jacqueline Adams; Sonia G. Benson
Call Number: Online
Publication Date: 2005
U. S. Immigration and Migration by Lawrence W. Baker
Call Number: Online
Publication Date: 2004

Browse History eBooks Databases

eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Thousands of digital books, including academic titles and popular fiction, for reading online. Most of these titles are currently NOT available in OneSearch; please search through the database here to locate titles.
ABC-CLIO Solutions This link opens in a new window
This database offers curated collections of primary sources, expert perspectives, and reference material on the following subjects: The African American Experience, The American Indian Experience, The Latino American Experience, Modern Genocide, Pop Culture Universe, World Religions
World History in Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Covers 20th century history, including reference sources, full-text articles, maps, images, and primary source documents.

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World History in Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Covers 20th century history, including reference sources, full-text articles, maps, images, and primary source documents.

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