History at Your Fingertips

Posted: October 26, 2009 at 2:18 pm by Margaret Burri in Online Resources, Staff Picks |

Looking for an authoritative introduction to a country, era or historical event?  Need to know more about the history of literature, politics, religion or philosophy?  Look no further than Cambridge Histories Online.  This resource contains over 650 volumes covering 15 subjects, and offers comprehensive and authoritative scholarly content.

Cambridge Histories Online tell you more than just who, what, when, where and why.  They also introduce you to aspects of your topic that you’ve never dreamed of.  Working on a paper on Chicago’s Columbian Exposition of 1893?  Searching the phrase “Columbian Exposition” leads you to chapters on the role it played in American literature, theatre, foreign policy, music and food.   It’s a great way to further narrow and define your topic.