Suggested Search Terms
Here are some example keywords or phrases that can be used to find specific information in the library catalog and academic databases:
Suggested Boolean Searches
Refine searches using operators like "AND," "OR," and "NOT," ensuring more precise and relevant results.
Suggested Subject Headings
Standardized terms are used to categorize and organize content within the library catalog and academic databases to enhance search precision and efficiency.
Suggested Call Number Ranges:
Locate materials within the library in these call number areas.
E151-E185.98
E600-E909
General Databases
(EBSCO) - Academic Search Complete, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database.
Funded by Statewide Allocation
(JSTOR) - Access to back issues of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Over 700 titles available.
Funded by Statewide Allocation
Historical Databases
(Infobase Publishing) - Exploring more than 500 years of the African-American experience, history, and culture.
Funded by College (FLVC Group License)
(Bloomsbury) - This resource-rich reference and curriculum solution helps students understand the issues, perspectives, and history that have shaped our nation.
Funded by College (FLVC Group License)
(Gale) - Contains contextual information on the world's most influential people.
Funded by College (FLVC Group License)
(Gale) - The Civil War digital collection contains personal narratives, monographs, regimental histories, collected essays, sermons, songs, legal tracts, and political speeches—enabling students, faculty and patrons to study one of the key events in American history.
Funded by State Library of Florida (FEL)
(Gale) - Search balanced coverage of events in U.S. history. Best for novice historians and academic researchers. Updated daily.
Funded by State Library of Florida (FEL)
(Gale) - This database addresses heavily debated questions by offering users different critical perspectives on major historical events, drawn from all time periods and from all parts of the globe.
Funded by State Library of Florida (FEL)
(Infobase Publishing) - This database delivers dynamic, concise, and balanced coverage that provides the background, outcome, and contemporary points of view for every major debate and conflict in American history.
Funded by College (FLVC Group License)
(Bloomsbury) - This database covers the rich heritage and current culture of Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Guatemalans, Cubans, Dominicans, Colombians, Ecuadorians, and other Hispanic groups in the United States.
Funded by College (FLVC Group License)