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Site IndexProvides basic information about 5,500 wildflower, tree, invertebrate, and vertebrate species in the U.S.. Includes a profile of each species along with photographs and some audio clips.
Includes records for European printing of the hand-press period (c. 1455-1830) from the Consortium of European Research Libraries, whose 48 members represent national and university libraries in 25 countries.
A supervisors' guide to the most frequently asked questions about student employment. Forms related to student employees are included.
A list of reference materials and periodicals for business
Policies and procedures described for student reference online.
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Database search limits and tips to locate test and assessment information.
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Database search limits and tips to locate test and assessment information.
Database search limits and tips to locate test and assessment information.
Database search limits and tips to locate test and assessment information.
Database search limits and tips to locate test and assessment information.
Web database search tips to locate test and assessment information.
Handouts and presentation materials used in the sessions for the 2008 Library Live II conference.
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Online international database of Material Safety Data Sheet libraries. Search for manufacturers, government regulations and information, as well as numerous individual databases.
Searchable database of material data sheets. Search by physical properties, alloy composition, material type, polymer manufacturer and/or tradename, and metal UNS number. Advanced search features available for users who register.
Numerous academic and government resources for searching material safety data sheets. Information from chemical manufactures and about pesticides also included.
Search for materials safety data sheets and other toxicity information.
Produced by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, this site provides a series of summaries about hazardous substances developed by the ATSDR Division of Toxicology. Includes information about exposure to hazardous substances found around hazardous waste sites and the effects of exposure on human health.
Links to a cluster of databases on toxicology and hazardous chemicals.
Provides full text for more than 4,000 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. This database is updated daily.
Provides extensive coverage of age and age-related issues. Updated 3 times per year.
This database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers libraries full-text articles from more than 170 international peer-reviewed and professional journals, magazines, and other sources.
Alternative Health News Online, Inc. provides this site for the latest health news and resources in alternative medicine. Some sections are updated daily. Questions can be sent to Dr. Andrew Weil, author of Spontaneous Healing.
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) and the National Library of Medicine (NLM) partnered to create this database, which is a subset of PubMed.
Provides access to nursing and allied health literature and information, including such disciplines as physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, consumer health, alternative therapies, and health sciences librarianship. Updated monthly.
National Institutes of Health interactive data on cancer mortality from 1950-1994. Includes mortality maps, interactive charts and graphs, and the Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the United States: 1950-94.
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials is a bibliography of controlled trials identified by contributors to the Cochrane Collaboration and others, as part of an international effort to hand search the world's journals and create an unbiased source of data for systematic reviews.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews contains full text articles, as well as protocols focusing on the effects of healthcare. Data is evidence-based medicine and is often combined statistically (with meta-analysis) to increase the power of the findings of numerous studies.
The Cochrane Library is comprised of several databases: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR), the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE), the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, the Cochrane Methodology Register, Health Technology Assessment Database, NHS Economic Evaluation Database.
These free Web resources provide information for consumers in dealing with personal health issues.
Directory of 10,000 health-related organizations, compiled by the National Library of Medicine. Information is provided for organizations, research resources, projects, and databases concerned with health and biomedicine.
Includes abstracts of published systematic reviews on the effects of health care from around the world, which have been critically analyzed according to a high standard of criteria. Provides access to quality reviews in subjects for which a Cochrane review may not yet exist.
The most comprehensive online bibliographic database containing over 100,000 records on alcohol abuse and alcoholism. ETOH is updated monthly and contains research findings from the late 1960s to the present, as well as historical research literature. A thesaurus is available for searching alcohol and other drug terms including a subset index of language used in the ETOH database.
Web search engines and sites that bring together resources of special interest for consumer health and health professionals.
"The mission of Go Ask Alice! is to provide factual, in-depth, straight-forward, and nonjudgmental information to assist readers' decision-making about their physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Go Ask Alice! is supported by a team of Columbia University health educators and health care providers, along with information and research specialists from health-related organizations worldwide." The site provides weekly updates to the latest inquiries and responses, a search feature of the archives with nearly 1,400 previously-posted questions and answers, and "Ask Alice!" feature to ask your own question. Those making inquiries are insured anonomity.
Use these databases to find journal articles and other research materials relating to health. A subject guide to free Web resources for consumer health is also available at http://www.library.kent.edu/page/14306.
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This website from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is designed for individuals, including children and teens, and families, as well as practitioners, researchers, and educators. Information is available by health topics from A to Z or by body location or systems. A “Take a Quiz” box challenges viewers to test their knowledge with a series of constantly rotating true/false questions on hot topics such as diabetes.
These are several key sources for identifying research instruments and datasets in the health sciences.
HSRR is a searchable database of information about research datasets, instruments/indices and software. Users may examine and compare characteristics of resources employed in health services research, behavioral and social sciences and public health.
This database covers many consumer health topics involving the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. It features searchable full-text for over 190 journals including Consumer Reports on Health and Men's Health, as well as abstracts and indexing for over 205 general health, nutrition and professional health care publications.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides nearly 590 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for over 627 journals. This database is updated on a daily basis.
Healthfinder is a Web site from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. It provides an extensive searchable database of reliable online health publications, clearinghouses, Web sites, self-help groups, government agencies, academic centers, and nonprofit agencies.
Provides access to abstracts relevant to human nutrition selected from more than 1,000 academic journals, books, reports and conferences published worldwide. Areas of human nutrition include food techniques; foods; physiology and biochemistry; nutrition and health; and clinical nutrition. Online version of Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews Series A. Human and Experimental.
Features more than 48,000 high-quality medical images, each one accompanied by authoritative text from 2000 of the world’s leading medical experts. More than 90 subject collections can be found on the site ranging from allergies to cardiology, from neurology to urology, making this a valuable resource for all those in the health sciences.
Intelihealth is produced by Aetna US Healthcare and features Consumer Health Information from Harvard Medical School. The "Look it Up" section includes: drug resources, Symptom Scout, information on tests and procedures, physician and hospital locators, medical dictionary, and more. Subscribes to the HONcode principles.
United States Department of Agriculture "interactive dietary analysis tool" allows users to keep a food diary and have nutrients and dietary guidelines analyzed as well as physical activity. Diaries, and activity logs can be saved with user registration and tracked over a period of time. Recommendations are given with final analyses.
International index for medical literature, produced by the National Library of Medicine. Addresses all aspects of medicine and health care and offers citations from nearly 4,000 journals, books and book chapters, research and other sources. Includes citations originally found in the print indexes that date from 1950-1965.
Excellent collection of quality health sites compiled by the National Library of Medicine. In addition to sources on about 500 diseases and conditions, there are "lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and dictionaries, health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials." Patient education tutorials are also provided.
Mayo Clinic presents this site which includes medical news; information on drugs, first-aid and self-care, and disease conditions. Updated regularly. Also, includes a personal health scorecard, healthy lifestyle planners, disease self-managers, and health decision guides.
MedHunt is a search engine provided by the Health On the Net (HON) Foundation. It provides for searching of the Internet using a robot designed to select only sites that are relevant to the health and medical fields, as well as the HON database for medical sites, for hospitals, and support groups conforming to the HON Code of Conduct for health Internet sites.
MedicLatina is a Spanish language collection of medical research and investigative journals published by renowned Latin American medical publishers. This database provides access to full text for nearly 100 peer-reviewed medical journals in native Spanish.
Site designed for medical professionals that provides access to clinical information, patient information, images, MEDLINE, medical dictionary; plus a searchable database for drugs. Free access; requires one-time registration.
An award-winning site bringing together all types of Internet resources relating to mental health (Web sites, discussion lists, newsgroups).
The Home Edition "uses everyday language to provide information about diseases, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment." Includes illustrations.
This award winning site provides health information in both English and Spanish. It is sponsored by the New York Academy of Medicine and New York Public Library, as well as other institutions.
Database developed by the Development Therapeutics Program of the National Cancer Institute, which provides information on screening results and chemical structural data on compounds for use in treating cancer and AIDS that are not covered by a confidentiality agreement.
Includes data on vital events, health status, lifestyle, exposure to unhealthy events, the onset and diagnosis of illness and disability, and the use of health care.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health website for resources related to diabetes and diabetes related health issues.
Information about diseases, health, scientific resources, current medical issues, and more.
List of the institutes that comprise the National Institutes of Health, along with links to their web sites and additional information.
Provides health information and resources, including the library catalog, online exhibitions, human genome, resources and databases, biomedical research and much more.
The online catalog of the books, journals, and audiovisuals in the collections of the National Library of Medicine.
National Library of Medicine Style Guide for reference formatting in biomedical literature.
This database provides accurate, unbiased information on natural health, including herbs and supplements; conditions; drug interactions; alternative therapies; and homeopathy. These articles are entirely based on double-blind, placebo-controlled studies and other forms of meaningful scientific evidence. The more than 12,000 studies have been reviewed by a team of physicians and pharmacologists to insure the provision of reliable information without exaggeration or misrepresentation.
Site offers health information, illustrated health encyclopedia, and an "Ask an Expert" feature. Provided by the University of Cincinnati, the Ohio State University, and Case Western Reserve University. All questions are anonymous and answered by experts.
Subject guide for nursing.
List of freely available web sites dealing with nutrition and/or dietetics
List of ranked, evaluated databases and websites for researching topics in Nutrition and Dietetics
This page includes reference sources of particular interest to health sciences professionals.
REHABDATA is produced by the National Rehabilitation Information Center and is freely available on the Web. "The main file, 1997-present, describes over 12,000 documents covering physical, mental, and psychiatric disabilities, independent living, vocational rehabilitation, special education, assistive technology, law, employment, and other issues as they relate to people with disabilities."
Produced by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, this site provides a series of summaries about hazardous substances developed by the ATSDR Division of Toxicology. Includes information about exposure to hazardous substances found around hazardous waste sites and the effects of exposure on human health.
Links to a cluster of databases on toxicology and hazardous chemicals.
Provides information about diseases and conditions, aging, wellness, drugs, reference materials and much more.
The Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention has created this site for individuals to determine their potential risks for various diseases, including cancer, diabetes, heart disease, osteoporosis, and stroke.
"All of the information within familydoctor.org has been written and reviewed by the physicians and patient education professionals at the American Academy of Family Physicians. The information is regularly reviewed and updated." The information at the site is organized by special groups (women, men, children, seniors), the body, and common conditions. It is also searchable.
This book contains information about high growth occupations, and provides contact information for job vacancies and occupational exploration, as well as information on scholarships and tuition assistance programs, medical billing occupations and home health care job opportunities.
Annual compilation of public health statistics for Portage County, Ohio. Latest edition, Main Library, Reference index table. Earlier issues on 4th floor, under RA132.B1P6x.
CD-ROM of the Community Health Status Indicators (CHSI 2000) project that produced county-specific reports of community health status for local jurisdictions across the United States.
National Institutes of Health interactive data on cancer mortality from 1950-1994. Includes mortality maps, interactive charts and graphs, and the Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the United States: 1950-94.
The following is a guide both to key statistical resources found on the World Wide Web and to standard print compilations found in the Main Library.
Produced by the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, this resource provides links to key health and human services data and statistics. This includes coverage of Federal, state, and local government-sponsored information.
Core reference source for government-compiled health statistics. Provides trend tables that are updated as new data becomes available.
Healthy People 2010 is a statement of national health objectives designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to health and to establish national goals to reduce these threats. Baseline data is provided. Print copies of this and related documents are also available in the Main Library. Check KentLINK for availability.
Contains statistics on selected diseases reported to the Center for Disease Control by state health departments.
Includes data on vital events, health status, lifestyle, exposure to unhealthy events, the onset and diagnosis of illness and disability, and the use of health care.
Index page for health and vital statistics from the Ohio Department of Health. Links also include data on cancer incidence and infectious diseases.
Provides easy access to state and county summary level Ohio Vital Statistics data. Selected statistics include data for calendar years 1990 through the most current year available. Various options are available to view data.
Site provides reports and publications, as well as information for both consumers and providers.
This site from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation contains the latest state-level data on demographics, health, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation.
This site is created by a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the nation's health. It includes extensive state data for various public health indicators and compares them with the national average.
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Database search limits and tips to locate test and assessment information.
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Getting help and information about services, departments, staff and faculty members, seminars, policies and more at Libraries and Media Services.
A list of resources available to students and faculty requiring support for course assignments or research.
Help with using the Libraries and Media Services web site and getting assistance with your projects, searches and other needs
An overview and tutorial of how OhioLINK works and how to use it.
A listing of brief tutorials about how to do basic things at the University Libraries.
Instructions on how to read and decipher Library of Congress (LC) call numbers in order to locate a book in the Kent Campus Main Library.
An overview of how to use the OhioLINK Authentication Service.
This form allows library users to submit questions, comments, or suggestions to Kent State University Libraries & Media Services.
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A guide to finding employment leads and other job search resources.
"An interactive, electronic herbal database - provides hyperlinked access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health. It is an evidence-based information resource for professionals, researchers, and general public."
This website by the U. of Texas at El Paso is designed to provide research-based information on herbals and their safe use. The ones highlighted are those used frequently in the southwest U.S. Safety information is provided in both English and Spanish.
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Identifies all types of material on Mexican-American topics and about Chicanos; it also includes the broader Latino experience, including Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, Central American immigrants. Among the included subjects are education, humanities, psychology, and sociology. Updated quarterly.
This site is designed to bring together at one place the best materials available on the Web for studying and teaching about 19th century American literature, history and culture. Currently, the site is organized into the following categories: "Historical Periods & Topics" (general interest and topical sites arranged chronologically); "Historical Figures" (primarily political, but including some social and cultural figures); "Authors & Texts" (several dozen major and minor writers, and access to hundreds of texts); "Historical Documents" (arranged chronologically); "Maps and Visual Culture" (access hundreds of maps, photographs, cartoons, and other pieces of visual culture).
Contains approximately 500,000 photos and selections of pictures from the AP image and print negative library. Pictures cover local, state, national and international subjects. (Formerly AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive.)
ARTstor is a digital library of nearly one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes. Images are available for use in presentations for educational or other noncommercial uses.
Available under its new name, AP Images. Contains approximately 500,000 photos and selections of pictures from the AP image and print negative library. Pictures cover local, state, national and international subjects.
This site provides digital copies of 113 maps of Africa dating from the mid 16th to early 20th century. Included are thumbnail jpeg images with features such as zoom, pan, rotate, fit to window, and print. A descriptive bibliographic record accompanies each image.
Provides a complete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
The Library of Congress American Memory Collection of online maps and other historical information. Collection is searchable, and images are digitized elements of the collection.
American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.
American Periodicals Series Online contains page images of more than 1,100 historic American magazines, journals, and newspapers. These resources illuminate the development of American culture, politics, and society across some 150 years. Articles can be searched by author, source, and words in the complete text. Updated quarterly.
A companion web site to the "The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden" exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. The exhibit brings together for the first time objects that represent the lives and times of the country’s 42 presidents. The companion web site features a navigation system linking objects from the exhibition and presidents to historic eras.
American Women is not a collection of digital items. It is a gateway--a first stop for Library of Congress researchers working in the field of American women's history. The site contains a slightly expanded and fully searchable version of the print publication American Women: A Library of Congress Guide for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 2001). The guide has been redesigned for online use, with added illustrations and links to existing digitized material located throughout the Library of Congress Web site.
Best of History Web Sites is an award-winning portal created for history teachers, students, and general history enthusiasts. BOHWS contains annotated links to over 1000 history web sites.
This page describes the book holdings in the Borowitz Collection and includes links to selected sub-collections by genre and subject.
Biographical note about Albert Borowitz and Helen Osterman Borowitz, donors of the Borowitz Collection at the Kent State University Libraries, Department of Special Collections and Archives.
List of selected periodial and anthology articles and essays by Albert I. Borowitz.
The gateway page to the Borowitz Collection in the Kent State University Libraries, Department of Special Collections and Archives. The Borowitz Collection contains books, archives, ephemera, and artifacts primarily related to true crime.
This page describes the manuscripts, archives, ephemera, and artifacts holdings in the Borowitz Collection and includes links to selected sub-collections.
Presented by the BBC, this site provides an overview of how the British Empire was established and gained such global dominance. Featured topics include the British presence in India, trade in the empire and the impact of World War II on the British Colonies.
Digital library of sources for British History developed by the University of London and the History of Parliament Trust. Contains some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles.
Part of the BUBL LINK Catalogue of Internet Resources, this site lists 18 sites determined by the selectors at BUBL to be of interest to individuals researching British History after 1800.
The Broer Map Collection includes historic maps and foreign language atlases from around the world along with road atlases from many eras. The maps range from the 16th through 20th century, with a focus on 19th and 20th century items. Maps can be searched by region, country, continent, or through the search engine. The site offers Google Earth so that certain historic maps can be compared from past to present. Images are offered in thumbnails that can be enlarged, with zoom, pan, and rotation features.
The Centennial Collection is a digital archive of historical photographs (and other materials in the future) that document the history of Kent State University. Items in this collection come from the Department of Special Collections and Archives.
Call #: Z 5703 .G7 p35 1993 (Main Library, 4th floor). Of the periodicals indexed in this work, we own 13 titles. Check KentLINK to verify if we have the specific title and date wanted and to determine where it is located as there are four possible locations.
This site contains over 8,000 historical maps including children's maps, national, state and local maps, maps of the world, Europe, Africa, and Asia. The site also allows users to create overlays representing current map changes.
Provides access to over 500,000 pages of previously classified government documents. Covers events from the Cold War to the Viet Nam war and later. Valuable material for researching international relations, American Studies, United State foreign and domestic policy studies, journalism, and more.
Documenting the American South (DocSouth) is a digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to Southern history, literature, and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th century. Currently DocSouth includes seven thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs.
E. W. Scripps Papers is a collection of letters and photos from the Scripps Manuscript Collection at Ohio University. Edward Willis Scripps (1854-1926) was a businessman and journalist associated with the founding of the Scripps Howard chain of newspapers and the United Press International independent news gathering company.
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Eastern European Maps. This site contains maps of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, German Empire, Balkans, Russian Empire, the Asian-Russian Empire, and Scandinavia. These maps were created in the late 1800s to early 1900s.
Call #: D410 .F3 (current years shelved in Reference Collection, 1st floor, Main Library; older years on 9th floor, Main Library). An annual overview of important events; arranged by date. Index by topic available in each volume.
Greek and Latin Inscriptions is a collection of digitized squeezes (accurate paper impressions) of inscriptions from Greece, Italy, and Macedonia. The squeezes were contributed by the Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies at The Ohio State University, whose purpose is to foster the study of inscriptions and manuscripts and promote research opportunities for those interested in these primary sources of information about the ancient and mediaeval world.
Offers scholarly evaluations of books, journal articles and other resources in the field of Latin American studies. Updated annually.
Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources provides information about aquatic resouces and water management, as well as historic places and preservation. It also features forestry and wildlife publications and GIS data for the state of Hawaii. The site also provides information about recreational activities, endangered species, licenses and permits, state parks, and other useful information about the state of Hawaii.
This site contains maps, literature, documents, books and other relevant material concerning the past, present and future of historic cities and facilitates the location of similar content on the web.
Lists births, deaths, notable historical events and holidays/celebrations for today. Other days may also be searched.
Offers large, highly detailed scans of topographic maps of twelve states created by the United States Geological Survey in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Offers large, highly detailed scans of topographic quadrangle maps of Ohio created by the United States Geologcical Survey in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Contains references about the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life).
Access other historical map collections that are United States and international in nature, provided by Duke University.
A digital archive of maps from the University of Illinois Library and University of Illinois Press. Contains maps of the United States, the Northwest Territory and Illinois historically. Full bibliographic information given for each map. The maps can be searched by keyword, theme, or browsed by thumbnail. Each map has a standard view and a large scale zoom feature using MrSID files. Maps can be marked as "favorites" for future viewing.
Historical Statistics of the United States (HSUS) is the standard source for the quantitative facts of American history. HSUS provides data on social, behavioral, humanistic, and natural sciences including history, economics, government, finance, sociology, demography, education, law, natural resources, climate, religion, international migration, and trade - quantitative facts of American History. The fully searchable and downloadable electronic edition permits users to graph individual tables and create customized tables and spreadsheets reflecting their own particular areas of interest.
Collection of links, screened for content, for a broad range of historical subjects. Also available from the site are high quality articles, books, essays, documents and historical photos.
Provides access to temperature and precipitation data for 2,000 cities worldwide.
Use these databases to find journal articles in history.
Sources for historical and history related maps and atlases.
Provides a guide to library resources that will be useful to those doing research in History.
This resource includes maps from the 15th through 20th centuries, ending in the 1920s. Maps can be searched by author, date range, and land site, as well as in Hebrew. They can be viewed as a thumbnail, medium, or large image. To use the zoom feature, a MrSid plug-in is required.
Produced by the American Council of Learned Societies, the Humanities E-book is a digital collection of over 1500 full-text titles, including most humanities disciplines and area studies. This is an online, fully searchable collection of high-quality books in the Humanities, recommended and reviewed by scholars and featuring unlimited multi-user access available 24/7.
Print version of the British edition is shelved on second floor under its title. The print version of the American edition is at the Regional Storage facility and can be requested online in KentLINK. Consult KentLINK for complete holdings.
An interdisciplinary index that includes over 150 scholarly and popular journals, which cover art, cultural criticism, economics, education, health, history, language and literature, law, philosophy, politics, religion, and sociology, and more.
Part of the The Internet History Sourcebooks created and maintained by Paul Halsall at Fordham, the Internet Women's History Sourcebook is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented for educational use. This sourcebook attempts to present the various ways of looking at the history of women within broadly defined historical periods and areas.
The Gettysburg College has digitized over 500 maps from the 16th through 19th century that comprise the John H.W. Stuckenberg collection. These maps are arranged by city, country, region, and world, and can be zoomed in on, rotated, and shifted for finer detail. These materials are available free of charge.
The Labyrinth, sponsored by Georgetown University, provides resources for Medieval Studies, including the full text of literary works, some in translation, others in their original language
Lake Erie's Yesterdays is a collection of historic photographs of northwestern Ohio, documenting the local history of the Erie Islands and Lake Erie's western basin. These black and white images were produced by Sandusky, Ohio, commerical photographer Ernst Niebergall between 1909 and 1915.
Contains information on the food, fashion, religion, education, and other cultural aspects of England in the time of Queen Elizabeth.
Information about the presentation of the film series "Looking at: Jazz" at Kent State University, February - April, 2007.
A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. The collection currently contains approximately 8,500 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints.
Listed as a "fine collection of 104 unique and rare manuscript and printed maps" from the Massachusetts Historical Society, this collection is the continuation of digitization efforts made by the society on Bay State materials. A pivotal part of this collection is Samuel Chester Clough's 1798 Boston Atlases, touted as being an invaluable resource for historians and geographers.
Mayan Archaeology Photographs show Mayan architecture and scenery from Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala and serves as a resource for the exploration of the various and complex interrelationships within Mayan society.
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Minnesota Historical Maps Online provides historic maps and atlases from the collections of the Minnesota Historical society and the Office fo the Secretary of State. The maps include Minnesota's original public land survey plats, created during the first government land survey of the state by the U.S. Surveyor General's Office during the years 1848 to 1907. Also included are the later General Land Office and Bureau of Land Management maps, up to the year 2001.
The New York Public Library provide over 1,000 maps of North America from the earliest printed portrayals to the close of the 19th century; multiple versions and editions allow for historical comparisons, all from a generous donation by Lawrence H. Slaughter. Users can select from sections of maps of North America, New York City, Virginia and diverse others. Maps viewable in pop-up windows and may be enlarged and zoomed-in on for finer details.
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Digital Images is a collection of documents related to slavery, abolition, and emancipation. The collection includes abolitionist broadsheets, photographs by Matthew Brady, letters and speeches of President Lincoln and other presidents, and other historic letters, documents, and pictures.
Maps of the 18th and 19th century are available for thumbnail viewing, enlargement, printing (though not to full size), and purchase. The descriptive catalog record accompanies each image.
This collection includes accurate transcriptions of many important and representative primary texts from nineteenth century American history, with special emphasis on those sources that shed light on sectional conflict and transformations in regional identity.
Search by place name or use the "county gazetteer" to find historical black and white maps of Great Britain.
Full-text, searchable versions of many Oxford reference dictionaries and encyclopedias in history.
Call #: AI 21 .T52 (Main Library, 9th floor). Index to the Times of London Newspaper. Begins in 1790, continues through 1941. The Library has the newspaper on microfilm from 1788 to present. The microfilm of 1788-1979 is in storage and may be requested either online or at the Periodical Desk on the second floor.
This site developed by the Library of Congress offers bird's eye view, perspective, or aero view maps of cities and towns located in the United States and some of the provinces in Canada. The site allows for searching by keyword, geographic location, subject, or creator.
Since its establishment in 1999, the project has collected thousands of pages of material on security-related issues of the Cold War, published a large number of online documentaries on central issues such as mutual threat perceptions and alliance management, and organized several major international conferences on war planning, intelligence, and intra-bloc tensions.
Call #: AI 3 .P7 1958 (Main Library, Reference Collection, 1st floor). In six volumes, covers periodicals published between 1802 and 1902.
This site offers access to both primary and secondary materials for the study of Postcolonial and Postimperial Literature and Culture. The project is funded by the University Scholars Programme, National University of Singapore.
Print copies are located on the second floor - shelved by the title Punch. Additional volumes are located in Special Collections and Archives. Consult KentLINK for holdings information.
University of Georgia - Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library: This site provides maps from the sixteenth century through the early twentieth century. The scope focuses on maps of the southeastern United States, although maps of the world and the United States are represented. Special areas of interest include:
subpage of the History Subject guide -- selected print History Resources in the Main Library Collection
subpage to the History Subject guide -- listing of History Web Resources in the CMS
Excellent list of links of sites on military history and related topics. Created and maintained by the Society for Military History, an organization devoted to stimulating and advancing the study of military history.
This site offers international city and regional maps as well as country and world maps. Maps can be searched through each of these topics or though the site search engine. The collection includes maps ranging in date from the 16th through 19th centuries as well as three 17th century atlases. In addition to the usual zoom and pan features, this site also allows the user to clip parts of the image to view in a new window. The full library catalog record is listed with each image.
Call # Z 2021.C7 P32 1987 (Main Library, 4th floor). One volume of citations to articles written between 1832 and 1867 dealing with the British Empire. Please check KentLINK to verify we own the cited periodicals.
Resources for students enrolled in History 32050.
Resources for students enrolled in Dr. Fletcher's section of History 32050.
Resources for students enrolled in History 32050 (Ohio history focus).
Find out what happened in history on this day and any other date of your choosing; Also includes "This Day in Civil War History" section; each "day in history" includes a birthday section and a chart toppers section.
Here one can recieve news that is relevant to the classroom. There is a teacher's guide, an archive of past news, classroom resources, ways to use U.S. News, and many more helpful tools. The website helps bring both current and past news into the eyes of students so that they can be more aware of what is going on in the world.
This site provides access to historical map sections taken from the Ohio land survey conducted between 1898 and 1916. Use the "Ohio Map Index" to select an area of the map to view a detailed topographical depiction of the selected section. Note: The DjVu browser plug in is available on this site and must be downloaded for the maps to be viewed properly.
Produced by the International Institute of Social History, ViVa is a bibliography of Women's History in historical and Women's Studies journals. The entire database contains records describing articles published from 1975 onwards. The list is divided into broad time periods and a separate section for African titles.
Directory of Online Resources about Victorian England (1837-1901) created and maintained by Academic Info. To be included the primary focus of the site must be academic, with its intended audience at the upper high school level or above. A priority is adding digital collections from libraries, museums, and academic organizations and sites offering unique online content.
Contains information on the literature, politics, arts, social issues, economics, science and technology of the Victorian Age.
Web site for Humanities Research. This site serves as a meta guide to websites of use to the scholarly community in the arts, humanities and social sciences. "VoS emphasizes both primary and secondary (or theoretical) resources."
Call #: Z 2005 .H6 (Main Library, 4th floor -- 5 volumes). An invaluable bibliographic reference work of major 19th century British periodicals. Arranged chronologically by periodical title in table-of-contents order, with two indexes: contributors, and initials and pseudonyms. Final volume provides "collected and corrected bibliographies" of contributors and adds individual dating of each title. Indexes 43 major quarterlies and monthlies.
This site provides atlases and maps for all of America's major conflicts.
Wright Brothers Collection documents the invention of the airplane, the lives of the Wright Family, and the Wrights' flying exhibitions in Europe and the United States. The collection provides thorough coverage of the Wrights' early inventive period documenting their early gliders and flight testing in both North Carolina and Ohio.
267 historical maps from the 1910 Survey of Austria-Hungary are available to download (in jpeg format), zoom, and print. The site includes an index sheet of the general map of Central Europe (at a scale of 1:200 000). Data on the maps is also available. Though the site is primarily in Austrian, the data categories are also listed in English. Categories include Title, Current Name, Year, Relief, and Remarks. Unavailable map sheets are listed by number.
Contains references about the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life).
Provides a guide to library resources that will be useful to those doing research in History.
Use this site to identify materials in the history of broadcasting collection at University of Maryland. Especially helpful for identifying primary source materials
subpage to the History Subject guide -- listing of History Web Resources in the CMS
Here one can recieve news that is relevant to the classroom. There is a teacher's guide, an archive of past news, classroom resources, ways to use U.S. News, and many more helpful tools. The website helps bring both current and past news into the eyes of students so that they can be more aware of what is going on in the world.
Call #: D410 .F3 (current years shelved in Reference Collection, 1st floor, Main Library; older years on 9th floor, Main Library). An annual overview of important events; arranged by date. Index by topic available in each volume.
Provides full text for 460 general interest and current events magazines for high school students in grades 9-12.
Provides full text for over 1,900 periodicals, mainly popular magazine titles, covering nearly all subjects including general reference, business, health, and much more.
Database developed by the Development Therapeutics Program of the National Cancer Institute, which provides information on screening results and chemical structural data on compounds for use in treating cancer and AIDS that are not covered by a confidentiality agreement.
A place for researchers to share pre-publication research, unpublished manuscripts, presentations, posters, white papers, technical papers, supplementary findings, and other scientific documents. Submissions are screened by a professional curation team for relevance and quality, but are not subjected to peer review. Biology, chemistry, medicine (except clinical trials), and earth science are covered. RSS feeds and e-mail notices of new submissions available.
Information about library notices, and email notification sign-up for non- 'kent.edu' email accounts.
Proxy borrowing information, by which library patrons may designate other individuals to request, pick up, and borrow material in the patron's name.
Useful sources for brief explanations of terms associated with the Holocaust.
Provides brief information about select Holocaust authors and their works.
Four volume encyclopedia covering all aspects of the Holocaust.
Encyclopedia dealing with all aspects of the Holocaust.
Contains bio-critical essays on over 300 memoirists, poets, novelists, dramatists, philosophers and theorists writing about the Holocaust.
Three volume resource providing unique combination of encyclopedic entries and excerpts of primary sources, including Holocaust diaries, memoirs, etc.
This volume of the Dictionary of Literary Biography presents biographical and critical information on Holocaust writers.
Cornell School of Hotel Administration list resources and links for hotel and hospitality management.
Web site featuring a variety of free information on the hospitality industry
Provides a list of cities and counties in the specified state that are served by NHPCO member hospices. Selecting a city or county will result in a list of local Hospice's in the surrounding area that serve that city or county complete with contact information.
Annual ranking from U. S. News & World Report of the top medical centers in 17 specialties.
This directory is provided by U.S. News and the American Hospital Association and has facts and figures on more than 6,000 hospitals. It is possible to search by name or state or do a customized search.
List of links to LMS Administration.
Staff, hours, location, and services of Design Solutions in Media Services at Kent State University.
Provides links to all Access Services departments, including Circulation, Copyright Clearance, Distance/Distributed Learning, Interlibrary Loan, InfoExpress, Reserves Services, and Stacks Maintenance
Semester hours for the Chemistry/Physics Library.
Locations of self service copiers on campus supplied by Copy Center.
Answers to frequently asked questions about Design Services in Design Solutions at Kent State University.
Hours for June F. Mohler Fashion Library
Hours for the Music Library
Links to library locations, services and departments, building guide, library tour and campuses. Also includes web calendar to main library building hours, links to hours for department and services hours, and printable archive of hours.
General listing of locations and hours pages in Libraries and Media Services - this page is geared to help narrow down the search for information.
Hours of operation for the Map Library.
Kent State University Media Services Home Page
Student Multimedia Studio Home Page
Student Multimedia Studio Hours and Contact Information
Student Multimedia Studio Student Support
Policy for automatic renewals for winter break, 2008
This site from the American Medical Association provides a brief overview of the anatomy of the human body complete with helpful illustrations.
This site provides an interactive guide to the human body--the brain, heart, skeleton, and digestive system. Included are dynamic images and anatomical cross-sections, animated quizzes, and a build a skeleton feature. Provided by MEDtropolis, the site is available in both English and Spanish.
Provides full text for more than 4,000 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. This database is updated daily.
Provides a complete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
This "Web of Science" database covers the journal literature of the arts and humanities, indexing 1,100 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, and relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals. Updated weekly.
The Association for Computers and the Humanities shares information among its members pertaining to work in the field of humanities computing.
Identifies all types of material on Mexican-American topics and about Chicanos; it also includes the broader Latino experience, including Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, Central American immigrants. Among the included subjects are education, humanities, psychology, and sociology. Updated quarterly.
Three multidisciplinary "Web of Science" databases covering the journal literature in the areas of the arts and humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Updated weekly.
An interdisciplinary index of articles, essays, book reviews, conference proceedings, technical reports, and more published in 2600 journals edited in 24 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as from publications that focus on Pan American issues. CLASE indexes documents published in Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences and the humanities. PERIODICA covers journals specializing in science and technology. Languages covered include Spanish, Portuguese, French and English.
Woodbridge Ct. : Research Publications, Inc.
Call #: Z6265 .C64x 1982
NOTE: all volumes are at the Regional Depository; use KentLINK to request them.
Covers a wide range of multilingual, multidisciplinary information in the humanities (63%), social sciences (33%), and economics (4%); strong in religion, the history of art, and literature, with particular emphasis on current trends in European and world literature.
Contains references about the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life).
Produced by the American Council of Learned Societies, the Humanities E-book is a digital collection of over 1500 full-text titles, including most humanities disciplines and area studies. This is an online, fully searchable collection of high-quality books in the Humanities, recommended and reviewed by scholars and featuring unlimited multi-user access available 24/7.
Humanities International Complete provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracting for over 1,900 titles, and full text of hundreds of journals books and other publications. The database includes citations and abstracts for articles, essays and reviews, as well as original creative works including poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations.
The Humanities Text Initiative, a unit of the University of Michigan's Digital Library Production Service, provides online access to numerous full text primary and secondary resources in the Humanities.
Systematic, extensive guide to Humanities web resources for academia. Hosted by the University of Oxford.
Williamston, MI: P. Thomson
Call #: Z1035.A1 I63
An interdisciplinary index that includes over 150 scholarly and popular journals, which cover art, cultural criticism, economics, education, health, history, language and literature, law, philosophy, politics, religion, and sociology, and more.
JSTOR is an electronic archive of complete journal backruns, current to within 2 to 5 years. The collections include: Arts & Sciences I, Arts & Sciences II, Business Collection, Ecology & Botany, General Science, and Language and Literature. For Kent State University, students and faculty now have access to 381 JSTOR journals representing over 2 million articles.
Provides a general introduction to the work of the NEH, and describes its grant and fellowship programs.
Provides access to individual papers presented at conferences worldwide, covering every congress, symposium, exposition, workshop and meeting added to the The British Library Document Supply Centre's collection. Updated monthly.
Website for free access to French scholarly journals in social and human sciences, established by the Ministry of State Education, Higher Education and Research. The PERSEE website has as its mission the digitisation and online distribution of back collections of a vast corpus of periodicals.
Provides tables of contents of papers presented at conferences worldwide. Each record contains a list of the papers presented at one conference. ProceedingsFirst provides access to the British Library Document Supply Centre's collection of conference proceedings. Updated monthly.
Describes material on the social sciences and humanities published in the Commonwealth of Independent States and Eastern Europe Ñ books, manuscripts, dissertations, and articles from more than 10,000 periodicals. Updated bimonthly.
Web site for Humanities Research. This site serves as a meta guide to websites of use to the scholarly community in the arts, humanities and social sciences. "VoS emphasizes both primary and secondary (or theoretical) resources."
Contains records to over 100 million items in most (if not all) subject areas. Materials may include books, computer data files and programs, films, journal and magazine titles, newspapers, manuscripts, musical scores, and more. Not included are individual articles, stories, or book chapters. Updated daily.
Full-text coverage of selected journals in the areas of arts, humanities, math, medicine, science, engineering, computer science, and social sciences. OhioLINK continues to work to restore access to all content following the system problems of Feb.4. This link gives the current status of access to EJC titles. For some, links are provided through publishers' web sites.
Provides a guide to library resources that will be useful to those doing research in History.
subpage to the History Subject guide -- listing of History Web Resources in the CMS
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