Humanities Librarian
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- JournalsUse the Journals tool to look for our access to journals, magazines, and newspapers.
- JMU Library Catalog This link opens in a new windowFind journals, books, ebooks, films, sound recordings, and government documents available to JMU users.
- Interlibrary Loan (ILL)Request articles, books, and other materials not in the JMU Libraries.
Find Articles and Books
- America: History & Life This link opens in a new windowIndex with abstracts to history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
- Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new windowIndex with abstracts to more than 1,800 journals in 40 languages on world history from 1450 to the present; excludes the US and Canada.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowFull online text and images for back issues of selected scholarly journals and monographs in history, economics, political science, anthropology, sociology, literature, etc.
*Temporary expanded access beyond JMU subscriptions is available until Jun 30, 2022. Use this link for a list of resources: https://about.jstor.org/covid19/expanded-access-to-collections/. - Project Muse This link opens in a new windowAn index of journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.
- JMU Library Catalog This link opens in a new windowFind journals, books, ebooks, films, sound recordings, and government documents available to JMU users.
- WorldCat This link opens in a new windowCatalog of over 62 million titles cataloged by libraries worldwide that includes manuscripts written as early as the 1000 B.C., books, audio visual media, and internet source
Selected Books
Age in AmericaEbook. "This volume brings together scholars of childhood, adulthood, and old age to explore how and why particular ages have come to define the rights and obligations of American citizens."
Aging in America: A Cultural HistoryPrint. "We take our youth-oriented culture as a given but, as Lawrence R. Samuel argues, this was not always the case. Old age was revered in early America, in part because it was so rare. Indeed, it was not until the 1960s, according to Samuel, that the story of aging in America became the one we are most familiar with today."
Aging in World HistoryEbook. "At a time when demographic aging has become a source of worldwide concern, and more people are reaching an advanced age than ever before, the history of old age helps us understand how we arrived at the treatment of aging in the modern world."
Find Primary Sources
Visit the "Primary Sources" page of the most relevant Research Guides for History.
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers This link opens in a new windowDigitized US newspaper pages from 1789-1963, as well as directory of information about historic newspapers published since 1690.
- HathiTrust Digital Library This link opens in a new windowCollection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world.
Find Historical Images
Visit the Using Images & Media page of the Copyright at JMU guide for tips.
- Library of CongressThe largest library in the world. Search their website for digital collections. Look for the "Rights & Access" information to check for use restrictions.
- National Archives"The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper." Select "Archival Materials Online" in Advanced Search to search for digital items. Use "Additional information about this item" to check for use restrictions.
- The Strong National Museum of Play"The Strong owns and cares for the world's most comprehensive collection of toys, dolls, board games, video games, other electronic games, books, documents, and other historical materials related to play. This unprecedented assemblage offers a unique interpretive and educational window into the critical role of play in human physical, social, and intellectual development and the ways in which play reflects cultural history."