Just in Time: Women's History LibGuide

March is Women's History Month. Read about the history of women, including books, articles, media, primary and secondary sources. COM Library's LibGuides are media rich and feature embedded videos, podcast feeds, RSS feed, books from the library catalog, and more. Go to the guide!

Features:

-View historical photographs of women collected by the George Eastman House on the home page.

-Access the best COM Library and free history databases on the Find Articles page.

-Read a Google preview COM Library's print book Encyclopedia of Women in the Renaissance: Italy, France, and England on the Find Books page.

-Read and download full text classics like Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and the Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony. from Google books on the Find eBooks page.

-Watch Alfre Woodard read Sojourner Truth on the Find Media page.

Book of the Month: The Victor's Crown

The Victor's Crown brings to vivid life the signal role of sport in the classical world. Ranging over a dozen centuries--from Archaic Greece through to the late Roman and early Byzantine empires--David Potter's lively narrative shows how sport, to the ancients, was not just a dim reflection of religion and politics but a potent social force in its own right. The passion for sport among the participants and fans of antiquity has been matched in history only by our own time... While linking ancient sport to events such as religious ceremonies and aristocratic displays, Potter emphasizes above all that it was the thrill of competition--to those who competed and those who watched--that ensured sport's central place in the Greco-Roman world.. - from Amazon.com.

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Just in time for Black History Month: African American History LibGuide

February is Black History Month. This year the them is Black Women in American Culture and History. Read about the history of African Americans, including books, articles, media, primary and secondary sources. COM Library's LibGuides are media rich and feature embedded videos, podcast feeds, RSS feed, books from the library catalog, and more. Go to the guide!

Features:

-View historical photographs from the Library of Congress.
-Read a Google preview COM Library's print book Buffalo Soldiers in the West.
-Read and download full text classics like Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington.
-Watch playlist of historical events in African American history, starting with the 1968 King Assassination report from Walter Cronkite.