History - Western Civilization: Getting Started
Topic Exploration: Begin Here
Search through this set of articles to explore ideas and topics in Western Civilization. This is a good place to start when you want to explore a topic and see if it works for you.
Library Catalog Searches (Pre made, by subject!)
Try some of these sample searches in our catalog to see what Books, Streaming Videos, and Journals we have on the topics.
"Online Access" means that you can click on it and read it from your device.
A location (like Cascade Library) means it is a physical book that you can come pick up.
"Find and Request" means that it's at another library, but you can submit a request and it will come to PCC.
- Roman republicending at the rise of August Caesar and the death of Cleopatra of Egypt
- Roman Empireto the end of the Western Empire, 475 AD
Getting a book from the PCC Library
- Enter a search in the PCC Library search box.
- If the book you want has a linked message starting with Available at..., and the book is available on your home campus, write down the location and call number.
- If the book is available from another campus, click on the "Request" button in the "Get It" section, (NOTE: You will need to login with your MyPCC username and password after clicking the blue "Sign in" button to see the "Request" button), and specify the campus to which you'd like the book to be sent.
- If the book is not available from PCC, you can order it using the "Get it" buttons to request a physical copy or digital chapters from the book (located in the "Get it from other locations" section). Learn more about requesting library materials.
Featured Titles
- Hieroglyphs : unlocking ancient Egyptedited by Ilona Regulski.
2023
- Beatrice's last smile : a new history of the Middle Ages byISBN: 9780199392827Publication Date: 2023
Suggested Databases
- EBSCOhost This link opens in a new windowSearch from a wide range of research databases for magazine and journal articles. Updated daily. View the EBSCOhost handout
Mobile URL: EBSCOhost Mobile - Gale Ebooks (formerly GVRL) This link opens in a new windowGale eBooks has over 200 encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Look here for biology, chemistry, nursing and medicine, sociology, history, education, law, and more.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowJSTOR has full text of over 1000 scholarly journals in the arts and sciences, as far back as 18xx up to 3-5 years ago. Note: It does not include current issues of the journals. All ARTstor image collections are now part of JSTOR, and can be searched using the "Images" tab then selecting "ARTstor collections".
- World History (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new windowThis collection of nearly 40 journals provides balanced coverage of both the current thought and events in World History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field. Useful both to the novice historian and to the advanced academic researcher.