Humanities Librarian
Marcia Whitehead
Contact:
Boatwright Library
28 Westhampton Way
804-289-8823
28 Westhampton Way
804-289-8823
Subjects: American Studies, Biography, Book Reviews, Citing Sources, Classical Studies, E-Books, English & Literature, First Year Seminar, French, German, Humanities, International Education, Language and Linguistics, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Latin American, Latino, and Iberian Studies, Master of Liberal Arts, Primary Resources, Reference Sources, Rhetoric & Communication Studies, Richmond Area , Russian, Scholarly Publications, Spanish, Special Topics
Databases
- European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750 This link opens in a new windowSearch this guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750, covering the history of European exploration. (EBSCO)
- Early English Books Online This link opens in a new windowAccess books printed in the British Isles and North America, as well as works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1770. Subjects covered include literature, history, philosophy, linguistics, religion, and politics. (ProQuest)
- Archives of Latin American and Caribbean History, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century This link opens in a new window
Search for primary source documents on history, culture, peoples, and societies of Latin American and the Caribbean. Documents include original manuscripts, signed letters, expedition records, reports, maps, diaries, descriptions of voyages, and ephemera. (Gale)
On the Web
- World Digital LibraryBrowseable by time, topic, place, type and institution.
- History of Spain: Primary DocumentsFrom the "Eurodocs" web site
- Virtual Library of Written HeritageLa Biblioteca Virtual de Patrimonio Bibliográfico, or Virtual Library of Written Heritage, is a cooperative project between the Ministry of Culture and the Autonomous Communities with the objective of sharing digital objects like manuscripts and printed books that form part of the Spanish Cultural heritage.
- LIBRO: The Library of Iberian Resources OnlineLIBRO is a joint project of the American Academy of Research Historians of Medieval Spain and the University of Central Arkansas .The collection focuses upon peninsular history from the fifth to the seventeenth centuries.