Research Guides: HIST 379: Historical Methods: Monographs/Books

Monographs/Books

What is a Monograph? video by John Bond of Riverwinds Consulting
A monograph is a scholarly non-fiction book, usually on a single topic and written by one author. The purpose of a monograph is to present research or scholarship on a topic. Monographs are typically secondary sources.

History E-book Databases

Academic Complete
Academic Complete is a highly interactive ebook database covering all academic subject areas. The collection currently includes more than 186,000 titles from more than 280 of the world's leading academic, STM, and professional publishers.
ACLS Humanities E-Books
Over 3500 full-text e-books on history, art history, cultural studies, Biblical studies, film & theater, archaeology, musicology, sociology and more.
EBSCOhost eBook Collection
eBooks on a range of topics.
HathiTrust
The HathiTrust Digital Library includes millions of books, government publications, dissertations, journals, and other published and unpublished materials. Created by a partnership of academic and research institutions, the Library offers materials digitized from collections in libraries around the world and including a wide range of languages. Titles published prior to 1923 and those that are open access or Creative Commons-licensed are available full-text. Other materials include limited-access searching.
JSTOR
JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources. Forsyth Library provides licensed access to the following collections in JSTOR: Arts & Sciences I, Arts & Sciences VII, and Biological Sciences. These collections include hundreds of different titles across 71 different disciplines. Need tips on searching?

How to Find E-books

Search in an E-book database, or in Forsyth Library's online catalog:

Start at Forsyth's website: http://www.fhsu.edu/library/
Use the Search Everything search bar to search for your title, keywords, or subject area.
- For example, a search for The French Revolution finds over 518,000 results
Use the sidebar and choose Full Text Online and Books, and/or any choices for your search.
- For example, filtering for these topics found 4,000 results:
  - Books
  - Full Text Online
  - Historical Methods Tip: Filter the Publication Date From 1992 To 2022 to find books from the past 30 years
Click on the title on an item to learn more about it, to see the full text, or to select the E-book database that has the item

Historical Methods Tip: Under Details, use Subjects to find other books with the same Subject Heading

See this Book search in our catalog

E-books come in many forms at Forsyth Library.

Some e-books are checked out to just one person at a time, just like a physical book
Some e-books are checked out to multiple people at a time
Some e-books have a limited number of uses before they become unavailable
Some e-books can be used over and over again
Some e-books can be downloaded and read on your personal device
Some e-books can only be read in your browser window
Some e-books limit how many pages you can print or save from the book

These factors depend on how, and from whom, Forsyth Library purchased the e-book. If you have trouble accessing an e-book, please Ask Us for help, and we will try to resolve it for you as quickly as possible.

University & Scholarly Publishers

List of University Presses
This article lists notable university presses, arranged by country.
Boydell & Brewer
African Studies, German Literature, German Culture, Hispanic Studies, Medical Science, Medieval History, Medieval Literature, Music
Hackett Publishing
Humanities, classical, and philosophical texts
Rowman & Littlefield
Humanities, Social Sciences, Government, Education