History Month - Calcasieu Parish Public Library

Women's History Month Reading Program
March 1 - 31
Earn virtual badges for reading books and writing a book review.

BONUS: Add friends, view the books they've logged, view a leaderboard to get competitive and see who has read the most books!

Women's History
- Resources & Websites
  - Begin your exploration with Calcasieu 1 Search
  - Library Catalog - women history or woman history
  - Biography eBook Collection
  - Biography Reference Center
  - White House Proclamation - Feb. 27, 2015
  - LPB Learning Media
  - OverDrive collection
  - hoopla collection
  - Kanopy collection
General History
- Resources and Websites
  - Begin your exploration with Calcasieu 1 Search
  - Find it in the Library Catalog
  - Biography eBook Collection
  - Biography Reference Center
  - Expand your family tree search with Heritage Quest (inside library or remote access)
  - historical Newspapers (in-house access) contains tens of millions of searchable newspaper pages, dating as far back as the 1700s"
  - With America's GenealogyBank Historical Newspapers (Newsbank), you can view current events and special reports
  - History Geo.com - browse original landowners of the continental U.S. according to state and federal records, and antique maps and atlases. (inside library access only)
  - Louisiana Digital Library
  - Smithsonian
  - OverDrive collection
  - hoopla collection
  - Kanopy collection
American History
- Resources & Websites
  - Your discovery begins with Calcasieu 1 Search
  - Find it in the Library Catalog
  - Biography Reference Center
  - Biography eBook Collection
  - Louisiana Digital Library
  - Smithsonian
  - LPB Learning Media
  - Kanopy collection
  - OverDrive collection
  - hoopla collection
Black History
- Resources & Websites
  - Begin your exploration with Calcasieu 1 Search
  - Library Catalog: African American History or Black History
  - African American Heritage (inside library link or remote access)
  - Black Freedom Struggle in the United States: Challenges and Triumphs in the Pursuit of Equality (ProQuest)
  - Biography eBook Collection
  - Biography Reference Center
  - LPB Learning Media
  - White House Proclamation - Jan. 29, 2016
  - White House Proclamation - Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday - Jan. 13, 2017
  - Introduction to Juneteenth - created by Elizabeth Jean Brumfield, Distance Services Librarian, at John B. Coleman Library, Prairie View A&M University.
  - OverDrive's collection
  - hoopla collection
  - Kanopy collection
Hispanic History
- Resources & Websites
  - Begin your exploration with Calcasieu 1 Search
  - Catalog - subject searches
    - Hispanic history, Mexican history, Latino history, Spanish history
  - Biography eBook Collection - Hispanic history, Spanish history, Mexican history, Latino history
  - Biography Reference Center - Hispanic history, Spanish history, Mexican history, Latino history
  - Mango Languages - Aprender Idiomas - specialty courses in Spanish language and culture
    - How-to use tutorial
  - Pronunciator
    - How-to use tutorial
  - La Familia Resource Center
  - White House Proclamation - Sept. 16, 2016
  - LPB Learning Media
  - OverDrive collection - Hispanic history, Spanish history, Mexican history, Latino history
  - hoopla collection - Hispanic history, Spanish history, Mexican history, Latino history
  - Kanopy collection - Hispanic, Spanish, Mexican, Latino
Native American History
- Resources & Websites
  - Begin your exploration with Calcasieu 1 Search
  - Library Catalog
  - Biography eBook Collection
  - Biography Reference Center
  - White House Proclamation - Oct. 29, 2010
  - LPB Learning Media
  - OverDrive collection
  - hoopla collection
  - Kanopy collection

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