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Search for books, articles, and videos in the Holman library

1. First: Try broad search words relating to your topic.
   Example: genetically modified food 
    
2. Try a new search. Add words to narrow your search. 
   Examples: nutrition | legislation | controversy | small farms | hunger | safety | labeling | pest resistance

Example searches: 

• genetically modified food labeling
• genetically modified food safety
• genetically modified food hunger

3. Brainstorm synonyms or related terms for search words
   Example: hunger- food supply, food security, famine, malnutrition

Example searches:

• genetically modified food famine
• genetically modified hunger
• genetically modified food malnutrition

4. Finally, refine your results by source type =  "books" 
   Note: You can request that books be sent to the Kent, Enumclaw or Auburn SBAC campuses from the Holman Library)

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Accessing the KCLS Library System

As a student at Green River College, you automatically have access to online library resources at King County Library System. 

Use the links below to find streaming videos!

• To Log in: use GRC + your student username. (The part before the @ in your GRC email address.)
• Example OLD email: GRCjsmith23
• Example NEW email: GRCsmith.jane.23
• PIN number: your pin is the last four characters of your log in. Example: e.23

Steaming Video Databases

• Access Video
• Hoopla
• Kanopy

Films for David Work's HIST 136 Class

• If 'DVD" or "VHS" appears in the description, you can borrow the film from the Holman Library (use the Holman Library One Search link in the first box on the left of this page)

• If "Hoopla" appears in the description, you can stream it for free through the King County Library System (see box to left for logon info)
• If "Kanopy" appears in the description, you can stream it for free through the King County Library System (see box to left for logon info)
• To access other videos, please ask your instructor or a librarian for other options.
   

Christopher Columbus

• 1492:  Conquest of Paradise
• Subject:  Christopher Columbus discovers and conquers the “new world.”
• Format: Streaming on Kanopy
   
• Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
• Subject: Christopher Columbus discovers and conquers the “new world.”

Colonial America

• The Crucible
• Subject:  The Salem Witch Trials.
• Format: DVD
   
• The New World
• Subject:  The colonization of Jamestown, Virginia.
• Format: DVD
   
• Plymouth Adventure
• Subject:  The colonization of Plymouth, Massachusetts.
   
• Salem Witch Trials
• Subject:  The Salem Witch Trials
   
• Three Sovereigns for Sarah
• Subject:  The Salem Witch Trials

French and Indian War

• The Last of the Mohicans (1992 version)
• Subject:  Frontier conflict and the battle of Fort William Henry.
• Format: DVD
   
• Northwest Passage
• Subject:  The ranger campaign of Robert Rogers.
• Format: Streaming on Hoopla

Revolution

• April Morning
• Subject:  The Battles of Lexington & Concord
   
• Benedict Arnold:  A Question of Honor
• Subject:  US General Benedict Arnold betrays America and joins the British.
   
• The Crossing
• Subject:  George Washington defeats the British at the battle of Trenton.
   
• Drums Along the Mohawk
• Subject:  Settling the Mohawk Valley and defending it against the British.
   
• Johnny Tremain
• Subject:  The beginning of the Revolutionary War from protests in Boston, including the Boston Tea Party, to the Battle of Lexington.
   
• The Patriot
• Subject:  Americans in South Carolina fight the British at the battle of Cowpens.

Early Republic

• The Far Horizons
• Subject:  The journey of Lewis and Clark.
   
• Jefferson in Paris
• Subject:  Jefferson serves as US ambassador to France.
   
• Magnificent Doll
• Subject:  Dolly Madison, wife of James Madison, recounts events in her life.

Andrew Jackson

• The Buccaneer
• Subject:  Jackson enlists the aid of pirates to defend New Orleans against the British.
   
• The President's Lady 
• Subject:  Jackson romances and marries Rachel Donelson, who is accused of bigamy.
   
• The Gorgeous Hussy
• Subject:  Peggy O'Neil, an innkeeper’s daughter, causes problems for President Jackson.
   

Texas Revolution

• The Alamo (1960 version)
• Subject:  The Mexicans besiege Texas forces inside the Alamo.
• Format: DVD & streaming on Hoopla
   
• The Alamo (2004 version)
• Subject:  The Mexicans besiege Texas forces inside the Alamo.
   
• Davy Crockett:  King of the Wild Frontier
• Subject:  The life of the famous frontiersman.
   
• Gone to Texas (or Houston:  The Legend of Texas)
• Subject:  The life of Sam Houston, focusing on the Texas Revolution.
   

Antebellum America

• Amistad
• Subject:  Slaves take over a slave ship and, when captured, sue for their freedom.
• Format: DVD
   
• The Birth of a Nation
• Subject:  Nat Turner leads a slave revolt in Virginia.
• Format: DVD & streaming on Kanopy (1915)
   
• Brigham Young
• Subject:  Young leads the Mormons to Utah.
   
• Gangs of New York
• Subject:  Life in the immigrant slums of New York City to the riots of 1863.
• Format: DVD
   
• Santa Fe Trail
• Subject:  The exploits of John Brown in Kansas & Virginia.
• Format: Streaming on Hoopla
   
• Twelve Years a Slave
• Subject:  Solomon Northrop is kidnapped and forced into slavery.
• Format: DVD

Abraham Lincoln

• Young Mr. Lincoln
• Subject:  Lincoln defends a man accused of murder.
   
• Abe Lincoln in Illinois
• Subject:  Lincoln's rise to the presidency.
   
• Lincoln
• Subject:  Lincoln struggles to secure passage of the 13th amendment.
   
• Conspirator
• Subject:  Mary Surratt is accused of conspiring to kill Lincoln.
   

Civil War

• Andersonville
• Subject:  Life in the notorious Confederate prison.
   
• Free State of Jones
• Subject:  Newt Knight leads a rebellion against the Confederacy during the Civil War
   
• The General
• Subject:  Union spies steal a Confederate train.
   
• Gettysburg
• Subject:  The three-day battle of Gettysburg.
• DVD
   
• Glory
• Subject:  Led by white officers, former slaves and free black men fight in the Civil War.
• Format: DVD
   
• Gone with the Wind
• Subject:  Scarlet O'Hara endures the Civil War & Reconstruction in Georgia.
• Format: DVD
   
• The Horse Soldiers
• Subject:  Union cavalry undertake a daring raid through Mississippi.
   
• Ride with the Devil
• Subject:  Guerrilla fighting in Kansas & Missouri.
   
• They Died with Their Boots On
• Subject:  The military career and death of George Armstrong Custer.

Films for David Work's HIST 137 Class

• If 'DVD" or "VHS" appears in the description, you can borrow the film from the Holman Library (use the Holman Library One Search link in the first box on the left of this page)

• If "Hoopla" appears in the description, you can stream it for free through the King County Library System (see box to left for logon info)
• If "Kanopy" appears in the description, you can stream it for free through the King County Library System (see box to left for logon info)
• To access other videos, please ask your instructor or a librarian for other options.

The Old West

• Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
• Subject:  The final defeat of the natives by the US army.
   
• Geronimo:  An American Legend
• Subject:  The legendary Apache leader battles the US army.
   
• Rio Grande
• Subject:  US Cavalry cross the Mexican border to fight raiding Apache Indians.  Based on the exploits of Ranald Mackenzie.
   
• Tombstone
• Subject:  Wyatt Earp & Doc Holliday battle the Clanton gang in Arizona.
• Format: DVD
   
• Thousand Pieces of Gold
• Subject:  Chinese immigrant women in the Old West.
• Format: Streaming on Kanopy
   

Spanish American War

• Rough Riders
• Subject:  The Battle of San Juan Hill.
   

World War I

• Sergeant York
• Subject:  The experiences of Alvin York during the Great War.
• Format: VHS
   
• Iron Jawed Angels
• Subject:  Alice Paul & the women's right to vote movement.
• Format: DVD
   
• The Lost Battalion
• Subject:  An American unit surrounded by the Germans refuses to surrender.
   
• Wilson
• Subject:  The career of President Woodrow Wilson.
   

1920s & Depression

• Amelia
• Subject:  The life & death of Amelia Earhart.
   
• Bonny and Clyde (1967 film)
• Subject:  The life and exploits of the infamous gangsters.
   
• Eight Men Out
• Subject:  The Chicago "Black Sox" are paid to lose the World Series.
• Format: Streaming on Hoopla
   
• The Grapes of Wrath
• Subject:  The Okies leave the Dust Bowl for California.
• Format: DVD
   
• Inherit the Wind
• Subject:  The Scopes Trial over teaching evolution.
• Format: DVD
   
• Race
• Subject:  Jesse Owens competes in the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
   

Franklin Roosevelt

• Hyde Park on Hudson
• Subject:  FDR becomes the first president to host a British monarch.
   
• Sunrise at Campobello
• Subject:  FDR struggles to overcome polio.
   

World War II

• Battleground
• Subject:  The Battle of the Bulge, Ardennes Forest, France, 1944.
   
• The Bridge at Remagen
• Subject:  U.S. Army units capture the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine River, 1945.
• Format: Streaming on Hoopla
   
• A Bridge Too Far
• Subject:  Allied airborne assault in Holland, 1944.
• Format: Streaming on Hoopla
   
• Come See the Paradise
• Subject:  The internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
• Format: DVD
   
• Emperor
• Subject:  The US occupation of Japan & Emperor Hirohito.
   
• Go for Broke!
• Subject:  Japanese Americans enlist in the U.S. army and fight the Germans in Italy.
• Format: Streaming on Hoopla
   
• Hacksaw Ridge
• Subject:  An army medic on Okinawa saves many lives.
• Format: DVD
   
• The Longest Day
• Subject:  The invasion of Normandy, France, June 6, 1944.
• Format: DVD
   
• MacArthur
• Subject:  The World War II and Korean War career of General Douglas MacArthur.
   
• Midway
• Subject:  The decisive naval battle fought by Japan and the U.S. in 1942
• Format: DVD
   
• Patton
• Subject:  The World War II career of General George S. Patton.
• Format: DVD
   
• Saving Private Ryan
• Subject:  The invasion of Normandy, France, June 6, 1944.
• Format: DVD
   
• Truman
• Subject:  The life of President Harry Truman.
   
• The Tuskegee Airmen
• Subject:  Black pilots combat racism at home and overseas to fight in World War II.
   

Korean War

• Pork Chop Hill 
• Subject:  The Battle for Pork Chop Hill
• Format: DVD
   

Cold War

• Bridge of Spies
• Subject:  A lawyer arranges a prisoner exchange between the US and USSR.
• Format: DVD
   
• Charlie Wilson's War
• Subject:  Congressman Wilson & the CIA sponsor a war in Afghanistan against the USSR.
   
• Good Night, and Good Luck
• Subject:  Reporter Edward R. Murrow takes on communist witch hunter Joseph McCarthy.
• DVD
   
• Jackie
• Subject:  Jackie Kennedy in the aftermath of President Kennedy’s assassination.
   
• Thirteen Days
• Subject:  The Cuban Missile Crisis.
• Format: DVD
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Vietnam War

• Born on the Fourth of July
• Subject:  The life of Vietnam veteran & anti-war activist Ron Kovic.
• Format: DVD
   
• Path to War
• Subject:  President Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam War.
   
• We Were Soldiers
• Subject:  The Battle of the Ia Drang Valley, 1965.
   

Civil Rights

• 42
• Subject:  Jackie Robinson becomes the first black man to play Major League Baseball.
   
• Detroit
• Subject:  The 1967 Detroit race riot.
   
• Ghosts of Mississippi
• Subject:  The investigation of the murder of Civil Rights activist Medgar Evers.
• Format: DVD
   
• Loving
• Subject:  An interracial couple fight to have their marriage recognized by the state.
• Format: DVD
   
• Malcolm X
• Subject:  The life of the controversial black activist Malcom X.
• Format: DVD
   
• Marshall
• Subject:  Thurgood Marshall defends a black man accused of attacking a white woman.
   
• Mississippi Burning
• Subject:  The FBI investigates the murder of three civil rights workers.
   
• Selma
• Subject:  Martin Luther King, Jr. leads the struggle for voting rights in Selma, Alabama.
• Format: DVD
   
• Separate But Equal
• Subject:  The legal battle over segregated schools.
• Format: DVD
   
• The Rosa Parks Story
• Subject:  The life of Civil Rights activist Rosa Parks.
• Format: DVD
   

Space Program

• Apollo 13
• Subject:  On the way to the moon, Apollo 13 suffers catastrophic damage.
   
• First Man
• Subject:  Neil Armstrong become the first man to walk on the moon.
   
• Hidden Figures
• Subject:  Three black female mathematicians play a pivotal role at NASA.
• Format: DVD
   
• The Right Stuff
• Subject:  The exploits of Chuck Yeager and the Mercury Seven, the US’s first astronauts.
• Format: DVD
   

Nixon & Watergate

• All the President's Men
• Subject:  Reporters Woodward & Bernstein investigate the Watergate break-in.
• Format: DVD
   
• Frost/Nixon
• Subject:  TV reporter Frost interviews disgraced president Richard Nixon.
   
• Nixon
• Subject:  The rise and fall of Richard Nixon.
   
• The Post
• Subject:  The Washington Post must decide whether to publish the Pentagon Papers.