Humanities

Students who complete the Humanities Program will be able to:

• Understand how the artistic and intellectual achievements of people living in other eras help them to imagine their lives and understand their culture’s ideas, aesthetics, and values;
• Understand how the artistic and intellectual achievements of people in other parts of the world reflect their ideas, aesthetics, and values;
• Articulate ways in which the arts today reflect the ideas, aesthetics, and values of their own culture; and

• Compare and contrast the ideas, aesthetics, and values of several cultures.

From the Humanities program webpage.

Picture credits:

• Homer - public domain, Wikimedia Commons
• Gizeh pyramids - by Ricardo Liberto. CC-by-sa 2.0 Generic, Wikimedia Commons
• Ugarit cuneiform - public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
• Teatro - by Booyabazooka. CC-by-sa 3.0 Unported, Wikimedia Commons

Before you start searching, you must identify relevant key terms for your topic. Below are a few examples of key terms to try for humanities:

Here a few examples of humanities-related search terms that you can use to find items in the library catalog. Note that adding the word "AND" will combine the key terms to give a narrower set of results:

• religion AND comparative
• popular culture AND United States
• mytholog* AND Africa (the asterisk *, allows you to search for mythology, mythologies)

Tips and tricks:

• In general, search using one or two nouns, combined by AND or OR.
• Do more than one search, using different words that cover the same concept.
• If you find too much information, add a word. If you don't find enough, take one out or use a broader term.
• Use an asterisk (*) to search for variations on a word. For example, searching for student* will bring up records on student and students.

Need some help with figuring out a research topic or the research process in general? We have guides for those too!

• For help with your research topic, see our Develop a topic guide
• For more information about how to do research, see our Research Step-by-Step guide

• OneSearch
• SDCCD Books+
• Course Reserves
• EBSCO Articles

Search Tips:

*OneSearch doesn't show you everything! Some databases, like those from EBSCO, are not included so you will need to search them separately.

• To find Books, e-books and reference materials --> Use SDCCD Books+, A-Z Databases, or OneSearch
• To find Textbooks for your class--> Use Course Reserves
• To find Articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers --> Use A-Z Databases, EBSCO Articles, or OneSearch
• To find Periodicals by title --> Use Journal Finder or OneSearch
• To find Videos and media --> Use Videos link, A-Z Databases (choose Films on Demand, Swank, or Kanopy), or OneSearch