Welcome to the California History Research Guide! This guide features resources available online and in print at Ryan Library, including ebooks, print books, journals, databases, websites, and primary sources. Some electronic content requires a PLNU username and password. If you have any questions about accessing a particular resource, contact librarian Robin Lang.
On this guide you can find:
One Book, One San Diego is our region's premier literary program, presented in partnership between KPBS and over 80 libraries and educational institutions. Ryan Library is a proud partner. This year's One Book One San Diego title is Know My Name by Chanel Miller.
For information about the book, additional resources, and One Book events, visit LibGuides.PointLoma.edu/OneBook2024-2025.
One Book, One San Diego is our region's premier literary program, presented in partnership between KPBS and over 80 libraries and educational institutions. Ryan Library is a proud partner. In this year's One Book One San Diego title The Sum of Us Heather McGhee, McGhee embarks on a deeply personal journey across the country from Maine to Mississippi to California, tallying what we lose when we buy into the zero-sum paradigm—the idea that progress for some of us must come at the expense of others.
Visit our research guide for the 2023 selection, The Sum of Us: LibGuides.PointLoma.edu/OneBook2023-2024. For resources on housing discrimination, see the second tab at the top of the page.
One Book, One San Diego is our region's premier literary program, presented in partnership between KPBS and over 80 libraries and educational institutions. Ryan Library is a proud partner. This year's One Book One San Diego title is The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett.
For information about the book and further reading on topics covered by the book, including housing discrimination, visit LibGuides.PointLoma.edu/OneBook2022-2023.
One Book, One San Diego is our region's premier literary program, presented in partnership between KPBS and over 80 libraries and educational institutions. Ryan Library is a proud partner. The 2020 One Book One San Diego title is They Called Us Enemy by George Takei.
Visit our research guide for the 2020 selection, They Called Us Enemy: LibGuides.PointLoma.edu/OneBook2020.
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