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History: Library Databases
Use this guide to find information about topics in History
Finding Articles
Databases allow you to search for articles about your topic. They show you information about an article: the title, author, and name of the journal or magazine the article appeared in. This is called the citation. Some databases also contain an abstract, or summary, of the article.
Many databases also include the articles themselves (called the full text of the article). When that happens, you should see a link to an HTML or PDF document. If you do not see a link, click on
This will check the other library databases for the full text of the article.
U.S. History Databases
- America: History and Life This link opens in a new windowThe premier database for research on the history of the United States and Canada.
- Daily Life Through History This link opens in a new windowProvides a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary resource that supports history, social studies, English, and language students. It moves seamlessly from past to present, providing context for contemporary life and culture. The content is enhanced with new books, articles, images, maps, primary documents, and more on a regular cycle.
- ACLS Humanities E-Book Project This link opens in a new windowThe ACLS Humanities E-Book Project is an online, fully searchable collection of high-quality books in the humanities, recommended and reviewed by scholars in the humanities.
- Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new windowThis resource contains a variety of data about the population of the United States as well as the social and economic conditions, with some tables including information from as early as 1790. Tables can be viewed online, downloaded in PDF, or Excel spreadsheets.
- Archive of Americana This link opens in a new windowEarly American newspapers from all 50 states published between 1690 and 1922 and books, pamphlets, broadsides and other imprints from 1639-1819
- American Indian Experience This link opens in a new windowIs a full-text resource exploring the histories and contemporary cultures of the indigenous peoples of the United States featuring more than 150 volumes, hundreds of primary documents, and thousands of images.
- Sabin Americana, 1500-1926 This link opens in a new windowBased on Joseph Sabin's landmark bibliography, this full-text collection contains works about the Americas published throughout the world from 1500 to the early 1900's.
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new windowBased on the English Short Title Catalogue, includes full text of works published in the 18th century.
- Sanborn Maps: Michigan Edition This link opens in a new windowAccess historical Michigan maps that provide a wealth of information, such as building outline, size and shape.
- Sanborn Maps from Library of CongressFull color maps from around the U.S. Search by state on the left side
- ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new windowComprehensive source for Congressional research and activity from 1789-present. Includes committee prints and hearings, legislative histories, the Congressional Record, the Serial Set, Executive Orders, Presidential Proclamations, and CRS Reports.
General databases
- American Periodicals This link opens in a new windowDigitized images from American magazines and journals that first began publishing between 1740 and 1900.
- ProQuest Historical NewspapersUse this to search extensive back files of ALL these newspapers at once: New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Defender, Detroit Free Press
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowHas full-text back files of key journals in history and other subjects
- Periodicals Archive Online This link opens in a new windowFull-text back files of 500 humanities and social sciences periodicals from 1802-2000.
- Project Muse This link opens in a new windowFull-text access to a selection of prestigious humanities and social sciences journals.
- Readers' Guide Abstracts and Retrospective This link opens in a new windowCovers popular magazines from 1890 to present.
- Cambridge Histories OnlineFull-text access to all of the Cambridge history volumes published since 1960
- Gale Primary Sources (Artemis)Gale Artemis is a research platform that unites Gale's digital archives. Artemis allows researchers to uncover primary source documents in multiple collections including; Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Collections Online, The Financial Times Historical Archive, Sabin Americana, and The Times Digital Archive
- GenderWatchProvides authoritative historical and current perspectives on the evolution of gender roles as they affect both men and women.
World History Databases
- Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new windowThe number one database for research on WORLD HISTORY (everything except U.S. History)
- Daily Life Through History This link opens in a new windowSocial history that provides every day context to life in the past.
- ACLS Humanities E-Book Project This link opens in a new windowHigh-quality ebooks in history and the humanities
- Oxford Scholarship Online This link opens in a new windowComplete text of over 1,800 Oxford books including History titles.
- Early English Books Online (EEBO) This link opens in a new windowFollowing its digital launch in 1998, Early English Books Online now contains page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America, as well as works in English printed elsewhere between 1473 and 1700. Topical coverage varies widely and full-text searching is available in a minority of titles.
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new windowBased on the English Short Title Catalogue, includes full text of works published in the 18th century.
- Brill's New Jacoby This link opens in a new windowA standard collection of the works of Greek historians whose works have survived only in fragmentary form. Includes English translations and abundant commentaries
- Index IslamicusIndexes literature on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world.
Subjects: History
- Last Updated: May 19, 2023 1:39 PM
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