History Databases/Indexes
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| History POWERSEARCH | Searches the following
databases simultaneously: Academic Search Complete , Essay & General Literature Index, Humanities Abstracts, Humanities International Index, Military and Government Collection , Social Sciences Abstracts, World History Collection, America: History & Life, Historical Abstracts. How to Search This Database |
| Periodicals Archive Online database is the new name of PCI Full Text---an archive of hundreds of digitized journals published in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Researchers can access over 200 years of scholarship on a wide variety of subjects. How to Search This Database | |
| PIO indexes hundreds of humanities, science, and social science journals from different countries in several languages. Many full-text articles are included. Coverage for some journals begins in the 17th century. Especially useful for scholarly book reviews. How to Search This Database | |
| Bibliography
of Native North Americans |
Covers topics relating to native North Americans from the sixteenth century to the present, including archaeology, multicultural relations, gaming, governance, folklore, culture, history, and literacy. It contains more than 80,000 citations for books, essays, journal articles, and government documents of the United States and Canada. How to Search This Database |
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Cites articles from English-language periodicals. Periodical coverage includes some of the best-known scholarly journals and numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines. Coverage includes a wide range of interdisciplinary fields covered in a broad array of humanities and social sciences journals. How to Search This Database |
| Arts & Humanities Citation Index / Social Sciences Citation Index | Part of ISI Web of Knowledge, the Arts and Humanities Citation Index is a broad multidisciplinary index to journals published since 1975 in the fields of art, architecture, history, literature, music, film, philosophy, dance, religion, etc. Complete bibliographies are included for each citation allowing for cited reference searching.A good place to start if you want to know which writers are citing a particular author. How to Search This Database |
| History Cooperative | This database contains full text current issues of scholarly journals published by the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, the University of Illinois Press, and the National Academy Press. In addition, the database also features conference papers, the Booker T. Washington papers, historical maps online, and links to hundreds of history websites. How to Search This Database |
| History Study Center |
A separate database also contained in eLibrary Curriculum Edition, History Study Center is designed for secondary school teachers. Covering ancient to modern world history, the database features full-text journal articles, biographical information, maps, primary source documents, photographs, and streaming audio and video. How to Search This Database |
| ITER (medieval and renaissance studies) | ITER is an index to articles, books, conference papers, and essays about the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (A.D. 400-1700). Written in a variety of languages, these articles are from over 1,500 international scholarly journals published since 1784. Subjects include history, literature, music, art, sociology, politics, etc. ITER is an excellent place to begin research on medieval subjects. |
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This database indexes over 249,000 essays from books published between 1900 and 1984. Subjects include archaeology, architecture, art, children’s literature, classical studies, drama, economics, fiction, film, folklore, history, linguistics, music, poetry, political science, psychology, religion, and women’s studies. The database includes publications from the United States, Canada and Great Britain. How to Search This Database |
| ARTStor | Visual database that contains over 500,000 pictures, paintings, sculpture, photographs, architectural drawings, and designs. Derived from the artistic traditions of many eras and cultures, this material comes from museums, libraries, photographic archives, publishers, slide libraries, and individual scholars. How to Search This Database |
| Contains the catalog records of thousands of libraries worldwide and provides information on millions of books, newspapers, maps, periodicals, government documents, etc. One of the most important resources for determining which library owns a particular work. | |
| An international index with abstracts to books and scholarly journals of philosophy and related fields written after 1939. It covers ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, logic, and metaphysics, as well as material on the philosophy of disciplines such as law, religion, science, history, and education. It is the most important database for philosophy. How to Search This Database | |
UNITED STATES HISTORY | |
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An index (with abstracts) to over 1,700 periodicals in more than forty languages published since 1964. The most important source for articles on United States and Canadian cultural, social, economic, diplomatic, and military history, this database covers the periods from prehistory to the present and includes some full-text articles. For European and World history, see its counterpart Historical Abstracts. How to Search This Database |
| History POWERSEARCH | Searches the following
databases simultaneously: Academic Search Complete, Essay & General Literature Index, Humanities Abstracts, Humanities International Index, Military and Government Collection, Social Sciences Abstracts, World History Collection, America: History & Life, Historical Abstracts. How to Search This Database |
| Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans (1639-1800) | Online full-text database based on the renowned American Bibliography first published by Charles Evans. For many decades Evan's Bibliography served as a cornerstone for research into American history, literature, philosophy, religion, agriculture, witchcraft, and virtually every aspect of American life in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. With Early American Imprints, Series I, every item in Evan's Bibliography has been digitized and is now available online. It contains more than 37,000 publications. The database may be searched by title, author, subject, genre, language, date, publisher, place of publication, or by simple keywords. How to Search This Database |
| Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819) | Early American Imprints, Series II is an online full-text database based on the renowned Bibliography of Ralph Shaw and Richard Shoemaker. Containing more than 36,000 publications, the database provides access to the rich primary source material for the early decades of nineteenth century America, including coverage of politics, religion, war, economics, and social and cultural thought. Early American Imprints, Series II may be searched by title, author, subject, genre, language, date, publisher, place of publication, or by simple keywords. |
A daily (7-day) general newspaper providing national and international news, opinion and commentary; published in a national and a New York metropolitan edition. Includes local, and state news, science, sports, arts and entertainment, and business and finance news. How to Search This Database |
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| HarpWeek | Contains the full text and scanned images of Harper’s Weekly from 1857 to 1912. It was perhaps the most influential 19th-century American magazine, and the database is especially useful for researchers of U.S. history, literature, politics, business, and advertising. How to Search This Database |
| America’s Historical Newspapers (previously known as Early American Newspapers) | America's Historical Newspapers database contains over 6,000 articles from historic American newspapers published between 1690 and 1876. How to Search This Database |
| Published in Philadelphia from 1728 through 1800, The Pennsylvania Gazette is considered The New York Times of the 18th century. It provides a first hand view of colonial America, the American Revolution and the New Republic, and offers important social, political and cultural perspectives of each of the periods. Thousands of articles, editorials, letters, news items and advertisements cover the Western Hemisphere, from the Canadian Maritime Provinces, through the West Indies and North and South America, giving a detailed glimpse of issues and lifestyles of the times. Also included is the full-text of such important writings such as: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, Letters from a Farmer, Thomas Payne`s Common Sense, The Federalist Papers, etc. How to Search This Database | |
WORLD HISTORY | |
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An index (with abstracts) to more than 2,000 journals published in over 80 countries in more than 50 languages. Fields include all branches of world history, including, political, diplomatic, religious, economic, social, cultural, and military history. Some full text is included. This is the best place to begin research in modern history (from 1450 to the present). For U.S. and Canadian history, use America: History and Life. How to Search This Database |
| History POWERSEARCH | Searches the following
databases simultaneously: Academic Search Complete, Essay & General Literature Index, Humanities Abstracts, Humanities International Index, Military and Government Collection, Social Sciences Abstracts, World History Collection, America: History & Life, Historical Abstracts. How to Search This Database |
| Inter-Play | Inter-Play indexes individual plays published in collections, anthologies, and periodicals. Inter-Play is a more current index than the otherwise useful Ottemiller's Index to Plays in Collections (REF PN1655 .O8 1988). |
| An excellent starting point for students and scholars of British life and world affairs in the nineteenth century, this database indexes the Times of London from 1790 to 1905. It also provides the full text of this newspaper from 1800 to 1870. It is especially useful for researchers in the fields of history, politics, economics, business, the arts, and genealogy. For a step-by-step demonstration. How to Search This Database | |
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Letters and Diaries from 1500-1900 provides a collection of primary sources from journal articles, pamphlets, newsletters, monographs and conference proceedings. The personal experiences of more than 500 women are represented and include all age groups and life stages, all ethnicities, many geographical regions, the famous, and the not so famous. How to Search This Database |
| FRANCIS | Francis is created by the Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France. This multilingual, multidisciplinary database is especially useful for the humanities and social sciences. Francis covers thousands of journals, books, and conference papers in many languages. How to Search This Database |
E-BOOK COLLECTIONS
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| ACLS Humanities E-Book | Digital collection of over 1,700 full-text titles offered by the American Council of Learned Societies in collaboration with twelve learned societies, nearly 95 contributing publishers, and librarians at the University of Michigan's Scholarly Publishing Office. The result is an online, fully searchable collection of high-quality books in the humanities, recommended and reviewed by scholars. How to Search This Database |
| Early English Books Online | An online collection of more than 100,000 books and pamphlets published in England and its colonies from 1473-1700. An extremely important database of primary sources for this time period, EEB is especially useful for research in the areas of English history, literature, philosophy, linguistics, and the fine arts. Users can search the texts and illustrations by keywords, authors, and titles. How to Search This Database |
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Provide access to digital images of every page of 150,000 books published during the 18th Century. With full-text searching of approximately 26 million pages, the product allows researchers new methods of access to critical information in the fields of history, literature, religion, law, fine arts, science and more. How to Search This Database |
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Consists of approximately 1,482 authors and over 100,000 pages of letters, diaries, memoirs and accounts of these early encounters. This database focuses on the description of the natural features of North America as well as the interactions among various culture groups. The time period covered by this database starts in c. 1500 and ends around c. 1850. How to Search This Database |
| Gerritsen Collection - Women's History Online | An electronic collection of books and periodicals reflecting the evolution of feminist consciousness and women's rights. These books and articles span four centuries and fifteen languages. This is the best place to begin research on any aspect of women's history. How to Search This Database |
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Produced by Alexander Street Press, North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries and Oral Histories (IMLD) includes 2,162 authors and approximately 100,000 pages of information, providing a unique and personal view of what it meant to immigrate to America and Canada between 1800 and 1950. Composed of contemporaneous letters and diaries, oral histories, interviews, and other personal narratives, the series provides a rich source for scholars in a wide range of disciplines. How to Search This Database |
| Provides access to large-scale maps of Texas towns and cities, published by the Sanborn Map Company, the primary American producer of fire insurance maps for nearly 100 years. The maps include information such as the size, shape and construction materials for urban buildings; heights and functions of structures; and the location of windows and doors. Street names, street and sidewalk widths, property boundaries, building use, and house and block numbers are also provided. Database coverage includes maps published between 1867 - 1970. Can be searched by city and date. How to Search This Database | |
| Handbook of Texas Online | A multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography and culture. Includes more than 23,000 full-text articles on people, places, events, historical themes, institutions and a variety of other topics. Articles may be searched or browsed by subject. Sponsored by the Texas State Historical Association and the General Libraries at The University of Texas at Austin. |
| World History Collection offers a global look at history with content from Africa, Asia, North and South America, Europe and the Middle East. World History Collection contains cover-to-cover full text for nearly 150 titles, including many peer-reviewed journals. Full text dates as far back as 1964. These hand-selected information sources cover a wide range of historical topics including anthropology, art, culture, economics, government, heritage, military, politics, regional issues, and more. Searchable cited references are also included in this database. How to Search This Database | |
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Subject Librarian and Liaison
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