History Databases/Indexes
Subject Liaisons: Linda Snow 972-883-2626
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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 |
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Based on Joseph Sabin's landmark bibliography, this collection contains full-text works about the Americas---including Latin America and Canada--- published throughout the world from 1500 to the early 1900's. Included are books, pamphlets, serials and other documents that provide original accounts of exploration, trade, colonialism, slavery and abolition, the western movement, Native Americans, military actions and more. |
| 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 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective (1907-1984) | 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 |
| 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. |
| Essay & General Literature Index Retrospective (1900-1984) | 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 |
| A to Z Maps Online | This database features 146,000 maps on multidisciplinary subjects such as politics, geology, the environment, biology, and history. It includes climate change maps, hurricane maps, earthquake maps, volcano maps, fire maps, animal and plant species distribution maps, current event maps, political outline maps, and topographic maps. All these maps can be printed or downloaded for educational use. |
| ARTStor | This visual database contains over 1 million 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 |
| Historical Statistics of the United States | Historical Statistics of the United States is the principle source for quantitative indicators of American history. Previously published as a two volume set, this expanded online edition contains considerably more information than its printed hardback predecessor, including twice as many pages of data and documentation and a tripling of the number of data series -37,339 in the new online edition. Previously including data on population, work and welfare, economics, and other government collected data, more than a dozen new topics have been added such as American Indians, slavery, poverty, nonprofit organizations, and data on the Confederate States of America. Also, the chapters in the new online edition are preceded by essays that introduce the quantitative history of their subject, provide a guide to the sources, and offer expert advice on the reliability of the data and the limits that might be placed on their interpretation. More than eighty scholars contributed their efforts and expertise to assemble and document the data and to write the introductory essays. The data are readily available for charting, or statistical analysis, or regrouping across tables. |
| Early American Imprints, Series I (Evans, 1639-1800) and Supplement | This full-text database is based on the renowned American Bibliography first published by Charles Evans. For decades Evan's Bibliography served as a cornerstone for research into American history, literature, philosophy, religion, agriculture, witchcraft, and other aspects of American life in the 17th and 18th 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. Series I also has a supplement from the archives of the Library Company of Philadelphia which includes nearly 1,000 pamphlets and broadsides published from 1670 to 1800. To search Series I and the supplement together, click "Search All Imprints." How to Search This Database |
| Early American Imprints, Series II (Shaw-Shoemaker,1801-1819) and Supplement | This full-text database is based on the renowned Bibliography of Ralph Shaw and Richard Shoemaker. Containing more than 36,000 publications, the database provides access to rich primary source material for the early decades of 19th-century America, including coverage of politics, religion, war, economics, and social and cultural thought. A supplement from the archives of the Library Company of Philadelphia includes nearly 1,000 books, pamphlets, and broadsides spanning the inauguration of Thomas Jefferson to the Adams-Onis Treaty. To search Series II and the supplement together, click "Search All Imprints." |
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 | |
| Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 | This standard index to U. S. periodicals of broad, general, and popular character provides a well-balanced selection of nontechnical magazines representing all the important scientific and humanistic subject fields. The periodicals represent a detailed account of American cultural life from 1890 to 1982. How to Search This Database |
| European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750 | European Views of the Americas is based on a bibliography developed by the John Carter Brown Library. It is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe between 1493 and 1750. It contains citations (no full text) for more than 32,000 entries covering the history of European exploration. |
| Arte Publico Hispanic Historical Collection: Series 1 | Arte Publico Hispanic Historical Collection: Series 1 contains approximately 60,000 historical articles, hundreds of political and religious pamphlets and broadsides, and complete texts of over 1,100 historical books of Hispanic literature, political commentary and culture. Content is 80% Spanish and 20% English and searchable in both Spanish and English. This collection includes the Revista Chicano Riquena, a Latino journal whose mission is to promote dialogue among Latinos in the United States. While focusing on contemporary creative expression, it also considers more traditional cultural expressions. The text of Revista Chicano Riquena is 70% English and 30% Spanish. |
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). |
| European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750 | European Views of the Americas is based on a bibliography developed by the John Carter Brown Library. It is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe between 1493 and 1750. It contains citations (no full text) for more than 32,000 entries covering the history of European exploration. |
| 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 | |
| Latin American Newspapers [from Readex/NewsBank] | Latin American Newspapers includes the full text of more than 35 nineteenth- and twentieth-century Latin American newspapers, featuring titles from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela and elsewhere. |
| British Periodicals' Collection I and II | British Periodicals' Collections I and II consist of the full text of more than 460 journals published from the 1680s to the 1930s. These online collections include scholarly and professional journals, art periodicals, penny weeklies, and illustrated family magazines. Among the works included in British Periodicals are titles founded, edited or regularly contributed to by a host of important figures: Walter Bagehot, Aubrey Beardsley, Annie Besant, Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Henry Fielding, Oliver Goldsmith, Samuel Johnson, Harriet Martineau, John Henry Newman, W. M. Rossetti, and many others. Topics covered include literature, philosophy, history, science, the fine arts and the social sciences. |
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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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Provided by TexShareSubject Liaison
Linda Snow
972-883-2626
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EXCESSIVE DOWNLOADING OF ELECTRONIC RESOURCES IS PROHIBITED!Publishers have the right to block access if systematic downloading is detected.
Licenses restrict the transmittal and sale of these materials and require that users abide by the copyright laws of the United States.
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