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Research guide for this subject: History

CORE DATABASES
America: History and Life  
Principal resource for articles on American and Canadian history. 1969 - present
History Cooperative  
Searchable and browseable index of full-text history journals.
Historical Abstracts  
Principal resource for articles on world history from 1450-present. 1969 - present
Royal Historical Society Bibliography  
Resource for article, book, and chapter citations on the history of the British Isles back to 55BC.
International Medieval Bibliography  
Citations to journal articles and books related to the Middle Ages, covering Europe, the Middle East and North Africa from 400-1500.
ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance  
The online bibliography covers literature pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700).
New York Times Historical File (1851- 2001)  
Complete, searchable archive of the New York Times from 1851-2001 with full-page and article PDFs. 1851 - 2001
Times Digital Archive  
Full text of The Times of London 1785-1985.
Romantic Era Redefined  
The Romantic Era Redefined provides a new, genre-redefining electronic collection of Romantic-era literature. It includes poetry, prose, drama, letters, and diaries-along with political, philosophical, scientific, and sociological works.


RELATED DATABASES
America's Historical Newspapers  
Early American newspapers are a major primary source for American history. 1-3 provide unprecedented access to the nation's newspapers from 1690-1876. Series 1 covers 1690-1876, series 2 and 3 cover 1821-1876.
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans (1639-1800)  
Searchable database of digitized early American books, pamphlets and broadsides published between 1639 and 1800.
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819)  
Searchable database of digitized early American pamphlets, broadsides, books, state papers and governmental materials published between 1801 and 1819.
Early American Newspapers I, II, and III  
Early American newspapers are a major primary source for American history. 1-3 provide unprecedented access to the nation's newspapers from 1690-1876. Series 1 covers 1690-1876, series 2 and 3 cover 1821-1876.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online  
Full text of more than 150,000 important printed works published in the United Kingdom between 1701 and 1800, along with thousands of important works from the Americas.
Historical Statistics of the United States - Millennial Edition  
U.S. demographic and economic statistics from colonial times to present.
American State Papers  
Digitized and searchable edition of legislative and executive documents of Congress from 1789-1838. 1789-1838
US Congress. Congressional Serial Set.  
Searchable, full text database of the reports, documents, and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives from 1817-1980. 1817-1980
Early English Books Online (EEBO)  
Full text digital facsimiles of titles from the earliest printed works in the English language.
Bibliographic Database of the Conservation Information Network (BCIN)  
Searchable database of citations related to conservation and restoration of cultural property.
Museology Bibliography (BMUSE)  
Searchable database containing citations of journal articles, books and reports published from 1900 to the present relating to museums and museum curatorship.
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae  
Comprehensive digital library of Greek literature from antiquity to the present era.
Ad*Access  
Images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. Ad*Access concentrates on five main subject areas: Radio, Television, Transportation, Beauty and Hygiene, and World War II.
British Pathe  
A digital archive of the British Pathe news corporation from 1896 – 1970. Educational users can preview stills and low resolution clips for free from among 3500 hours of film newsreels. The archive covers history, social history, sports, news and entertainment.
Digital Scriptorium  
The Digital Scriptorium is an image database of medieval and renaissance manuscripts that unites scattered resources from many institutions into an international tool for teaching and scholarly research. Presently viewable on the DS website are records for 5,300 manuscripts and for 24,300 images
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine  
The History of Science, Technology, and Medicine database provides access to articles, books, book reviews, dissertations, and conference proceedings in science, technology, and medicine.
Index Islamicus  
Index Islamicus is THE international classified bibliography of publications in European languages on all aspects of Islam and the Muslim world.

Rightly described as 'an indispensable tool for libraries, graduates and undergraduates alike', it provides the reader with an effective overview of what has been published since 1906 on a given subject in the field of Islamic Studies in its broadest sense.

Index Islamicus includes extensive indices of names and subjects carefully geared to this rapidly expanding field of study.
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy  
The definitive resource for philosophy information. Features more than 2,000 original entries from a team of over 1,300 of the world's most respected scholars and philosophers.


MULTIDISCIPLINARY DATABASES
Academic Search Complete  
Humanities, social sciences, news and events, sciences, policy -- mutli-disciplinary coverage of journals. Includes many full text articles.
ArticleFirst  
Listing of items from the table of contents pages of over 13,000 journals. Subjects range from business, humanities, and popular culture to sciences, medicine, and technology. 1990 - present, updated daily
Arts and Humanities Citation Index  
Topic and citation searching to identify articles published in high impact arts and humanities journals.
ArtStor  
Digital library of approximately 700,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and teaching. Click the 'Go' button in the upper right hand corner of the screen to enter ArtStor.
Humanities and Social Sciences Retrospective  
Citations to articles from major social science and humanities journals from 1907-1984 1907 - 1984
JSTOR  
Historical backfiles of full text articles from a selected number of major research journals. Varies by publisher.
Sage eReference  
Full text of 81 encyclopedias and reference books in the social sciences and humanities published by Sage Reference. Can be searched by keyword or browsed by topic.
Social Sciences Citation Index  
Topic and citation searching to identify articles published in high impact social science journals. 1992 - present
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000, Scholar's Edition  
Text of primary source documents and historical interpretations focusing on women in American social movements.
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