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Databases: History

 

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  • Academic Search Premier
    • 4,500+ general and academic journals, including history
    • coverage from 1985+
    • mostly full-text

  • America: History and Life
    • the professional index for US and Canadian history
    • historical coverage of the US and Canada from prehistory to the present
    • indexes 2,000+ scholarly journals
    • abstracts; some links to full-text
    • coverage from 1954+

  • Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHSearch)
    • indexes 1,300+ arts and humanities journals
    • indexes articles, bibliographies, editorials, letters, reviews, and more
    • mostly citation; some full-text
    • coverage from 1980+

  • Black Drama - 1850 to the Present
    • full-text of 1,200 plays written by more than 100 from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries
    • each play is extensively and deeply indexed, allowing both keyword and multi-fielded searching
    • plays are accompanied by reference materials, significant ancillary information, a rich performance database, and images
    • collection includes musical comedies, domestic dramas, folk dramas, history plays, anti-slavery plays, one-act plays, and other works

  • Black Thought and Culture: African Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
    • monographs, essays, articles, letters, speeches and interviews written by leaders within the black community
    • intended for research in black studies, political science, American history, music, literature, and art
    • fully searchable
    • full-text

  • Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Historic Documents
    • each volume includes approximately 100 primary source documents covering the most significant events of the year
    • documents range from presidential speeches, international agreements, and Supreme Court decisions to U.S. governmental reports, scientific findings, and cultural discussions
    • search by key word; browse by title or topic; cumulative index
    • full-text
    • coverage from 1972+

  • Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800
    • definitive resource for information about every aspect of life in 17th- and 18th-century America, from agriculture and auctions through foreign affairs, diplomacy, literature, music, religion, the Revolutionary War, temperance, witchcraft, and any other American subject imaginable.
    • primary sources
    • full-text
    • coverage from 1639-1800

  • Historical Abstracts
    • the professional index for world history (excluding US & Canada)
    • historical coverage of the world from 1450 to the present
    • indexes 2,000+ scholarly journals
    • abstracts; some links to full-text
    • coverage from 1954+

  • History E-Book Project (American Council of Learned Societies)
    • online, fully searchable collection of over 1,200 books in history
    • all books recommended and reviewed by historians
    • title list
    • full-text

  • Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
    • Iter Bibliography
      • literature pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (1400-1700)
      • books, journal articles, reviews, essays, proceedings, etc.
      • 1,000+ journals indexed
      • coverage from 1842+
      • citation-only
    • Iter Italicum
      • first online edition of Paul Oskar Kristeller's Iter Italicum
      • most comprehensive finding list available of previously uncatalogued or incompletely catalogued Renaissance humanistic manuscripts found in libraries and collections all over the world
      • originally published in six volumes between 1963-1992

  • JSTOR
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (DNB)
    • illustrated collection of more than 50,000 written biographies of men and women who shaped British history from 400 BC to 2001
    • recognized as the most authoritative biographical reference source about Great Britain
    • 10,000 images
    • references and bibliographies

  • Primary Sources in African American History
    • provides access to selected primary sources, including autobiographies, speeches, legislation, and Supreme Court decisions
    • provides access to selected secondary sources, including reference books and scholarly articles
    • coverage from colonial times to 1990s
    • full-text

  • Primary Sources in American Women's History
    • provides access to selected primary sources, including autobiographies of prominent activists and representative women, manuscripts on political and social change, legislation, and Supreme Court decisions
    • provides access to selected secondary sources, including reference books and scholarly articles
    • coverage from colonial times to 1990s
    • full-text

  • Project MUSE
    • 250+ scholarly journals, primarily in the humanities
    • coverage from 1983+
    • mostly full-text

  • Royal Historical Society Bibliography
    • authoritative guide to what has been written about British and Irish history from the Roman period to the present day
    • links to full-text, where available
    • indexes over 580 journals
    • coverage from 1900+

  • WilsonWeb
    • 3,500+ general and academic journals, including history
    • two components: OmniFile Full Text Mega; Humanities & Social Sci Retro
    • OmniFile Full Text Mega: indexing begins in 1982, abstracts in 1984, and full-text in 1994
    • Humanities & Social Sci Retro: index only, 1907-1984
    • 1,750 journals are full-text
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