History Databases

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Academic Search Premier Authentication Required Tutorial available
Provides full text for over 4,650 periodicals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, etc.

most 1975-

Expanded Academic ASAP Authentication Required Tutorial available
Database indexes almost 2,000 magazines and scholarly journals in all subjects.

some 1980 -

America: History & Life (AHL) Authentication Required
Database of bibliographic citations and article abstracts on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistoric times to present. It cites articles that were published in 1964 or later and that come from more than 2,000 journals published in more than 40 languages.

some 1964 -

Historical Abstracts Authentication Required
Historical coverage of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the U.S. and Canada).

some 1954 -

JSTOR Authentication Required
Contains (EXCEPT for the latest five years) core scholarly journals in sociology, history, economics, political science, mathematics, African-American studies, Asian studies, and biological, health & general sciences.

all varies

Project Muse Authentication Required
Full text of scholarly articles from over 100 online journals covering the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and many others.

all 1995 -

New York Times Historical Archive Authentication Required
Full pages and article images displayed in PDF format. Searchable full text back to the first issue. Search New York Times in LexisNexis for current articles.

all 1851
to 3 yrs ago

Salem History Authentication Required
This online database accompanies the printed version of The Decades, Great Events from History, Milestone Documents series, and Musicians and Composers of the 20th Century. The Decades series include the complete contents of the printed versions of The Fifties, Sixties, Seventies, Eighties, and Nineties in America. In Great Events from History you can access Great Events from History: The 20th Century, 1941-1970 and 1970-2000.

all  

The Historical Minneapolis Tribune Authentication Required
Full pages and article images displayed in PDF format.

all 1867-1922

Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy  
Database provided by the Yale Law School provides full text access to documents in law, history, and diplomacy from the pre-18th century through today.

all varies

Chronicling America
Chronicling America is a Website providing access to information about historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages, and is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). NDNP, a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Library of Congress (LC), is a long-term effort to develop an Internet-based, searchable database of U.S. newspapers with descriptive information and select digitization of historic pages.
This site allows you to search and view newspaper pages from 1880-1910 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.

all varies

Making of America Project (Cornell University)
A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction (19th century imprints). Focuses more on journal articles.

some 1850 -1877

Making of America Project (University of Michigan)
A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction (19th century imprints). Focuses more on books.

some 1850 -1877

In the First Person
A collection of 4,000 oral histories in English, most in full-text online, from around the world.

most 1930 -

Background Notes
U.S. Dept. of State prepared background on countries of the world. Including, people, history, economy, flags, maps, government, etc. Archived older editions. Indexes articles in biology, natural resources, and agricultural sciences.

  1990 -
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