History Databases

* database contains partial or complete full-image and/or full-text coverage of journal articles

America: History and Life with Full Text EBSCOhost
A comprehensive bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.

Historical Abstracts with Full Text EBSCOhost
A comprehensive bibliographic reference to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life with Full Text); provides coverage of 2,000 journals published throughout the world.

American West* Adam Matthew Digital
American West provides access to a vast body of original source material including original manuscripts, ephemeral material (trade cards, wanted posters, photos, claim certificates, news-sheets etc), maps, and rare printed works from 1722 to 1939. Topics include Native Americans, pioneers & homesteaders, mining, the Mormon Exodus, transportation, outlaws, environment, border issues and more.

American History in Video Alexander Street Press
American History in Video features commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries in American history ranging from 1492-2000.

Confidential Print: Middle East 1839-1969 Adam Matthew
This collection is a fundamental resource for study of the modern Middle East and inform the volatile situation in the region today. It includes British Colonial Office and Foreign Office Confidential Print for Afghanistan, Egypt, Sudan, Persia, Suez Canal, Turkey, Jordan, Arabia, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel/Palestine, and Syria. Historical documents such as reports, dispatches, correspondence, political summaries and economic analyses marked ‘Confidential Print’ were printed and circulated immediately to leading officials in the Foreign Office, to the Cabinet and to heads of British missions abroad.

Defining Gender 1450-1910* Adam Matthew
Defining Gender provides access to a vast body of original source material from a wide range of original sources including ephemera, pamphlets, commonplace books, diaries, periodicals, letters, ledgers, manuscript journals, poetry, receipt books and conduct and advice literature. Topics covered include conduct and politeness, domesticity and the family, consumption and leisure, education and sensibility and the body.

Eighteenth Century Journals I-IV* Adam Matthew
Collection of 17th, 18th, and 19th century newspapers and periodicals from the Hope Collection at the Bodleian Library (Section I), the Harry Ransom Research Center (Section II), the British Library Newspapers (Section III) and the newspaper and periodical collections from the Chetham's Library, Manchester and the Brotherton Library and University of Leeds (Section IV). Topics covered include Literature, the Theatre, the origins and rise of Romanticism, Politics, Revolution and Rebellion, Social issues, Gender, Society Life, Religion and the influence of the Press.

Empire Online* Adam Matthew Digital
Contains primary sources spanning five centuries from a translation of Columbus's 1492 voyage to 21st Century works on Imperialism"; thousands of images of unique source material including maps, manuscripts, pamphlets, paintings, drawings and rare books. All items are included in their entirety and the sources encourage multiple viewpoints. Includes detailed indexing that enables the sources to be explored in a variety of ways (by period, by date, by person and subject).

European Views of the Americas 1493 to 1750 EBSCO
An index to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. It covers the history of European exploration as well as portrayals of native American peoples. A wide range of subject areas are covered; from natural disasters to disease outbreaks and slavery. Based on the authoritative bibliography European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed in Europe Relating to The Americas, 1493-1750.

Everyday Life and Women in America* Adam Matthew Digital
Resource for the study of American social, cultural, and popular history, providing access to rare primary source material from the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History, Duke University and The New York Public Library. It comprises thousands of fully searchable images (alongside transcriptions) of monographs, pamphlets, periodicals and broadsides addressing 19th and early 20th century political, social and gender issues, religion, race, education, employment, marriage, sexuality, home and family life, health, and pastimes. The collection is especially rich in conduct of life and domestic management literature, offering vivid insights into the daily lives of women and men, as well as emphasizing contrasts in regional, urban and rural cultures.

Historical Statistics of the United States Cambridge
An online and fully searchable version of the Historical Statistics of the United States. Contains statistics ranging from the earliest part of American history to present day, covering population, work and welfare, economic structure and performance, governance, and international relations.

Macmillan Cabinet Papers 1957-1963 Adam Matthew
This database provides historians and political scientists with direct access to documents from the highest level of the British government during Harold Macmillan's term as prime minister. Included are 30,000 images of original documents.

Oxford African American Studies Center
A comprehensive full-text collection of scholarly materials that focus on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture.

Oxford Bibliographies Online
Oxford Bibliographies Online (OBO) is a research tool for the social sciences and humanities that helps researchers find reliable sources of information by directing them to the right chapter, book, website, archive, or data set they need for their research area. It has excellent bibliographies in Altantic History and the Renaissance and Reformation.

Sabin Americana* Gale 1500-1926
Based on Joseph Sabin's landmark bibliography, this database is an online collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from 1500 to the early 1900s.

Historical Newspapers

Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers* Gale 1800-1899
Searches hundreds of newspapers published across the United States during the 19th century. This database searches through articles, advertisements, and illustrations included in this collection.

Times London Digital Archive 1785-2006* Gale 1785-2006
First published in 1785, The Times of London has over 200 years of historical news content that can be easily searched.

HarpWeek: the Civil War Era 1857-1865*
An important primary source, this full-text weekly newspaper  includes editorials, news stories, illustrations, cartoons, and even advertisements that shaped and reflected public opinion during the civil war years.

Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection*
This database will include full text indexing of articles, graphics, letters to the editor, and advertising for 44 of Colorado historical newspapers covering the dates from 1859 to 1880.

Pikes Peak Newsfinder
Contains citations to local news articles and obituaries from the Colorado Springs Gazette and other local newspapers from 1872-2011.

Selected General Databases

Academic Search Premier* EBSCOhost years vary-
Provides full text for more than 3,430 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. This database is updated on a daily basis.

Expanded Academic ASAP* InfoTrac 1980-
Use this database to find information on Astronomy, Religion, Law, History, Psychology, Humanities, Current Events, Sociology, Communications and the General Sciences.

Films on Demand Films Media Group
Contains thousands of streaming documentaries in the humanities, social sciences and sciences.

JSTOR*
Full-text of 117 core journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Coverage includes the entirety of each journal with the exception of the current five years.

OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson)* EBSCOhost 1982-
This general database includes articles that cover a wide range of topics in education, general science, humanities, and the social sciences. Formerly known as WilsonWeb, OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition contains the full text of articles from over 2,500 publications and abstracts from nearly 3,600 publications.

Project MUSE* John Hopkins University
Project MUSE covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and many others.

Web Sites covering history

Best of History Web sites
Links to over 800 history-related web sites that have been reviewed for quality, accuracy, and usefulness.

History Cooperative 1999-
Full-text of seven American history journals including American Historical Review, Journal of American History, Laws and History Review, William and Mary Quarterly, History Teacher, Western Historical Quarterly, and Common-Place.