Guides: History: Databases & Journals

HISTORY SPECIFIC DATABASES

European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750
Guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750.
Includes thousands of valuable primary source records covering the history of European exploration as well as portrayals of Native American peoples.

Oxford Reference Online: History
Find definitions, facts, figures, and more from Oxford reference titles.
Please log out when you are finished searching. Our subscription allows one user at a time.

OneFile: U.S. History
Search a subset of Gale Academic OneFile journals covering United States history.
OneFile: World History
Search a subset of Gale Academic OneFile journals covering world history.

OTHER DATABASES COVERING HISTORY

Academic OneFile
Provides millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources—including thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning.
Academic Search Ultimate
Academic Search Ultimate is our largest multidisciplinary database of academic journals, magazines, periodicals, reports, books and videos.

HeinOnline
HeinOnline Academic includes more than 100 million pages of multidisciplinary content in more than 100 subject areas, including history, political science, criminal justice, religious studies, international relations, women’s studies, pre-law, and many more. With more historical content than any other database, HeinOnline provides access to 300+ years of information on political development and the complete history of the creation of government and legal systems around the world.

JSTOR
A collection of core scholarly journals, many going back to the first volume. Emphasis is on back issue coverage. JSTOR also has an extensive collection of primary sources.
Masterfile Premier
Provides full-text access to general reference magazines, reference books and primary source documents. It also includes an extensive image collection containing photos, maps and flags.
Sage Journals Online
A searchable collection of scholarly online journals published by Sage, covering humanities, natural science, education, fine arts, music, and social science

More electronic resources are available through the Boston Public Library. However, you must first take a minute to sign up for a BPL eCard.