Guides: History: Databases

Electronic Resources

HISTORY SPECIFIC DATABASES

European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750 This link opens in a new window
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.
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Gale in Context: U.S. History This link opens in a new window
Authoritative information on people, events, and topics in U.S. history from reference books, journals, news articles, and more than 5,500 primary source documents. You will also find images, multimedia, and links to vetted websites. Topics range from the arrival of Vikings in North America all to the way to the first stirrings of the American Revolution and on through the Civil Rights movement, 9/11, and the War on Terror.
Formerly called U.S. History in Context
Gale in Context: World History This link opens in a new window
Reliable information on people, events, and topics in world history from reference books, journals, news articles, and primary source documents. Includes images, multimedia, and links to vetted websites and covers a range of topics such as Aztecs, Industrial Revolution, Silk Road, the Buddha, Space Race, and more.
Formerly called World History in Context

OTHER DATABASES COVERING HISTORY

Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
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 This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Ultimate is our largest multidisciplinary database of academic journals, magazines, periodicals, reports, books and videos.
Gale in Context: Biography This link opens in a new window
Includes over 600,000 biographical entries covering international figures from all time periods and areas of study. Alongside its biographies is related content from periodicals, images, videos, audio selections.
Formerly called Biography in Context

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 This link opens in a new window
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 This link opens in a new window
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 This link opens in a new window
A searchable collection of scholarly online journals published by Sage, covering humanities, natural science, education, fine arts, music, and social science

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