History Databases

This database covers the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. With selective indexing for 1,700 journals from 1964 to the present, this database also provides full-text coverage of more than 196 journals and more than 92 books.

A streaming music service containing over 50,000 tracks reflecting the music of all American ethnic groups and regions, from the Revolutionary War to the present. Includes all the music formerly available in the African American Song database. Updated continuously.

Indexes journals, books, dissertations, and book reviews on all aspects of Greco-Roman antiquity (2000 B.C. - 800 A.D.). 1924-present. Updated monthly.

A collection of full-text periodicals and primary source materials related to the American experience from the colonial days to 1900.

Provides a wide range of information on dress and body adornment worldwide throughout history. Includes the Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion and other reference works, the full text of nearly 60 other books on fashion, and an extensive color image bank. Updated continuously.

Fully cross-searchable gateway to Black studies including scholarly essays, recent periodicals, historical newspaper articles, and much more. It combines several resources such as Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, International Index to Black Periodicals (IIBP), Black Literature Index, and historical black newspapers such as the Chicago Defender (1910-1975) and the Daily Defender (1956-1975).

Full-text of the Chicago Defender newspaper from 1910 to 1975.

This is a great source for information on Congress. You can search across all years from 1945 on, by decade, or by individual sessions of Congress.

A collection of biographies of over 55,000 noteworthy people in British history. The biographies, covering people from all walks of life who died through the end of 2001, provide up-to-date scholarship and are written by worldwide experts.

Comprehensive collection of over 35,000 significant primary documents concerning events in United States' foreign policy. Documents date from 1945 forward and relate to major foreign policy events of the Cold War period.

A fully searchable collection of over 75,000 books, pamphlets, and broadsides published in America from 1639 to 1819. The database consists of two parts: Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans (1639-1800), which is based on Charles Evans's American Bibliography, and Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819), which is based on Ralph R. Shaw's and Richard H. Shoemaker's American Bibliography.

Includes approximately 60,000 images of original manuscripts and printed materials covering the period 1492-1962. It is organized into five sections covering varying aspects of the colonial experience: Cultural Contact 1492-1969; Literature and Empire; the Visible Empire; Religion and Empire; and Race, Class, Imperialism and Colonialism.

Multimedia encyclopedia on the history, geography, and culture of Africans and people of African descent.

A comprehensive index to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750, this database contains more than 32,000 records and covers the history of European exploration as well as portrayals of native American peoples. Not a full-text database. For advanced researchers only.

A database of hundreds of Hispanic American newspapers published between 1808-1980 from 22 states, many of which are from California, Texas, New Mexico, and New York. Many newspapers are bilingual.

Includes citations for documents, journal articles, and original literary works on Latin American topics in the social sciences and humanities from 1970 to present. Over 500 journals, published worldwide, are indexed. Includes citations for articles and documents on Mexico, all Central American and South American countries, and the Caribbean. Hispanics/Latinos in the United States are also included.

This database covers the history of the world (except the United States and Canada) from 1450 forward. It provides selective indexing of historical articles from more than 1,800 journals in over 40 languages back to 1955, as well as access to the full text of more than 316 journals and more than 138 books.

Indexes nearly 1200 scholarly journals covering the entire range of the humanities and social sciences from 1907-1984. Also covers many important scientific journals through the 1950s. For indexing of articles appearing 1985-present., use Social Sciences Full Text and/or Humanities Full Text.

Indexes and abstracts English-language articles in the most important journals in the humanities, from 1984-present. The full text of many of these articles is available online from 1995 forward. Updated daily. For indexing of articles appearing prior to 1984, use Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective.

Indexes the international literature on European Medieval civilization, 450-1150, from over 800 journals in all European languages as well as festschriften, conference proceedings and collections of essays. Coverage is 1976-1995; annual updates increase coverage back one year and forward one year.

Includes articles and reviews published in over 300 journals from 1843-present, covering the cultural aspects of the Renaissance in Europe from 1300-1700. Eventually will cover all aspects of the Renaissance and Middle Ages (400-1500), published since 1700.

Full text of The Los Angeles Times newspaper from 1881 to 1987

Digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. It includes approximately 16,000 books and 50,000 journal articles published in the 19th century, searchable by subject.

Full text of The New York Times newspaper from 1851-2008. The full-text of more current articles is available via LexisNexis Academic.

With digital facsimile images of both full pages and clipped articles for hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers and advanced searching capabilities, researchers will be able to research history in ways previously unavailable. For each issue, the newspaper is captured from cover-to-cover, providing access to every article, advertisement and illustration.

Provides access to more than 7,500 articles focusing on African American history and culture. The articles come from major reference sources and are written by leading scholars in the field. Also includes primary sources, images, and maps.

A collection of biographies of over 55,000 noteworthy people in British history. The biographies, covering people from all walks of life who died through the end of 2001, provide up-to-date scholarship and are written by worldwide experts.

Provides access to many political science resources such as the CQ Almanac, California Political Almanac, the Contemporary Middle East, Politics in America, Supreme Court Compendium, etc. You can search all the sources at once or search them individually.

The Times of London has covered all major international events from the French Revolution to the War in Iraq. The Times Digital Archive makes 221 years of this highly regarded resource available for students and researchers of 19th-, 20th-, and early 21st-century history, literature, culture, business, art & architecture, and more. Every complete page of every issue is full-text searchable - every headline, article, editorial, announcement, image, and advertisement.

Full text of The Washington Post newspaper from 1877 to 1993

Collection of primary documents and secondary sources related to U.S. women's history. Includes 63 document projects that interpret and present documents, more than 22,000 pages of documents, a dictionary of social movements and organizations , a chronology of U.S. Women's History, and teaching tools and materials.