History Databases
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[edit] American History
*America: History and Life Information on Canadian and US history and culture, from prehistory to the present. Includes citations for journals from 1964 to the present, and some international coverage.
*Reader's Guide Retrospective (1890-1982) Citations to articles on a variety of topics in American history and culture from the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature. Citations only.
*CQ Congress Collection Provides a wide variety of information and analysis of legislation, members of Congress, congressional votes, and the legislative branch. Includes current committee assignment and a chronology of major legislation going back to the First Continental Congress. (1969-present)
*Making of America A collection of full-text primary sources (books and journals) in American history from 1815-1926. Strong in education, social sciences, religion, science and technology.
*Digital National Security Archive (DNSA) Declassified government documents from the National Security Archive. Covers U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945. To date, the DNSA includes 20 collections on topics such as Afghanistan, Iran and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Includes contextual materials for each collection (introductions, glossaries, etc).
[edit] World History
*Historical AbstractsCovers the history of the world (excluding the US and Canada) from 1450 to the present. Useful for women's studies, history of education, military history and more. Includes journal articles and dissertations. (1955 - present)
*Aluka Digital library of scholarly resources from and about Africa. Collections now include: African cultural heritage sites, African plants and documentation on liberation struggles in southern Africa.
*Slavic/East European Studies - Citations only
References to sources about East-Central Europe and the former Soviet Union (1990-present).
*Alternative Press Index Archive Access to alternative, radical and left periodicals covering political, cultural and social issues. Useful for research in labor issues, women's rights and more. (1969-1990) Citations only.
[edit] General History and General Databases
*History Cooperative Recent issues (farthest back is 1999) of several full-text history journals covering a variety of topics in the discipline, including environmental, social and labor history, as well as history education.
*Contemporary Women's Issues Global information (reports, journal articles and more) on women's issues in a variety of areas, including politics, health, and the workplace. (1992 - present)
*Academic Search Premier Includes general interest and scholarly articles in a variety of areas including the physical sciences, social sciences and humanities. (1990-present).
*Project Muse Provides content from hundreds of scholarly and peer-reviewed social science and humanities journals. Also useful for literature, psychology, cultural aspects of the sciences, etc.
*JSTOR Search and browse scholarly articles in a wide range of disciplines, including the physical sciences, social sciences, art, and literature. Also includes images from ARTstor.
*Academic OneFile Articles in a variety of subject areas, including technology, the arts, theology and more, from scholarly journals and general periodicals.
*LexisNexis Academic Includes articles from national and regional newspapers, business publications, federal and state codes, case law & reference information (1990-present). Useful for finding information on current events and stories in the popular press.
*Biography and Genealogy Master Index Index of reference books covering contemporary and historical figures. Citations only.
*Arts & Humanites Citation Index Indexes major journals in the arts and humanities, including subjects such as literature, dance, archeology and history. (1975-present.) Citations only.
[edit] Books
See the Library Catalog for books on history.
For electronic books see: *Historical Sources
*WorldCatMerged catalog of books and other materials in libraries around the world, including a list of libraries that hold the item. Useful for finding out if a book is held by a nearby library, as well as for finding books that LNDL does not hold. Books found in WorldCat can be requested using our InterLibrary Loan form. Please note that it may take up to two weeks for a book requested through InterLibrary Loan to arrive.
